What I Think and What God Thinks are Different

Spiritfruit.July.20.2012 What I think and what God thinks is different. My reasons are different than God's reason. What I desire and what God desires is different. What God wants and what I need is different. I must acknowledge this. Our Lord tells us to not worry about what we will eat or wear. He tells us to look at the flowers in the fields. He tells us that they are more beautiful than all of Solomon's glory, but we don't understand this. We think that our will is God's will. We think that our thoughts a God's thoughts. Truly we must do the will of God, and our thoughts should be the thoughts that belong to God, but we mistake our thoughts as His thoughts, our desires and His desires and the things we seek as the things God desires that we seek. It is wrong. This is why we are lost. We should be on track as a train on it's rails, but we fail to do so. We refuse to give up and follow the tracks. Neither will God bend to our will. We should abandon our ways and follow God, but as if we a gods and wait for God to surrender to us. Will God surrender to us? God will not surrender to us. Even now God's will is being done on earth. Satan does act, but nothing is done outside of God's will. We must believe that even the acceptance and denial of paperwork is also the will of God. Satan is able to accomplish his goal by getting in our way, if so, then we did not pray enough or God is allowing it to happen to further His will in a different way. Our job is to do our best because we do not completely understand God's will. When God desires that we let go of something, it would be easier if we did so, but we do not. We are to strive for our best and when we realize it is not God's will for us, we are to surrender and be joyful in Him. When we have forms and paperwork that does not go the way we want, we stubbornly keep fighting until we get what we want. If it does not end up the ay we want, then we end up arguing and complaining to God. So when you stubbornly get what you want, God is allowing you to live your life on your terms. He tells to go do what you want and then return to Him. You think that this is a blessing. It is not a blessing. This gives me great fear, so much that I pray to God to never allow that to happen to me. I tell Him hat I will obey so please never let me do what I want. If do not understand His will I ask Him to block the path before me. But others pray until they get what they want. God will answer your prayers even if you ask for the wrong things. You are told to ask and it will be given. This can turn into a problem. I try to make sure that I do not ask for anything that is not right. He will answer your prayers. This is why you go out into the world for a time and then later return. Because He answered your prayers. A parent does not want to give their child something that is not good for them, but when a child is persistent, the parent will at times allow the child to experience what they have asked for. The bible does not say you will not get your prayer unanswered because you for the wrong things. This is a problem. We get excited when our prayers are answered, but later when things become difficult we blame God and complain to Him for taking away the answer to our prayers. God will not take something back from you. You have asked for something improperly, you have misused the gift, and you are the one who fails and y end up coming back to God. You need to be sure that what you desire is truly in line with God's will. But many times you desire something for yourself and you mistake it as God's will and refuse to let go of it. This house was purchased because God said to buy it. So we may say because God told us to buy it that He will make sure it is ours forever, but that is not so. If God does not give us the money to make payments then we will have to walk away from this house. Why? God has a reason for us being here, and he has a reason for us leaving. If He tells us to walk away from it then we will do so. You cannot be stubborn. In the pt 10 years we almost had to file for bankruptcy 3 or 4 times. I surrendered. Maybe He was testing me, but He gave us money to pay and He has provided for us unto this day. It is the same today. I have no credit, so the house is under my husbands name, but God is the owner and if He wants it then we will give it to Him. If He tells us to pay for it and use it then we will do so. Many of you think God is petty and He gives first and then takes it away. You do not understand God. God will take something away and replace it with something greater. But we don't see that. We look at our immediate circumstance and complain that God has taken something away. Do you think that in my home we have no problems? We have greater problems in our home than you may have in your homes. You don't see it. We have incredible problems we are dealing with right now. We choose to do our best and go peacefully in the way God is leading us. It would be so much easier if God would just tell us clearly what it is He wants from us, but there are many things that are not clear. Watch the movie the Rose of Sharon. There is a scene where God takes someone away to Him. It is mostly in English so the children should be able to understand it well. We may think that we are serving God well and following Him so why is it that we get called to Him when we a young. We question why some people get to live to 80 or 90 but those who are good and have faith, who serve God and help others are called to God early. We do not know God's will. I have been in pain for decades and yet He does not take me away and still gives me life. Is this a big ministry? I keep sharing with you that I live in my bed. We do not know God's will. Because of me many people suffer. Many people must help me so that I can move and live my life. How much better it would be that God would take me away and let someone who is able bodied to live. We do not understand God's will. We must pray daily to ask God to show us His will and to allow us to live according to it. Ask Him to show you His will. Prayer is a conversation between God and you. Pray is not about asking God to give you this or that. It is time spent conversing with each other. How much time do you spend in conversation with God? When it is something you ask for you rattle it off and then you are done. You say you have done your part because have asked. At times when I am about to pray or about to read the bible, God speaks to me first. At times He wakes me in the middle of the night to seek Him earnestly in prayer. So I think maybe He wants to show me something, but He tells me all He desires is that I call out to Him and pray. Last night I could not sleep. He said the previous morning that He would meet me and He came and woke me around 3 AM. I thought He wanted to converse with me, but rather He had me call out to Him in prayer. It was a different prayer. God calls us according to His will and desire, we do not approach God on our terms however way we want. At times in the night He gives me scripture, so I wake my husband and ask for the bible so I can read what He is telling me. I do not know His will. The scripture He have me last night I still have not understood why it was given to me. What is your God's will? What you desire? If it is what want then you should sleep at night. Why doesn't He give me His word when I am awake, why awaken me from sleep? Does God not know that you are sleeping? Does He not know us? He knows us. When God has a purpose He will take His time, ask for certain prayer and use certain people. There are also times when I am to pray. And then the are other times where we commune with each other. Our lives are complete when we live according to His will. I fail at this many times Sometimes it is because I am in painted suffering. I may take medication and miss the opportunity while asleep. That upsets me the most. You can miss sleep and there is no problem. But we think that sleep is too important. Yes, you need sleep, and God created you to need sleep, but when you are filled with the spirit you are not tired. When you are in spiritual training you do not get much sleep for years, but you are not tired. When you are working outside of God's will you will be tired. It is all the same work, as a student or for business, try it for yourselves. See how you feel after a day doing your work in God's will, or if you feel better after having lived a day doing what you wanted to do. Go and see for yourselves. Then decide if you are going to live in God's will or doing what you want to do. For me, when I live in God's will I have more peace, freedom, and joy even though there is still pain, suffering and difficulties to face. I am given strength to overcome. It is because God is with me, I can overcome easily. The days I decide I will live the way I want is far more difficult and at night I cannot sleep. When I have not asked for forgiveness I cannot sleep well at night. I may try to act as if nothing has happened but does that really work? We all have these situations in our lives. There are people I need to forgive and people I need to ask for forgiveness. But with this burden are you able to sleep? You are one with your spouse, but of you have wronged them and act as if nothing happened, how terrible do you feel? Is it not difficult to face each other? It becomes uncomfortable. If this is not so for you, then you are incredible people. If I wrong my children, it is difficult to face them. If my children have wronged me but do not seek forgiveness and I am waiting for them to do so, then it becomes hard for me to face my own children. This is aside from whether I forgive them or not. Why does God tell you to forgive others first? It is for your peace. It is not for your neighbor it is for you. When I am able to forgive first then I am at peace, but we wait for the other to seek forgiveness first. It is because we don't understand God's will. When there is something hindering your walk, will God answer your prayer? No, He will not. That is why we are told that when we are in the midst of giving our offering and you are reminded of a a wrong you have done, to leave your offering and to make right what you have wronged and then to come before God. Do you truly understand what this means and do you forgive others? How much have you thought about this and have you gone and asked to be forgiven? Because we do not do this, even between couples there will pass days of uneasiness. Even to the point where you make one another skin crawl. But you act as if nothing is wrong. I can't live like this. I need to be lifted up and down many times a day. If I have any ill feelings I will die. Your situation is not like mine, so you may harbor ill feelings, and not face each other when you go to bed. Nowadays people have many rooms so you can even go sleep in another room. The bible is specific about separation between married people, only when you are in prayer. You can have your space and be comfortable that is understandable. But when you are angry with each other you turn your backs to each other. Did you repent? The bible says to repent before the sun goes down, but you did not. Are you going to bed the way God desires for you? You are not. You say tomorrow you will ask to be forgiven. I always say to you what if you are called tonight? What if tonight you are called? We have accumulated so much of this that we have become numb to it that now it does not even effect us. It does not bother us. We think that this amount of sin is accepted by God. We think to ourselves that 'today I sinned and God did not punish me, there aren't too many problems in our home, so maybe I don't have to follow Jesus for a little while.' Is it really this way? This is foolishness. You have lost. But still you think that you are comfortable. It has been a year or two, maybe 10 years or twenty years since you should have repented and asked for forgiveness, but time has passed and you are doing everything you want to do in you life and there a not too many problems, so you think that God has overlooked your sin. Do not be mistaken. Did God let you get ay with it? He did not. The problem is now bigger. Repent at the moment. Do not be mistaken and think just because you have repented once that you never have to repent again. A life of faith is about living according to God's will and not my own. It is about living to the standards that God desires and not my own. What does God desire? Does He ask us to harbor ill feelings to each other? Does He ask us not to forgive others? Does He ask us to be proud? Does He ask us to be greedy for material wealth? Does He ask you to live however way you want? Are these the things that God wants from you? It is not so. Desire the things that God desires. Do what He wants you to do, the things that please Him. Do the things that will bring now to Him. I pray that you become people who can do these things.

