Do Relationships Depend Upon Agreement?

It's no surprise that the pandemic has had a significant impact on our relationships. As Christmas draws closer, the hope of the new year looms large and we spend time with love ones the question is raised... do our relationships depend upon agreement? And, if they don't, what is more important? Watch as Peter shares the kind of people we want to be when it comes to our relationships with one another in a world where differences can loom large.

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Jesus & the Garbage Man

As I sit and look at our bin, I see all of the rubbish our family needs to be rid of. I imagine what our house and our yard would be like without this regular opportunity to have it taken away. Decaying rubbish would pile up everywhere. We would eventually trip over it and be overcome by the stench it would generate. Life would not be pleasant. But it isn’t unpleasant, because every week the garbage man comes and takes it all away.

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Trust is Slow

A slower pace and a methodical rhythm are a couple of the hallmarks of those who trust in God. They know God is the most significant actor in the world, not them. They know he is the last line of defence. They are settled in fear-filled moments because they know God is sovereign, they know He loves them, and they know He promises to make all things work together for good (Romans 8:28). These truths are ballast for their soul, and because they know them deep down, they tend not to “fear anything that is frightening.” (1 Peter 3:6)

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Let's Prepare Room

It’s no secret 2020 has not been the year anyone envisioned, and if your lived experience is anything like mine, it’s been splattered with emotion and physical family separation, and for some of us this Christmas is the first time we will have physically been present with one another all year. Our heart at Restore Ministries is to equip you to map the grace of God onto the details of life. So the question here is: how do we join together with family and friends this year, and bring forward love, not push into unnecessary conflict?

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Working For God or Working With God?

In the final video in our self-care series Peter breaks down not only the importance of working alongside God, but the how, with the important reminder to be clear about the things that God has for us to do.

Please connect with all the written and video blog pieces in the self-care series to get the full picture of this discussion we at Restore Ministries have been facilitating over the past few months.

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Settle Into Your Finiteness

Considering this idea of finiteness raises up the reminder that we have limits in our capacities and abilities to do things. We don't know everything, we can't do everything - we are not infinite.

In this video, a component of the Restore Ministrie's self-care series, Peter shares some of his own personal comfort and discomfort with this idea of our finiteness, and it's likeness to a big recliner chair at the end of the day.

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Restoring Identity: Peter's Book Writing Leave Update

In the first video update on his writing leave for the Restoring Identity book, Peter shares his progress so far, the plan for the months to come, and how you can pray for him both during this week and next as he puts pen to paper for chapters 2 & 3.

If you would like more information on the Restoring Identity book, or to find out how you can support Peter & Restore Ministries please visit www.restoreministries.com.au/book-partnership

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Peter's Story: COVID-19

Peter Sondergeld gets personal as he shares his experience of the Covid-19 pandemic as a local church pastor.

This video is part one in the current series on self-care by Restore Ministries, where we are passionate about discussing the biblical view of self-care over the coming months, so stay connected as we work to help you towards long-term, sustainable ministry.

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Creator or Creation

When it comes to sustainable living and sustainable ministry you need to start at the beginning… the very beginning. In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. Genesis 1:1

In this snappy introduction to life there are ten words which lay down two categories - creator and creation. Don’t jumble them up. Don’t get them confused… though in a fallen world, it is probably easier said than done.

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Coronavirus & Self Care

The category of self-care captures something helpful, but like most secular psychological categories, it brings with it a bunch of unwanted freight.

The first time I heard the term self-care, there was a car crash in my head. The two cars were self-care and Psalm 23. They seemed at odds to me. Am I my own shepherd, or is God my shepherd? How does Jesus’ care of me interface with my care of myself? What does it look like for God to make me lie down in green pastures?

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