winterOIL Day 3 Notes

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Missions Challenge - George Verwer

Matthrew 9 --> Jesus is a person of action. He was moved with compassion. So we should lay down our life for Others.
Luke 14:43
Philippians
Beware of extremism and asceticism.
Ep.6, 1:6
Love us + love them...
There's no excuse 'cause God loves us.
Galatians 2:20.
Christ lives in me... Worship without message is deception.
There's a balance here. Not a contradiction, but a paradox.
We need to take up the cross as a soldier of Christ.

You are special.

You are a child of God.

Acts 13, Romans 11, Ecclesiastes, Acts 1:8.
Optimistic, faith filled visionary!
Bring the Message w/help, not help w/the message (Up for debate. But a very valid point nonetheless =] )

Bible Exposition - Dr. Robert Norris, Galatians 4:10 - 5:15
Mazes can be frustrating, we can get nowhere, or end up back at the beginning. This is true of the Galatians, who went back and flirted with legalism. Jesus delivered us from this. However, in mixing this, we've been reverting what has been done to us...
We need to be careful with our past...
Paul says "I plead with you brethren..." "My dear children..." He's remembering the first meeting he had with the Galatians, when he was Ill, and was led to Galatia. "Sick --> Divinely disfavored..." But Galatia welcomed him with open arms.
Can you remember that love? How could you turn from me? Am I your enemy?
"Do you only love me when you hear what you like?"
Sheep, have teeth, and will bite back, as shy as they may be.
This goes the same for God's sheep.
Paul truly loves them, and warns them about people who are trying to turn them over. A lot of times, Zealous (in the bible) was meant as sarcasm and for courting someone's favor. Certain people were trying to isolate sheep and preach the gospel for their own good. Paul is definitely fighting over them, for them. Not as a justified lover, but an anxious parent who truly cares for their kid.
The Galatians are young --> We need to be discerning about the people we let into our lives and who influences us spiritually. Zealousness isn't a test of spirit, and neither is being keen, but we can't surrender our minds, but we must be aware of the motivations that lie beneath!
You must look for them, people who can keep us spiritual accountable. It may not always be comfortable. But we need to be honest.
Paul wants the Galatians to have Christ formed in them, He wants Christ to be formed in us.
Who will we follow? We should find good people who have Christ in their lives who will pray and share and shape our lives.
Paul wants the Galatians to have Christ in them... "Are you not aware?" There is a natural desire in young Christians to be more Christian... There's both Grace and Law (Will become "Christians" by following the rules).
Another point is that there is the Covenant of Abraham and the Law of Moses.
Generally, when we use the old testament... we can do either illustration or parallels.
And Illustration would be like in Joshua Ch. 2 where the red is an illustration of the protection of blood in Jesus. The author who wrote that didn't intend that, but it's a verbal and visual tie.
(And if the guy making the illustration is wrong? He's just wrong...)
When we draw parallels however, it's not coincidental (in reference to the corresponding of Old Testament Stories and New testament meanings). This also works under the assumption that there is a deliberate pattern that God uses in dealing w/people, so that we would learn...
So let's take a look at what Paul says...
There are 4 motifs... 2 Wives, 2 Covenants, 2 Mountains, 2 Cities. There is two in common! The Jews took this and used it to make it like...
Jews + Everyone else where the Jews inherited the Covenant, Descendants of Sarah and Isaac, but everyone else is of Hagar and Ishmael.
But this is wrong! It's not two races, but two kinds of religion!
1.) Bondage (Hagar, Slavewoman, Ishmael, Sinai, Covenant where Jerusalem was the promise. The Religion of Bondage.)
2.) Freedom (Sarah, Freewoman, Isaac, Son, Zion! Not Jerusalem, but the heavenly City.)

These two are at odds w/one another just as Sarah and Hagar were, and how they were at war (and still are at war).
The Juda-izers (?) Belong to Hagar, not to the Gentiles, to Law, and not to Grace. These are the Legalists.
The Heirs of Sarah, not Jews, but those born again by God's Grace, are sustained not by law that binds but the gospel that sets free + is Gods MERCY. We belong in the city in HEAVEN, not in Palestine.
Hagar, now is Jerusalem and reprsents slavery, but the Jerusalem above, she is our mother. We are no children of the slaves but of the freewoman.
The 2 distinctions in the world has nothing to do with anything but faith in Christ.
Jesus fullfilled the law, in your name, and walked calvary for you, fulfilled God's requirement for you.

Justive in heaven is met by obedience of Christ.

Christ died for you! Stand in his freedom! Or be burdened by the weight. The Jews (and of course, we are refering to those considered "Pharisees" etc...) would use this as submission, the law is the yoke that shackles you.
But Matthew 11 says "Take my yoke"! It is a yoke of Grace! And it is not burdensome.
Christ says to us, "You belong to me, I will never let you Go." He releases us from a religion of rules and burdens.
"Do these things and Live! Do not and Die!" This is the religion of Burden.
Guilt and Shame fill your soul because you can't fullfill these laws, and your soul condemns you. It's NOT your QUIET TIME or the fact that you go to CHURCH EVERY SUNDAY that SAVES YOU. It's his GRACE. But we do all of these things out of love because it is the GRACE of CHRIST that DRAWS me INTO Obedience and Worship. It is the Grace that says I won't ever let you go.

You cannot earn this Grace. It is freely given, and God,
(PN)We are so spoiled.

You cannot pick and choose the law, this burdensome law... if you want to please him, and the righteousness of God, you need to be 100%, not 50% or 75% or even 99%. You CANNOT meet this standard! You cannot obey it perfectly!
Then... despair comes.

This isn't an Apostate religion... that makes people desert it...
Jesus would not have needed to come if we could do it alone.
BUT. Because we were helpless and hopeless, Christ came because of this.

He paid the penalty by meeting the demands of the law and brought mercy upon us because he met God's Justice.

That is the Gospel.
Divine Grace.

By faith we wait for the righteousness in which we hope, that he has provided. We wait eagerly, as children of God! All that matters is our faith to him.

So we say that Circumcision doesn't need to happen for your salvation. But people condemn Paul, saying "You're willing to support when it supports you!" The Cross makes redundant Moses' Law and Scandalizes it. But Paul hasn't changed the Gospel, that still stands. Timothy was circumcized to be a witness for his own community.
Remember, the gospel is designed... for freedom. Be wary of certain things that say...
"Every Christian is like this..."
Don't be like anyone else except Jesus.
Don't really have to look like anyone except Jesus.
We don't have to wear his coats, unless we want to (?).
Don't submit to enslavement.
Guard this freedom, this freedom we have in Christ, not as we please... So guard that freedom.
In Grace, Live. In Grace, Sanctified. Grace.

Seminar 3 - Sanctification

How do we receive Grace in life?
And how does Sin, Law, and Grace all work?
Both the OT and NT talks about this
OT --> Come apart, Shine in (?)
NT --> Holy, Separation TO God (?), Luke 1:70, Ep 3:5; Ethical relationship with God so we can serve acceptably... Ep 1:4, Col. 1:22.
How are we separated from the world to God? How do we shine in the world and serve God?
1. What does God's Grace look like in S(?)
2. How do Justification and Sanctification work together?
3. How far in life?
It's not what we do, it is not a work of man. It is a work of God, his holy spirit working on our souls CREATING a DESIRE FOR GOD. Discipline is increased. The will needs to cooperate with life. (Romans 6+7)
We think that... Saved by grace... Live the law. The truth is... We've broken rules, rules bring pain, The Law was designed to produce pain. There were three uses of law. --> Designed by God to restrain evil, not end it, nor cure it. It's like a speed limit, but God sees you speeding anyway >=]
The spirit of God doesn't make you into a robot... it gives you desires.
You don't do it? Well, then you didn't do it. Where's your heart in all of this?
Everytime we sin, it is a temporary abeyance of faith.
The Holy Spirit does say to us, "I won't make you go."
Things may give us pleasure, but it is a breach of the desires of the things of God, given by the Holy Spirit. You ultimately come back to repentance.
We need to repent of our un-righteousness and our righteousness. We then need to stand in our righteousness in Christ.
The life of Sanctification is REPENTANCE. We weep 'cause we offended him and he says to us "I love you."
We should say... "Thank you for working in me to overcome my flesh, and grow in Christ." We should trust in the mercy of God."
In the Psalms, David would repent again and again... It is a work of God that we cooperate and it changes us.
Prayer.
Romans 7(?)
Sin is deep inside, more than what we do... The ultimate sin under it all is... (LAWL u gotta wait.)
We should find people we can share sins with... Someone accountable who can preach the Gospel to you... like a mutual sharing and preaching.
So the root of sin? It's...
Our unwillingness to glorify God and put him as the center. We then, choose other things as Gods.

