2025 인터넷 사역 한국으로 넷째날을 뒤돌아보면서 하나님께 감사드리는 이유: 1. 인간적으로 볼 때 결코 감사할 수없는 상황임에도 불구하고 이렇게 감사의 글을 이 새벽에라도 쓰게 하시기에 2. 인생의 위기와 고통 속에서 오히려 예수님의 비천함을 묵상케하시고 예수님의 비천함이 우리의 비천함이 되게하고 계심을 믿음의 눈으로 엿보게 되었기에 3. 가정의 고난과 고통 속에서도 믿음의 주님이시요 온전케하시는 주님만을 바라보게 하고 계시기에 4. 하나님께서 준비해 놓으신 사람들을 그 때 그 때 보내주시사 마음을 준비케하여 주시고 주님의 때에 주님의 뜻대로 적합한 결단을 내리게 하실 것이기에 5. 마음 문을 열어주시고 마음의 이야기를 쏟아내게 하셨기에 6. 반갑고 즐겁고 의미있는 만남과 대화들을 하게 하셨기에 7. 인간의 이성과 지혜로는 이해할 수 없는 일들을 겪는 가운데서도 하나님의 주권을 믿음으로 인정케 하셨고 지금도 인정케 하고 계시기에 8. 함께 아파하고 함께 울게 하셨기에 9. 목사님의 극심한 고통과 심지어 죽음의 문턱에서도 생명을 연장시켜주신 하나님의 뜻이 있음을 믿음으로 고백케 하셨기에 10. 가짜 목사와 가짜 복음을 경계해야 함과 동시에 교회 지도자들의 회개의 필요성을 인정 및 고백케 하셨기에.
For a true revival
[Acts 2:37]
Last week, I listened to an
interview with Pastor Kyung Won Kim on the Korean Gospel Broadcasting radio,
who will be coming to our church revival meeting to preach. In the interview, when the host asked Pastor
Kim how we should prepare for the revival meeting, his answer was that we
should prepare with a heart of repentance. When I heard this answer, I couldn't agree
more. I thanked God for it, because I
believe God has been preparing not only my heart but also the hearts of our
church members for the upcoming revival meeting.
Today, during this Wednesday prayer
meeting, I want to further prepare for the upcoming revival meeting. I want to listen to the word of repentance to
ready our hearts. And I want to
earnestly seek a heart of repentance before God. I want to offer this supplication based on
Acts 2:37, saying, "When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart
and said to Peter and the other apostles, "Brothers, what shall we
do?'"
We need to pray together to God, asking that we are cut to the heart by
the words of our Lord.
We are living in a spiritually
insensitive era. We increasingly witness
hardening of hearts in our lives. We are
losing reverence for the Word of God. We
are facing an era that even shies away from efforts to obey His word. We must heed the words in Hebrews 4:7: “… Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden
your hearts.” We should emulate the
example of David. After he counted the
number of the soldiers under his command, he was conscience-stricken (2 Sam. 24:10).
In other words, he felt a prick in his
conscience. Afterwards, he repented for
his sin, saying, “… I have sinned
greatly in what I have done. Now, O LORD, I beg you, take away the guilt of
your servant. I have done a very foolish thing” (v. 10). Therefore, I pray for the appropriate fruits
of repentance. Look at Acts 26:20 and
Matthew 3:8: “… they should repent and
turn to God and prove their repentance by their deeds …” (Acts 26:20), “Produce
fruit in keeping with repentance” (Mt. 3:8).
In true repentance, there is
reconciliation, restoration, reformation, and revival among us. I fervently pray for the outpouring of such
amazing revival in our church, brought forth by God.
While praying for God to bring about the work of true
revival through repentance,
James Kim
(Dreaming of reconciliation, restoration, reformation, and
revival through repentance)
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