We Love our Lord So Much!
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January 02, 2011 |
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"I've Got Valuable Treasures in Memorizing the Bible Verses!"
Sister Grace Kim (President of the 12th Grade Mission of Sunday Students' School)
I have recently memorized the whole passage of the First, Second and third Epistles of John in the New Testament. It was because Senior Pastor Dr. Jaerock Lee told us, students, to ask a few questions on the verses recorded in the epistles of John at the next session. I felt the heart of the shepherd who wants us students to cut off the love for the world and to draw ourselves closer to the Bible, and I obeyed his word.
For the last a few months he has seriously mourned and petitioned to God the Father for those members who had committed unforgivable sins to be forgiven in the immeasurable grace, and his mourning reached until the marrows leeched out from his bones. I really wanted to encourage him, and began to memorize the scriptures. In the middle of memorizing them, I experienced it is much better to memorize them not in the head but in the mind. As recorded "The Word is God" I prayed to harbor God and the Lord in my heart through memorizing the Word and practiced unceasingly.
At that time I had to take the term-end examination, so if I had been involved in any fleshly thought, I would not have been able to spend my time in memorizing the verses. First of all, I studied very attentively to prepare for the examination and also by faith I spent two weeks in memorizing the whole passage of the three Epistles of John, especially at many break times and the times of going to school and coming back home. Every night I prayed at the church and after returning home I typed the passages I memorized that day.
Through memorizing the verses I got the two most valuable treasures. First of the two is that I felt deeply the love of God especially while I was memorizing the 4th chapter of 1 John. The second treasure is to gain unchanging heart. This time I could persistently keep my resolution of memorizing the seven chapters of the three Epistles of John. I never suffered any loss in my final examination because I spent my time memorizing the scripture. In my class, I alone got the 100 points at English examination.
At the mini divine healing meeting, Senior Pastor Dr. Lee was so pleased to hear I had memorized the whole passage of the three Epistles of John and asked me, "What do you want me to do for you?" I answered him, "I wish you will allow for our mission, the 12th Mission of Sunday Students' School to have the meeting with you." I gave him not my individual desire but a necessity of my mission members. He immediately allowed and asked again, "What else do you want?" I was so happy not only to receive such a great gift but also with the fact I have memorized the Scriptures. I profess I owe everything to the grace of the Lord. Hallelujah!
"God Changed Such a Wretched Person as Me! It's Like a Dream!"
Sister Young-eun Cho (The 12th Mission of Sunday Students' School)
After entering the middle school, I began experiencing puberty, and didn't lead a proper Christian life though I attended church following my parents. I considered my friends as more precious than anything else, and I came back home very late night after hanging out with my friends. I made up myself, wore colored lens and miniskirts. And I put on a pair of high-heeled shoes although I couldn't adjust myself to them. I even went to local PC rooms and karaoke to enjoy worldly pleasure on Sundays.
While my family attending church, I enjoyed watching TV and playing games and various contents on the Internet, and played with my friends at home. At the closing time of the Sunday morning service I went to the church and when my parents asked me if I had attended the service I got angry with them and sometimes protested against them telling a lie to them. During the Sunday evening service I could never listen to the messages even though I was seated in the sanctuary. Instead I shared idle conversations with my friends and enjoyed playing games with my cellular phone, and even slept.
But when I attended the 2010 Manmin Summer Retreat, my heart began to change. During the outdoor campfire event, I hugged my friends and cried out with tears of repentance, and then determined to enter the kingdom of Heaven. We promised each other to change in spirit and lead the life worthy to enter Heaven. Afterwards I could listen to the messages delivered from the pulpit, and I was touched in my heart by the messages and thought how precious the holiness gospel is.
While listening to the messages of holiness, I was determined to live by the Word of God and offered 3-day fasting prayer twice and 5-day fasting prayer once to thoroughly repent of my past life. During my second 3-day fasting prayer, Senior Pastor Dr. Lee was in the mountain for his 3-week prayer. I really felt the Lord's patience and love for me and wept many times missing the shepherd who awakened me to realize His love.
I wrote the repentance letter with mourning heart and gave it to the shepherd Senior Pastor Dr. Lee. On that very day I attended the two-term consecutive Daniel prayer meeting and overflowing grace came upon me. From the beginning of the prayer meeting reciting the Apostles' Creed until the closing time reciting the Lord's Prayer, for around 3 hours I repented and cried out with tears and rending my heart.
"How painful have been the heart of God the Father, the Lord Jesus Christ and the shepherd Senior Pastor when I committed sins! I was doomed to fall into Hell, but…" Whenever Senior Pastor Dr. Lee felt pity on students befriending the world and committing sins, and prayed for us with tears at the mini divine healing meeting, I felt very sorry in my heart. He even told us he would be able to offer his life for those who were going the path to Hell only if it were possible, and I shed many tears at his words and I made a firm resolution.
Meantime, my facial look began to look different and my heart also changed. I came to wait for various worship services with a longing heart and on Sundays I put on tidy and neat clothes and prepared for the worship service with my sincerity. I enjoyed listening to the message and kept the Lord's Day holy. Accordingly, my manner of speech and the life at school changed. I used to be absent from school sometimes and go to school to play with friends, but afterwards I studied hard at school and gained good points at my study. I won the second place at my class.
I changed at home, too. I used to speak out the words of complaint and grumbling all the time and lock the door to my room. But now I am enjoying having conversation with my parents and on good terms with my younger brother. I cut off everything indecent to the position of a student including watching TV, playing games with computer and seeking information of popular entertainers. Instead, I am studying hard and doing my best to resemble the Lord my bridegroom and accomplish good heart, and thus pressing on toward the goal of entering New Jerusalem.
I was falling into Hell, but by the sacrifice of the Lord and the prayer of the shepherd I turned into a new person and became a child of God. I give all thanks and glory to God the Father.
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