(SORRY. I passed out here... for a little bit... then woke up...)

Every time we sin... we break the covenant that God has made with us... we're all worshipers at heart. It's just what we're worshiping that makes the difference...
Quiet time will not take away lust. But overcoming it is seeing that there is a greater love than your lust. The Holy Spirit says "Let me show you Jesus." And this love, is much more real, and much more clear.
"Law" --> QT WILL SAVE ME. RROWNG. (Wrong)
"Grace" --> I'm going to look for my Jesus.
We need to apply Grace. Romans 6.
Jesus > Sin, Grace CHALLENGES our Hearts.
Remorse is... "Oh I'm caught..." Repentance gives to God. (The Glory[?])
Hopelessness and Despair (No Gospel) vs. Sorrow + Grief (The Gospel)
Loooonnnggg time ago. Some guy (Totalia, 1600 years ago) said...
"Our crime, our highest guilt and cause of judgment is idolatry."
All crimes are detected... in all crimes. Idolatry.

"Each person acts as if God doesn't make him happy."

(Ohsnap. Calling you out.)

The Law has three components, one, to condemn, two, to point out that sin is sinful, and three, it reflects the character of God. It's meant to "restart" not "redeem".
How do we deal with this?
(Ex. Guy would beat his wife, he distorted the scripture, he idolized himself.)
You need to be willing to challenge your Idols. And It'll try to build up a wall and say to you "It's not wrong what you're doing! It's not wrong!"
He also didn't know peace with God.
You need to challenge with the Gospel.
Unmask the idol. It creates fear when we do this because we have dignified it. We need God. We can't do it on our own.
A lot of times, we say, to our idols, "I need this as a requirement for being fulfilled."
1. Learn to hate sin, hate the idol. "GOD YOU JUSTIFY ME, NOT THIS." Don't be controlled by it. Christ is my life. My heart CAN TAKE A GOOD THING and DISTORT IT =[
2. Rejoice in the Grace of Jesus, you are my salvation and righteousness. Are you feeling bad now? The Idol says you are unfavorable and that you need it...
The GOSPEL says that you look for something other than Christ.
But it's okay...
'Cause the Gospel saves.
1. It's Just + Merciful, it gives Jesus... who meets justice and displays mercy as my substitute.
2. Imputed righteousness. Jesus imputes righteousness onto us. It's not our righteousness but his forever. We are never unloved.
3. Christ has, by death, Justified our souls. "I am a sinner =[!"
"No. You are justified."
4. You are adopted, the legal son of God, welcomed into heaven.
5. You are preserved, you didn't earn it, but you do have it forever.

Seminar 4 - Knowing Gods Will.

"Minority Report" --> It's not like Do this, do that... etc.
We're always going to have huge decisions to make, and the decisions that we've made, well, they're not as big as we once thought.

4 Points --> 1. Views, 2. Biblical Understanding, 3. Choices, 4. Practical Steps.

1.Views
A. Traditional View --> Detailed individual plan, need to figure it out. God has the world in his hands and sees you. What if you went the wrong way? Have you messed up?
B. Traditional Charismatic View --> Plan, still a plan, listen to a pastor, it's like a word of prophecy. But what if that person was wrong?
C. Wisdom view --> YES, there is a plan, but it is an unraveling scroll, we cannot understand or see it but it's not normal to lead/show us. --> Here I am doing my best, praying, growing, I become more biblically wise. We know the fathers heart, we are parallel.

2. Biblical Insights
Romans 12:1-2 --> Become a worshipper, then we are transformed, bing. Wisdom.
Romans 8:28 --> God works for the Good of those who love him. Purpose; Called to it. Predestined for this purpose; to the likeness of his son. Not really details, but heart behind your decisions, become like Christ!
Like rafting, you will get to the end. You might get hurt, but you will make it.
So choose to be in the river of Grace and Salvation. There is much freedom within that.
40 years in the desert? God is most concerned with us BECOMING GOOD CHOOSERS.
Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in God, with our heart...

3. Choices
A. Good + Bad --> Look it's pretty black and white here...
B. Good + Better --> Better package...
C. Good + Good --> It's equally good here...
Well, what would God want for you? What you choose, is his will for you.

4. Practical Steps
A. Dedicated in heart. Romans 12:1-2
B. Research. Numbers 13
C. Pray James 1:5
D. Discuss. (Get sum gooood friends namean?)
E. Meditate. Think long term.
F. Decide. It's you and God here.
G. Anticipate - Hope in God. Romans 8:28

Evening Worship - Dr. Min J Chung, Fight For Fire

(Aigoo intense notes...)

How can we fight sins and temptations so we can have a fire for God?
Romans 7:15 --> Frustration! Girr!
Romans 7:24-25 --> Small victory...
Romans 8:1 --> Yay Jesus!
Romans 9:3 --> Loves people, so loving that he would be cut off in order to save people.
Fighting sin, is becoming more like Jesus.

I. Anatomy: What's in our hearts? (Romans 7:15)
A. Desires --> We are born with sinful desires, then born again with spiritual desires "wants"
B. Thoughts --> "Understand" The mind does not seem to be in control, it's heart + thoughts.
C. Feelings/Emotions --> Negative emotion? We can sympathize... We are contradictory... not complimentary. (Bible says we're bad, Psychology says we're naturally Good, like animals) There is a small problem here, lots of times Medicine replaces repentance. Changing our heart? Only God can do this. Paul might have been considered Bipolar/Skitzo. Paul's answer is God.
D. Actions --> "Doing" Like will + Choices
E. Duality --> I want/I hate, we have a dual nature. Essence and Nature contradict each other. Love God/Hate God, Live for yourself/for God.

(Pretty picture here...)

II. Behavior - The key to seeing your sins/motives/heart: You need to analyze your emotions. If it's an unbiblical disobedience you can see it, but a non-biblical action is harder to see. (i.e. eating, what is the intensity of loving of eating?)
Emotions/Feelings and the heart: Did you get your desire or not?
A. Feelings are related to desires: Pleasure or pain. Positive? You got what you wanted or you might get it. Negative? You didn't get, might not get or get what you don't want. And pay attention to the intensity of these emotions. The intensity of our +/- emotions show our motive. What we love and desire is very different. (Like kicks... namean?) On a scale of 0-10 how much do you care? You might sin 'cause of this/that... It's all related to what you want.
B. Feelings are affected by thoughts: Through your senses.
Don't know something? You don't feel anything. You're fine 'cause you don't think you have an exam, but when you know about it you flip out.
How do you know in mind? (Senses) Compliment? --> Senses (hear it) --> Think about it --> Feel it.
Mind percieves, stimulates the desire. --> Feel.
C. Gotta understand... analyze and discern feelings...
Sinful Nature (Pleasure principle) + Spiritual Nature (Moral principle).
Bad + Bad --> Did sinful and got no pleasure, and you're guilty... =[
Bad + Good --> Did something good but got no pleasure...
Good + Bad --> Sinful + Guilty... you Enjoyed it though... (Watch out for addictions...)
Good + Good --> YOu're in the Zone... it's God's glory and your glory.
I.e. B+B could lead to depression...
D. Feelings are not desires.
Desire is like fuel, the thought is the match, and the feeling you get is the fire.
Desires are invisible until emotions come out so you can see them. Thought is like putting the pain on the invisible man so you can see him.
A lot of people assume if you have no emotion to God, you don't love him or feel him.
But... yoou may love him, but not really thinking about it nor aware of it.
It could be an invisible desire. We can have unemotional desires.
Self-Denial... doing things even without emotion. There may be fuel, but there's no spark. So think! Light the match! Keep on serving! Choose the Cross + emotion will follow!
E. Feelings can affect choices, but desires make these choices.
May feel like not, but you still can do things out of love/"the right thing". This is perserverance. Do this and do it cause it's right.