Your Will Be Done ON Earth As It Is In Heaven

July 13, 2012   Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. We think that when our will is done, when we have achieved our desires that we have succeeded. In God's way it is His will that must be done for us to be blessed. But rather than do God's will' we prefer to do our will. Of course you say that you may desire to do some of what God desires but not completely. Do you live to do the will of God or do you live to achieve your own desires? We know that it is the end of days, even Jesus taught that it was the end of times and 2000 years have passed. He is giving us a chance but it is still the end. We feel that we are free from judgement because of the 2000 years and live in a false belief that we are safe. We will all die. We will all face judgement. We think only about Jesus coming back and forget that time is passing by while we wait. We do not really understand what Jesus means when he is saying that it is the end of days. The bible teaches us that time is different for God. A day is like a thousand years and a thousand years is like a day. People who have a died and come back or had visions of heaven tell us how time is different. Do you hear what they are sharing with you? Rather than hearing the message and changing your life you still want to go live in the world and experience it for yourself. You don't want to listen to what others say. We hear testimonies of people who left God and came back to him, but their testimony would be more powerful had they never left God in the first place. But nobody wants to hear this kind of testimony because we say that it is boring. We have become so attached to drama and action that even in the movies we desire more stimulation than stories of substance. Whether God heals you from a cold or cancer God's power is the same, but we think it differently. We think that cancer is more life threatening and more serious but to God it is the same. The power of God can raise the dead or heal you from sickness. His power is not limited. Why is it that Koreans must suffer tremendously before they humble themselves before God? Why is it that you must be bankrupt or your life hanging in the balance, or have great family troubles to think that now is the time to turn back to God? Why must your child be stricken with illness and then be healed before you say God has moved in your life? God's will is being done every day but we don't allow it to happen in our lives. Why is it that you follow the ways of the devil and then ask why is this world so hard and difficult? If you want God's will to be done what must you do? You must act for Him. You may think that things are not happening but you are to not be fooled by what you see or don't see. If you are deceived and follow the ways of Satan then God's will cannot be done. Suffering and hardships must happen for people to wake up and realize that there is something wrong. When things go well we forget God. Our country is going through trials because we need to turn back to God. What did you learn from the sermon I told you to watch? The truth is the same whether it is a pastor of a different race or country. The reason your prayers are not answered is because of your sin. I am not telling you to pray for a revival. I am teaching you to get rid of the sin in our life so that God can answer your prayers. You must be right with God first. God disciplines us because He loves us. He wants us to change our ways. It is his love for us that he disciplines us so that we will not suffer later. A loving parent will discipline their child. Parents may discipline their children out of emotional reasons, but God disciplines us only out of love. When we are unsure of God's will we must pray for guidance. I must live a life of obedience and I must let go of myself completely. When my desires are introduced with God's will, the will of God has now been tainted. You cannot mix white with black and keep the white pure. By substituting some of your desires you are now doing the will of the devil. You must pure because God is pure. Only God's will must be done. If you have sin in your life is it right that you prayers are not answered? Yes it is natural that your prayers are not answered. Your prayers are not answered because of your sin. Then how can you complain that your prayers are not answered? You did not live so that God's will could be done here on earth. I must surrender my pride, greed, will, status, and fame. Unless I die on the cross also I will not be able to do God's will. I think that many times we do not say what we really mean. It is no use to stand in from of the cross. I must be crucified and die. It is no use to stare at it. Unless I die it cannot be mine. You are afraid to lose your life but the truth is you will live. Just as Eve was lied to and told that she would not die, do not be fooled by Satan. When you die on the cross you will live. Do not let Satan trick you. Surrender your life to Jesus. God is not interested in your offering and sacrifices. He desires first and foremost your soul to be saved and transformed. He does not care about you trying to save others when you are not saved. Heaven is not the goal. The goal is to be with Jesus no matter where he is, even if he takes you to hell. If you think that heaven is the goal even if Jesus is not there then you are mistaken. Hell is where God does not dwell. A heaven without Jesus is hell. You think that the easy life is more important than living with God. If God is not present in heaven would you still want to be there? Are you more concerned with your comfort and satisfaction rather than being with God? The light shines bright to shed light on the sin, but you hide from it. Rather than living in the light and repenting from our sins, we complain about the light and look for darkness. This is why The will of God cannot be done here. The world suffers greatly because God desires that we turn back to him. But we think that we are being punished without reason. God wants to bless us more but we must first do his will. The rate of recovery depends on how soon we turn to him and do his will. We don't see his discipline and his warning as love. It is no use to open you mouth and sing empty praises, when you life has not turned from sin. You must live a life that pleases God first. What must you surrender for God's will to be done? You know. I is not that you do not know. If you still refuse to change then what more can I say? People refuse to listen to the truth and act as if they never heard the message but do you think that God does not know that you refused to listen because you do not want to change and do what is taught? I have counseled many people who say that their pastors do not teach this message. When I listen to their sermons they teach the truth. It is the people who refuse to listen to the truth because they do not want to live it. We teach the truth here. You have no excuse. Yes, there are things that we may have not taught because you are not ready, or the time is not right. But. Have taught you many things here. You know that you must change. What excuse do you have? Whether you decide to do God's will or your will, you must act. I can do nothing for you the choice is yours. Decide what you will do and go do it. If you truly decide to live for God then make the decision and live your life for Him. Decide.   Sermon by pastor YoungSook Lee Translated by Miguel Park http://cafe.daum.net/truelightchurch1004  

What Do You Want Me To Do For You?

July 6, 2012   God asks,"What do you want me to do for you?" What will you require of me (God) that you will live the life that I desire of you? What do you want from God? Do you want money, power, or status? Unless you learn to be content it does not matter what you receive because you will always want more and because of that you will complain. Children complain to their parents because they are never satisfied with what they have and they want more. How many of you are satisfied with your earthly parents? Until children become parents themselves, they never understand the heart of the parent. It is the parents fault when children do not learn to appreciate what they have. We did the same things growing up also. As parents, when you try to control them according to your will it always causes problems. It causes the children to want to leave the hand of their parents and do what they want. But when they get older they see that things are not what they thought. Parents cannot do what they want and think that the children will be fine or raised well. You cannot punish a child when you are emotional and then think by spitting out an apology that the child will not be scarred. When you raise children in the incorrect way, the children have doubts about the God they believe in. They compare their father to their heavenly Father and wonder if he is like Him. Of course, we all make mistakes, but there are far too many mistakes made. We know that God will not get rid of us, but when He asks us what it is we desire from Him, we have a difficult time asking for the things that we want. It is because we equate our earthly father with our Heavenly Father. I loved my earthly father. It was not because we had much, I just loved him and loved being around him. After he passed away, my faith grew because I wanted to go to heaven to see him again one day. I always ask myself if my children love me as much as I loved my parents. I do not think they do, I made many mistakes. I have taught this many times to you. God wants to know what it is that you want. I know that you heads are spinning. Some of you want money, your children to be well. God desires to give you something. That is his love. But are you ready to accept his love? His love comes with sacrifice. The more you surrender the more you receive. The more you surrender and humble yourself the more God will lift you up. We stand at the shore and put our feet into the water and think that we know the depths of God's love. How can we know unless we go deep into the ocean? We refuse to surrender and follow him. We tell him that what we want rather than to go deep into the ocean. Do you want to follow Him, or do you want to do what you want on your own terms? God will answer your request, but the responsibility lies with you. What point is it for me to come to you to keep telling you the same things over again when there is no change? Of the 7 billion people in this planet how many are truly following God? If you ask any person on the street they all say the believe in God. The end is near. Do not think that you can do what you want and God will let you slide. You are no different for anyone else. You do not get what you desire because God knows that it is not good for you. He would rather that you do not have but ask for things that will save you. You ask for the wrong things. Ask for the right things. God cares about your spirit first, so ask for those things. But you ask for the things of this world first. You forget that hell is real. I will not stop you if that is where you want to go. But if you do not want to go there, then repent and change your life. You can know the parents by knowing a child and you can know a child by knowing the parents. We must know God and Jesus. Is Jesus really the groom to you, are you really His bride? My relationship to Jesus is my own. No one can believe for me and no one else's faith can save me. What will you answer God? What do you want Him to do for you? What will you require of Him so that you will follow Him and give Him glory? The road to Him is narrow and filled with trials. Do you want to go to him. The road to Him is filled with many trials so that He can make me the person that can be with Him. He is preparing me, that is why there a trials. So that he can use me for His purpose, not my purpose. Unless we submit and be his servants we can never be his friends. Children know their parents heart but at times do what they want. Rather than asking God for something we should asking God what it is that we can do for Him.   Sermon by pastor YoungSook Lee Translated by Miguel Park http://cafe.daum.net/truelightchurch1004  

What Is In Front Of You?

