Following Jesus for a World Restored

Are you ready to expand your vision of new? Where what’s tired and broken isn’t discarded or replaced, but revived, reimagined, redeemed. Join Tearfund as we follow Jesus for a world restored.

Following Jesus for a World Restored is a devotional series for individuals, groups and churches to explore what it means to join God’s work of restoration in a world longing for hope and justice.

Week 1 – Restored Calling

Week 2 – Restored Relationships

Week 3 – Restored Wellbeing

Week 4 – Restored Creation

Week 5 – Restored Systems

Week 6 – Restored Hope

Week 7 – Restored Connection to God

About this series

These days, our world can seem like it’s on a trajectory towards ruin.

It feels as though injustice has too tight a grip, each new wave of crisis follows too closely on the last, and efforts towards goodness are too quickly overshadowed.

Now is the time for people who know God’s story of restoration to hold it up as a banner of hope. Now is the time to remind ourselves of the truer trajectory – all things being made new! – and join God’s kingdom mission of restoration.

Join us in the lead up to Easter as we spend seven weeks journeying through the gospels to learn from Jesus as he brought restoration to every facet of life. Together, let’s reflect on our call to join Jesus as people of restoration – working together towards God’s vision of all things made new.

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Reflect

Each week will dig into scripture to explore how Jesus brought restoration to every facet of life, with reflections from contributors including:

Pete Greig (Author and co-founder of 24-7 Prayer, UK)
Theresa Sese (Project manager, Moorditj Keila, WA)
Amanuel Elias (Youth Pastor, Trinity Chapel, Ethiopia)
Tony Rinaudo (Climate action advisor, World Vision, VIC)
Emma Wyndam Chalmers (Head of Advocacy, Tearfund, VIC)
Ben Chong (Leadership Coach, Surrender Co., QLD)
Linda Bailey (Senior Associate Minister, One Church, VIC)

Plus more guests from Tearfund’s partners and communities around the world.

Pray

Weekly prayer prompts will help you pray for restoration in the lead up to Easter, and unite in prayer for issues of poverty and injustice impacting communities around the world.

Connect

Go deeper in your understanding of issues facing our world today, and connect with stories of hope and restoration

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Following Jesus for a World Restored launches on February 14 2024, released via email each week during Lent (the seven weeks leading up to Easter). Sign up now and get your free set of keepsake devotional reflection cards – available until Feb 11th 2024 or while stocks last. Sign up by Jan 28th 2024 to receive your cards in time for the series launch on Feb 14.

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