III. The Key to Fighting Your Sins/Motives/Heart: The Mind
A. It speaks: Reveals the heart.
1. What is a thought? The mind can reveal a heart and affect the heart. The thought is the context of the heart. It's what you love, while feelings are how much you love.
2. What are patterns of thoughts? It's like playing guitar... Can become second nature. If we fall into an addiction, we can have a train of thoughts/patterns. Addiction --> Guilt --> Lonliness --> Addiction --> Self-Condemnation, it's hard to stop.
B. It eats: Strengthens the heart.
1. Sinful thoughts, stimulates and grows the heart in a negative way (away from Jesus)
2. So eat the word! It accuses and the Holy Spirit uses it to fight, it becomes the power to fight against thoughts.
C. How to train your mind.
1. Naturally, somethings we do, we remember. We remember what we care about. We follow suite.
2. Intentional Repititon, we tried to remember it. It's like we're building a new train of thought. We need to try to fight that. You need to make a formula of the spirit/word of God so you can love God and even have emotions for God.
Build the train, it'll help. Start with what you like + what is good. Put it together. Like Coffee in Bookstores.

IV Implications: How to Fight Sin/How to be on Fire for God
A. Understanding the Gospel: The doctrine of Justification and Glorification.
Glory to JEsus... it's going to be hard, but he's with us. 1John 1:9 It's a continual confession = purification, sanctification.
We need him again and again and again. Commit yourself over and over again! You will grow with your failures.
God, he sees you growing through your commitment.
We will keep growing until the day we die.
So try to grow by his Grace.
B. A heart that Loves: With all of your heart...
Fuel, growing your heart... it gains in desire + love daily through prayer, QT, Etc.
Capacity vs. Condition (Emotion)...
The Capacity grows, it's alove! We grow and we change! 1 Minute prayer? You can grow.
You feel like quitting? Just do a little bit more.
Grow.
C. Emotions that reveal: Discernment --> Analyze your heart + emotion
D. A Mind that fights: Thoughts of Christ, Philippians 4:8. Christ is noble, true, right, pure, lovely, admirable, excellent and praiseworthy.
E. Actions that picture Christ: Moved not by emotion but by desires of love. Desire! What is right. Not by emotion.
Every day as we try to live, we are drawing Jesus.

Fight for Fyah.

//end.day3.notes.

winterOIL Day 2 Notes

//winterOIL.day2.notes.

So! Day 2! First full day! Intense intense....
I'm leaving out the QT... well... maybe I won't actually...
This stuff is gonna be long...
As always... I hope that you get blessed... somehow through reading this. Grab your bible...
Hopefully God can speak to whoever reads this... =P Namean?

I also decided not to include the bible verses in the post... only 'cause it takes up RIDICULOUS amounts of space... =P READ JO OWN BIBLE. IT'S GOOD FOR YOU.
FEED YOUR HEART. >=]

Morning Devotion - Psalm 63

1. Time when you were in the desert... but your heart was in the sanctuary... vice-versa...
2. What can we learn about David's heart?
3. What can we learn so that we can be prepared for the desert?

Hrm. Well.
PN: He yearns for God, he is good + righteous. He has seen God, and 'cause he knows God he longs for him... 'cause God is Good.
Depend on God... he's got a perfect and permissive plan... rejoice knowing not only that he exists but that he is GOOD. Be confident.
FROG. What can we do? There's nothing in a desert, it's all dry... there's no water... Depend on God. Bless the storm. Bless the desert. Depend on God... The Desert, the storm, it all helps us grow.
Romans 5:1-5 (i think...)

Bible Exposition - Dr. Robert Norris (aka epic [welsh] accent)
Galatians 3:1-4:9

Lots of times... we know God and we fear him... but we do not LOVE him; We may have faith, but also great guilt. Martin Luther... FEAR of God! But where is the Joy?
We now have... the faith of a servant vs. the faith of a son.
Like the mechanical zeal of a pharisee... sometimes we're like perfectionists in our faith... it makes us imprisoned and afraid... We are now on a treadmill of pedantic religiosity.
BUT.
There is FREEDOM in the FAITH of JESUS CHRIST.
--> He knows this (Paul) and wants to address the Galatians, who were building these... prison walls of religiosity.
LAW? NO. That would go against this Gospel of Grace. The Gospel is not man made... how can we distort it or change it? The Old Testament Laws were there to guard... until Jesus comes.

The Jews though there were two types of people...
1) Jews - Superior... Spiritually unique...
2) All the rest. Lawl.

But Paul instead... writes that it is evil and destructive as legalism... you cannot use this with Christianity; God's promises spell freedom. --> We are all sons of God in Christ Jesus. When we are baptized... we wear his clothes and become heirs to Abraham's promise.
This is important because... back then especially... because Clothes would define who you are (Social Status, ages, rank/race...) So when we become Christians... although we may wear the same clothes... we are now Children of God with no barriers between the rest of us.
We still have our same culture, BUT we have a new group identity that overlaps social unity. There is a same humility. Not Circumcision, but Baptism.
And this... transcends ALL barriers.
"You belong to the family of Christ." --> Do you feel the family and community?
Barriers separate Gods Grace and Wisdom.
Our Culture is not lost... but SUPERSEDED in Christ!
...Break the barriers that separate.

*Quick note... I was planning on staying up all night and typing these notes...
But... Dr. Robert Norris... you... sir, are a man of God... And you love him so much that your expositions on his word are just SO AWESOME. AND SO INTENSE... that I cannot continue to stay up and re-read through all of my notes and type them up...
I will continue tomorrow when I have time... --;;; aigoo.

9:00 am...

So. Slaves vs. Sons?
We have this age, 21. This is generally when children move to becoming... older... Men, yaknow? This is, or at least was, the inheritable age. Until this age, the son was no better than a slave because he was unable to inherit everything that his father has for him.
So there is also a tutor, who would look after this boy and his property until he becomes of age. Just like this... Paul says that history is divided in two, a spiritual minority vs. majority, that is separated by a 21st birthday for the human race.
We were gas good as slaves, regardless of our future! v3 talks about the basic principles of the world... Fundamental Truths (Like in Hebrews... laws...etc...), Fundamental Constituents (Chemical Elements that make us up... and the world can(?)would(?) be destroyed by these elemtsn) and Spiritual Forces (Deity's/Demons/Angels) of this world...
And this world is in bondage. Growing up under a tutor... we were held prisoner by the law, the law of God. This law, of religious activity condemned all of us. God would judge us, and so we would FEAR.
Pre-Christians... worldly deities, enslaved us, Hew or Gentile. We are bonded to our culture. (i.e. Jews- religious rules). So when the law was supposed to free us, it made us feel guilty and condemned. Here the Galatians are being related to pagans.
Today... everyone's spiritual instinct is like the old testament... we ask about ultimate meaning, so we made our own religions... The mystery of our own existence makes us ask... and it ultimately turns into this legalism...
We become slave to this... bonded to this idolatry... Jewish Law, Pagan Gods, Human Philosophy (lawl.).
This Bondage... is the natural condition of the human heart till our "21st" Birthday.
When Jesus comes into the world, we are no more a minority.
He came, shared this tutoring, the condition of spiritual bondage. LIKE US, he was born under the Law.
But he doesn't belong here.
Redeem! Mission! He came to redeem us from the slavery and the order of all things! To bring us into freedom of The Fathers new world. How costly is it redeem a slave... and Jesus paid that price.
Just as when people are adopted into families there are legal implications...
When we are adopted by God, we have all the same rights + privileges of being co-heirs with him. We are not kids anymore =P Enjoy the freedom + heritage as being sons of God with faith in Jesus Christ.
Lady + Rent story... Ironic. Let's enjoy the freedom of God when he comes knocking.
He's the generous giver, not the man who's come to collect the rent.
We are now children of God! We have a new nature! And the spirit of God is in our heart!