  June 29, 2012   What is in front of you? What are you chasing? What are you holding onto in your life? What do each of you going after in your life? What is it that you cannot let go of? Each of you has something different. Is it your spouse? Is it your children? Is it your dreams of what you want to be? What is it that you cannot let go of? What is it that keeps you from following God? Why is it that we hate to submit to God? It is because we become nothing when we submit. Wives are told to submit to your husbands and that is why you dislike the word. Husbands think that because it says it in the bible you can do whatever it is you wish to your wives. You are all wrong. We are to submit to each other as we submit to God. Wives are to submit to your husbands as you submit to God and husbands are to love their wives as Jesus loves the church. You are not to do with each other as you please. If you cannot let go of the thing that you hold onto dearly then you can never submit to God. If you tell God that anything except this one thing, that is the one thing that God wants you to let go of. God only wants you to obey him and do his will, but you want to do whatever it is you want and say that you do it for God. You want to do things that lift you up in front of others, but nobody wants to clean the restroom. If everyone was the pastor then who will be the congregation. Not everyone is to be a missionary. Not everyone is called to be in the choir. What is it that you cannot let go of? Is it status, pride, stubbornness? Of all the people that lived their lives having attained all that they wanted, when they turned to Christ, all of them said that all those things were meaningless. Pride is the biggest thing that people cannot let go of. Whatever it is in your hand, let it go. If not you are not obeying God. Speaking this way is difficult for me. There are plenty of feel good sermons out there. I do this because God desires this. Even though I think I follow God, there are still times that I feel as though I let Him down. I try to be satisfied completely in Christ. I try so hard to live the life that pleases him, but when I look back I feel as though I have not. When things are even slightly difficult I complain to God. When things are not even terrible, I complain because of the things that I hold to. I must let go of the things that I hold dearly so that I can be satisfied in Christ. It does not matter what you did yesterday if tomorrow you do not obey him. Whatever it is in your hands let it go. Your life if it is long will be 80 years, and then there is eternity. When will you understand what eternity means? There is no end to where God is. Do not think that you are going to heaven without obeying God. You do not go to heaven because you think you will. The bible says that only those who do the will of God will go to heaven. The bride of Christ has been chosen. They are the ones who are doing the will of God. The five foolish brides were not ready and did not get into the banquet. You must be ready. You must live as the bride. Jesus will take his bride but you must be prepared. You must live doing his will. If you are one with Christ and you are living as His bride then you will have to go to heaven. Are the things that you hold onto the things of God? Are you holding not to pride, status, wealth? All these things will not get you into heaven. If you are holding onto Christ, do not let Him go. This is what you should hold onto. He is life. If you are holding on to anything other than Christ let it go. Do not live a wasted life. Please live a life that pleases God. What other pleasure is there than being pleasing to God. How great it is to be praised by God. God desires that we are meek. Do not be proud. We must be completely satisfied in Christ. I must not try to lift myself up, but rather lift up Jesus. We must fight the good fight. We must live to be told by God that we have done a good job. Do not have goals and desires that are useless. Do not upset the Lord. Why do you lose when victory has already been won? All you have to do is follow and obey. If you do then victory will be achieved.   Sermon by pastor YoungSook Lee Translated by Miguel Park http://cafe.daum.net/truelightchurch1004

How Are We Going To Live Our Lives Daily For What Purpose?

How are we going to live our lives daily and for what purpose? How can I live so that God can be glorified? We think that success is having achieved a goal. God prefers that we live a holy and clean life. Jesus has won the victory and therefore our lives must be that of victory. We say that we are Christians but if the is no victory in our lives then we are not Christians. Rather than being victorious we complain. We argue to God about our circumstances. We are supposed to be victorious but that is not the way. Christ was crucified. We too must be crucified. When we truly come to Christ we let go of everything even our very lives. We have no power because it is our lack of faith. It is not because God fails or Jesus fails. It is our failure to do. It is because I do not have the faith and I do not see what God has done. I have not made the blood of Christ mine. We keep seeking the things of this world, but we are to seek the things of God's kingdom first. When we are one with God and doing His work then he will give us the things to get these things done, but we have reversed the order. We want the things first and then say we will do for God. We are not truly following God. We must know what is our priority. First and foremost is our relationship with God. How much time do you pray? Do you spend quality time singing praises to God and seeking Him? If you do not then why do you complain that you lack? You lack because you do not seek God and your purpose is not for him but rather for you. You are more concerned about your finances than worrying about living for God. This is why you do not sleep well at night. Your purpose is to give glory to God, but you want yourself to receive glory. You want to boast about what you do and who you know. How about God? How much do you boast about God and what he has done for you? Instead of praising him, you live lives that bring embarrassment to Him. We are so quick to boast about people we know even if they have no real connection to us, we eagerly boast about who these people are. Our God has created the universe, but do you boast about Him? There are so many people who evangelize in the streets, but other believers talk behind their backs and say that it is embarrassing, but truly do you even have the courage to do what they do? Why is it at you cannot pray for them but rather you find fault with them? Your purpose must be clear. Not your purpose but God's. At times God is specific about who he wants you to witness to, but at other times we must just witness to as many people as we can. How are you living your life? What is your purpose in living today? Do you even think about your life? Are you living for pleasure? Are you living according to God's word? Do you spend time singing praises to Him and being in prayer? There are many people who do not know God. Even though you may be in church, not everyone goes to heaven. If you are only concerned about yourself this world will soon collapse. Even if I am doing well, but the rest of the world crumbles then I too will suffer. If I suffer but the world is doing well, then I too will be well. We must pray. You must pray for the country and bless this land and all the world. It is not right to only be concerned with yourself. You let your problems blind you from the truth about what is really happening in this world. Suffering does not happen because we want it, but without it we will not wake up. God does not give it to us, we put ourselves here. We suffer because we do not know how to let go. When we follow God, there is difficulty but God will bring us through. In hindsight we have been brought here through God's grace. When our focus is clear on God, we do not let the difficulties weigh us down, but rather we find victory in Him. Victory is up to us. Do you put him as the center of your life, or are you losing focus by looking at your life and the things that are troubling you? Do you want victory or defeat? When you compete you want to be victorious. What happens if you lose to Satan? Jesus has already won the victory. May you find victory through Jesus and his word.

What will we eat and wear to live?

What will we eat and wear to live? Jesus tells us to look at the birds of the air. We may think that this means we can sit at home and pray and God will provide, but not so. We are told to work diligently for 6 days of the week. We are to work, but we are not to worry about the things of this world. How much joy do you have in your life? Can yo skip a meal and still be filled with joy? If God commands you to give you meal to one who is hungry will you be upset? Must you be filled to be satisfied? Must you eat every meal and not go hungry? Do you really believe the word of God? Have you put God's word to the test? Have you tried to live the life He commands? Are you more worried about your position at work rather than obeying God's word? Do you think that you need to concern yourself with what you will wear so that you can have the clothes you need? If you trusted God, then you will not have worries. Too many people today live with stress. Everybody has stress. No matter the situation everyone gives themselves stress. Do you complain to God about the stress you have? You say you don't complain to God but your actions speak differently. You tell God that it is too hard to follow God. You tell Him that if God will give you what you need then you will not be stressed be because you could do more for Him. God does not want your sacrifice. He does not care about what you want to do for Him, He wants you to obey Him. He does not care that you sacrifice your time for the church, ministry and others. He desires that your relationship is right with Him first. It is easy to do other things than to be right with God. It is easy to spend time doing things, but God does not care for your works. You think that God has abandoned you but that is wrong. There have been many times that we have missed meals, or not had nice clothes to wear, but what you fail to see is that God did provide the meals and you still had clothes to wear.  You may have not eaten what you wanted when you wanted, or had the clothes that you desired but you were clothed. Do you come to worship? Are you here telling God that you came, heard the message and sang some songs, so now you want time to do what you want? Are telling God that you have made great sacrifices because you had not bought name brand clothing in a while? Do you tell God why did you not stop me when I was going down the wrong path? You always find something to complain about.  What do you want God to do for you? How can you obey God when you don't even listen to your parents? Are you a citizen of heaven when you are wanting to do the things the way that Satan desires and not what God desires?  Then who is your master? The one you listen to is your master. Who do you serve?  Are you following God or are you following the devil? When you worry who are you serving? While you worry about life you say that you follow God, but how can that be? You are faced with the decision daily, but you must decide what you must do. Everyone has worries, but when you realize what you are doing you must stop. You must put your trust in God. We think that when we follow God that our lives are to be easy. That is not so.  The deeper you go, there are more trials.  This is to teach you. When we worship it is to serve God.  It is not time for us to be passive.  We are to be active in worship.  We are to be giving God our whole heart, mind and body.  We are to hear the message but how many times do we close our hearts and refuse to listen to the message because we don't want to change. How many times do you use the question 'is this the only way?' There is only one way, any other way will lead to hell. You must be right with God. How easy it is for us to praise God one moment and in the next moment when we are angry we speak profanity. Is this what God wants? If you repent and turn to God you will have peace, but you refuse to let go of your pride. Each of you knows this but you refuse. You act like you don't know but the truth is you don't want to. You cannot fool God. Do you want to be filled with joy, then turn to God. If you do not have anything to eat then skip a meal, if it goes for a few days then fast, if it goes to long then you will die and go to heaven, what are you worried about? I suffer greatly, but I have joy in Him. As I was praying, He showed me that He has never left me or any one of His children, but it is you who thinks that He has left you. Rather than worrying pray.  Rather than worry sing praises. Stop reading the bible with what you think, but read it the way God intends for you to read it. God is good whether you are in a good mood or not. God does not let you down, it is you who fails to see God the way he is. May you find the way to serving God the way he is deserves.

"Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow" Isaiah 1:18

What have you been doing this week? How have you lived your life? Everyone goes through struggles and difficulties, but you do not let those things consume you. We have taught you how to separate yourself through prayer so that the world does not enter you. Why are you here without having prayed? Prayer is not lip service. Either you believe Jesus or you do not. You cannot serve Jesus and serve Satan. Yes, we live in this world but it does not mean that you are to be a part of this world. You need to focus. Your hearts are blocked. You can fool people, but you cannot fool God. Though your sins be as scarlet, He will make you white as snow. We think that the blood of Christ washes me everyday, but do we ever consider what it means to be cleansed and the life that I must live because of it? The blood means nothing if I do not repent and change my life. You are fooling yourself if you think that you are cleansed but do not live differently. If you are darkened by sin, do you think that making that clean is easy? You do not become clean without action. You must repent. Without repentance there is no value in the blood. If my husband has been cleansed, it does nothing for me if I stay close to him.  I must repent myself if I want to be clean. How easy it would have been if my parents faith was transferable to me, but the bible says that it is not the case. You may think that you are better than those who are in prison, or cleaner than someon else, but in God's law you do not prevail. God is love and he is forgiving. But you are not forgiven for saying only a prayer. The words of God will not pass away. We teach how you must live and think here. We teach you that you must rid yourself of stubborness.  Your will never obey God if you are stubborn.  You think that God must obey you. You will never get into heaven that way. I do not teach what I want, but what the bible says. You may complain that what we teach is hard, then you are free to leave. I teach what I have learned and God has shown me. God will not bow down to you.  You must bow to Him. God does not need to use you.  He can use anyone. If you want to be used by Him, then you must direct your life into the direction He wants. In this world, you can succeed doing whatever want. If you want to succeed in Christ, then it will never be easy. Your job, position and status does not matter to God. God never directs me where I want to go.  I have to go where He leads me. He will teach and guide me until the day I die. It is endless.  The degree of which I humble myself will be the degree to which He uses me. There is no end to His teaching. Even the knowledge of the world is vast but the wisdom of God is infinite. How well do you know the bible? How many times have you read it? You have made God an accessory.  Something that you carry around. You also think that you are not stained by sin.  You think that you a not as bad as others. God is greater than you but you think that you are greater than God. That is why you demand from Him. Who is the master and who is the slave? You will never know completely all of God's word. Even the most Bible educated people will tell you that they don't know completely. Do not let pride fool you into thinking that you are better than someone else, that you know more than someone else. Confess to God your sins and stop pretending like you are not a sinner. The blood of Christ can only wish you when you repent of your sins. Just to look at it does nothing. There were many around Jesus when He was crucified, but because they were there does not mean they were saved. To believe in Christ you must confess to Him the you are a sinner and repent. Then Christ will forgive you and cleanse you and give you eternal life. Will you believe Him and follow Him? Do you want the blood of Christ to flow through you? Do not think that when you follow Him that you are free from difficulties. Blessings and trials happen to both believers and nonbelievers. You are not a believer because you are better than the nonbeliever. Rather pray for those who do not believe.  Pray for this city you live in. Bless those so that you too may be blessed. If you truly are a follower of Christ, then pray for those who do not believe, and pray for the country and people of Israel. They are God's chosen people.  We are not to judge them, just pray for them.  Bless them, do not curse them. You are filled with frustration because you only think about yourself. The world is passing by.  Stop worrying about what you will eat, God will take care of you. Decide which path you will take. Summary of sermon by Pastor Joy Y.s. Park

John 3:30 Pastor Joy Park

He must be more and I must be less. John the Baptist knew that Christ must be victorious and that he himself must fade away. John confessed that he was not even worthy to tie the sandals of Christ, but what type of attitude do we have? Rather than have Christ shine in our lives we prefer to shine. Instead of giving Christ the glory we want to take it. We want to succeed in life and desire to attain the things of this world. With wisdom and knowledge you can succeed in this world. You do not need Jesus. If you say that you are a believer and use your own wisdom and knowledge then you did not live like a believer. Do you live your life trusting Jesus or do you trust in yourself? When in business the world tells us to be cuthroat. W do not share our secrets with others and try to hide all the good products for ourselves. When I did business I bought products for other vendors to sell so that they could make a profit. The things I gave them sold well. People said I was crazy for doing business this way. Later those people would come and find me and ask me why I did this. I asked them if the products sold well, they said the products sold really well. I told them then to do one thing only and that was to go to church. I used business as a means to share the gospel, to get people to find Jesus. Whenever we needed money for the church we were attending. We prayed that God would give to us what we needed to provide for the church. GOd always gave us what we needed. It w because we did not pray for what we needed but for what the church needed and the church was given all it needed. When we took over the business at that time it was failing and we did not have much money. We had to sell things in the morning with the little money we had to go buy more things to sell with the mornings profit to ell things in the afternoon. I had no idea how to do business but the one thing I did was always ask God to show me what to buy to sell. Everything He showed me always sold well. We were making profit and the things I bought I shared with others to sell for themselves also. God may give us things that seem like they are falling apart but He is leading the way. We all want to be famous and have nice things but is it about you or do you really want Christ to shine? Are you willing to let Christ do what He desires with your life or are you going to to do what you want to do? How long are you going rebel? When will you turn to Him? Do you think that you have eternity to turn back? It does not matter that Christ comes tomorrow, you must live right before today, now. Even though the world goes on for a thousand years you will die soon. Today you are to be living according to the word. We desire to be acknowledged and praised, but when we are not we get upset. What does that do for us? We are to live in humility and not look for praise. Rather than lift us up we are to lift up the name of Jesus. We do this by sharing Jesus with others. When we a concerned about Jesus He will take care of you. He will provide you all that you need in abundance but you must first say yes to Him and live according to His word. It is through sacrifice, tears and perseverance that you will be able to live this life. One time someone came to see me, and afterwards the lady left an envelope. Before I even opened it God told me to give it to someon else. We had nothing at that time to eat, but went and gave the envelope to the person. That evening someone came to our house with a pot of beef stew. She said God led her to give us this food. God provided of us. Sometime later, God sent us someone with an envelope and we were given money in order to pay the rent that month. He kept us from being evicted from our place. God will provide everything you need but it is only when you trust Him and perservere through faith. Are you going to life Christ up or are you going to lift yourself up? Everyone sees how our children are doing all they need to do even though it is not the way the world sees it. They go to school and are provided everything. God will lift you up when you live to lift Him up. May you also trust the Lord to provide you as you live the life to lift Him up.

"Servants" Pastor Joy Y Lee

The servant who listens to his master is the proper servant. We are servants to our Matser Jesus. In the past the owner of the servant could do with the servant as he wished. Even if death was put on the servant there was no consequence to the master. If Christ is your master then what should your life be? It was not that long ago that people owned slaves and had servants. We compare our lives to that of a servant, but how obedient are we to our Master? In our places of work, we have people who oversee us. They are the owners and if we do not work to please them then we are fired from our positions. What about those who think that they are smarter than their bosses and create problems? You cannot argue your way past the owner, you will be fired and someone who can work to please the boss will take that person's place. Yes, there are those who follow and obey God, but there are also many who do not. At school, the teacher is the master over the students. The teachers are knowledgeable and can teach the students, but what about the students? Do they listen to their teachers? How obedient are you to Jesus? Have you changed the things that God has told you to change? Are you still comparing yourself to others and think that you are better than them? People are having visions of heaven and telling us that famous preachers are not in heaven. What does that mean to you? You cannot work your way to heaven. You can never do enough and you can never be better than the other person to get there. Comparing youself to someone else does not get you into heaven. Everyone has things that one must change. Over and over again you are told to chnage yourself, but you do not listen. Is Jesus really your Master? Are you the one telling your Master what you will and will not do? Are telling Him that you know better than Christ? There are many CEOs who do not have a college degree, but people still work for them. Can you work for someone who is less educated than you, or does your pride get in the way? Do you think that you are better than them? Would you starve because of your pride? Do you love Jesus? You say you do, but do you really want to spend every minute with Him and not be apart from Him? We are do good at singing love songs to Him, but the moment we turn around we have no thoughts of Jesus. Why is this? Do you really want to follow Christ? Why is it that you refuse to give up the things of this world to Him? You can take nothing with you when you die, do why do you hold on to it and refuse to let go? Nothing is yours. Everything belongs to God. What use is it if you are buried with your favorite clothes or in an expensive casket? Will it matter when you are dead? Should you not live the life that please your Master? If God tells you to witness on the streets but you refuse and rather preach in churches, will God be pleased? If God sends you to Africa to witness to a few, but you go somewhere else and preach to millions, will God be pleased? He will not. You have disobeyed. He does not care about numbers, He desires obedience. For years we had only a few people in our church, and many people told us to close our church, but I did not do it because I did not have the church for people, but we had the church because God told us to. Like everyone, I also desire to have a big church, but that means nothing. What is important is doing what God says. If God tells you to take two steps do not go three. It is easy to obey God as long as you get rid of your pride and arrogance. God has taken care of our family all these years. He has fed us and clothes us. We have not starved. God knows what we need. God does not give you according to what you desire but He gives you according to His will. Change the way you think. Let go of your stubborness. Live your life to please God. Live your life to please Jesus who is your groom. We must maintain the heart of the servant and serve God as our Master. If you desire to serve God as your Master then you must know what it is that you must do as a servant.

