Restoration Ministries

Restoration Ministries Restoration Ministries' goal is to be about Father's business. We travel to bring a timely message from the word and Holy Spirit's signs and wonders.

To "Activate" believers through the baptism of Holy Spirit in order to experience the gifts and power of Holy Spirit
To "Elevate" believers to new levels of experience and understanding of the operation of Holy Spirit in and through theri lives
To "Accelerate" kingdom manifestations through the presence of Holy Spirit

06/18/2026

"SONS OF ZADOK -Ministry to the Lord!"
Ezek. 44:15 – “But the priests, the Levites, the sons of Zadok, who kept charge of My sanctuary when the children of Israel went astray from Me, they shall come near Me to minister to Me; and they shall stand before Me to offer to Me the fat and the blood,’ says the Lord.” ... A major distinction exists between ministering “to” the Lord and “for” the Lord. The sons of Zadok were called to “come near” and “stand before” the Lord. These select few were called to minister to the Lord and not just minister to the temple and those who came for ministry. The church desperately needs the spirit of the sons of Zadok to arise from the ashes of religious form and ritual which has depleted the very character of Jesus Christ from its ranks. The truth is that unless we really know what it is to draw near to God, we cannot know how to properly serve and represent Him!
The sons of Zadok were to offer to the Lord the “fat” and the “blood”. The spiritual implication of the blood deals with man’s sin and answers the holy requirements of God’s holiness and righteousness. The fat meets the requirements of God’s glory and deals with His satisfaction. The “blood” removes all that belongs to the “old man” of sin, while the “fat” ushers in the “new creation”. Without these spiritual offerings to the Lord in our own lives we open the door for both sins of rebellion and presumption. Rebellion is refusing to do what God has commanded; while presumption is doing what God has not ordered. As we stand before the Lord, He removes our inclination to rebel and our propensity to do what appears to be “good things”, but not His things.
Human need is obvious and all around us. But we will never be adequately prepared to deal with human need and tragedy until we have ministered to the Lord and received our supernatural supply of human remedy from Him. Human love and pity will never substitute for agape love and compassion coming into and through our lives by Holy Spirit.
Ezek. 44:18 describes how the sons of Zadok were to be clothed to minister to the Lord. They were to wear all linen garments, nothing mixed with wool, for they could not wear anything that would cause sweat. Work that produces sweat is unacceptable to the Lord! No human, fleshly effort will satisfy the Lord – in fact it is forbidden in His presence. In Gen.3:17-19, we can see that sweat is a condition of the curse of sin on men because now where there is no sweat, there is no human work accomplished. But with God, His work is a “no-sweat” spiritual work accomplished, not through human effort, but by the power of Holy Spirit living in and through us. No Holy Spirit directed and performed work – no spiritual, eternal results will be produced. Oh, how we need this basic message in our churches today! The church has a tendency to cause workers and leaders to “burn-out” through exertion and exhaustion ministering to the house of God – not to the Lord Himself. In fact, too many pastors spend precious few minutes in God’s presence or even in prayer – they’re physically and emotionally depleted trying to do in their own strength what only Holy Spirit can do!
This same problem occurred with Moses trying to lead Israel the wilderness. He was burnt out handling all the problems and complaints. Jethro, Moses’ father-in –law, advised Moses to appoint able men who would minister with a span of control over thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens, which Moses did (Ex. 18:14-27). In doing so, Moses freed His time to spend in God’s presence and teach God’s law. This same principle was adopted by the early church in Acts 6:1-7 where the apostles appointed “seven men of good reputation, full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business” so that they could devote themselves to prayer and ministry of the word. This same principle applies to our individual lives as well – we must learn to keep the first things first on our list of priorities. It is our ministry to the Lord first that enables our ministry outward to others.
Here’s a question – Does your work minister to the Lord or for your own satisfaction? Too often, I fear, we are more satisfied ministering for the Lord, before He is satisfied through our worship to Him. We feel quite content doing “good things”, but the Lord found no joy in it since it was not from or to Him. Ours is to discern the difference between ministry to the Lord and to others in His name. We all need His grace to discern the revelation of what it means to minister to the Lord – to become a spiritual son or daughter of Zadok. Amen.