Coo. Oh Dr. Norris... your expositions are insanely long and epic...

Seminar 1 + 2 - Heart Motives

Why do we have nagging feelings? Or Don't get along? Why do we doubt? have depression? Apathy? Discouragement?
Who Am I??

This is a doctrine (actually a Thesis by Min Chung =P) of total depravity... Where we totally lack the spiritual good before God. It's not utter depravity where we are as bad as can be... but it's total depravity where there's nothing we can do, in our nature, that's good.
Without Christ, we can do nothing special in Gods eyes. Even doing good things, mean nothing because of our sinful nature.
It stems from selfishness. That everything we do without Christ... is for ourselves.
Emotions... are about the things we care about... you're emotional about something? You care about it. "Your mama"
Well why? 'Cause our mom gives us stuff. Why don't we like our dad? 'cause he doesn't give us stuff.
We are totally deprave, so we are selfish. And without Christ we will always be selfish.
True joy... comes from God and purpose.
So... it's either...
Enjoy life --> Getting what you want --> Selfishness. --> Meh. Woo~
Enjoy life --> Enjoy God --> True Joy from God + Purpose.
As Christians, we have two natures... our spiritual nature and our sinful nature. Our sinful nature will remain with us until we go to heaven.
(Galatians 5:16-17) We still have a sinful nature.
So...
It's... Glorify God vs. Glorify myself...
It's a battle. Like Gollum, like in Colossians 3:5
We need to repent =]
All of this, is a tool to help us repent... it leads to forgiveness and cleansing.
1 John 1:9.
If we're not convinced that we're drowning in sin, the cross does not mean that much to us.
(But we are...)
Heart Motives is a Theory and a System... It's a motivational system that helps us see why we do what we do, and what drives us.
Genesis 3:5 --> We will be like God... So we desire to be God. Which is the essence of Sin. And we all desire to be like God in a specific way.
There are two layers to our motives... Success; which is getting what you want. And Failure; Which is not getting what you want...

God to be know... We want to be know. (Like Me)
God to be loved... We want to be loved by chosen ones. (Love me)
God's standards are to be obeyed... We have our own standards and obey them. (Perfect Me)
God to be worshipped... We want to be worshipped (Respect Me)

Ultimately: What do we want? What do you want? Why?

So... the heart motives are...
Respect Me
Like Me
Love Me
Perfect Me
And there are Success/Failure layers for each (Getting/Not getting what you want) and minors (a secondary heart motive.)

Ask me if you want more... detailed (?) traits of each motive...

1. Perfect Me --> You are driven by an inner standard from which you cannot escape. You live by principles and standards... almost like a picture or list of what you/it/life should be like. The keyword here is HIGH, because you want to be as perfect as possible. It's generally about the self, and your own opinion of yourself. You also think that things/people/friends should be like this or that... and if that is broken... you are generally hurt. Here we want to live by principles. Relationships, are a gauge for how well you are doing. It is also Character (Who they are) vs. Purpose (What they do/goals --> In doing this/that, what is my purpose and how can I achieve that?)

2. Respect me --> Your inner desire is to be respected by others. The keyword here is ABOVE. How you speak and your tone is very important. We think... where am I in relation to others? As soon as "Respect Me"s enter the room, they evaluate the people in the room and find their own status. They think in terms of groups and how they can conquer things/people/projects. In relationships... It's like a hierarchy, where they want to be ABOVE.

3. Like Me --> Your inner desire is to be liked by others (everyone =P). Here, the keyword is WIDE, because everyone's opinion matters. If someone honks at you, it bugs you. For hours. You want to "convert" everyone into liking you. You're trying to spread the gospel of yourself. Your audience? Everyone. You may like certain people more; but that's probably because they can make you more popular. You try to get along with everyone, but you can be offensive. And that also tends to be for a greater goal... like community bashing...

4. Love Me --> Your inner desire is to have a maximum genuine love from others. The keyword here is either Time or Service. You have certain chosen people who are your audience. You want them to love you. For Time (Deep) You want people to enjoy the time they spend together with you, because of you. For Service, You want to be needed, and you want people to need the services you have. (Service + Affirmation). Feeling betrayed makes you cringe... You also have circles of people. It's more like a triangle with different distances between people, the smallest number of people being at the top. These are the ones you've chosen to be loved by.

Hrm. So... because this is a tool, it points out to us how are selfishness works, and it gives us something to pray over.
The implications of our Heart Motives in daily life...
It can affect our emotions... our personality traits...
It can affect our relationships... We need to love in a way that people understand love... Feed the heart motives around you...
Sexual preferences, sin/lust.
Eating... maybe to feel full instead of being close to somebody.
Our daydreams too can reflect what our motives are (Getting what you want... etc...)
Leisure/Entertainment... What do we like to do and why?
Disorders... Memory... (Our memory isn't random)
And our relationship with God... What blesses me? God loves me... but we shouldn't turn him into the servant because of what we desire. We still need to be pleasing.
So.
We need to repent over the sinful part of ourselves. Repentance... is changing our motives... that's true repentance.

Evening Worship - Dr Charles Zimmerman, Do the Dance

So many tv shows today are about change. Whether it's by a sledgehammer or by a hug.
Well. Do we want spiritual change?
The seven deadly sins... It all has a core. How can we change this core? Do we try harder? Do we set resolutions?
The Key to change is learning how to dance.
The Bible gives us the rhythm of the gospel, so we can dance with Grace. There's a pattern here, that we can follow. And just as one person leads in a dance, Jesus leads. We follow. Jesus Steps. We Respond.
There are two people we need to follow...
Isaiah Ch 6:1-8
Psalm 51

The first step is...

1. Recognition of Sin - Admission
Jesus first died for us... so we respond. Like at a beach, there's no way we can hide our ugliness. And a lot of times we will do our best to try to hide and conceal our sins (Like toothpaste for a hole in the ceiling =P ) but we need to ADMIT! A lot of times we come in front of Jesus with dirt stains around our mouth (lawl.) and he says...
"Did you eat the dirt?"
And of course... we try to say...
"No."
Just admit it man... he knows what's going on... It's especially important because the second step is...

2. Recognition of Grace - Absolution
God steps in now, and speaks words of forgiveness. God absolves us, of our sin.
It's the Coal...
It's also... "I don't remember his sins."
And the thing here is that...
2 Corinthians 12:9 --> That My sin is not the main event... God's Grace is.
1 John 1:9-2:1.

3. Recognition of The Gospel - Devotion
Do you REALLY want to change? Can you let go?
You should probably let go =]
Rehab sucks... but without rehab the new parts never work well (Physical Rehab... not like drug rehab --;;)
Like... if you want to get to Carnegie hall, you need to practice like crazy man.
Even when you don't feel like it, you need to practice. It's hard. But you have to.
We need to be devoted to the one who is devoted to us.
And even if you feel like it's not working... It's probably working.
John 15:5, Matthrew 7:24 --> Devotion to God, who is devoted to us.