The Acts Of Believers

May 4, 2012 How will those who do not believe know that we are believers? Unless I tell someone that I am a believer or go to church, will others be able to see that I am one who follows Christ? How does your life show that you are a believer? Is it your clothing? Is it because you dress a little bit more modest than others? How do people know that you are different? Do people look at you and wonder what it is about you that they desire to find out why you are different? Or do people look at you and say that if that is a believer than I want nothing to do with Christ? There are so many false believers out there in the world today. Do you think that because you have a title in church that you are special? Why do people call you by your title when you are out drinking? Does it give you status? Are these positions for your status or is it a position given to you by the curch to serve the church and have nothing to do with your pride? People speak terrible things about their church, they speak terrible this about their pastors and elders and other church members. Who would want to be a follower of Christ when it is the very people who claim to follow Him, that curses those in the church? Fifty or sixty years ago there were not many believers but when people saw you they knew that you were a follower of Christ because you were different. Today so called Christians are found in the bars drinking and smoking and calling each other by their church titles. This is wrong. What kind of life do you think that you must live? What happens to all those times that you spend reading the bible, singing hymns, and praying? Do you really do it to worship and grow or is there no thought when you do these things? Children do not follow God because you fail as a parent. You do no set the example of how to follow Christ and then when they fail in life you the parent cry about the troubles that your children suffer. You do not teach according to the word, rather you teach according to your emotions. Where is the stability? Of course there a those who set great examples but the children still refuse to follow. These children are rebellious. They desire only to do what they want. The bible tells us to not spare the rod. This does not mean to beat them because you ae angry, but to discipline them in truth. Those who do not believe are not at fault. We are the ones who do not set the proper example and it is our faults that they, the nonbelievers, do not want to follow Christ. Children must be shown the proper way to succeed. W cannot be victorious on our own, it is through Christ that we are able. Without Christ nothing matters. What kind of life are you living outside of here? What are the things that you see? Do you see the faults of others, the things that disappoint you, the things that irritate you? Or do you see that others need compassion, love and prayer? How long has it been that you have been a believer? Do you think that you are better than those who do not believe? It is by grace that you have been saved and shown the truth, it is not because you are worthy. You should pray that others are shown the same grace. Do not think that because you say you are a Chrsitian that you can go and drink with nonbelievers and smoke with them and think that you are a follower of Christ. You cannot do what the world does and say that you follow Christ. You become the reason that nonbelievers choose not to follow Christ. Do not sit with those nonbelievers in places you should not be at and try to bring them to church. You must be different and set apart. You are to be a witness through the life you live. If your life is not separate from those who live in this world, then are you really a Christian? What kind of life should you live so that you are able to be a witness to others? Are you really able to teach others and show them the way to live the life of a believer? Why is the world falling apart? It is because we do not live the life that we a called to live. It is the fault of those who say they believe. The pastors must wake up. It is useless to preach empty words. They must start living the life they preach. The churches are dying because there is no fruit. God does not desire big churches, He desire churches that are true to His word and live the life of a believer. Seeds must die before they grow. You must die and be a new creation. Why do you refuse to die. Do you not want to live? Then let go of the old self and bear fruit. The more you try to hold on, the more difficult it becomes. There is a difference between being persecuted for following Christ and being ridiculed because you are living a lie. Do not confuse these things. Pray that you will be able to let go of the old self, to die and be a new creation in Christ and to bear the fruit of your faith.

How Sould We Live To Be A Citizen Of Heaven?

How should we live to be a citizen of heaven? W cannot enter heaven because we think we will go nor can we evade hell because we say so. When we live according to God's word then we can not do anything but enter into heaven. When Jesus is our savior and we repent and live a life according to the word then we can go to heaven. We all desire to go, but our actions say otherwise. Each of us knows if we are living in sin. If you steal at night when no one is watching you are still in sin. You can fool people but you are still a thief and you know that you are. Do I speak incorrectly? We think that because the people around do not know the truth that God also does not know. I may hide the truth from my husband, and he may even pretend to not the my true feelings but my actions will reveal the truth. There are times when we overlook each others faults and issues but it does not mean that you do not know the truth. Do you think that you can fool God? When you act in this way do you think thaat you can be a part of heaven? Going to heaven is easy, all you have to do is follow the bible. The reason it is difficult is because you refuse to do what it says and you want to do what you want. You are being fooled by the devil. No one lives forever. To live one hundred years is considered a long life. Will you live longer? What are you doing with your life? The more you desire the things of this world the further you go from God. God did not tell us to not enjoy our lives, God tells us not to sin. The problem is you desire the things of this world more than God. You want to do things that are sin and say that those are the things that please you. You want to satisfy the desires of the flesh and say that it is not sin, but God says to not do it. It does not matter that the law allows same sex marriage, the bible says it is wrong. We are not to judge them for their sins, but we are to love them and pray that they will return to God. Where will you stand as a citizen of heaven? How will you live your life? Stolen things may be sweeter and it is more exciting, but the truth is there is more things to enjoy and find pleasure in while living in Christ. You may fool your spouse and commit adultery, but did you fool God and all those who saw you with the other person? True love in God is not allowing the other person to sin and do what they want. True love is different. It is about right and wrong and we are to teach this. If I tell you that it is ok to sin and that you can do what your want and repent later, I will be judged by God for leading people astray. I will not do this. It is easier to obey than to rebel. It is so much more difficult to rebel but it is because you are closer to the devil than you are to God. If you were close to God the devil would just leave you alone. Why do you refuse to repent and change? When will you do it, next year? When will you start living as a person of heaven? Here in this place you are to live as though you are in heaven. What if tonite you are no longer here? Tonight a two year old died. Do not think that you will live until you are eighty or ninety. No one has the right on their own to enter into heaven. It is only through the blood of Christ. You must repent and live a new life. Nobody here tells you not to believe in Crist, so then what is keeping you from following Him? He is the way, the truth and the life. You must live properly according to the word and be careful to do what it says. It is no use to memorize the bible if you do not live according to the word. There are supposed many Christians in this world, but the reason the world is getting wor is because these supposed Christians are not living the life of Christ. There are countless sermons on tv and the internet, but still the world does not change. Whether you go to heaven or not is up to you. Whether I go to heaven or not is up to me. I only do what I am told, I speak to you because it is my duty, whether you go to heaven or not is not up to me. Please change. Please change so that we can start learning about other things. We have spoken about this for a month. The spirit leads me because this is for someone who needs it. God desires to make you a child of heaven and not hell. Stop thinking that you have time. I have tasted death three times. If God calls me right now then it is over. You will spend eternity in either heaven or hell. Repent and live to fulfill your purpose. Take all the talents that God has given you and use them to glorify God wherever you are called. Do not let Jesus' blood go to waste. Stop living in your stubborness and stop thinking that your greed is the leading of the spirit. There will be difficulties and hardships but you must persevere. Stop living according to your emotions but live according to the truth and the spirit. Wake up.