06/18/2026

"42nd Generation" ... Matt.1:17, "So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations, from David to until the captivity in Babylon are fourteen generations, and from the captivity in Babylon until the Christ are fourteen generations."
Call me crazy, but I get excited over genealogies and numbers, dimensions, meaning of names, and the strange placement of some passages in scripture. Why, you might ask? Because hidden meaning and deeper revelation is stored up for those willing to dig deeper, not just skimming over the surface for the obvious. I've always been an explorer; I prefer the road less traveled; I like terrain where there aren't many footprints - but that's just me. I understand most folks prefer their gospel "tour bus" with their favorite tour guide who points out what they believe is important and they get to see it from the comfort of their tour bus (pews) without ever having to get out and see things up close. That's fine for some, but not me! Tour buses are fine for some, but I prefer exploring myself. The passage above is one which deserves exploration! ... Holy Spirit offers multi-leveled treasure for explorers to discover in scripture. Ps.12:6 explains, "The words of the Lord are pure words, like silver refined in a furnace of earth, purified seven times." Prov.9:1 states, "Wisdom has built her house, she has hewn out her seven pillars." The number seven, of course, is a symbolic number meaning "perfect". I personally believe scripture contains multi-layered truth in every passage. The more one seeks Truth, the more they are qualified to discover. Jeremiah confirmed, "And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart." How often have you been cruising through, reading scripture when all of a sudden you "discovered" something in a passage you'd never seen before? Well, you just went to a deeper level of understanding then you previously had.
In the feature scripture above, I counted the generations in Matt.1 and sure enough they added up to 42 generations. {By the way, another layer of revelation is the meanings of the names of each generation in the lineage of Christ.} The curious thing I discovered was that there were two generations in one Man. Jesus was the 41st generation and Christ was the 42nd generation. Here comes part of the revelation - Christ was not Jesus' last name; Christ was His title - the Greek form of Messiah (Hebrew), meaning the Anointed One and His Anointing = Christ. What is the anointing? Let's look at Lk. 4:18-19 where Jesus read from the prophet Isaiah and announced His purpose and empowerment by defining the anointing of Holy Spirit: "The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He has anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor; He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those who are oppressed; to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord." Let me give my definition of the anointing: it's the imputed power of God through Holy Spirit living in and through believers to do acts of power on behalf of others. "Christ' was Jesus' title - His anointing - which is ours today in Holy Spirit! Let me say that again - we are the anointed ones today commissioned and empowered by Holy Spirit to do the same and greater works that Jesus did under His anointing and His commission as the Christ (Jn.14:12). Today, we're the little Christ's, just as in Antioch in Syria, those who were doing acts of power in Jesus' name were first called Christians - little Christ's. ... So, what's all that mean? Simply stated, we're included in Matt.1:17 as a part of the 42nd - Christ (ANOINTED) Generation! That's only a part of the revelation - keep digging... Since the Old Covenant is the New Covenant concealed (our life in Christ concealed in types and examples - 1 Cor.10:11); and the New Covenant is the Old revealed; then the type -symbol/example of our life in Christ must be concealed somewhere in the Old Covenant - right? Check out Numbers, chapter 33. Here, the encampments of Israel were enumerated. Guess how many encampments Israel had in their 40 years in the wilderness? You guessed it - 41 encampments are listed. And do you know where the 42nd encampment was? Yes, in the Promised Land after Joshua and Israel crossed over the Jordan River into their destiny. The Promised Land was Israel's 42nd encampment, just as Christ is the 42nd generation - the anointed generation of which we're a part. The Promised Land of Israel is a type of our life in Christ (anointing of Holy Spirit - our Land of Promise).
What's the big deal about about all this? Well, if this doesn't speak to you about God's plan for your life, consider this - Christ - the Anointing of Lord God Almighty in the Person of Holy Spirit has not only redeemed you from hell and the curse of the law, but has taken up residence in your life and has qualified you for partnership with Him to bring heaven's environment to earth, displacing satan's kingdom with the reality of the kingdom of God. Just as we are living under the New Covenant (as a part of the eternal 42nd generation of Christ-men and women) secured by faith in Jesus Christ, our spiritual roots have been plucked out of the original soil of the man of sin - Adam #1 and transplanted into the eternal fertility of the Last Adam - Lord Jesus Christ - where we have been given a new heritage, a new inheritance, a new lifestyle of love and power waiting to be discovered!
I pray that those reading this will receive enough of the "explorer" anointing to discover for themselves their destiny as a part of the 42nd generation "in Christ".

06/18/2026

Acts 19:1-2: “And it happened, while Apollos was at Corinth, that Paul, having passed through the upper regions, came to Ephesus. And finding some disciples he said to them, ‘Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?’ So they said to him, ‘We have not so much as heard whether there is a Holy Spirit.’”
THIS WAS 2,000 YEARS AGO, AND UNFORTUNATELY HOLY SPIRIT STILL REMAINS UNKNOWN BY TOO MANY IN THE CHURCH TODAY!