4. Response to the Gospel - Mission
We're not trophies...
We are stewards of God's Grace. 1 Peter 4:10.
Sometimes, we commit spiritual fraud... and think that it's our own. But no, God is the owner of all of it. Talents, gifts, money, we are all stewards of his stuff. We need to be stewards, and mission.
Why? Well you're going to be tempted to think highly of ourselves. The sin in all of us will turn the good --> bad and the bad --> worse. We need to do the dance over and over and over again. =]

Missions Challenge - George Verwer

We need to pray the prayer of availability and be parts of prayer ministry.
Prayer is where it's at.
Psalm 67, Isaiah 6, Acts 12.
Prayer is our vital breath.
Is the holy spirit working in you? Then you won't care about what other people say. So bloom wherever you are and in whatever you do.
A lot of times we don't really feel forgiven...
1 John 2 --> Jesus Christ is our advocate.
Ep. 6/5 (?)
Matthew 9.
Bless you.
Bless others.
Bless the world.

Cool. =]

PN: Make my motives pure. I want to become a godly man.

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winterOIL Day 1 Notes

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Woooo~ Welcome to OIL babyyyy~
First day... pretty easy 'cause there was what, only one sermon? =P
It was a very good sermon to start with however =]

I also promise to TRY to make my notes in-depth and helpful for your blessings, growth, and reference =]

Cool.

Evening Worship - Rev. Young Kim (Amazed by Him.)

Mark 1:21-34

Jesus Drives Out an Evil Spirit

²¹They went to Capernaum, and when the Sabbath came, Jesus went into the synagogue and began to teach. ²²The people were amazed at his teaching, because he taught them as one who had authority, not as the teachers of the law. ²³Just then a man in their synagogue who was possessed by an evil spirit cried out, ²⁴"What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God!"

²⁵"Be quiet!" said Jesus sternly. "Come out of him!" ²⁶The evil spirit shook the man violently and came out of him with a shriek.

²⁷The people were all so amazed that they asked each other, "What is this? A new teaching—and with authority! He even gives orders to evil spirits and they obey him." ²⁸News about him spread quickly over the whole region of Galilee.

Jesus Heals Many

²⁹As soon as they left the synagogue, they went with James and John to the home of Simon and Andrew. ³⁰Simon's mother-in-law was in bed with a fever, and they told Jesus about her. ³¹So he went to her, took her hand and helped her up. The fever left her and she began to wait on them.

³²That evening after sunset the people brought to Jesus all the sick and demon-possessed. ³³The whole town gathered at the door, ³⁴and Jesus healed many who had various diseases. He also drove out many demons, but he would not let the demons speak because they knew who he was.

So. How is our (your) relationship with God? (PN: Mine is a slow growth =])
Mark, is the Gospel of ACTION (Hence, it was mainly written for the Romans, who loved that kind of stuff. Lawl.) We see Jesus, and what he did; and what he did, reflected who he was (is).
Hrm. This year, 2010, let's be amazed.
THIS IS JESUS and I! I am AMAZED.
Why? Something was different when he was speaking and sharing... Rabbi's used to quote other Rabbi's and that would 'cause people to say "Ooooo~"
But Jesus, taught the word of God, as IT WAS; THE WORD OF GOD. As if God was saying it to YOU! We re-use other preachers information... but there is such power when GOD'S WORD is preached. POWER is released... These people listening to Jesus heard the voice of God.

So.

"God, I want to hear your voice. We want to be amazed, experience Jesus, lifted up through scripture."
Every day and every night we can be amazed!
It is like learning a... LANGUAGE.
We need to study the VOCAB. learn the GRAMMAR. There are IDIOMS! and HUMOR! And we also need to know the CULTURE.
In this way... we can communicate... and know someone deeply, truly deeply.
The Language of God... it has promises, covenants, meanings... we need to memorize it and study the scriptures!
You can... have a relationship without a language... but it can really only go so far...
Some people love language... but don;t know the culture or the people...
Language is learned IN ORDER TO DEVELOP relationships.
We want to develop a relationship... to love, to listen to, to follow Jesus Christ.
This language... is a means to an end.
The end? Is a spiritual exchange with the authority of God.
We cannot be lazy... God is speaking to US! We need to speak his language.

There is... a spiritual manifestation.
There is... a spiritual realm that Christ is Lord over.
We need to link to this spiritual side.

We need to Pray. In His name. There is such power in his name.
Is it a Charismatic prayer when we pray in his name? Or is it a Biblical prayer?
Most miracles are for a purpose... Sometimes the validate God, but here... why?
Because of Compassion... for a physical experience.
"God we want you to heal him. I want to experience you in my healing."

...maybe we could do more than nyquil.

Be amazed by God. All Day Erryday.
Pray. In His name.

PN: I do realize now that I left out a bunch of stories...

Like how he always takes Tylenol as soon as something bad happens... and then one day he found his son praying for his wife.
And like how Demons are all around us... but we might fret for no reason... Espeically because there are so many germs in a glass of water we drink... our stomach will take care of it =]
Hrm...

Let's experience God... yaknow? Learn the language... talk to him... communicate with him... We will be amazed... and come closer to him... to know him more and more and more.
'Cause he is Good. He is God.

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GKYM Notes Day 3

So... here are my notes from the last day.
gly.
Grab your bible and gooo. =]

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Sermon 1 Elder Steve Choi
He didn't really want to speak, because he might've been tempted to boast.
But only here for testimony.
...Reason why we're called to do business?
Well, we're called to testify. He could've been in the bahamas with his family. But he's there testifying. That's sacrifice and Glory.
We should live like Presicilla. We should keep giving money. Stewardship... everything is Gods.
We're here to fullfill his needs (sacrifice).
We could live well... and we're all busy right? (Want to get rich? Work hard.)
Well, what is sacrifice? --> The things I have for a certain reason. Just like Jesus Sacrificed Equality with God to come down here and die for us.
Glory... is like relaying experiences. It's how God is using me and how I realize this.
"I used to have a Bentley" --> lots of people with nice cars will look around after they park to see who's looking at them. --> "I used to pick up MSNs from the airport in my Bentley, but when I noticed the people were looking at me, I realized this isn't it. So I sold it."
Don't boast about yourself and what you have. (Personal Sacrifice)
What do you do when you don't have anything? (And owe a lot...) Run.
"I could've sold my kidney to pay off the debt, but instead I ran."
Article --> "Resilience through One's faith in God"
Why? Why do I go through all of this?
Deut 4:31-32 --> We do this so we would pray, so we cry out to God, so it's glory and not mine.
Sacrifice or Glory?
Give up, so life isn't sacrifice anymore, but Glory for God.
What do I know?
I want to feel God's love all the time, and want to stay there.
Sacrifice yourself, giving up the things you're entitled to. Stop me, start reaching out to others. That's glory.
What do you want to live for?
Drinking dirty water? Sacrifice? Glory?
You may have been there and done that... but HE. HE has been there and done that. He's been everywhere and done everything. That's sacrifice. That's Glory.
What do I know? God has given me anything and everything. He could've used one person for all of his ministries.
Rich? Realize what you have.
"I had to go to korean w/nothing but 1500$, but a church needed a new carpet. So I gave them the money.
What should I do, Lord? What CAN I do?
Sacrifice my life.
Acts 18:2-4

Realize what you have, you have everything.
Let him use you.
If I give up everything, to me that's sacrifice. But.
That's Glory.

Sermon 2 Pastor Joel Kim
History? --> His Story.
Lay down our own vision. But we already have it! To be children of God, Fishers of Men.
Our identity is first. Fishers of men, my identity. Then, it's our calling.
We should also steward financially. Give to God.
The second generation, we give, but it doesn't hurt. We need to give till it stings.
It's not like Jesus was stung on the cross when he sacrificed. IT HURT.
This world... can never be perfectly healed. It is CONSTANTLY BLEEDING because of SIN.
Don't bandage the world, we can't do that. So just prepare the way.
We can't just sit either. If we aren't reaching the unreached... the clock, the time of God coming, doesn't move.

