In this presentation I sought to show that the power of God came in response to Solomon humbling himself, pointing out that the powerful Christian is the one who has taken up Christ’s yoke of service and obedience in meek and lowly way.

<p>In this presentation I sought to show that the power of God came in response to Solomon humbling himself, pointing out that the powerful Christian is the one who has taken up Christ’s yoke of service and obedience in meek and lowly way.</p>

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Stanborough Park SDA Church

Restore the Glory!

Dan Augsburger

1. Restore the Glory- Overview

2. Chosen and Blessed to Restore the Glory

3. Building For Eternity

4. Distractions that Diminish the Glory

5. Restoring the Presence

6. Restoring the Power

7. Restoring Godly Relationships

You are about to hear 1 of a multi-part series on the dedication of Solomon's Temple, entitled Restore the Glory, by myself, Dan Augsburger.

I shared these presentations in the fall of 2015 in the Stanbro Park SDA Church in Watford, England, which is a northern suburb of London.

In this series we look at the construction and the dedication of Solomon's Temple.

In doing so, however, we compare the building and construction of that temple with the prior construction and dedication of the first tabernacle in the wilderness, and the subsequent construction and dedication of the second temple, which was constructed after the exile.

We will also look at the construction and the dedication of the Temple of Our hearts.

I believe you will learn much from these presentations and will be blessed.

I hope you'll be able to hear all of them.

They can be found at my website, discipleheart.com.

If you have further questions or want to communicate with me for some other reason, You can write me at PathToPrayer, P-A-T-H, number 2 prayer, PathToPrayer at gmail, G-M-A-I-L, gmail.com, PathToPrayer at gmail.com.

I appreciate your taking the time to listen, and I pray that you will be blessed.

Think for a moment of something that's found in Matthew, the 10th chapter as we're beginning this evening.

It speaks of the time when Jesus called the disciples to go out and work.

He said he gave them power over unclean spirits to cast them out and to heal all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease.

And then in verse 8 he said, and as you go preach, saying, the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons, freely you have received, freely give.

We are told that those promises are as true for today as they were back then.

And I hope that the day will come, and it fits somewhat with what we're studying about this evening, that our churches will be prepared someday to truly be places of healing.

There are many reasons why God doesn't always heal.

Sometimes, you know, God will not heal someone supernaturally when he can heal them naturally.

I think that's an important truth to know.

There are other times, like Job, there's the great controversy going on, but just the same, God wants to do a great work.

And so, as I was thinking of the anointing service that would take place later, I just wanted to encourage you with a story that comes from Mauritius that we learned there regarding, I think, a family member of 1 of your members.

It has to do with the Vitri family down in Mauritius.

At the time, she was Catholic, he was Anglican.

They had promised not to contend over religion.

And at some point meetings were being held by a pastor of our church.

A friend attended meetings, took notes that he shared with her husband since the latter was deaf.

He read the notes, passed them on to his wife, and she began reading and liked what she was hearing, and therefore they invited someone to come and study the Bible with them.

An ever vigilant neighbor noticed what was going on and alerted the local priest that his members were studying with Adventists.

So he came to the door and asked what was going on.

Is it true, he asked, that you're inviting people in to study the truth?

Well, I forbid you to study with this individual, but they are good words that we are studying.

If you continue to study, I will forbid you to attend the church.

If you continue to study, I will excommunicate you.' "'Thank you, Father.' And finally, when he began to make threatening, she pushed him out of her house.

And he gave instruction to the school that the children there, the Catholic children and the Hindu children, were not to have anything to do with the Adventist children.

She was truly a woman of God, and she was going to serve God no matter what.

Well, a story is told about how 1 of her children, by the name of Hay Day, became desperately sick with meningitis.

In those days, 80% of the people who contracted the disease died.

Death was approaching on the third day, and on the third day, it became obvious that Hay Day was dying.

A village nurse came over, accompanied by the school teacher, and they were doing their best to encourage and help the distraught family.

Teylin, wanting to make a difference, absented herself from them and went to talk with others and to get something out of the kitchen.