Faith Is The Substance of Belief

How do you know that you have faith? Is it because you pray, go to church, have a little understanding of the Word? With what do you say that you have faith? Coming to church does not mean you have faith. Chirldren can be forced to come to church. Are you here because you truly want to worship and praise God? Coming to church does not mean you go to heaven. If you prefer to live in the world then go do so. Why pretend to worship God and not do what you want? Do not think that because you came through that door that you will be allowed into heaven. All other religions have something to represent what they believe in, we have nothing and are commanded to not have any images, so where do you put your faith? God tells us the things to not do, but you desire so much to live in this world. Your life must not be the one of selfish desire, but it should be one that desire to selflessly serve the Lord. The church does not exist in numbers, it does not function because you are here and will not fail because you are not here. When God tells you to repent, which of you says yes and does so with humility? There are countless people who turn away from God because they don't get what they want. Is that faith? God tells us to love, but how much do you really love. Lets not talk about others, but how about even your spouse? Children how much do you obey your parents? My husband and I argue a lot because I am over concerned about him and he is over concerned about me. Being dependent on him I am trying to accommodate to him and he knowing my condition is always trying to accommodate for me. God uses His love to prevent us from straying from His path, but how many of us are obedient to His guidance and say yes to His way. Obedience to God is filled with difficulty and trials. Will you still follow Him? Where is your faith? God is not concerned with false worship. He does not accept heartless worship. Jesus tells us to repent. Do we? He sign of faith starts with repentance. What will you bring to God? Faith without action is dead. Are you living the life of faith? Are you living according to your beliefs or are you living according to the true word of God? There are countless people who say that few will get into heaven. When I spoke about this years ago people said I was crazy, but now this is accepted by many. Yes, believe that you will go to heaven, but you must also live the life that will reflect that faith. How can you say that someone will go to heaven when their lives are no different from someone who loves this world? Because you say you will go to heaven does not mean you go. If you do not live the life of faith you will not go. You must have faith, then pray, prayer then must turn into action. You must change your life. When you realize, then that is the moment you must act. Now, not later. When you pray do not pray God forgive for the sins that I know of and the sins I do not know of. The sins you know you committed how can your pray that? Stop sinning if you know it is sin. And for the sins that you say you do not know, do you really not know your sins? If you really don't know ask the Spirit to show you and repent. Do not think that you can fool God. Many of you think that God does not know because you hide you sins from men, but God knows the truth and others know also. You are fooling no one. There are pastors, deacons and elders who are living a lie and going out to preach the word of God. Stop! Many people are turned off by people of religion because they are just as evil and full of deceit. Do not be such people! Live righteously. We do not know when our faith will be put to the test. Be ready. If your life was on the line would you die with your faith or will you denounce it to stay alive? May you be the people who live the life of faith that gives glory to God.

Satisfied In Christ

Many of us say that we cannot live without Jesus, that we are content only in Him, but is this truth to you? Are you following Jesus because you want something from Him? Would you still follow Him, if you ended up living on the streets? Where do you stand? Many people say that they will follow Christ, but many are not satisfied completely only in Him. Those people want something from Jesus. They want a good spouse, their businesses to succeed, they want Jesus to bless them in the things of this world. When i counsel people, some come because they want to recieve power. They wan the gift to heal or pray for people and do amazing things, but when I tell them that I have no power, only Jesus, they all end up leaving, because theya want something more than Jesus. They want the power to do things on their terms. They want to heal people and have the gift to change lives because they want the credit. Did they come to learn about God or did they come to learn about something that they can use for themselves? Only if they could see that if they had Jesus they would have everything. When I am content in Christ, even though I have the gift to heal, I only heal those who God tells me to heal. Ultimately it is God's choice so really I do not have any power. Do you have any gifts? They are not yours for you to do as you will. It belongs to God. You are to do what he tells you to do. If you say taht you belong to God, then how can you rebel against Him? You do what you want because you do not serve God but you serve yoursleves. Is God really your Master? Then do as He says. In a house, there is the owner and everyone below him. Everyone is given a different position and certain responsibilities. God has given us many gifts, and responsibilities, and we are to do His work, but we do not. We waste them. To us, we do not see how amazing our gifts are, but rather we look at others and wonder why we are in the place we are in and others are doing work in greater places. Instead of finding my path and being content in my place I envy others. This is idol wordhip. You think foolish thoughts because Jesus is not everything to you. You complain make excuses about everything. You think that you are special and different, but in truth we are all the same. There is a saying that the other persons food looks better than yours. It is because you are not content. You do not know how to be content in Christ alone and so you desire the things of this world. People say that the Bible is outdated and does not matter any more. That is nonsense. If we are following God, then the time and era does not change. If God is our purpose then even if everything else changes our faith does not. The life of victory becomes mine when I am truly focused on Christ. What use is your pride in this life? Even in this world, you cannot go where you want with pride. In a realtionship pride destroys.. You must have humility to make a relationship work. The Lord tells us to ide to oursleve. We are to carry the cross, we are to die and ressurect and be a new creation. You do not do, because you do not want to. You are lazy and blame it on God saying He did not chnage you. It is you who does not make the change. You must be able to confess that Jesus is enough. Even thoug you will stumble at times, you must not think that you will, but you must be determined not to fall, and when you do, you must get up and keep going. What is faith? God does not desire something impossible. He desires simply for you to walk with Him daily. You do not grow up in one day. It takes time for you to grow and God desires you to walk daily with Him now. You keep saying I'll start tomorrow and it has been 10, 20, 30 years that you have been living in sin. When will you repent and turn to Him? There is no tomorrow. Now is the time. No one can make you be satisfied in Christ alone. You must decide that for yourself. Then you must live the life that shows that you are satisfied in Him.

Victory In Faith

We are all familair with victory, but what if victory in faith? It is overcoming until the end and enetring into the presence of God and during this time on earth to help bring those who are lost to God. If we end up in hell then we will have failed. So what are the things that we should look at to be victorious in faith? How can we be victorious? Is it because we know something in our mind? Unltimately we must enter into heaven. This can only be done with true faith. We must truly believe. There are many people who are saying that those who have already passed on are not in heaven. We may look at someone and think that they are going to heaven, we can look at their circumstace and the things they have and say that God has blessed them greatly and are going to heaven, but in truth it is what we don't see, the spirit, that God judges which will be tested. How are you living your life to be worthy of heaven? You say you belive in Christ and that you have been cleansed by His blood, so are you living the life that has been changed by your faith? You must believe that you have been saved and put your faith and trust in Him, without this you cannot enter into heaven. If God came tonight could you raise your hand in assurance that you are going to heaven? We may have faith, but at times we stumble. We have doubt when we suffer, but it should not be this way. Whether we are wll or not, our faith should be the same. How many times a day are you in heaven and then in hell because of your emotions? When we have complete assurance in Christ and believe that we have been saved then we will not stumble no matter our situation and we will not doubt a bit. This is how our faith should be. How many of us live in our flesh? We do things based on our feelings. When we are happy we feel close to God and feel as though we are saved and when things go bad we think that we are far from God and have fallen from His grace. You cannot base your victory on an event. Even if things never change you are to stand firm in the Word of God and keep going forward. If I cannot accept the truth because of my situation then I will fail to live in victory. You cannot be on a diet and say you will start tomorrow after you eat what you want today. You must commmit to it now and everyday forward no matter what is put in front of you. Today is the day and it is precious. You are to stand firm now in the truth. Do your best today and be victorious. You do not become president overnight. It takes a lifetime to get to that position. It takes a lifetime to get to any position of authority. Everyone has dreams. Even at my age I have dreams that I still want to attain. It does not happen overnight. It takes hard work and effort. Some will achieve their dreams and others will not. It is a matter of perserverance. It will not be if you only think about it. You cannot be a CEO overnight. You will start at the bottom and work your way up. A life of faith in vicotry is the same. You must work hard at it. You must read the Word daily and digest it and then live it. It is a daily commitment. You will not be done in one day. Jesus spent His time doing this daily. How many of us dislike this. We are lazy and refuse to put in the effort. The apostle Paul almost overnight went out and preached powerfully but he had a solid upbringing in the Word of God. He was raised in knowledge and discipline. Whether we believe or not it is our choice. I know of someone who had been a pastor for many decades and later left because he had no faith. I also know of someone who used to read people's fortunes but left that to follow Christ. It is because that person chose to believe while the expastor did not. If you have doubt ask God to show you. Read the bible the answers are there. Do not be proud. If I do not submit myself daily, die to Christ daily, if I do not become like a child daily then I cannot succeed in this life of faith. God is the Faither of all of us but He must be my Father. If you truly belive in your Father then you must obey Him. Victory comes when we truly believe in God, submit to Him and follow Him in all He commands. Do not forget this.