God has given us gifts and power of spirit for mission. To see the unreached be reached.
Passion comes... when your feet touch the Mission Field.
Dare to step into the mission field. Do it.
We need to go and recieve, we... CANNOT JUST TAKE NOTES ( hohoho =] )

Glory + Sacrifice (Romans 1:14-17), We're all OBLIGATED to do the gospel. We owe JC. We are obligated to our faith, to our parents, to the First generation.
Missionaries sacrified in Korea. We're obligated...
We are the "Cho-sun" people. It's responsibility, not egotistical. It's the responsibility that we have to the gospel.
We need to carry this, if we don't, it's meaningless (Black & Gold... Sam Sparro? yaknow?)
The 1G's wanted to pass this to us.
It's not just... 4 days and 3 nights, we are chosen until the return of our Lord and Savior, this is about JC, and his dream, his mission.
"Finally there is a generation that will fullfil my wish."
Stop making excuses.
It's time to Mission.
When we tithe... God says to us... it's okay you can keep 9/10. When we SHOULD be GIVING 9/10. ty god.
Our first identity is Fishers of Men. How can we maximize the catch of fish?

Sermon 3 REV SOO TAE KIM WUT WUT (Hahaha my head pastor at LFC ><) Matthew 9:13 --> Why was he eating with the sinners? "I came for the sick."
Why do we worship? The purpose is to meet God, love and seek and understand his heart.
His heart?
Love for sinners.
We know what God wants. Jesus showed us how to love the sinners. He understood Gods love and plan, and drank from the cup (na mean?).
LOVE GOD?
LOVE SINNERS.
You need this in order to Go.
Romans 8:38-39
Hosea 3:1
Let's realize how much God loves his people.
Luke 15:20
Let's experience God's love for the sinners.
Reverend Yang Won Son. He prayed a LOT. And Understood.
When someone killed his son... he adopted that persons sons.
Old Testament... Sacrifice. We had to sacrifice something to take our sins! The Lamb!

WE KILLED JESUS. With our Sins.
But GOD. HE ADOPTED US even though we KILLED HIS SON.

Understand this.
Understanding this, and meeting God.
Is worship.
We need to meet with the Holy Spirit, and understand his love.
When we are brought to a higher place, we can see much much more.

PN: When we see much much more... we are more responsible. We are responsible for it once we know about it.
We are responsible now that we know about JC and his story.

God's love for us. For Sinners.

Worship.

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Mmmm.

'nuff said na mean?

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GKYM Notes Day 2

Oh my. Day 2.
So intense... Started at 6am, ended at 2/3.
Heard over 12 different people speak...
Mmm =]
Here we go.
Gly.

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Sermon 1
We need to surrender as a missionary, obey the calling by going.
Lots of times many people resisted the call with excuses. Gideon, in the book of Judes did this.
There was a wicked cycle.
Sin --> God's anger --> Enemies --> Suffer then Deliver with a... --> Judge, who saves them.
The Midianites would steal produce every year.
But God sent Gideon, who has fear + doubt.
Many times we're struggling to do this task without the wind of the Holy Spirit.
But we are mighty warriors and only need to spread our wings and let God take us up.
Judges 6:12-13 --> God treats us as we will be in the future.
Judges 6:14-16 --> How can I go? Don't take yourself so seriously, just be used by me.
Judges 6:17 --> "Give me a sign." --> Holy Spirit will give you a sign.
We need to wrestle with God, till we get something.
We're one repentance prayer away from him. And God does it all. He'll be with us.

"Sermon" 2
(Sean, the famous Korean rapper!)
Romans 8:28
Only boast about my God, God made it happen.
Jesus has made ME a bride, the happiest wife in the world. He sacrificed his life for me. We should do this for our future wives.
As a bridge, to live the life of a Christian, we need to make him the most respected person.
God is the answer, love is the answer, we need to reciprocate that love.
Say yes to Jesus, say yes to his proposal, and that's how we can become happy --> SO that we can love others.
Wherever you go, bringing that love, is doing missions.

Sermon 3
Christian identity + ministry
Identity?
2 Classes: Worldly: Ethnicity; Godly/Biblical: we need to focus on this.
Worldly Sorrow = death
Satan tries to make us worry about the world.
Ephesians 4:22-25
Different Caterpillars + different CaterP colors.
The metamorphosis is like old vs. new life.
What about a Yellow CaterP in a White nation? What color am I? Why am I different?
Here, it's not growth, but transformation. Our external appearance is changed, we must be changed externally as we accept Christ. Our behavior, attitude + language.
Butterfly eats differently too! It is a total change, a different diet; we now have holy habits as a butterfly. (Butterfly looks for good honey. Keeps flying until it gets it. --> It's not about ourselves but family + Church and we see the world.
This stage of life is expanded after we transform. We're FLYING now. It doesn't matter. Don't worry about our former color. Like Ephesians, we have become new people. What kind of butterflies have we become? Righteous + Holy, we are NOW WITH THE KING.
1 Peter 2:9, we are set apart as kings, as holy, righteous priests, following Jesus.
King = Apostle, we work as kings to establish his kingdom.
The priest is an intercessor.
Missions, ISNT an OPTION. It's a command. Genesis 1 --> Multiply, God called us to lead + steward the nations/world.
Matthew 28:18-20, listen to J's teaching. We are called to be kingly priests, interceding for unreached people. We need to cry out and reach for them. We are no longer caterP, we shouldn't worry. We need to be holy + spiritual; and have this outlook on life.
Take up the calling God has for us, utilize our lives to establish the kingdom.
Be aware... and then ask... where am I? This will help us confirm our identity.
We should be aware of God's plan and purpose... for 2010, and for whatever else comes.
Matthrew 24, we need to prepare the lamp + oil.
Where'd you grow up? Why has God placed us where we are?
It's all God's Grace, that we are here. We must repay debt, what we doing with the Grace God has shown us?
We need to be careful as we enjoy God's Grace.
Then, God out w/GG. Is there anything we can really GIVE to NK? No. Just shine GG.
What is my dream? What will I do when God manifests?
Fear God, compassionate + Loving heart. Don't be lazy. Follow the Holy Spirit.
What will we be wearing in the last days?
CaterP's are complaining about color, and they're trying to move when they DON'T EVEN REALIZE THAT THEY'RE BUTTERFLIES.
Just stretch your wings in RIGHTEOUSNESS and TRUTH, then the wind of the Spirit will move you.

Sermon 4
Remaining Task, Roles + Visions
How are we going to reach the world? What is the remaining task?
Unreached people --> 2-4% of missionaries for 25-28% of UPGs.
Youth, no one's reaching out to them.
51% of people live in cities.
And 70% of people cannot read.
We are insane to think we can keep Mission-ing the old way.
SO. Raise up the youth.
What's it going to take?
Prayer. We need God.
And Xtreme living + Vision (Ezekiel 23:30 [Reading it now.. I think I wrote down the wrong verse...])
Compassion, Information, Partnership, Strategies + Tools, Resources; Make disciples, mobilize partners.
We need to be willing to Carry Jesus.
Can you die for it? Live for it then.
Art --> Show God, ask him for creativity. Reach the world.
Dream Big, glorify God. (I think I started to fall asleep here... notes get messy...)
BUT.
WHERE WERE YOU WHILE THEY WERE ALIVE??

Sermon 5 - Nari Jo testimony.
We're like gloves... for God's hand to fit in.
The holy spirit guides us and leads us.
Short term missions, IS important.

Sermon 6 - Dr. Paul Eshleman
Where can we go for the biggest impact?
Mongolia had 12 Christians to start out with. Now it's grown up to the tens of thousands.
Albania. Atheistic nation. Paul went to teach... 15 out of 18 students accepted JC.
Muslims, are actually open!
We DONT. Need to be SUCCESSFUL. But we DO need to be FAITHFUL.
Somebody needs to go.
We need to reach out...
Personal note: I thought I was compassionate, I am not. Jesus was Compassionate. I have so much more to go.
Remaining task + Explore how we can finish it.
Great Comission --> What to do (Matthrew 28:18-20) (Mark 16:15 --> Wide + Deep) (Luke 24:46 --> Sure-ity) (John 20:21 --> J is the model) (Acts 1:8 --> Extent of missions)
Great Commandment --> How to do it. (Matthew 22:38-39 --> How + With what attitude.)
How do we lead the church? Strategy...
How do I fit into the church?
We need to repent, new vision, new faith.
We decide, and God solves the problem.
PN: I want my own dream, I'm scared God. I'm scared.

