29. August. 2019. Thursday Prayer Journal
New Strength Given Only to Man
Acts 2:41~42 So those who received his word were baptized, and there were added that day about three thousand souls. And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.
♬ Hymn for scheduled worship: Korean/English Hymnal #93 Jesus Is All the World to Me (#93 in the previous version)
[Message Video] https://youtu.be/gKOTnFwl9h8
When a saved child of God lives as an unbeliever then passes away, he lives a life that is less than an unbeliever’s and returns to Heaven. In order for children of God to live as His children, they must receive and enjoy true power. With that power, you can change three aspects. What are they?
1. Fate
Within God’s eternal time schedule, there is a blessing that He has given only to people; that is creating man in His own image(Genesis 1:27). However, a problem arose. Satan deceived the first man, who did not correctly hold onto God’s covenant. Satan separated man’s connection with God and drove him into destruction. God knew of all this and promised the Christ, the only Savior who could deliver man from the 12 problems of Satan, Original Sin, and consequential sins. Just as He promised, Jesus came as the Christ. When people hold onto this fact as their covenant, their fates change.
2. Incompetence
Jesus said, “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”(Acts 1:8) Because you are powerless, Jesus promised you this power. If you do these four works for just three days, you will receive this power. First, you must adhere to the apostle’s teachings. If you follow the flow of the Gospel(the Word), power will be given and healing will take place(Hebrews 4:12). Second, you must have fellowship with one another. Power is being able to help others who live incorrectly and possess shortcomings. Third, you must have communion. The Early Church shared the deeply moving emotions of salvation every time they worshiped. Fourth, you must constantly be in prayer. To live in this world, you need strength, and that is why you must join together in prayer.
3. The Future
A person of prayer doesn’t need to worry about tomorrow; a person who knows the Gospel doesn’t need to worry about the church; and a person who knows evangelism doesn’t need to worry about the future because if he holds onto and stays within the covenant of world evangelization, he can change the future(Matthew 24:14 and Acts 1:8). The members of the Early Church held onto the covenant that transformed their future and were never shaken. Even though they had yet to live their future, they knew of it through God’s Word.
[Prayer of the Evangelist] Dear God, allow me to change my fate, incompetence, and future by the true power that only You can give. Help me to save those who have not heard the Gospel and are faced with destruction.
Immanuel Church Sunday Worship 1st Service / April 14, 2019
[Bible Reading] 1 Thessalonians 3
[Gospel Memory Verse] Romans 15:4
For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.
New Strength Given Only to Man
Acts 2:41~42 So those who received his word were baptized, and there were added that day about three thousand souls. And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.
♬ Hymn for scheduled worship: Korean/English Hymnal #93 Jesus Is All the World to Me (#93 in the previous version)
[Message Video] https://youtu.be/gKOTnFwl9h8
When a saved child of God lives as an unbeliever then passes away, he lives a life that is less than an unbeliever’s and returns to Heaven. In order for children of God to live as His children, they must receive and enjoy true power. With that power, you can change three aspects. What are they?
1. Fate
Within God’s eternal time schedule, there is a blessing that He has given only to people; that is creating man in His own image(Genesis 1:27). However, a problem arose. Satan deceived the first man, who did not correctly hold onto God’s covenant. Satan separated man’s connection with God and drove him into destruction. God knew of all this and promised the Christ, the only Savior who could deliver man from the 12 problems of Satan, Original Sin, and consequential sins. Just as He promised, Jesus came as the Christ. When people hold onto this fact as their covenant, their fates change.
2. Incompetence
Jesus said, “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.”(Acts 1:8) Because you are powerless, Jesus promised you this power. If you do these four works for just three days, you will receive this power. First, you must adhere to the apostle’s teachings. If you follow the flow of the Gospel(the Word), power will be given and healing will take place(Hebrews 4:12). Second, you must have fellowship with one another. Power is being able to help others who live incorrectly and possess shortcomings. Third, you must have communion. The Early Church shared the deeply moving emotions of salvation every time they worshiped. Fourth, you must constantly be in prayer. To live in this world, you need strength, and that is why you must join together in prayer.
3. The Future
A person of prayer doesn’t need to worry about tomorrow; a person who knows the Gospel doesn’t need to worry about the church; and a person who knows evangelism doesn’t need to worry about the future because if he holds onto and stays within the covenant of world evangelization, he can change the future(Matthew 24:14 and Acts 1:8). The members of the Early Church held onto the covenant that transformed their future and were never shaken. Even though they had yet to live their future, they knew of it through God’s Word.
[Prayer of the Evangelist] Dear God, allow me to change my fate, incompetence, and future by the true power that only You can give. Help me to save those who have not heard the Gospel and are faced with destruction.
Immanuel Church Sunday Worship 1st Service / April 14, 2019
[Bible Reading] 1 Thessalonians 3
[Gospel Memory Verse] Romans 15:4
For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.