God's Grace

We who are believers speak of God's grace maany times throughout the day, but do you really understand His grace? Is it something that you have that you share, or do you keep it for yourself, or is it something that you do not understand? We as believers know about God's grace but for many of us it stops there. It is something we know about and do not know how to live in it. When we are children the parents provide and so many things for the child because they are unable and not prepared, but as a parent we teach the child to teach them to be able to live on their own one day. If the child does not see that the parent has given them everything with in their power to raise them, then they will fail to have gratitude in their life. It is not the amount that was given to the child great or small but it is the love of the parent their entire life given to the child for their gain. As we come before God as children and complain to our God about our circumstance and compare ourselves to others and ask God why we don't have what they have what does it say about our hearts? Why do you go to God in prayer? Is it for material blessings? Is it so that God can do His will in your life and that you may go forth and share the good news? Are you grateful that you sleep in a bed in a home? Why should the homeless live on the streets? Should they not also sleep in houses in beds? They might have made mistakes to end up there, but it does not mean that they do not deserve better, nor are we any better than them. All of God's blessings is because of His grace for us. When you complain that God does not bless you then you fail to see that without God's grace you would not be alive. When I am able to take medicine for my pain, I am grateful. I am grateful that I have a wheelchair that allows me to get to where I need to go, even Korea. Without this I could not go anywhere. I used to walk once, and now I can't but I am grateful that I am able to get around. I am gratful that He relieves my pain. I can be grateful for all things because I am grateful fro God's love and grace in my life. We should be grateful. There are things that you don't have in your life because you are too lazy to get the things that you need. You cannot wait under a persimmon tree and expect the fruit to fall in you mouth. You must study hard as a student to get good grades so that you can graduate and get a good job to provide for you family. When I used to be in business, if we were busy then I was glad to make money, if the days were slow then I was grateful to have time to rest and read the bible. Where are you in your life today? What path will you choose? When I have customers or don't have customers I am always grateful and God always provides my daily bread. It is not the fault of the giver but the one who recieves that fails to see the good. We are told in today's society to not hurt the child and to keep them from emotional trauma. That is ridiculous. Even if you were to be the perfect parent if the child takes something as painful than there is nothing youcan do about it. Of course you don't want to purposely hurt the child. You cannot expect to shelter the child and then oneday leave your fold and then expect them to make it in this world. You cannot spoil them and then expect them to live in the real world. We fail to see the love of God the way it is. We fail to see the many gifts that He has given us. The gift of forgivenss is not for others but it si for our benefit. We are the ones to recieve peace when we forgive others. We are told to pray for the Jewish people but many people keep persecuting them saying that they are the ones to crucify Christ, but it is our sins that crucified Christ. Even the followers of Islam are the descendants of Abraham and we are to pray for them. We ae not to judge any race of people but rather we are to love them and pray for them. We have no right to judge and persecute. we are to pray for those that we do not get along with in faith. You are to practice the lessons of heaven in your home if you want to go to heaven. It is what you do in your homes that should be carried into the churches that should be taken to the nations. God does not desire any of His children go to hell, but we think that we are different or better because we are chosen. Do not think this way. We are no better. The universe belongs to God, He will not let you be lacking, or give you more than you can handle. There will be times when He takes away but even then we must be grateful. We are told to prepare our cups for God's blessings. We must first belive. That starts with living the life that God desires. Are you going to live the way you want or the way God desires? The choice belongs to you. The blessings of God are all yours as long as you obey. God is the one who provides you air to breathe. But you must breathe in order to live. May you choose to live in God's blessing by choosing to obey Him.

"Faith"

What must we do to maintain fatih?
What causes you to have faith?
Believing in something you don't see is faith, having faith in something that you have seen is not the same.
Faith is something difficult.
It is something that is beyond comprhension.
To believe in Christ who came 2000 years ago to die on the cross, do you really belive in Him?
Does everyone here really believe in HIm?
No you do not.
It is the truth.
Of course I would desire that everyone does, but that is not the truth.
If I had my way i would do away with all denominations of the Christian faith, because it is only one.
I do not believe in a church or a group, I believe in the one who came to die for my sins, it has nothing to do with a denomination.
Some people act as if they believe in Christ but they do not.
Acting as if you believe does not get you into the kingdom of God.
You may fool man, but God is not fooled.  He looks at your heart.
You must truly live for Him.
It does not matter how much of a fuss you make and scream taht you believe, but if God says you do not, then you do not.
You think that because you do something for the church that the church needs you, but it is not so.
God does not need you to pretend to serve Him, He can use anyone else other than you.
You think that you are fooling people and God, but how long do you think that people will  be fooled?
Stop acting.
Faith is not about acting.
I have been looking back at my life this week and I asked myself what have I done for God, and I had nothing to offer to God.
Is Christ really alive in your heart?
Is Jesus really someone that you can believe in?
Are you willing to lay down your life for Christ?
Life today is so wonderful but still you complain about what you do not have.
What happens when the time comes and you are really tested?
What happens when your life is put to the test?
Are you going to pass the test?
You cannot even pass today's test yet what makes you think you are really following Christ?
In a whim you decide that you will not go to chruch because of something that you dislike, what kind of faith is that?
What more do you want from Christ?
What more does He need to do for you?
When I pray for people all they ask for is what they want.
They want, want, want.
They ask for faith, but refuse to believe.  faith has been given, they are the ones who choose not to.
Everything has been given to us, but it is your lack of faith.
God cannot give you anything more because He has given you everything even His only Son, but what more do you want?
God ask you to give up to nasty attitude but you refuse.
God ask you to give Him your children, you refuse.
What use is it if I speak this and I do not live this life I teach.
We are bound to sin, and Christ has coome to take that away from us, but because you refuse to believe in Him, you are lost and do not know what to do.
Stop being stubborn.
Stop talking about God when you do not know Him.
The more you know God the more you realize that you do not know Him, and the more you read the Word the more you realize you do not know.
The God of Creation, yes you must seek Him and get to know Him, but do you really want to put your trust in Him?
What is obedience?
Is obedience achieved when you understand?
A child does not have to know why, but when they are told to do something then they are required to do it.  That is obedience.
Once you question the command then it is not obedience.
You ask God why me, why not her,or him or my children?
You refuse to obey God but you want everyone else to do what you say.
Obedience is better than sacrifice, but do you even offer a good sacrifice?
You are only about you.
You only trust in yourself.
If God comes tonight what will you do?
Will you still be the same?
Will you keep doing what you want to do?
Will you do what God tells you to do?
We are to seek God and know Him, but you only seek God to ask Him to do what you want.
How long will you keep living this way?
We are told that then end is near, time is coming to an end.
You do not live forever.
If you refuse to open the door to your heart Jesus will not enter.
You must first obey God.
Stop making excuses about why you do not obey God.
Even if you do not understand obey first and ask God to show you why.
He will show you after you obey the reason for what you just did.
You have heard countless testimonies and read countless books about people and their encounter with God.
When will you grow up?
If you do not have a heart of repentance you will never grow.
If you do not decide to change your life your life will never change.
You must change today, not tomorrow.
Repent today, repent now.
No one can do it for you, no one can live your life for you.
My father was a pastor, but his faith does not allow me to go to heaven.
You faith is your own.
Without faith your life will not change.
I plead with you, please, change your life.
Repent and turn to God.
God is without fault, you must believe.
Do not think that God has made a mistake with you alone.
If you do, look at yourself.
God does not make mistakes!
Stop trying to use your head figuring out God.
You can't even understand those people around you, how will you understand God?
I wonder if God called me tonight if He would be holding me in His arms.
We are called to be holy.
Are you living a holy life?
Ponder deeply your life and where you stand before God.

Living according to the Bible

The Bible is the Word of God.
As we meditate on it daily, are we really recieving the nourishment from it the way we really should?
If we do not eat we become weak. Do you grow weak when you do not read the word for a day, or if you did not pray?
When you do your QT do you really understand the meaning of those devotionals?
Do you use it as a tool to parade your knowledge, or did you really learn to change your life?
What have you learned?
What has changed?
Is it really because you have understood everything?
Then should there not be change in your life?
A spiritual change.
No one has yet come to ask any questions about the devotionals, maybe it is because you truly do understand.
Then for one year since you have started there must be a change.
It is simple, you are to die.
How much have you died?
How much gave you humbled yourself before God?
How much have you served your neighbor?
Who here has asked for forgiveness from those around you?
Even though you do not speak, we can see it in your face.
What has changed about you?
I am not talking baout your entire life, I am asking you about this past one year.
How much have you fallen on your knees asking God to forgive you for your sins?
Rather you still desire to do the same things you have always been doing.
You still want God to let you live the life you want.
How is it that God's word does not pierce your heart?
It pierces joint and marrow, but why do you not feel it?
Without repentance there can be no blessing.
It is the poor who will recieve the kingdom.
The beatitudes speak of death, humility, sacrifice.
It talks about letting go of the world.
If you want to meet Jesus you must let go.
The beatitides speak if blessings that can only be recieved when you let go of the world, but the problem is these things are not written in your heart.
Psalms 1 talks about how to recieve blessings, even Psalms 23 we have all memorized.
The rod and staff of God is not about what I want but where God leads me.
If you want His blessings then humble yourself before God.
What use it is to know the bible when it has no power in your life?
You don't need many verses, you just need one to fill your heart and change your life.
Just one verse, one word, and it is enough to guide you in your entire life.
You do not need to try to understand everything at once.
Once it becomes clear then everything will be shown to you.
You must choose to consume the word and make it your own.
It does me no good that the people I know understand the bible.
It does me no good that my spouse knows the word, if I do not.
It is better to know one verse in the bible and live your life according to it, rather than to memorize the entire bible and not live the life.
Is it because you do not know the bible that you lie, steal, are filled with pride, hate and do worng business?
Do you think God desires you to steal and give Him much or live right and give Him from what you made honestly?
Start now.
Change your mind, and your actions today.
Not because I tell you, if that is so then do not do it.
Return the QT books if you are going to keep it on the shelf.
Pray about what you are reading and change your life and live according to the word.
That is a Christian.
We do not believe a dead Christ, He is alive.
If He is alive and we do not live like He does then can we call ourselves a Christian?
Do you belive a dead Jesus, then rid yourself of Him, believe in the Jesus who is alive and chaneg your life.
Ask God what you must do to live in Christ.
If you believe in a dead Jesus you cannot go to heaven.
He has resurrected therefore you too must rise and live like Him.
The Word of God is alive.
It lives in me.
You must change.
The times are changing.
Christ can come at anytime.
What does it matter if He comes today, tomorrow, 10 years from now or 100 years from now.
Live the way you should for judgement will befall us all.
You do not know when you will die.
Only God knows.
Do not think that you are going to live a long life.
What if He calls you tonight?
If you have sin in your life repent now.
Why do you want to live another day in sin?
What does it serve?
There is too much to do in Christ.
What you want to do is to live you life in sin, smoking, drinking, having sex.
You must live so that the word of God comes alive through you.

