God’s love, which is stronger than death, is causing me to continue walking the path of the mission the Lord has given me (John 6:1–15). “At that very time some Pharisees came and said to Him, ‘Leave this place and go somewhere else. Herod wants to kill You.’ He replied, ‘Go tell that fox, “I will keep driving out demons and healing people today and tomorrow, and on the third day I will reach My goal.” In any case, I must press on today and tomorrow and the next day—for surely no prophet can die outside Jerusalem! Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, and you were not willing. Look, your house is left to you desolate. I tell you, you will not see Me again until you say, “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord” (Luke 13:31–35). ...
A man of prayer (1) [Nehemiah 1:1-4] On the afternoon of Sunday, December 21, 2003, according to God's grace and guidance, I became the senior pastor of Victory Presbyterian Church. The following year, in January 2004, I chose the Book of Nehemiah among the 66 books of the Bible and began to proclaim the word of God. The reason I chose the Book of Nehemiah is because I had a heart that longed for the Lord to accomplish the work of rebuilding Victory Presbyterian Church through us while meditating on Nehemiah with the concept of “rebuilding”. In particular, I wanted the Lord to build a “wall” again while tearing down our “walls” that had foundations but collapsed, or our “walls” that needed to be demolished. How should we rebuild the “walls” that have been or should be demolished in our church? Pastor J. I. Packer, in his book “A Passion for Faithfulness: The Wisdom of Nehemiah,” said: ‘Nehemiah bui...