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Title |
Forget None of His Benefits |
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Speaker |
Rev. Jaerock Lee |
Bible |
Psalm103:1-5 |
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2015-12-27 |
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Passage
[Psalm103:1-5]
"Bless the LORD, O my soul, And all that is within me, bless His holy name. [2] Bless the LORD, O my soul, And forget none of His benefits; [3] Who pardons all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases; [4] Who redeems your life from the pit, Who crowns you with lovingkindness and compassion; [5] Who satisfies your years with good things, So that your youth is renewed like the eagle."
[Introduction]
Let us give all thanks and glory to God the Father who has kept us with His blazing eyes and has been with us during this year. Today's reading passage Psalm 103:2-5 says, "Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget none of His benefits; who pardons all your iniquities, who heals all your diseases; who redeems your life from the pit, who crowns you with lovingkindness and compassion; who satisfies your years with good things, so that your youth is renewed like the eagle."
The grace of the Father God renews our youth every day and fills our life with strength like the eagle that forcefully moves its wings. The testimonies that you believers had for this year 2015 cannot all be mentioned even if we talk about them all night.
Today, at the end of this year, we will remember the grace of God that has been given to us this year in an effort to face the new year with more strength. Through this message that is preached, may you keep all the grace in your mind and march forward with more power in 2016, I pray in the name of the Lord!
[Main]
Dear brothers and sisters,
The Father said 2015 is the Year of Glory and there was going to be the rapid flow of whole spirit, after the standardization of spirit in 2014.That flow was not only for those who were in spirit, but God said He would give us more grace than before so those who are not in spirit yet can also more quickly go onto the rock and into the spirit.
As for the church, there was the rapid flow of whole spirit, and as for me, God gave me a Sabbatical period. Of course, in any case, I cannot just fully rest leaving the church completely. God had a plan when He gave me this Sabbatical year off. It was a chance for you members to fill up the measure of justice that you had to fill up.
It was also a time for you to cultivate true love and trust with the shepherd, so that each one's measure of faith would increase. Some of you had to go through trials in order to fill up the measure of justice that you had to fill up. Anyway, God the Father has given you overflowing grace so you could ride on this flow of whole spirit.
Dear brothers and sisters,
Now for this past year, how did God lead you in the midst of the flow of whole spirit?First, at the Lunar New Year, He gave you the strength to run your race for the whole year. With the grace given at the Lunar New Year, He let you pray more fervently, and through other festivities and devotional services, more hope of New Jerusalem was given to you.
On May 5, there was the party of spirit. I asked God that those who were invited could feel like being in the space of Paradise. Of course, we cannot mimic the beauty of paradise no matter how beautifully we make something on this earth. But God covered the area with spiritual space, so you could taste the peace and happiness of Paradise. Through that fullness of Spirit, each one continued to fill up the measure of justice with more strength. Also, for those who hadn't gone into spirit yet and were not invited, they did not get disheartened. They had more hope and earnestness to be there next time.
When I came down for my birthday, God the Father sent special archangels to record the aroma of the heart of each of you.Now your trust and love has gone up a level, so you try to pay back the grace from your heart with your love, and not just because it's your duty and you have to do it. It means you are experiencing the power of re-creation that changes the hearts of men.
In the leadership conference in July, God let us know about perfect love which has the perfect balance with justice. In the summer retreat in August, God let you search the evidence of love, as to how the Father's love was manifested to each of you. One of the special evidence of such love was the heavenly breeze. The grace given through the heavenly breeze was not just that the spiritual breeze could be felt in this physical world.
Because it was such a great work of God's power, it means such great light came upon that place and darkness departed from you, your homes, workplaces and businesses. Many of you testified that after you went back home from the retreat, your fleshly thoughts disappeared and your hearts were changed. Of course there were many testimonies of healing, too.
With the fullness you received in the retreat, you had peaceful Anniversary and Thanksgiving Sundays, and very soon after that you had the December 25 Service, for which God promised many fruits.
Dear brothers and sisters, in this rapid flow of whole spirit, what kind of life have you led?
In the past Lunar New Year, I asked you not to be poor, not to be sick, and not to face any disasters. I said it was possible if you rejoice, give thanks, and pray all the time and walk in the light. And as you look back at the past year, your faith has grown up to a significant degree, and you had many happy testimonies.
