Sermon - Mission and Leadership
From 10:30 a.m. a session followed on the title, "World Mission and Leadership". Pastor Hee Min Park of Eternal Pleasure Church in LA led the session. Primarily he said where there is one person who sacrifices what he has for the Lord, the Lord blesses him and uses him as a source of blessing. Give to the Lord something, then the Lord will give you back ten times more. One church pastor was working on a construction project for a church building. The cost was estimated to be $20 million. The members pledged only one third of the estimate.
One old lady named Man-soon Ahn had a life time wish to save $10k in cash. But she had no way of saving that much of money. But one day she came to the church and heard a pastor preaching, "If you want to get anything, do not just sit with a wishful thought, but start acting with a small thing." Then she started saving money beginning $1. Finally she saved $10,000. That day she was so glad that she withdrew the money from the bank, put all the cash in her bag, and went to a market to buy a set of nice Korean traditional costume. She wore such rags that the store owner despised her. But she opened the bag and flashed the cash money. The store owner changed the attitude and greeted her into the store urging her to buy best sets even at a discounted price. But the lady did not buy. She went to a shoes store. She did eye shopping. She flashed money and the store owner made good offers, but still she did not buy any shoes. Then she visited a jewelry and flashed the money. The store owner loved her and wanted to sell rings and necklaces. But she did not buy a thing.
On the way back home, she felt the urge to visit her church. While seated at the church sanctuary she heard a voice from heaven to offer the money to God for the construction project. So she visited the pastor. At the pastor's office, she shared with the pastor how she saved the money and now she wanted to donate the money to God for the construction project.
The pastor heard the story, and could not possibly accept the offering. He gave the money back to her, but she gave the money back to him. The envelop holding the money went back and forth. Then the lady and the pastor all wept together. Finally the pastor heard a gentle whisper from The Lord saying, "Why are the two of you making so much fuss out of the money which is all mine? It is 'my' money." Then the pastor repented and accepted the offering.
The next Sunday the pastor shared the story about the lady's sacrificial offering in his sermon. Then the whole church congregation heard the beautiful story. From one corner, a woman stood up and asked the pastor, "Pastor, I would like to donate a Korean traditional set of clothes for the lady." Then there was a roar. Another person stood up and asked the pastor, 'Pastor, please accept my offer to donate for her a pair of shoes she wants." Another roar. Then another person stood up and said, "Pastor, please accept my offer to provide for the lady six months of living expenses." Whole church clapped. Moved by the lady's sacrificial donation, the church members started making new pledges, so within the next week the pledge amount went up from $7 million to $20 million.
Response:
Pastor Yong Hoon Kim (Open Door Presbyterian Church) (he is serving the church for 21 years) responded to Pastor Park's message. Strong local church raises strong missionary church. God's work comes with God's time. He runs a church with about 3,500 congregation at washington D.C. Each church has its own thumb print. In his church second gens work with the first gens. Jerusalem church opened the door to the Gentiles with different cultures and lifestyles. Thus Antioch church came into being. Jesus broke the cultural and racial barriers, and preached to Samaritans. Likewise, we need to reach out to the second gens. The first gens feel uncomfortable with the second gens and vice versa. Yet for the sake of the gospel, when the first gens open their minds and embrace and empower the second gens, The Lord blesses the ministry, creating synergy effect. This is how his church could grow in number.
After lunch there was a photo session.
From 10:30 a.m. a session followed on the title, "World Mission and Leadership". Pastor Hee Min Park of Eternal Pleasure Church in LA led the session. Primarily he said where there is one person who sacrifices what he has for the Lord, the Lord blesses him and uses him as a source of blessing. Give to the Lord something, then the Lord will give you back ten times more. One church pastor was working on a construction project for a church building. The cost was estimated to be $20 million. The members pledged only one third of the estimate.
One old lady named Man-soon Ahn had a life time wish to save $10k in cash. But she had no way of saving that much of money. But one day she came to the church and heard a pastor preaching, "If you want to get anything, do not just sit with a wishful thought, but start acting with a small thing." Then she started saving money beginning $1. Finally she saved $10,000. That day she was so glad that she withdrew the money from the bank, put all the cash in her bag, and went to a market to buy a set of nice Korean traditional costume. She wore such rags that the store owner despised her. But she opened the bag and flashed the cash money. The store owner changed the attitude and greeted her into the store urging her to buy best sets even at a discounted price. But the lady did not buy. She went to a shoes store. She did eye shopping. She flashed money and the store owner made good offers, but still she did not buy any shoes. Then she visited a jewelry and flashed the money. The store owner loved her and wanted to sell rings and necklaces. But she did not buy a thing.
On the way back home, she felt the urge to visit her church. While seated at the church sanctuary she heard a voice from heaven to offer the money to God for the construction project. So she visited the pastor. At the pastor's office, she shared with the pastor how she saved the money and now she wanted to donate the money to God for the construction project.
The pastor heard the story, and could not possibly accept the offering. He gave the money back to her, but she gave the money back to him. The envelop holding the money went back and forth. Then the lady and the pastor all wept together. Finally the pastor heard a gentle whisper from The Lord saying, "Why are the two of you making so much fuss out of the money which is all mine? It is 'my' money." Then the pastor repented and accepted the offering.
The next Sunday the pastor shared the story about the lady's sacrificial offering in his sermon. Then the whole church congregation heard the beautiful story. From one corner, a woman stood up and asked the pastor, "Pastor, I would like to donate a Korean traditional set of clothes for the lady." Then there was a roar. Another person stood up and asked the pastor, 'Pastor, please accept my offer to donate for her a pair of shoes she wants." Another roar. Then another person stood up and said, "Pastor, please accept my offer to provide for the lady six months of living expenses." Whole church clapped. Moved by the lady's sacrificial donation, the church members started making new pledges, so within the next week the pledge amount went up from $7 million to $20 million.
Response:
Pastor Yong Hoon Kim (Open Door Presbyterian Church) (he is serving the church for 21 years) responded to Pastor Park's message. Strong local church raises strong missionary church. God's work comes with God's time. He runs a church with about 3,500 congregation at washington D.C. Each church has its own thumb print. In his church second gens work with the first gens. Jerusalem church opened the door to the Gentiles with different cultures and lifestyles. Thus Antioch church came into being. Jesus broke the cultural and racial barriers, and preached to Samaritans. Likewise, we need to reach out to the second gens. The first gens feel uncomfortable with the second gens and vice versa. Yet for the sake of the gospel, when the first gens open their minds and embrace and empower the second gens, The Lord blesses the ministry, creating synergy effect. This is how his church could grow in number.
After lunch there was a photo session.
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