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July 18, 2021

Who we are, What we believe, Where we’re going…

The Restored Orchard is a collection of devotionals, declarations, and prayers released to point the reader towards God, our Creator. I pray that each word opens the heart of the reader, challenges the heart to weed out things of this world, and produce Godly fruit.

22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

Galatians 5:22-23 NIV
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What We Believe…

We believe that God is our creator.

We believe that God sent Jesus to redeem us from our sin.

We believe that God has a divinely orchestrated purpose for each life.

We believe that God instructs us to seek Him in all that we do.

“But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord,

    whose confidence is in him.

They will be like a tree planted by the water

    that sends out its roots by the stream.

It does not fear when heat comes;

    its leaves are always green.

It has no worries in a year of drought

    and never fails to bear fruit.”

Jeremiah 17:7-8 NIV
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Where We’re Going…

The Restored Orchard‘s mission is to continually point people to God and His Word. We want each reader to nurture their personal relationship with God and see the fruits of the Spirit in their daily lives. We ask God to use the words here to restore His believers to bear good fruit.

We declare that lives will be transformed by the reading and application of these words.

This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples.

John 15:8

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