“God so humble and personal” – Pastor Young Joo Lee
This week, as I meditated on Joash king of Judah, I saw God’s personal qualities and humility. Athaliah the daughter of Ahab, the most wicked king of northern Israel, marries Joram king of southern Judah. Later when Athaliah saw that her husband and her son were dead, she proceeded to destroy the whole royal family […]
“The starting and end point of faith” – Pastor Young Joo Lee
How does the Bible define “faith”? If we look at the people to whom Jesus said the words “your faith has healed you”, we can see that they all put in a lot of effort to come to Jesus, even in extreme circumstances – whether by making way through a large crowd just to touch […]
“Calling as co-workers” – Pastor Young Joo Lee
The greatest enlightenment God gave me last year was the fact that God called me as his co-worker. The fact that I am His co-worker means that God has decided not to do any work without me. This also means that because of that decision, God cannot do any work without me. That is why […]
“Live as we were meant to live” – Cell Leader Inji Kim
It doesn’t feel like a lot of time has passed since the Arise trip last year at Goldhill, but in fact, it’s already been a year. Arise in June 2022 took place in a small English village called Chalfont Saint Peter. We spent a week living with wonderful host families, reading the Bible and praying […]
“You must acknowledge your weakness in order to learn” – Pastor Young Joo Lee
People need to learn until the day they die. I recently saw a video of a woman who started to study English at the age of 50 and gave lectures in English at a prestigious American university at the age of 60. Just as knowledge and language need to be learned in this way, it […]
“Deacons in our church” – Pastor Young Joo Lee
Our church belongs to the Presbyterian Church of Korea denomination. Each denomination has slightly different names and processes for establishing positions within the church. In our denomination, we have deacons, ordained deacons, deaconesses and elders. Currently, our church only has deacons and we need to establish the other positions in the future. Deacons serve the […]
“Hoping to be used valuably for world mission” – Pastor Young Joo Lee
On Wednesday, Pastor Jae Shin Park, the chairman of GMS (Global Mission Society), its Missionary Secretary General, and Executive Director had dinner at a Korean restaurant with the president and vice-president of LCM (London City Mission), Britain’s leading missionary organisation, after which we all attended our church’s Wednesday service together. The president and vice-president of […]
“Building a church together” – Pastor Young Joo Lee
From the start of this year, I had shared three visions for our church. These were Christians at Work meetings, building a multicultural church and diaspora mission. Since we have started praying as a church, God has connected me to many people. For example, a pastor working with the Business as Mission group (BAM), Professor […]
Finding Easter Eggs – Eunyoung Lim
Back in Korea, Easter was only celebrated in churches. Children at church usually drew pictures or decorated boiled eggs by sticking paper decorations on them. When I was part of a youth group, we also decorated and exchanged eggs. As boiled eggs were a bit bland, we sometimes bought roasted eggs to share. Thinking back, […]
“Lord, teach me your grace” – Pastor Young Joo Lee
Only those who have been loved can love – if I hadn’t believed in Jesus Christ, I would have never learned how to love others. I lived with my grandmother until I became of age, rather than growing up in a normal family, so I didn’t learn how to build proper relationships. Thanks to God’s […]