Sermon 7 - ChanHoAhn (again) hahaha. He was the o + god = good guy.
Have we been warming up too much? This guy was running around getting ready for soccer, and as soon as they started, he collapsed.
1/12 of the Disciples failed.
All of this, here is preparation. What kind of potential do we have?
He's a missionary for the Masai.
Just tell God everything first. And not just bad things, but EVERYTHING.
Bring it ALL TO GOD.
It's not about teaching... it's about showing.
How "Christian" are you in 24 hours?
He was on a plane... and wanted food... and so he practiced saying "May I please have Lunch?" in english. The lady finally came by, and he said... "MAY I PLEASE HAVE LUNCH?" She said... "What?" So he changed his tone and said... "May I please have lunch?" (Just imagine heavy korean accents...) She said WHAT? and walked away... So he got angry... and was sitting there... and then he shouted GOD! in the middle of the airplane. The guy next to him spilled his food...
So then God kind of spoke to him...
The lady came back. He looked up, smiled, and pointed at the guy's food next to him.
So she gave him lunch.
MIRACLE! I just did what God told me to do and I got food!!
When you obey... you'll recieve so much more.
1) Be... Ignorant (hahaha)
2) Tell God everything through prayer.
3) Go, EVERYWHERE.
4) Don't lose your smile.
So he got to the Masai tribe...
"a;lfasd;ja"
"YES!"
"adfafa;lga?" [Angry]
(Uh oh... what did I say?) "NO!"
"asd;lgajg;lajg"
"OKAY"
So they tied him up... and he said
"LET ME GO!"
The chief spat at him. So he spat back.
They danced.
Savior, Jesus is our Savior... But we can call him Dad now (?)
...Translation...
"We'll kill you!"
"YES!"
"Really? Did you hear us wrong?"
"NO"
"So you'll live with us until you die?"
"OKAY!"

Hahahaha ><
It was God's soverignity, in all his power.
So GO! In Jesus name.
Stand before God. Go with confidence before God.
As long as you're righteous in God's sight, it's all good.
Yes, No, Okay saved my life. Don't be bound by the instruction on how to do things. Don't say, "I'll go when I'm ready." God's work is not given to those who are ready, but God gives to those who will be prepared by God.
We are his precious Children.
God won't give us a rock if we ask for bread.
He doesn't pull, he helps from behind.
So trust in him and walk forward.
"Why are you afraid? Stop just sitting there and looking at listening to me, take heart and give you life."

Workshop 3 (I didn't go to my second one... --;; It was in Korean and I couldn't understand...)
The role of the multi-ethnic church in Missions.
Crossing barriers... we are going there and coming here.
"Because we are Korean, we have to go to a Korean church." --> Why can't we reach out? Buld a multi-ethnic or a non-Korean Ethnic church?
We can still mission in a home setting.
White churches are closing, because they only want white people, and as the neighborhood shifts... there's no one to go there?
Haitians, converge in NYC. People in cities are used to crossing barriers.
And the church needs to rep the community that we're in.
We need to cross this barriers, because Jesus said so.
Well, why are we separated in Church?
There is a culture gap. Limited by barriers that we want to be in.
We... can be more effective in Missions. The differences become our strength.
John 17:20-23
We need to show the world a multiethnic church, because once we're all in heaven, we're gonna be Worshiping God together.
When the church first started... it was Homogenous, but then God scattered them through suffering. The youth... here, is key.
1G built us up, now the 2G need to unite everyone, because we're the ones who are used to crossing barriers. And once we do that, we can bring the 1G's as well.
Woot.

Sermon 8
The Persecuted Church (Pastor spoke only Russian... it was cool I understood some of it =D)
ISaiah 46:11 --> We are Korean... Eagles from the east.
God's Glory --> On his word. 1 King 19:1-9
3 Things that are significant...
Let God tell you something...
God has a wonderful plan for you. Jeremiah 29:11. But something stops us from seeing that... We're too smart. Don't say aigoo. Just say okay. Jotsumnida.
Change your mind.
We have to prepare the way for God.
John 8
Jezebel wants to kill Elijah. So we run. Fear makes us run, we want to run somewhere... we want to be hidden. Elijah decided to hide. But when we run we need to run to God.
God was watching from the top of a mountain, and he was watching and he was happy because Elijah was coming to him. God says, "Elijah, Good." But Elijah hid, and God said "Aigoo."
No mission? Elijah hid in the cave. God went to Elijah... "What are you doing here?"
God wants us to be with him on the mountain. Psalm 91:1, under his shadow.
We need to go to the Mission, 'cause he's waiting for us there.
God always test us... observes our lives and decisions.
Faith is dead without action.
When a church was persecuted by the government as spies, they just prayed. They fasted for 40 days and nights. And they made it through.
Only God can help us. There is a unity through God's word.
We need to see + pay, Jesus was the sacrifice for us. Love is sacrifice. Faith in JC is sacrifice.
Let's be thankful to God.
Mission of last time... Matthrew 24:14
Preach the Gospel, not to save, but to just preach to the nations.
The whole world might not be saved. 1 Cor 9:26.
Jesus was the first missionary. He came from heaven to earth.
Elijah has a great destination... God: "Go to Syria!" but Elijah didn't go.
Where is the end of the earth?
Israel. Jerusalem.
This time, here, is the last time, and Jesus will come. Elijah didn't realize his destiny. So he lost his chance, don't lose your chance. Do your job! preach! preach!

Sermon 9 --> KJ Choi Golfer
Act upon our words.
Passion will stay through training and effort.
Psalm 1:3, humble ourselves and pray.
Joshua 1:9, don't be afraid for God is with us.
We need to practice hard!
Godly training!
If you have thought about it, do it right away. Don't delay.
Pray --> Words + Actions --> God does.
Do it or don't, but don't do anything in between.
Don't fake praying.
We succed in God.
Live a life of prayer.
John 15:17
1. God is important... we need to have a weed like attitude, never die! constantly grow!
2. 1 Stair at a time, Good or Bad, we shouldn't slip.
3. Empty out my selfish heart + fill it with prayer in humility.
4. We need to have confidence, support and faith that comes from God.

Sermon 10
Psalm 109:17 --> True value in life is to be USED BY GOD.
Zecheriah 9:9, Luke 19:30-31, Matthew 24:14
He does not use everyone. But... we need to be stewards. In Luke, the donkey...
We are God's, and all we have is his.
Are we ready?
People knew he was coming. So they would raise donkeys along the road.
Everyday the prepared for it.
Jesus took the colt, knowing that someone had prepared it.
So.
For maybe like... 450 years, there was 1 family.
Where, every single day, they were ready for Jesus to come and take the donkey.
We need to prepare for the final coming, as we are his bride.
So look, we have already been called as fishers of men.
Abel --> Grace story. Genesis 3:21. God made clothes for Adam + Eve even though they had sinned. Abel heard this story from his mom, and raised sheep! See the thing is... not until after Noah did they eat meat. So Abel only raised skeep for their skins so they could wear those garments. Gen 1:29, Gen 9:3.
So he worshipped in making and wearing this.
Cain said, "That's dumb, I'm making the food for the family, we can't eat that", but despite this, Abel raised the flock.
Gen 4:15-17. Cain's wife... where did she come from? Other brothers + sisters... So Abel must have made clothes for them as well!
We don't need this skin anymore because of Jesus. We share this Jesus + people will come. It's not knowledge or philosophy but wisdom from God that solves EVERYTHING.
So, the Gospel allows us to live no matter how hard. So there is no sacrifice too heard to handle. God is strong, when we are weak.

