WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:19.720 God wants to use you. He wants to flow through you, provide for you. He wants to 2 00:00:19.720 --> 00:00:25.480 carry you on his wings. He wants to enable you to be led by the Spirit of 3 00:00:25.480 --> 00:00:31.400 God in the last days. Hi my name is Leanne Friesman and this is Restoring 4 00:00:31.400 --> 00:00:36.800 Word and I've got what I think is going to be the beginning of a new series here 5 00:00:36.800 --> 00:00:41.400 on Restoring Word. Thank you for liking and subscribing and sharing. Your 6 00:00:41.400 --> 00:00:47.120 comments and your shares help us grow the channel and reach more people for 7 00:00:47.120 --> 00:00:52.000 the gospel and that's why we're doing it. Are you stuck in a rut? Are you really 8 00:00:52.000 --> 00:00:57.280 looking for something new in your life? Well, definitely. I had this prophetic 9 00:00:57.280 --> 00:01:03.040 word spoken over me when I was a young baby Christian in Davenport, Iowa and the 10 00:01:03.040 --> 00:01:07.680 word was, don't grow weary in well-doing for in due season you will reap if you 11 00:01:07.680 --> 00:01:14.200 faint not. And I really think I am in that season of reaping. I'm coming to the 12 00:01:14.200 --> 00:01:21.320 end of a five-year transition that I've been in and God has supernaturally done 13 00:01:21.320 --> 00:01:26.600 some amazing things in my life. And so I thought, well God what do I want to do in 14 00:01:26.600 --> 00:01:30.600 this next season? And I didn't want to just do anything. I wanted to do 15 00:01:30.600 --> 00:01:36.560 something where God would be glorified and I prayed about it and I said, Lord I 16 00:01:36.560 --> 00:01:42.320 really want to do something new. My brother and I, we spend our summers at a 17 00:01:42.320 --> 00:01:48.520 cottage up in Canada and I, you know, I love to fish, okay, and my family loves to 18 00:01:48.520 --> 00:01:55.200 water ski, okay. It's not really me. In this season I want to sit on the lake. I 19 00:01:55.200 --> 00:02:03.200 want to enjoy life. And so my husband and I purchased a 1987 Catalina 25 sailboat 20 00:02:03.200 --> 00:02:09.280 and we're starting to restore it. It's going to be wonderful for us and for our 21 00:02:09.280 --> 00:02:16.760 small little grandkids and I really believe that this season is going to be 22 00:02:16.760 --> 00:02:22.720 part of our reward going forward. So I began to seek the Lord and God is this 23 00:02:22.720 --> 00:02:29.040 okay with you and how can you be glorified in it? And I really, honestly, I'm 24 00:02:29.040 --> 00:02:34.640 trying to use it as a way to share the gospel. And why? Because God is a 25 00:02:34.640 --> 00:02:40.680 restoring God. Now mind you, this boat is a 1987 so it's gonna need some work. But 26 00:02:40.680 --> 00:02:46.560 you know what? Just because something is older doesn't mean that God's done with 27 00:02:46.600 --> 00:02:54.560 it, right? God will take things that have maybe been newer in their younger days 28 00:02:54.560 --> 00:03:00.560 but he wants to do something new and this boat is, is really beautiful. It's 29 00:03:00.560 --> 00:03:05.600 really set up for a family. So I said, Lord, how can you be a part of this? And 30 00:03:05.600 --> 00:03:09.560 and the beginning process for me was just what do you want to name the boat? 31 00:03:09.560 --> 00:03:15.160 The name, the name, it didn't have a bad name, okay. The name of the boat was 32 00:03:15.160 --> 00:03:20.160 Dreamweaver and that's okay. But you know what? That's kind of an old song 33 00:03:20.160 --> 00:03:25.840 from the 80s and it's definitely an 87, right? And there's nothing necessarily 34 00:03:25.840 --> 00:03:30.080 wrong with Dreamweaver other than it was originally, I think, a song put together 35 00:03:30.080 --> 00:03:37.000 by John Lennon and it's kind of New Agey. I really wanted to give this boat a name 36 00:03:37.000 --> 00:03:42.640 that would reflect our love for God