About the Retreat Come and enjoy the majestic views and relaxing fragrance of the fresh air in a time of prayer and consecration unto Christ! Join us for the weekday sessions, for the weekends or for both! Renew your spirit and mind as we set this time aside to seek the face of God. We look forward to a tremendous move of God in our midst as we fellowship together on the mountain! Space is currently VERY limited. Couples or small families (3 or 4)  desiring to attend are encouraged to send in their deposits ASAP. How to Register Contact: Blanche Lyles (Retreat Director) Call the church office at 215-324-7376 or email info@tfiwc.org mailto:info@tfiwc.orgshapeimage_1_link_0
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Scroll below to see the full series of pre-messages about Restoration from our Pastors.
September 23-25, 2011 and/or September 26-29, 2011
Open for Registration
Restoration: I Hello and Praise the Lord! We pray that you are having a "Most Excellent" life in Christ Jesus. Certainly, we are looking forward to our time together on Blue Mountain. As We've been seeking the Lord for this time, He has laid on our heart, "RESTORATION"! I pray that you come with an expectation of the Spirit of God to corporately rain on all of us. Our hearts’ desire is the Restoration of Families, Relationships, Churches, Leadership, Prayer Life, the Pure Word, Worship, our National Spiritual Vision and just a return to our First Love! We are coming with a Heart of Restoration to repair the breaches, to build up the old waste places, to heal our wounded, and recapture the ministries that God has ordained for all of us! Our time together will be a Weekend of Restoration. I know I'll see you on the mountain and bring anyone with you that needs "RESTORATION", and a "Time of Refreshing"! Restoration: II The things that happen in life can turn us into a "wreck". Many of us have disappointed ourselves with choices, of which we have no explanation. We can explain what we did, who we were with, and some of the events leading up to our trouble. However, why we made such reckless decisions escapes us, other than we were just trying to find some level of happiness. The most puzzling thing that frustrates us is, since we know God, we should have not made such disappointing choices. What makes things worse is that we have a tough time looking ourselves in the mirror and taking full responsibility for our own misfortune. Forgiving ourselves is not as easy as it sounds sometimes. And just when we get the courage to face our choices some religious, self-righteous, church going person, reminds us of our mistake(s). Or maybe they don't say anything, but just avoids us like the plague. Sometimes it seems that forgiveness among the saints is as a valley of dry bones. Be that as it may, God has a plan of RESTORATION for every wounded soul. Be it self inflicted wounds, or un-forgiveness from others. God is healing and RESTORING all of us at the same time. He's touching those obvious issues, as well as those hidden, or obscure issues that even the self-righteous must face. RESTORATION is in God's Plan for all of us! David said "He RESTORES My Soul". We pray that we know, no matter how battered and bruised we may be, the Potter has us on His Wheel, and He is removing everything that keeps us from being Vessels of Honor! The Love, Grace, Mercy, Patience, and Promise of God is cleaning and consecrating us anew! God is in the business of complete RESTORATION! See you on the Mountain! Restoration: III Have you ever felt this way... No one can imagine what I've been feeling deep inside. I have lost that luster and love that kept me so connected. It's want I've come to know as weary, worn and sad. My longing to be back to where God wants me is there, but how I get there is daunting and fleeting. I even dread getting starting. What thoughts are going through the minds of those whom I've failed? If I could just get my focus back I know God will use me again. One of the things that keeps us in a a spiritual stupor is dwelling on our mistakes and inadequacies. God is a God of "RESTORATION" and not Retaliation! While we may need to acknowledge our shortcomings, if we live there we'll never lift our heads back up. God's desire is to RESTORE us from within. He has that unique way of getting to the heart of the matter, or the real issue(s) that war against His Plan for our lives. "I know the thoughts I think towards you; thoughts of peace and not of evil; to give you an expected end". God is working in those hidden places that will bring Soul Stabilizing RESTORATION into our being! God knows deep down in our hearts we want our joy, love and peace back! Jesus knows we want the ministry He has given us to be like Fresh Oil and New Wine in our innermost being. Having the Holy Spirit blazing in our lives again is not something we have to miss out on. God desires that fervent relationship back with all of us, more than we want it for ourselves! The Forgiving Love of Jesus is in The Marriage RESTORING Business; The Joy RESTORING Business; The Family RESTORING Business; The Passion and Purpose RESTORING Business; The Vision RESTORING Business; The Church RESTORING Business; The Prayer, Praise and Worship RESTORING Business, and whatever else needs to be RESTORED. God has declared, "I AM that I AM"! Whatever you need, "I AM"! God has not forgotten us! God has not rejected us! God has not condemned our souls to failure! It's Time for Refreshing and RESTORATION! We pray that your time on Blue Mountain, and all who come with you, will be like a "Before and After" Gallery of RESTORATION! Restoration: IV We know what it's like to hit a "dry spell" in your spirit. It's not that you've backslidden, or any thing like that. You just don't have the joy, or drive you once had. Your enthusiasm is at an all time low. You feel stuck in the rut of "Church as usual". You feel as though you're just going through the motions, even though what your doing is right, good and appreciated. And there are those around us that have no clue, in terms of our emotional absence and "Spiritual Drought". They still call us to sing, preach, pray, lead worship, teach Sunday School, usher and chair meetings. Yet, you feel absent as you engage in ministry.    "Spiritual Drought" is a condition that occurs when there is a lack of "Holy Rain" replenishing our souls. God, through the Blood of Jesus has made a "Everlasting Covenant" with us, that necessitates the flow of the Holy Spirit. It is He, The Holy Spirit that comes to shower us with a perpetual, soul drenching experience. We need to be in a corporate setting sometimes, to replenish our depleted and dry spirit. It's not that we're in sin - We just need the rain until "Rivers of God" are flowing from our innermost being. We need a Time of Refreshing: We need RESTORATION!    "Refreshing Springs" that only God, the Holy Ghost can give, is what we need. Spiritual Drought will "Block Vision", "Delay Purpose", and "Evaporate Passion". Spiritual Drought will isolate us, weary us, and make our spirits brittle. But when the "Fountain of Living Waters", pours into our barren and desert existence, RESTORATION takes place. God promised us Waters in our Wilderness, and Fountains in our Deserts! (Isa. 43:18-21)    As we corporately gather on the mountain, We pray that our connection and fellowship with Jesus, and with one another, will open the "Flood Gates of God's Glory" deep in our spirits! Come praying and expecting Holy Rain to saturate our hearts again, and again! Come knowing that the Holy Spirit desires the "Fulness of RESTORATION", Much More than we do! Much More!
 
Restoration!
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Blue Mountain Christian Retreat September 23-25 / September 26-29 Click here to download a registration form
Restoration!
Focus & Theme for Fall 2011