What is Gone and Destroyed can be Totally Restored!!

Briefly, here are Three Keys - - -

1. Encourage yourself in the Lord: "David encouraged himself in the Lord his God" -1 Samuel 30:6.

Praise is tough when things are going wrong and when you are asking, "Dear Lord, what am I going to do?!" Praise brings God into your situation, no matter how bad it seems: "You are Holy, You Who inhabit the praises of Israel" -Ps.22:3.

I may feel like doing anything but praising - but the second I start lifting my praises to God, HE walks into the middle of my mess! He dwells in the praises of His people! Praise not only brings God into my situation but it also gives me access into the Presence of God! -Psalm 100:4
Isaiah 61:3 says that praise is a God-given garment that covers my life. That garment of praise covers my life of pain, hurt, confusion, worry, and stress, and it brings me deliverance, protection and preservation!

Praise is the believer's weapon, releasing God to do battle for me!

2. Find someone whom I trust to agree in prayer for me. That is David's story, not just in 1 Samuel 30 but throughout his life. He asked Avyatar to bring the ritual vest to him, and he inquired of the Lord - Who then assured him to indeed "Pursue - you will overtake them and recover everyone and everything."

Penetrate the camp - the passage in 1 Samuel 30 tells us that David and his followers not only attacked, but they kept fighting until the enemy was subdued and all was recovered! (verse 19)

3. Seal my recovery through giving: After all was taken back, we are told, "When David came back to Ziklag, he sent of the spoil unto the elders of Judah, even to his friends, saying, 'Behold a present for you of the spoil of the enemies of the Lord'" -1 Samuel 30:26.

Giving - this was David's declaration of total recovery. It is a supernatural law that must be activated to bring continued blessings from God.

When Israel was delivered from Egypt, they first gave an offering - a lamb for every house!