The Life in God

What happens when you remain in God's love?
What happens to one who is in His love?
We all want love.
We want God to love us and we also want people to love us, but many of us do not understand love.
We think love is my satisfaction but it is not so.
Love is not about your satisfaction.
Children think that hteir parents do not love them, ut if you ask the parent the parent loves thier child.
The child is just not satisfied in their desires.
Are we not like this to God?
All we ask is for what we want from God.
God has given us everything even His Son but we still say that we lack.
What is it that you lack?
Is it intelligence? Is it money?
What is the point of having everything if there is no love?
It is better to have a little bit and be filled with love.
We think that with money you can have everything and that brings satisfaction but it is not the way it is.
Who is completely satisfied in God's love?
Do you think that you get married to do what you want in your relationship?
That is not how it works.
It is about sacrificing for each other.
We are not williing to humble ourselves to each other and rather fight about what one wants instead of trying to love each other.
Today the divorce rate is at 50% but those who are not divorced does it mean that they are happy?
Probably not. How many people are married for other reasons, their children, money and whatever else?
The foundation of the family is the husband and wife, but today society is doing away with this and marrying same sex couples.
This will ruin society.
Jesus came and disciplined those He loves by teaching them what was wrong.
Do not think that He allowed everyone to live how ever they wanted.
If He is love, then why did He have to die?
We think that discipline has no love, but that is the wrong way to think about it.
Can you love your child and not discipline them?
You must.
Discipline is the sign of love.
When disaster stirkes we think that God does not love us, but that is wrong. It is becasue He loves us that disaster happens. It is for us to turn back to Him.
We think that we can't belive in God that allows war, but that is because they do not understand God.
The God who is bigger than this universe cannot be comprhended by our little minds.
We can't even see the whole world before we die.
No matter how many times you travel the world you will never see everything.
How then can you think that you know better than the God who is bigger than everything?
You need to pray and ask God to show you.
Without it you will never be able to.
Even scientists today, the more they search the more they realize that God does exist.
We need to love those around us.
Our brothers and sisters.
It is our calling.
How can we marry someone without love.
God knocks on the door of our hearts but we do not want to accept Him.
We refuse to listebn to Him and yet complain that God does not love us.
Of the 7 billion people on earth who is really in love with God?
They do not love God, but complain that they do not have what they want.
We always put an ultimatum on our love for God.
God, I will love you if you do something for me.
Is this not the state of our hearts?
Look into your hearts.
Do you really love God?
Why do you love Him?
Are you here because you want to be here or are you here because your parents brought you here?
Are you satisfied in His love?
Are you grateful for the love He gives you and out of gratitude you live your life for Him?
You cannot tell God that I will go do what i want for a while and then return to God.
Do not think that you have the right to think this.
How do you know that He will not call you tonight?
He has waited all this time for you, what more do you need?
When will you turn to god and say no more to god for all the love He gives you because it is too much?
The bible tells us that God looks at our hearts but how many of us lie to God and tell Him we love Him but we do not.
We do not obey Him, respect Him nor truly care about God.
As God draws near to us, we must draw near to Him.
The God will shower us with more of His love.
As God draws near to us and we further ourselves, how can we expect Him to love us?
Do not forget this.
It all start with you.
You must change first and continue step by step.
Do not forget.

"Now I Know"

When will God tell us that now He knows that we love Him?
We all want to be recognized by others and when we are not we feel empty or less than what we are. Many of us are so focused on receiving praise and recognition from others that we forget to love and serve others. Because we are so focused on ourselves we forget others and that is where the problems arise? How about God? How much recognition do you desire from God?
God desires that we are focused on Him and love Him just as He loves us. We Christians, how much do you live for God and to give Him praise? Is He really your groom?
Do you want Him to recognize you while you do not for Him? When we live in faith, when does it come to the point where God will say to us that He knows now that we love Him?
In your life today, are people looking at you and seeing that you love God?
Will your children look at you and say that you are parents who truly believe and serve God?
Will your parents be able to look at your children and say that they are truly following God?
Are you hearing this in your life? Or is there someone in your life that you see and say that they are truly folling God? Do you really belive God or are you not?
Do you really believe that He is with you wherever you are, or are you living your life the way you want to and telling God to go wait over there for you?
No matter how rich or lacking everyone has problems, but it is what you do in your life that matters. Are you living the life of faith? Are you living to know God? Do you think that it was easier for Abraham? It is no different for us. God is God for all, He calls you to follow Him. Do you hear His voice? Do you even care to hear His voice? Our pastor always tells us to be children of faith. You can not live a mediocre life and desire heaven.
Heaven should not be your goal. Your goal should be to be the bride of Christ.
If this happens then heaven is automatically given to you as well. You must live a life that is worthy of the reward. You must live on earth as you will in heaven to go to heaven or if you practice living in hell that is where you will go. How are you living your life?
Even if you practice living in heaven your life is still filled with difficulty.
If you lie, argue, and rebel daily, how do you think that you will go to heaven?
As a family you are to live according to the will of Christ and parents are to live a life of example and teach your children to be obedient to God. You will not go to heaven because you think and say you will. Everyday you argue, get angry and fight with each other, what makes you think you will go to heaven?
When Abraham offered Isaac as a sacrifice, to God Isaac had already been offered, he was dead to Abraham, that is why God knew that Abraham loved Him. That is why God gave Isaac back to Abraham, because to Abraham God was first. You as parents, have you given up your children to the Lord, or are they more important to you than God? What have you given to God?
Is it your will, your family, your life, your wisdom, what have you given up to God so that He knows that you love Him? Our world is consumed with the desire of blessings but who does the things that may be blessed? Without working hard we expect to be blessed, that is the same as stealing from someone. Our blessing is God. We must live a live that shows God that we love Him. Do you not want to live a life where God tells us He knows that we love Him?
You cannot live a life of a lie in this world. You must live a life that is righteous and upright. I must know that God is with me always and live a life that God recognizes as righteous. If you want to really go to heaven then really live a life of faith and practice the teachings of the bible. Do not covet, do not steal, do not lie, learn to love, forgive, practice humility and learn to serve. God does not need your money. He wants you to do your best in where you are. Stop living for the praise of others. Rather live for God.

As For Me and My House We Will Serve The Lord

As for me and my household we will serve the Lord.

This was said by Joshua to the people of Israel.
Though no one else will follow God, we must follow God.
We must have the faith and attitiude to serve Jesus only and not follow anything else.
Do you go to church because you are here with you family or are you here because you truly belive in God?
Why did Joshua proclaim this to Israel?
If someone comes to you today and threatens your life if you follow Jesus, would you have the faith to put down your life and not turn from Him?
When things don't go our way in our lives we get angry and complain, so how would you follow God when you can't even control yoursleves?
If Israel followed God properly, would Joshua have had to say this to them?
They said that they too would follow God as Joshua did, but they failed to do so over and over again.
How many times a day do you fight with yourself in order to follow God or stay on this path?
There are countless people who do not follow God because it is difficult.
There are many who follow a god that is easy and comfortable for them, but God asks you to be humble and sacrifice yourself. He tells you that you must die but how many of us refuse to do so?
Joshua tells the Israelites to choose, either God or the gods of the other nations. There is no middle ground.
How many of us only want to follow God because you want something out of it?
Yes, there are blessings that follow God, the greatest blessing being eternal life, but many are focused on the materisl blessings on this life. Even if you were to recieve no blessing you should follow God just for the fact that He is God.
We need to repent and live our lives in accordance to His will, but how many of us know that we must but do not put any of this into action?
If you fail to realize this then you will never make the changes that you need to live a life that pleases God, the life of repentance.
We refuse to do so because of our pride, because we think that we are right.
When you pray, do you really pray seriously seeking repentance or is it a just a passing thought that you do half heartedly assuming that God will forgive you just because you said it once briefly under your breath?
Should we not seriously be seeking repentance on our knees so that you will choose to live a life only seeking to follow God because He is your Father, Creator, Redeemer and Saviour?
The Holy Spirit is for us to show us the way to God and His Son, but we think that the Spirit is for us to do as we want.
We think that we can use the Holy Spirit, but we are wrong.
When we pray we are filled with pride and arrogance.
Aside from your household how about you?
Are you williing to follow God no matter if no one else will do so?
Too many people who say they believe in God betray Him. We are not talking about nonbelievers, but I am only referring to those who say they know God.
Are you really willing to follow God?
Are you listening?
There are many feel good sermons out there, because people do not like to hear things that convict them.
But I can only speak the truth, whether you follow or not is your choice.
I pray that you will have the faith to choose God and to follow Him.