Good morning everyone, James 5:11-Behold, we consider those blessed who remained steadfast. You have heard of the steadfastness of Job, and you have seen the purpose of the Lord, how the Lord is compassionate and merciful. I always read this passage and thought at times, "how does losing everyone and everything in your life and […]
Do you like discipline? I don’t. I hate it. I hate being disciplined. And I hate disciplining my children. It is so unpleasant. But it is necessary. The entire chapter 5 of Proverbs is dedicated to the matter of adultery! See if you do not see this all around you: “Keep your way far from […]
Psalm 40:1-I waited patiently for the Lord; he inclined to me and heard my cry. One the greatest lessons I think a person can ever learn, especially in relationships, is how to listen. How to hear other people talking without selfishly trying to filter everything they say through our clever objections and viewpoint can be […]
Is there one thing you purposefully leave undone specifically because you are a Christian? In other words, your non-Christian friends are pretty much all into it, but you stay away from it because you are a Christian? For example, do you take a day off a week without feeling guilty about it? I guess it […]
“We are not saved by our holiness. We are saved by Jesus!” That’s been in my head last couple days. Perhaps because I realize how unholy I am. I’ve been listening to John Piper’s messages on biographies of great Christians such as John G. Paton and John Bunyan who suffered so much for the Lord […]
Good morning everyone, James 1:15-Then desire when it has conceived gives birth to sin, and sin when it is fully grown brings forth death. Since a little boy I’ve always been fascinated with criminal movies and mysteries. My mom was a big "Colombo" fan and Godfather fan so it just stuck with me. So now […]
I was sitting at Starbucks listening to Chopin’s Nocturne on my mp3 player over a hot cup of coffee this morning. I had just dropped off Sennah at her school and I had about 2 hours of free time to myself. A thought occurred, “How many people in the history of this world got to […]
When I had first become a Christian as a teenager, I remember one friend sharing with me, “Hey, Soong-Yol (That’s my Korean name), I like you because you are not radical like other Christian friends I have.” What he really meant is that I seemed more balanced. Have you come across those Christians that seemed […]
Good afternoon everyone, Ephesians 5:1-2-Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. Yesterday in picking up my son from school, his teacher had shared with me that he was searching for his coat. I had told him previously after "misplacing" his coat 6 times (but finding them!) throughout the year, that you have to be […]
Being under someone’s control could either be suffocating or liberating. 6th grade. Korea. School. Being under a mean teacher’s control was suffocating. He was a tyrant. He beat us with sticks. He had no sympathy. I hated being under his control and couldn’t wait to get out from underneath. 8 years old. Korea. Home. Being […]