Joel 2:20-27, 1 Sam 30:7-9
• God’s way of restoration is to bring in a breakthrough and through that breakthrough you will recover the years that you have lost.
• He will make you step into something whose proceeds will cover the lost years.
• Since man fell, restoration is an important aspect of the Christian walk because there is an enemy who is against fulfillment of destinies.
• The Holy Spirit must be involved in any restoration that will take place in the life of the believer.
• The Holy Spirit is the spirit of restoration.
• When something big is about to come your way, be careful with distractions and negative things that will come your way which don’t look like where God wants to take you. That is the work of the enemy.
• If you focus on the negative, you will not have faith in God for what He is about to do.
• When the economy gets so bad and you are focusing on the economy, you have missed what He is about to do.
• When God wanted to rescue the children of Israel from slavery, their oppressors increased their burden.
• God doesn’t work according to our systems.
• To experience restoration, you need to be sensitive, you need to rise above circumstances so that you can hear what others cannot hear and see what others cannot see.
• To hear from God, you need to have a sober mind.
• You can sing songs, worship God just to clear your mind.
• As you are seeking for restoration, you will come to a point where all the zeal, encouragements that came with you will go.
• There will be a separation between those who are serious and those who are not.
• Understand that it is not going to be easy.
• You have to pursue until you get it.

WHAT ARE THE FORCES THAT FACILITATE RESTORATION?
1. DESIRE (Mark 11:24)
2. REVELATION OF WHAT YOU LOST (Gen 13:14-15, Eph 1:17-19)
• You cannot pursue recovery of what you don’t know.
• Revelation will lead to discovery and discovery will lead to recovery.
• You can’t recover what has not been discovered.

3. FAITH IN GOD (Heb 11:6)
• Have faith in God’s restoration power.
• Have faith that God means what He says and you can have what He says you can have.

4. PRAYER (Gen 32:24-28, 1 Chr 4:9-10)
• This is not a prayer that you pray once and forget about, it is a prayer that needs to be re-enforced.
• You need to engage the Holy Spirit as the spirit of grace and supplication.
• Without prayer there can be no restoration.

5. THE FORCE OF THE PROPHETIC (Isa 44:26, 2 Kings 7:1, 8:5, Ezek 37:4, 7, 9-10)
• Restoration is provoked by speakings.
• When God wants to bring about restoration:
a. He may send a man to speak to your moment for the restoration to take place
b. He may stir your spirit and in that moment, you need to be the prophet of your own destiny and speak restoration based on the revelation you have been given.

6. THE FORCE OF STEADFASTNESS (Luke 22:28-30, Gal 6:9, 2 Tim 4:1-2, Luke 19:12-13)
• In the last days, there will be many satanic assaults that will make people give up.
• If you are going to recover you need to be steadfast.
• To be steadfast means you are immovable, regardless of circumstances.
• There will be a lot of temptations that can make you give up.
• If you give up, will you recover anything?
• Steadfastness makes you keep doing things.
• Many people do good things but don’t continue until they see results.
• It is tireless giving and service that will make you see results.
• “I used to serve God,” is not good enough.
• In the kingdom of God, when you stop doing good things, you abort your harvest.
• Someone worked, fought and stood for every good thing you can admire today.
• This spirit is a spirit that keeps us going season in and season out in our stewardship to God.
• If you started believing God for something and along the way you stop, you have lost what you were believing for.

7. THE FORCE OF GRATITUDE (Col 2:7, Phili 4:6-7)