Restoring Foundations Ministries

05/31/2026

Revelation 3:2-3 – (NIV) - Wake up! Strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have found your deeds unfinished in the sight of my God. 3 Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard; hold it fast, and repent. But if you do not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what time I will come to you.

The call of Sardis is simple: Wake up. Strengthen what remains. Return to your first commitment. Finish what God has assigned to you.
For many believers and churches, the message of Sardis is not condemnation but an invitation to revival. Jesus did not abandon Sardis; He called them to awaken before what remained completely died. The same call still echoes today: "Be watchful, strengthen what remains, and return to Me."

05/29/2026

God does not always send you to receptive people—He sends you to represent Him faithfully. When hearts are hard, God hardens resolve in His messenger. But before you can speak His word with authority, you must first receive it deeply into your own heart.

05/23/2026

2 Kings 4:2 – (AMP) - Elisha said to her, “What shall I do for you? Tell me, what do you have [of value] in the house?” She said, “Your maidservant has nothing in the house except a [small] jar of [olive] oil.”

But that “except” became the place of God’s provision.

The question was never just about inventory—it was about revelation. God often begins with what is already in your hand, in your house, or within your reach. What seems small, ordinary, or insufficient to you may be the very thing He intends to multiply.

Moses had a staff. David had a sling. The widow had oil. The boy had five loaves and two fish. God frequently starts with what appears limited and turns it into something abundant.

For us, the question becomes personal: What do you have in the house?

Sometimes we ask God for something new while overlooking what He has already entrusted to us.

The miracle for the widow did not begin when the oil multiplied. It began when she recognized that what seemed small still had value in God’s hands.

Do not despise what seems small. What you call “only” may become the very thing God uses to sustain you, bless others, and reveal His power.

You may think, “I have nothing… except…” But in God’s hands, the “except” becomes enough.

05/21/2026

Comparison steals contentment and clouds calling.
Do not live measuring your life against someone else’s progress. God did not assign you their race, their grace, or their pace. He has given you your own purpose, your own process, and your own path.
Run faithfully where God has placed you.

Galatians 6:4 — (AMP) - But each one must carefully scrutinize his own work [examining his actions, attitudes, and behavior], and then he can have the personal satisfaction and inner joy of doing something commendable without comparing himself to another.

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05/17/2026

“Have I not sent you?” — Judges 6:14

Gideon felt weak, afraid, and unqualified, but God did not ask him to trust in himself. He asked him to trust the One who sent him.

When God sends, He supplies.When God calls, He strengthens.When God commissions, He goes with you.

Stop focusing on what you lack and start trusting Who sent you.

Fear asks, “What if I fail?”Faith responds, “If God sent me, He will sustain me.”

You are not sent alone. God’s presence goes with His purpose.

05/13/2026

05/10/2026

It's Time to Stir Up Your Faith!
An encouraging word from Pastor Shirl

05/05/2026