Even when the whole country was captured by the fear of MERS, you did not care at all. Of course there are so many healing testimonies throughout the year, but especially there were so many testimonies just for the three days of the summer retreat. Vocal cord nodules, diabetes, burns, food poisoning, shingles, allergy to sunshine, frozen shoulder, loss of smell, paralysis, cerebral infarction, Parkinson's disease, traffic accident complications, muscle tears, tumors, fractures, and so many other diseases were healed.
One who was diagnosed with two-month-terminal life due to liver cirrhosis, and another one with six-month-terminal life with intestinal cancer were healed and recovered. There were 28 deaf-and-mute people who came from overseas, and 27 of them experienced the work of God. We also had a testimony of a child who was healed of autism completely. Whenever we heard such testimonies, you were filled with joy and happiness as if you yourselves were blessed.
Health was not the only grace given by God. There was news of natural disasters, terrorism, and wars constantly, but you believers were protected all the time. Even in the midst of the great earthquake in Nepal and the Cyclone in India, or in other fires or traffic accidents, Manmin members all around the world were dramatically protected.
You received a lot of financial blessings, too, and the tithe offerings have increased.(12% increase from the previous year. Korea's economic growth for 2015 was 2.6%)
Dear brothers and sisters,
The Father had let us know the flow of this year in the prayer titles for 2015. He said it was going to be a year of glory in which He would receive glory through the shepherd and the fruits of spirit and whole spirit. He also said the flow of whole spirit would flow rapidly. He told us to come forth as fruits of spirit and whole spirit and to cultivate beautiful hearts that could fill up the sanctuary by filling up our deficiencies and shortages. Even for those who were helpless like dry bones, their hearts would melt by the power of re-creation and they would receive a chance of salvation.
Of course, some of those prayer titles are going to be fulfilled over a long period of time, but God let us pray for them as if they were going to happen very soon. But it is still in the process of the Father that He is leading accurately toward the final goal at the end time. The reason why He gives us the prayer titles every year is to let us participate in fulfilling the providence of God. Through those prayers, He wants us to enjoy the blessings that we will ultimately receive.
Now, I want you to ask yourselves. "Have I been riding on the flow of whole spirit well in 2015? Am I giving glory to God through the power of re-creation?"Your speed on the flow of spirit will be different according to the extent to which you believe and practice the visions and goals given to us.
Especially in the beginning of this year God put a great emphasis on one thing. It's that we had to realize our shortcomings and we had to accumulate the deeds to be changed with earnest longing.
In the prophetic message of the New Year service, He emphasized we had to pray more fervently. 1 Timothy 4:5 says, "for it is sanctified by means of the word of God and prayer."Now, how earnestly have you been accumulating your deeds to be changed through the Word of God and prayer? I urge you to remember that you have to fill up the 1% of the measure of justice on your own so that the other 99% will have effect on you.
[Conclusion]
Dear brothers and sisters,
God says the third phase of take-off of the church will begin in full scale soon. In the third phase, the power of re-creation will be made complete, so the amazing power of God that created the heavens and the earth will be revealed before your eyes. The prayer titles given in the past, namely the highest level of power, the Canaan Sanctuary, and the Grand Sanctuary will be revealed.
Once they are revealed, they will be completed in a moment. If you finish laying the foundation of a building, building up the floors can be done very quickly. When all the visions that God had given to us many times will be fulfilled, you will only be able to give out the exclamations with amazement.
You will say, "The Father let us look up to this glory with the eyes of faith. He let us store up prayers to be able to participate in this glory of today."I urge you to spur yourself to become warriors of spirit and whole spirit, so that you will play main roles in the ministries that the Father will fulfill.
You should not say you want to take a little bit of rest or you have done enough just because you've been trying hard until now. You just have to keep going with more passion. Psalm 126:6 says, "He who goes to and fro weeping, carrying his bag of seed, shall indeed come again with a shout of joy, bringing his sheaves with him."
Dear brothers and sisters, are you ready to run your race in 2016?May you finish this course until the Lord comes back and be able to sing the praises of joy and victory when you stand before the throne of the Father, I pray in the name of the Lord! |
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