Sermon 11 Pastor James Pak Testimony
Kazak mission --> Selfless life + Faith. God shows us his love for them when we go there.
PN: I want this compassion, this Christ like compassion.
James didn't really want to be there, feeling kind of down, but this girl wanted to play with him. So he turned her around and started to braid her hair. He found out her dad was always drunk, her mom was always working, and her siblings were doing drugs and having sex with each other...
Her hair, was so dirty... so oily... that there were white flakes and it was crusty.
So he washed her hair, and braided all of it. He told her not to take it out till the next morning. You know, just cause.
And the next morning as he was getting ready for service (Move type-scene here hahaha), the door burst open, and a light was shining, and the girl was there, with beautiful wavy hair, and she was smiling and so happy. And she ran to him and hugged him.
Mission is service.
If you can braid hair. You're a missionary.
If you can play soccer. You're a missionary.

I'm a missionary =]
Serve.
Love.

Sermon 12 Chaney Kim Testimony
2 Cor 4:18 --> HARDCORE complete surrender.
Matthew 28:18 --> Have faith, it's not our plan, or our life. It's what God has planned for us. Anything we can do is a means, always. Obey + Go.
Acts 5:41 --> Chaney got sick, but we need to commit to suffering as well, because god's kingdom can be advanced with this.
God loves you, and has a wonderful plan for you.

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This day was crazy intense. It was like 6am to 2am.

I did feel very =[ that night. But after re-typing my notes and re-reading through them... I am feeling much more encouraged.

Life is so interesting when you let God in... and stop blocking him out.

Ah. gly.

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GKYM Notes Day 1

Hey, so... these are my notes from the first full day of the GKYM conference/festival.
Being... half-asian and not entirely awesome at Korean... I may have missed some things here and there... (not to mention I was very very tired...)
These are the notes that I got down...
Chea.
Public for anyone... but my notes... and my own ideas in response...
I hope that, in sharing these... God's message and will may be done, and that, whoever does read this, may somehow be blessed.
Take yo bible out nd read. =]
gly.

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Sermon 1
(I didn't get much... it was in Korean and the translation came at a slow-ish pace >< hahaha oh my...)
Diaspora --> Koreans, we were conqured that we would be spread. Korea was a closed nation until we were invaded. If we weren't invaded, we would have never be spread across the world, to where we are now.
Psalm 126.
1st Peter.
God is permissive, and has a perfect plan. If he didn't let Japan invade, we wouldn't be in these positions to preach the gospel.

Sermon 2
1 Cor 15:10
Luke 9:23-25
How, as Korean Americans, are we involved in missions? Why are we here exactly?
Like in the movie, the terminal, we are somewhere in between, neither Korean nor American.

1. Who are you?
We are third culture kids/Missionary Kids (not same, but similar). We are Global Nomads, moving around from country to country. There is always a mix of cultures.
These mix of cultures can be Kor + Am = KoreanAmerican, and then we can add anything else... but it tends to be another Asian culture, thus creating a common "Third culture"
Being TCK we can even get "reverse-culture shock" when we go back to our respective countries.
Paul.
He was a Jew, but also had Roman citizenship.
BUT. Our primary identity is in God --> 1 Cor 15:10
Our secondary identity, is for use in our primary identity.
Our Spiritual identity (Romans 7:15) is in conflict because we are living with the past identity of a sinner and the new identity of a saint. There is a conflict here of cultures.
However, just like we, as TCK's have a common third culture.
So fight! God is in us. This is our common Spiritual Third Culture.

2. Love Your People
Paul, loves Jesus (Yay!), loves his people even though he has been called to mission.
Grace is power + love. We serve out of/in response to this grace.
Romans 9:3 --> Paul wanted to die for his race. He truly loved them.
In order to love ANYONE, we need to be like Jesus.
Deny ourselves, and carry the Cross. Luke 9:23.
We can get stuck in unhappy cycles, but for a happy cycle, we need to repent, carry the cross, and love.
"Everything means nothing if I ain't got you."
"Lord" --> Glory (God's Grace, infusion of this into us, then love) --> We can then find happiness in heaven.

3. Love others
Paul loves his G's (?), he diversely loves. Romans 12:4-5.
Why grow? Why do we need many people?
We need to grow deep and wide cause of Christ and for the Glory of God so more and more people can come to see and know Christ.
There was an Emperor who asked the best artist in the land to draw him a Bird.
Three years went by, and no picture arrived. So the emperor went to the artist and asked him where his picture was.
The artist then drew the picture in 10 minutes.
He then showed the emperor all of his practice pictures.
We need to be able to draw Jesus, and paint him to show other people.

4. Missions
Pauls God is a great missionary God.
John 13:34-35, 1 John 3:16
Here, we need to have our Faith Locally,
There, we need to serve Globally.
We need that fire in our hearts.

Sermon 3
What is Mission? Acts 2:8
It's throwing away what we know. Like breaking the perfume Jar like the woman.
It sounds hard, but it is very easy. And even though it is easy, not everyone can do it.
Missionary vs. Mission Worker
What is the Holy Spirit? --> Well, if you don't have it, you boast and speak more than acting. (So act.)
Are miracles just good things happening? --> In God's work, bad things can happen too.
God is waiting for us, but Satan is holding us back.
Blessings? Deuteronomy 21:28
Don't ain to be the best, it's unstable up there. God seeks to make us Good.
We have nothing without God, we need to humble ourselves.
The Disciples were a bunch of misfits...

Good - God = 0, zero, nothing.
O + God = Good! and, "Oh God!" --> we can now be a missionary.
We must be thankful.
We need to scatter the seeds and be adaptable. Let the seeds grow, leave it alone till the harvest, make sure it is growing well.
Let us be like the staff of Moses, it is a staff of nothing. But it holds so much power.

Workshop 1
4 Points of the New (2nd Generation) Direction of the Church.
Our Secondary Identity for the Pimary Identity --> We need to get involved in the church and really BELONG. This church... should care if you die. And should discipline you as well, and be involved.

1. Strategic --> The Biblical Church, Matthrew 28:19-20
19 --> Baptize them, make them Christian, involve them in the local church.
20 --> As they are plugged in, teach and mentor them, help them become like JC, and then they will, in turn, Mission.
19 --> Evangelism, Planting, Justification, Birth
20 --> Discipleship, teaching, sanctification, glorification, growth.

2. Past 1st Generation Koreans (Super Immigrants)
We need to be thankful, they worked so hard and sacrificed so much for us. They solidified what's important.

3. Present Trends and Models --> The Youth doesn't stay at church, look at EM's. There is an inevitable separation here.
The church is becoming a Pan-Asian Church. There is Comraderie amongst TCKs.
We need to appreciate the differences within the multi-ethnic church.
In an Anglo/Mega Church, are we attending or belonging?
We need to become strategically involved. Where do I go? What church to I belong to? We need to have a ministry fire. Ephesians 5:6

4. Future
Which ministry?
The Gap between Generations is getting smaller. Here, we need to be involved, there we need to explore the world. We need to pray for the un-knowers.
College years are so important that we get a church-centered life.

Sermon 4
What the Gospel REALLY is.
It's lifestyle change.
Matthew 24:14, 2 Timothy 3
We do easy-believeing, but this is WRONG.
Where is the power? Timothy says to PREACH THE WORD!!!
"Come follow me" This is very hard.
Luke Ch. 9:23, we need to deny ourselves.
Take up our crosses, this is hard, because the crucifixtion was for capital punishment. Killed, publically, seen by all.
We need to die every single day.
It's not like, adding Jesus to our sinful lives, but trading ours for his.
We leave ours behind and take his.
We haven't had that conversion experience, so we deny God's power.
Let's kill ourselves on a daily basis.
1 Cor 2, Religion vs. Christianity

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This is the part where I decided, to re-give my life to God.
I had some doubts in my heart as, so I went up just to be sure.

It was a very intense day...

I think the main thing I got out of it was... humbling ourselves.
We serve a greater purpose...

Live daily with a missional thinking...

Hrm.

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