Restless Land Ministry
The Holy Spirit spoke to me one morning and said, “A restless land needs Jesus”
Welcome to Restless Land Ministry
Jesus will give you rest
I want to share a story with you about when I first got saved in my early 20’s. I loved Jesus & was 100% all in or so I thought! I was on fire for the Lord, but I didn’t fully understand his grace and the fullness of his love for me. I didn’t understand the finished work of the cross! I was operating in a religious spirit. I thought the Lords love for me was based on how I acted, what I did, and how I lived. So, I tried so hard in my own strength to be perfect. I didn’t want to lose the Father’s love. Every time I messed up I felt condemned and not good enough. I knew I was forgiven but I didn’t feel forgiven. I felt guilt and shame constantly. I was consumed with rules.
Eventually I burst under pressure. The pressure of religion. The pressure of trying to be perfect. The pressure of striving to be good enough for the Lord! I hadn’t yet shed my old wineskin. So, I turned back to the world and back to my sinful ways. I thought there was no use in trying anymore because I couldn’t be the person the Lord wanted me to be. I couldn’t be the person I wanted to be. I couldn’t please the Lord and I couldn’t please people.
Back in the Bible days wineskins were made out of animal skin usually goats I believe. Over time the skin started to get hard and dry. New wine caused expansion and old skins would burst and spill the new wine. They didn’t have any flexibility left in them. Now, fast forward to the present I understand the love, grace, and mercy of the Lord! I understand the fullness of the finished work of the cross! I understand that I won’t ever be perfect, Jesus is the only one that is perfect. I understand that I can’t walk in my own strength, but I must walk in His strength. I understand that His grace is new every morning and I need it everyday. I understand that His forgiveness is unending, if I repent. I understand that I can’t change myself, but it’s a process that the Holy Spirit does in us. I know that I will fail and I will fall, but Jesus will lift me back up and say, “Try again”. I understand that He’s not mad at me every time I mess up. He is patient and he is kind! His grace and his love covers me! His blood is enough!! When He said, “It is finished” He meant it!
Matthew 9:17 “And no one puts new wine into old wineskins. For the old skins would burst from the pressure, spilling the wine and ruining the skins. New wine is stored in new wineskins so that both are preserved.”
John 1:1-5
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not.
Revelation 19:11-16King James Version
11 And I saw heaven opened, and behold a white horse; and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he doth judge and make war.
12 His eyes were as a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns; and he had a name written, that no man knew, but he himself.
13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood: and his name is called The Word of God.
14 And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean.
15 And out of his mouth goeth a sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations: and he shall rule them with a rod of iron: and he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God.
16 And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, King Of Kings, And Lord Of Lords.
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