And when she returned, she was met by stony silence.

So She began looking from person to person at her little girl and finally asked the question, did she die?

And while she'd been away, she had truly passed away.

And she told them to leave and for them to leave her alone with her little girl.

They closed the door, they heard nothing for what seemed like a long, long time.

And they finally became very curious so they opened the door just a crack.

And looking in, they saw an interesting sight.

The mother was on her knees begging God, praying to God.

But sitting up in the bed next to her was her little girl that the nurse had found to be dead sometime before.

It's a true story that comes out of Mauritius, that God restored that little girl in response to the mother's prayer.

Another time, When Taylin was sick and they were giving her some vaccinations or a shot against malaria, I think it was, her arm became extremely infected.

And the nurse was coming out to work with her, and it was so full of pus that they would pull off the bandage and it would just look terrible.

And the doctors had been discussing her situation.

They said, you know, you need to bring her to the hospital because we need to amputate her arm, but don't tell her ahead of time.

And so the nurse was working on encouraging her to come.

She said, I will not give credit to a doctor for what God doesn't do.

I'm guessing She must have prayed about the situation because in the morning the bandage had fallen off and the arm was completely healed.

It's really quite an amazing story of God's blessing.

Another time this valiant soldier of the cross was in her room, I have to share 1 last little story.

And she was having her secret time with Jesus in the Bible because there's a relationship between our relationship with Jesus and God's ability to use us.

And she heard a great deal of commotion outside in front of the house.

She lived very close to where there was a river, where there was the highest railroad bridge in the country of Mauritius.

And when she went outside, she found all these people running by, running towards the river and making quite a commotion.

Though the weather was beautiful outside, the water had suddenly risen in the river.

And the ladies who'd been washing their clothes in the river, they'd gotten out.

But they'd left behind a little girl on a rock in the middle of the river, and the water was rising quickly, and it looked like the water would take her away.

Strong men were doing their best to rescue her, but they were finding no way because the current was so fast.

Talene had run out with her Bible in her hand, and she, for some reason which I don't understand, Edwin, the relative that told me, said she took her Bible and she threw it and said, God, take your word, but save this child.

And when the Bible hit the water, the water went right down to the level of mud.

And they rushed across, they grabbed the river, I grabbed the child and brought the child back.

Then the water came back up and swept over the rock.

But the child was rescued as a result of someone who had great faith in God.

You know, as you move into this new sanctuary, it's all about the power of God.

Living in such a way and relating in such a way that God can use you in a great way.

And for those who are choosing to be anointed later, we're looking to the power of God to do work.

There's not magic in the 1 praying, there's not magic in the oil.

Those are just representative of our desire to have God work.

And obviously we're asking that if it be God's will, if it's for His glory and for the person's good, that the healing would take place.

So when you're praying, please pray and ask that God would bless those moments of anointing, that truly His will would be done.

We're gonna do it privately, so it won't be done in front of everyone, but continue to ask that God would bring a healing if it's his will.

Now we're going to turn to our prayer time, and as you know it's a quiet time.

Ask that God would work in your own lives relative to healing.

In you or with someone else, all of those things play a factor in the degree to which God can manifest his presence in this sanctuary.

Series

Restore the Glory!

6. Restoring the Power

Transcript

Description

Parent Series

Sponsor

Recorded

Restore the Glory!

3. Building For Eternity

37m

Restore the Glory!

5. Restoring the Presence

38m

Restore the Glory!

2. Chosen and Blessed to Restore the Glory

38m

Don’t Waste Eternity

50m

IMPACT Scandinavia 2012: Workshop A

Powerful Biblical Teaching

1h 27m

Seminars

Health Ministry is Where the Heart is

1h 8m

Congratulations

30m

Market Gardening Track

3 Keys to Juggling Your Market Garden Like a Pro

1h 7m

Studies in the Book of Revelation

Revelation 12

57m

ASI 2011 Seminar: Evangelism

Common Sense Health Ministry for Such a Time as This

1h 14m

Breakout Session A

How The Digital Age Will Rescue Medicine

54m

Sound Doctrine