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Do you love me?
John 21:15-19 We will be beginning our sabbatical year from ministry in our home country. In a situation where I will not be able to preach for a long time, today’s word is a special one for me and for you, my beloved saints. I hope that you will always remember today’s words and apply them to your life. What do humans live on? Humans live by love. Humans cannot exist without love. This is because God, who is love, created humans to love and…
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Today Here Enjoy and Spread the Kingdom of God(Mt10:1, 5-8)
We all live on this earth experiencing sadness and pain. I heard about the shocking news that Hamas members entered Israeli villages and killed people at random, even cutting off the heads of numerous newborn babies. We all want peace, but we hear constant news of war. Although we want to be healthy, we live suffering from disease and physical weakness. There are people who want to love, but cannot forgive due to their wounds, and live in great pain. This is the sad reality…
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Give thanks in all circumstances (1 Thessalonians 5:16-20)
We are all living a life in the wilderness. Who doesn’t feel stressed, whether you’re a student, a mother raising a child, or an office worker? What would you think if God gave the following command to us who are living in various difficulties and suffering? “Rejoice always. Pray without ceasing. Be thankful in all circumstances.” Most would say: “God, I want to live like that, but living it is difficult”. Do you think God commanded you to do something impossible? Because it is possible,…
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Break down strongholds (2 Corinthians 10:3-5)
Let’s take a look at the image first. In this picture, God pours out the blessings of abundant power, intimacy, and revelation like a waterfall. However, it shows that we are receiving and enjoying only drops of His grace, and not the whole waterfall of grace. Why do we not fully enjoy intimacy with God and experience His power? Why do we not hear the voice of the Holy Spirit, understand the Lord’s words deeply, and enjoy the Lord’s joy and peace abundantly? It is…
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Wonderful things the Holy Spirit does(John 16:4-14)
Jesus left His sorrowful disciples behind to bear the cross, and in order to comfort them, He repeated several words multiple times. He emphasized prayer the most, and next in most repeated topic was His discourse about the Holy Spirit. If you read continuously from John 14 to 16, you’ll find that He mentioned the Holy Spirit four times. Repetition indicates the importance of the subject. These were His final words before His death, demonstrating their profound significance. Jesus repeated His teachings about the Holy…
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Pray then like this: (how to pray with the Lord’s Prayer)(Mt 6:9-13)
Are you praying every day according to the prayer the Lord taught us? Some saints think that the Lord’s Prayer has a mystical power, so there are people who use the Lord’s Prayer like an incantation. In some cases, the Lord’s Prayer is used at the end of meetings. However, the Lord clearly taught us how to pray in the Sermon on the Mount in the Gospel of Matthew. While talking about prayer, He said, ‘Pray like this.’ Nevertheless, it seems that there are not…
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Worshiper God is seeking for (Acts 16:25-34)
It is summer vacation time. Many people go on vacation to the sea or the mountains. During vacation, people eat well, sleep well, and rest well. But have you ever felt tired after eating well and resting comfortably? No matter how well we eat and rest physically, our souls can feel tired. Why? It is because, as spiritual beings, people gain new strength by eating spiritual food, the Word of God, and enjoy true rest and peace when they personally meet God through prayer and…
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The truth will set you free (John 8:31-36)
First, I will briefly share my personal testimony. I went to church when I was very young, but I did not meet the Lord for a long time. And I seriously had many philosophical questions about myself as a teenager. Who am I? What is the purpose of life? What kind of world is there after death? If I study hard, get into a good college, go to a good job, get married, eat well and live well, then will life be over? Just as…
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Attitude to have to achieve vision (Numbers 13:30-33)
I called several places this week to get my phone repaired and asked for the cost. However, after calling several places, I ended up leaving the phone at a place with no reviews on the Internet. The price was also important in the decision of choosing which repair shop to go to, but in the end I went to the place where they explained kindly. Yunhee Choi says in her book “Attitude is everything”, “You can’t stop the waves of life, but you can overcome…
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Absolute Authority and Benefits of the Bible (2 Timothy 3:15-17)
James Packer, an evangelical theologian from England, said that if he were the devil, first and foremost, he would do everything in his power to make people disbelieve the Bible, challenge its authority, question its reliability, and stop them from coming into contact with it. What the devil does is he tries to keep people from believing in the Bible and tries to keep them away from it. This is because without the Word, everything will be as the devil wants. The Bible is the…