without being religious and weird, you 37 00:03:42.640 --> 00:03:48.160 know, like, you know, Grace or something that there's a million names of. I wanted 38 00:03:48.160 --> 00:03:54.000 it to be personal and I really wanted it to reflect our love for what we love 39 00:03:54.000 --> 00:03:59.680 most in ministry, which is flowing praise and worship, flowing in the gifts of the 40 00:03:59.680 --> 00:04:05.560 Spirit, being filled to the point where the Holy Ghost comes on you and empowers 41 00:04:05.560 --> 00:04:11.120 you to speak life into other people that are broken and hurting. And so I began to 42 00:04:11.120 --> 00:04:17.000 seek the Lord and then really thinking about naming. You know, when 43 00:04:17.000 --> 00:04:22.640 someone names their child at baptism and they hand the baby over to the minister 44 00:04:22.640 --> 00:04:28.320 and the minister says, what are you naming the child? That's that moment 45 00:04:28.320 --> 00:04:32.920 where the parents are decreeing their hopes and their dreams for the future of 46 00:04:32.920 --> 00:04:40.160 this baby. And so naming is important. And this actually comes from 47 00:04:40.160 --> 00:04:46.680 Revelation 17. And when you think about the importance of naming, God is going to 48 00:04:46.680 --> 00:04:52.360 give us a name, a name for those that are the overcomers in the last days. Yes, it's 49 00:04:52.360 --> 00:04:57.200 going to get crazy. It is getting crazy already. But there is a reward for those 50 00:04:57.200 --> 00:05:01.920 that overcome and it comes from Revelations 2.17. 51 00:05:00.000 --> 00:05:05.800 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who 52 00:05:05.800 --> 00:05:11.440 overcomes, I will give hidden manna to eat, or spiritual food. I will give him a 53 00:05:11.440 --> 00:05:15.560 white stone, we've already talked about the white stone, and on the stone a new 54 00:05:15.560 --> 00:05:21.480 name written which no one knows except him who receives it. You're going to be 55 00:05:21.480 --> 00:05:29.960 given a name for your obedience to him. Naming is important. Isaiah 56 5, even to 56 00:05:29.960 --> 00:05:34.400 them I will give in my house and within its walls a place and a name better than 57 00:05:34.400 --> 00:05:37.880 that of the sons and daughters. I will give them an everlasting name that shall 58 00:05:37.880 --> 00:05:42.200 not be cut off. Now I think here scripturally he's talking about naming 59 00:05:42.200 --> 00:05:47.320 Israel and naming Jerusalem and the importance and the holiness of Jerusalem 60 00:05:47.320 --> 00:05:55.160 but God wanted a specific name for that for that capital. It's a holy city. Isaiah 61 00:05:55.160 --> 00:06:00.480 62 1 and 2, for Zion's sake I will not hold my peace, for Jerusalem's sake I 62 00:06:00.480 --> 00:06:04.600 will not rest until her righteousness goes forth as brightness and her 63 00:06:04.600 --> 00:06:09.320 salvation as a lamp that burns. The Gentiles shall see your righteousness 64 00:06:09.320 --> 00:06:15.400 and all kings your glory and you will be called by a new name which the mouth of 65 00:06:15.400 --> 00:06:23.160 the Lord will name. So there is something holy about God-given names, right? So even 66 00:06:23.160 --> 00:06:27.080 when I put together the blog and even when I began to think about our ministry 67 00:06:27.080 --> 00:06:30.520 name, why Restoring Word? Well my husband's an auto body guy and he 68 00:06:30.520 --> 00:06:34.000 rebuilds things that have been crushed and bruised and broken and he makes them 69 00:06:34.000 --> 00:06:39.080 new again and that's kind of what we're going to do with the sailboat. So 70 00:06:39.080 --> 00:06:45.520 Restoring Word really fits us but I had to come up with something, a logo 71 00:06:45.520 --> 00:06:49.440 that would depict that and I've never really explained the ministry's logo. If 72 00:06:49.600 --> 00:06:54.520 you see it, it's on all of our videos. You have W, the Word of God, which is first 73 00:06:54.520 --> 00:07:00.720 and foremost. The Word of God is alive and it comes up and it breathes life and 74 00:07:00.720 --> 00:07:05.840 what happens? You're restored. And when you're restored, what happens? Oh you want 75 00:07:05.840 --> 00:07:12.120 more of the Word. And then the Word again is life, it's living, it'll take your 76 00:07:12.120 --> 00:07:17.080 hurts, your bruises, your wounds, your defeat, your hurt, your 77 00:07:17.080 --> 00:07:21.920 disappointment, and what happens? He restores it. He restores it and then what 78 00:07:21.920 --> 00:07:26.400 happens? You're so thankful for your restoration, you want what? You want more 79 00:07:26.400 --> 00:07:31.760 of the Word. Well the graphic artist came up with the perfect logo for the blog, 80 00:07:31.760 --> 00:07:39.840 for the ministry, and it's this circular feature that comes. I love it. It's 81 00:07:39.840 --> 00:07:44.440 perfect. It's perfect for us and it's really representational of what we want 82 00:07:44.440 --> 00:07:50.880 to talk about and that is God is a restorer. He's a restorer of your trust. 83 00:07:50.880 --> 00:07:57.520 So I said, now Lord, how can I use this logo on this boat? Like I just, the R 84 00:07:57.520 --> 00:08:02.240 words were hard to choose and the W words and the only thing that I got 85 00:08:02.240 --> 00:08:08.800 close to was ride the wind and I thought, eh. But one night in my sleep, the Holy 86 00:08:08.800 --> 00:08:14.120 Spirit dropped in me to go and look at my devotional. I love Rick Renner's Gems 87 00:08:14.200 --> 00:08:18.840 from the Greek and I opened up Gems from the Greek too, went to the back, looked at 88 00:08:18.840 --> 00:08:23.760 the concordance and looked at the R word and the R word that just jumped off 89 00:08:23.760 --> 00:08:31.140 the page was Rao and it's Greek and it comes from John 7 38 and 39. He who 90 00:08:31.140 --> 00:08:37.080 believes in me, as Scripture has said, out of his heart or out of his belly shall 91 00:08:37.080 --> 00:08:45.520 flow, Rao, rivers of living water. Ooh, it's a flowing that's associated with water. 92 00:08:45.520 --> 00:08:51.040 Ooh, that's a cool name for a boat, don't you think? Rao. Now there's also a 93 00:08:51.040 --> 00:08:57.040 wonderful scripture in Isaiah 44 3, for I will pour water on him who is thirsty 94 00:08:57.040 --> 00:09:03.060 and floods on the dry ground. I will pour out my spirit on your descendants and my 95 00:09:03.060 --> 00:09:08.340 blessing on your offspring. I wrestled with what to name this boat because 96 00:09:08.340 --> 00:09:14.860 really we're just so thankful that generational curses have been broken and 97 00:09:14.860 --> 00:09:22.940 that our family, because of Jesus's love for us, is gonna walk in freedom and so I 98 00:09:22.940 --> 00:09:26.460 really wanted something that would reflect that inner work that is 99 00:09:26.460 --> 00:09:32.500 happening in the lives of our family. I thought about Sons of Liberty, I thought 100 00:09:32.500 --> 00:09:37.180 about Legacy, and I kept going back to the R and the W and and and it just I 101 00:09:37.180 --> 00:09:44.940 had to stick with something that would reflect who we are and what we're about. 102 00:09:44.940 --> 00:09:51.100 So let me break down these two words because they really relate to what God 103 00:09:51.100 --> 00:10:01.620 wants to do in your life. Rao, it's a it's a spoken H before the R. Rao. 104 00:10:00.000 --> 00:10:05.600 open O. I studied phonetic languages in college, so I could sing in about six 105 00:10:05.600 --> 00:10:09.920 different languages, and it's always been a fun thing for me to look at and to 106 00:10:09.920 --> 00:10:18.360 study. But re-o, it really, its root word kind of is different, but in 107 00:10:18.360 --> 00:10:24.600 stated terms, really it's that empowering word that comes out of your mouth that 108 00:10:24.600 --> 00:10:31.320 speaks life. It's spirit-inspired. It's spirit-led. It's sitting down and leading 109 00:10:31.320 --> 00:10:35.720 praise and worship under the unction and the anointing of the Holy Spirit, and 110 00:10:35.720 --> 00:10:40.080 you're ministering to the Lord, singing to him what he wants to hear, not what 111 00:10:40.080 --> 00:10:45.560 you want to hear, but what does he want to hear. And in that flow, he is ministered 112 00:10:45.560 --> 00:10:49.080 to, he is worshiped, and he is glorified, which is what we're supposed to do as 113 00:10:49.080 --> 00:10:54.480 worship leaders, right? A shout out to Ronnie and Haley Ostrander, two young 114 00:10:54.480 --> 00:11:01.920 people, family members, who really can flow in worship. That's what we're 115 00:11:01.920 --> 00:11:07.560 supposed to do as musicians, as musicians that are set aside for the kingdom. Our 116 00:11:07.560 --> 00:11:12.800 worship is supposed to glorify him. It's supposed to be all about him. It's not 117 00:11:12.800 --> 00:11:19.680 about promoting us, right? Okay. There's also another unusual place where this 118 00:11:19.680 --> 00:11:25.800 retos, it's a form of re-o, but it's retos, and the word is 4-4-90 in the 119 00:11:25.800 --> 00:11:33.200 study, and it's referred to in 1st Timothy 4-1, expressly in the last days 120 00:11:33.200 --> 00:11:40.760 many will depart from the faith, or expressly, expressing, verbal, expressly, 121 00:11:40.760 --> 00:11:47.080 what is the Holy Spirit saying? The Holy Spirit is speaking to all of us in 1st 122 00:11:47.080 --> 00:11:51.480 Timothy 4, that in the last days many are going to depart from the faith. Well, 123 00:11:51.480 --> 00:11:57.120 that's kind of really a cool word. You know why I'm doing this whole blog thing? 124 00:11:57.120 --> 00:12:02.080 I'm really, my heart is to reach people I've had in class before, I've known 125 00:12:02.080 --> 00:12:08.200 before, and to reach them for the kingdom, and to reassure them that, guess what, you 126 00:12:08.200 --> 00:12:14.200 can trust God. You can. He's good. He's faithful. Well, the next part of that was, 127 00:12:14.200 --> 00:12:19.800 what's the W word going to be? Obviously, the word, I didn't want to call it re-o 128 00:12:19.800 --> 00:12:25.320 word, I really wanted to tie that into the use of the sailboat. Well, sailboats 129 00:12:25.320 --> 00:12:31.240 have two wings, obviously. The sailboat is going to have two sails up above, plural, 130 00:12:31.880 --> 00:12:39.000 and that's really wonderful, but the thing about this boat that is just such a blessing 131 00:12:39.800 --> 00:12:45.480 is that it's a very valuable boat because of what you can't see. Now, I'm already planning 132 00:12:45.480 --> 00:12:50.520 all of these other episodes in the future, so there's one coming on this keel, get ready, 133 00:12:50.520 --> 00:12:58.680 but this keel has a winged keel. It was designed based on the sailboat that won 134 00:12:58.760 --> 00:13:07.080 the race back in 86 or 87, came from Australia. It's a winged keel. Aerodynamically, this boat 135 00:13:07.080 --> 00:13:14.760 is going to fly on the water. The keel is very heavy, and it stabilizes the boat, 136 00:13:15.880 --> 00:13:19.960 and you've got to have a specific type of trailer to move this boat, which the Lord 137 00:13:20.760 --> 00:13:26.680 graciously gave. So, there's amazing wings that are affiliated with this boat, but this morning, 138 00:13:26.680 --> 00:13:32.440 I just started thinking about Lord Wings. I mean, Re O Wings. I mean, how does that really work? Well, 139 00:13:32.440 --> 00:13:37.080 let me tell you about the wings of the Lord, okay, and again, this is probably going to be a more 140 00:13:37.080 --> 00:13:48.200 in-depth study later on, but God spreads his wings over you, Ezekiel 16, 8. Under whose wings 141 00:13:48.200 --> 00:13:54.280 thou art come to rest, and that's in Ruth 2, 12. Wings are kind of referred to as sort of a skirt. 