Brother Yonghun Kim, age 43, 2-15 Parish, South Korea


In July 2013, my wife, Junior Deaconess Eunsuk Kim started to attend Manmin Central Church. She was healed of serious depression within two months while attending there. With a thankful heart, I also started going to the church. While listening to Senior Pastor Dr. Jaerock Lee's message, I began to become renewed. On September 14, 2014 I experienced an amazing work that changed me completely.

In July 2014, I made up my mind to keep the Lord's Day completely, and then God started giving me precious realizations every worship service. I sometimes even heard the clear voice of the Holy Spirit as if it was the voice heard from right beside me. It gave me tremendous realizations of the truth that I had never imagined.

I read Senior Pastor's books such as The Message of the Cross; Tasting Eternal Life before Death; and Spirit, Soul, and Body I & II. As I was reading them, I felt the untruth in my heart collapsing as the foundation of faith was being established in it. In particular, The Message of the Cross astonished me. I thought, 'Why has no one told me that Christianity is this amazing?'

When I was young, I would ask many pastors, "Could those who lived without any opportunity to hear about the gospel be saved?" All of them said no. I couldn't acquire spiritual answers to my questions this way. As such experiences were repeated, I came to misunderstand God and think that He was not giving fair opportunities to people.

However, while listening to and reading Dr. Lee's messages, I came to understand God's mercy and the Lord's sacrificial love. By the Holy Spirit's guidance, I realized that my business was the Lord's and I was just a tenant. Moreover, I made a resolution to cut myself off from the world and not to sin again.

On September 14, 2014 I gave offerings for charity online and attended Daniel Prayer Meeting. I had never prayed properly before, so I just spoke of many sins that came through my mind. I said in the prayer, "I am arrogant. I am nothing." And then, heat came upon me.

I shed more tears that I had shed during all my life, repented of arrogance, and prayed to be given spiritual faith continually. I said in the prayer that I didn't want any financial gain, authority, or worldly desires. During the prayer, Senior Pastor appeared in inspiration and said to me with a great joy, "Do you want a gift from me?" Then the gift was given to me four days later.

While I was praying, what I had done at the age of fifteen flashed through my mind. At that time, I had felt a surge of anger at the reality surrounding me and written my resentment against God. As this scene came over me, I felt afraid and kept just saying, "Forgive me" and begging for around an hour. Soon I felt better and came to call God "Father" for the first time in my life and to pray with friendly words to Him. This was the gift Senior Pastor had spoken about.

Two weeks after that I was faced with an odd problem in my business. All procedures in the process of business were stuck in problems. Simply put, everything wasn't going well! At the moment, I was reminded of what I had thought—'What is it to rely completely on God?'

At once I set aside all my methods and repented of my sins and wrongdoings. Then I was given faith that all problems would be resolved. As I believed, all the problems were solved one by one. God taught me in this way through such hands-on experience of the spiritual law to increase my faith.

I am working in the field of IT Consulting Service. One day, I was having a tough negotiation about the price of some service and products with vendors. If it had happened before, I would simply have used my head to win over their hearts. But now I came to feel very bad when I lied to others. Not doing anything and not knowing what to do, I was in trouble.

A few days later, however, a vendor sent me the cost estimate sheet where the price had been cut 60%. And the following day, another vendor sent me the sheet where the cost had been reduced 20%! I just wanted to distance myself from sins, but God cherished such desire of my heart and worked on my business with His gentle and delicate love.

As I experienced such things, I come to search God's profound will in every given situation. The God of love has always given more blessings than I expected. I want to be used by Him as a good instrument of the Holy Spirit. I give all thanks and glory to God.