06/18/2026

"TACTICS FOR THE DARKEST HOUR!"
Dan.7:21-22, "I beheld, and the same horn made war with the saints, and prevailed against them; until the Ancient of days came, and judgment was given to the saints of the Most High; and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom." ... As a West Point grad, 69', infantry officer and Vietnam combat veteran, I have some experience in natural warfare. As a minister of Christ, I also have experience in spiritual warfare. Many similarities exist between the two. One such example is the timing when most enemy attacks occur. ... BMNT - before morning nautical twilight - occurs between 3:30 - 4:30 am. This is the darkest hour of day. It is also the time when men are in our deepest state of sleep, the heart rate is at its lowest - in effect a perfect time for the enemy to attack when defense is at its lowest state of alertness. I learned in combat, when in a defensive perimeter, to have everyone stand watch, fully awake on alert during this critical time of day. If you have not noticed the church is in the darkest hour of the day! ... It is time for being awakened from slumber and stand ready for the inevitable enemy assault. Rom. 13:11-12 states, "And do this, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep; for now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand. Therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light." Wow! What an apt scripture for this time!
The enemy always uses darkness to hide his tactics - that is why we have been called to be the light. BMNT is not only the darkest time of day - it is also only a short time when light begins to appear on the horizon. The old saying is true - "It's always darkest before the dawn!" In every battle, we have the assurance that: "'But to you who fear My name The Sun of Righteousness shall arise with healing in His wings; and you shall go out and grow fat like stall-fed calves. You shall trample the wicked, for they shall be ashes under your feet on the day I do this,' says the Lord of hosts" (Mal.4:2-3).
Here is the reality- the Day has already come! Ps.118:24 states, "This is the day the Lord has made; we will rejoice and be glad in it." This day is not a 24-hour day - it is the Day, the Age of Holy Spirit - the Finished Work of Lord Jesus Christ - God's Agent on earth living His life in and through us! You do not have to wait for anything - you are already filled with the power of God to live in victory and lead others to triumph through Holy Spirit. We do not have to wait 400+ years, as did Malachi. The "Sun of Righteousness" lives by His Spirit within us. We must awaken to that reality, before we are over-run by the enemy who is out to steal, kill and destroy (Jn.10:10) from their place of darkness. ... I have stated this before - I have never seen a more exciting time! As the world becomes darker, our light should shine all the brighter. We live in a "target rich environment", being surrounded by the enemy offers an opportunity to go in triumph in any direction to wage war and "destroy the works of the devil" (1 Jn.3:8). Now is not the time for dismay, discouragement, or despair - you are just under the attack of an enemy probe to find the weak point of your defenses. Turn the table on the enemy and go on the attack - pray in Holy Spirit, intercede for Holy Spirit to convict, and begin to move in our churches and leaders throughout the nation. ... Here are the HARD FACTS: our citizenship is of another kingdom, and we had best begin to understand our constitution (kingdom principles and covenant promises) and our duties as ambassadors (2 Cor.5:20), transfer agents of God's kingdom which can only come to earth through us (2 Cor.1:20).
WAKE UP! We are called to be a SOLUTION - not part of the world's POLLUTION! Here is my final exhortation for the day - "Examine yourselves as to whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Do you not know yourselves, that Jesus Christ is in you? - unless indeed you are disqualified" (2 Cor.13:5). ... We are in a Holy Ghost set-up for a Great Awakening in our nation and across the world - get with the program - it is time to stop whining and begin winning!

06/18/2026

FAITH is a bridge; legalism a barrier! Religious sin-consciousness disqualifies God’s faith from working in and through those infected with a religious spirit (see Heb.12:2)!

06/18/2026

Adam's “Fall” caused a falling away in men's minds from their original identity as containers/expressers of the life of God. Just like Adam and Eve, we believed the lie about ourselves and feasted at the DIY tree of the knowledge of good and evil. That fruit caused us to have spiritual amnesia forgetting Who our Father was and who we were created by God to be. The Finished Work of Jesus Christ restored our original identity and fulfilled God’s intention of complete union with His creation – living His life of love within you and me!

06/18/2026

Many have had their brains instructed about God yet have never encountered Him, leaving their hearts unchanged!

06/18/2026

Not every spiritual skirmish is yours to fight! Holy Spirit might just want you in reserve for a bigger battle to come!

06/18/2026

It’s good to operate in the gifts of the Spirit but better to equip others to do it as well (see Eph.4:11-16)!

06/18/2026

Harvest comes when the seed in the ear matches the seed that was sown. In Father’s eyes, mankind is ripe for harvest! We have been redeemed in the image and likeness of God in human form!

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