142 00:13:55.160 --> 00:14:01.800 Wings are associated with support and strength. I will bear you up on eagles' wings. That means 143 00:14:01.800 --> 00:14:08.200 the Lord's going to carry you, Exodus 19 and Deuteronomy 32. Wings are associated with safe 144 00:14:08.200 --> 00:14:17.800 keeping. He will hide me under the shadow of his wings, Psalm 17, 8. How precious and how beautiful 145 00:14:18.520 --> 00:14:24.680 are the men and the women and children who put their trust under the shadow of his wings, 146 00:14:25.240 --> 00:14:36.120 Psalms 36, 37. We are covered by him. He casts shade over us. We are watched over. You are watched 147 00:14:36.120 --> 00:14:43.000 over by him. You can trust him. He will be your protection. He will be your refuge. In the shadow 148 00:14:43.000 --> 00:14:49.720 of his wings, will you take refuge? Will I take my refuge, Psalms 57, 1. Wings are your shelter, 149 00:14:49.720 --> 00:14:57.080 and it's your cover. I will trust in the cover of thy wings, 61, 4. And it's also relating to 150 00:14:57.080 --> 00:14:59.880 the angel wings that was covering the Ark of the Covenant. 151 00:15:00.000 --> 00:15:08.500 inside the tabernacle. Isn't that fun? Okay, Psalm 63 7, the wings are 152 00:15:08.500 --> 00:15:13.260 associated with comfort. Because thou has given me my help, therefore in the shadow 153 00:15:13.260 --> 00:15:21.140 of his wings I will rejoice. Being in his presence, being under his covering, I can 154 00:15:21.140 --> 00:15:26.640 trust him. I know that I am in his presence and he's caring for me. Isn't 155 00:15:26.640 --> 00:15:34.380 that beautiful? He shall cover thee with his feathers and under his wings you 156 00:15:34.380 --> 00:15:44.560 shall trust, Psalms 91 4. We know that one. In Job 37 and Isaiah 24, there is 157 00:15:44.560 --> 00:15:50.600 talking about the extensive in the spread of his wings. So, and the last but 158 00:15:50.600 --> 00:15:57.860 not least, it talks about there's healing in his wings. You know, wings are, it's an 159 00:15:57.860 --> 00:16:02.240 incredible study. I mean, a lot of people just automatically think angels' wings. 160 00:16:02.240 --> 00:16:07.580 They don't think about how it's symbolically talking about his love for 161 00:16:07.580 --> 00:16:12.440 us, his protection, how he wants to carry us, how he wants to strengthen and 162 00:16:12.440 --> 00:16:19.280 support us, how he wants to protect us in this hour. He really does want to be a 163 00:16:19.280 --> 00:16:25.120 part of your life. He even wants to be a part in the fun stuff. And the fun stuff 164 00:16:25.120 --> 00:16:29.360 for me is going to be sitting on a sailboat with my family. He's just that 165 00:16:29.360 --> 00:16:35.640 good. In addition to that, my husband raises songbirds. And, you know, when he 166 00:16:35.640 --> 00:16:40.100 was very young, he had a very difficult childhood. He had an alcoholic abusive 167 00:16:40.100 --> 00:16:46.040 home and he would run out into the bird cages with his pigeons because it was 168 00:16:46.040 --> 00:16:52.560 peaceful and it was quiet and it was safe. And it became a place of, kind of a 169 00:16:52.560 --> 00:16:59.600 place of contact where he would talk to the Lord as a small boy. God wants to be 170 00:16:59.600 --> 00:17:05.680 the place in your life that you run to when things are stressful, difficult, 171 00:17:05.680 --> 00:17:11.319 anxiety-ridden. He wants to be the place that you run to that you can find your 172 00:17:11.319 --> 00:17:19.560 peace. God is your refuge. He will restore you and he will carry you with 173 00:17:19.560 --> 00:17:24.359 his wings. Thank you for listening today and I hope you enjoy this next season 174 00:17:24.359 --> 00:17:29.240 where we're going to talk about restoration and we're going to use these 175 00:17:29.240 --> 00:17:35.360 short little devotionals to help people grow in their faith, in their trust, in 176 00:17:36.000 --> 00:17:41.840 their belief in the Word of God. Thank you for listening. Please like and share 177 00:17:41.840 --> 00:17:46.280 and subscribe. We appreciate your support.