We must heal our today





Matthew 16:13~20 Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the Living God."(16)






♬Hymn for scheduled worship: Korean/English Hymnal #314 More Love to Thee, O Christ (#511 in previous version)






 Successful people have all made their today into the greatest possible day. They all overcame the scars of their past, and were not fearful of the future. John Bunyan wrote a book called The Pilgrim’s Progress while serving 16 years in prison and this book was influential around the whole world. Despite having come to Egypt after being sold into slavery, Joseph was able to fulfill the work of God because he made his today into the best possible day. How can we make our today into the best it can be?





1. We must hold to the greatest message of today (Matthew 16:16)
 At the time, many of his contemporaries saw Jesus as someone like Jeremiah, John the Baptist, Elijah or one of the prophets. Truly holding on to the covenantal message that ’Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the Living God’ is today’s greatest answer. When we hold onto the fact that Jesus is the Christ, God’s miraculous powers will come upon us. This is the Gospel. This is also the way of making our today into the best day it can be.






2. We must unify everything within three things
  First, we must connect everything to Christ. Within the countless things that happen to us every day, we must hold onto the fact that Jesus is the Christ, Christ is the Christ, and that Christ is our Lord. Second, we must connect everything with the kingdom of God. When we receive the guidance of the Holy Spirit today, today will become the best possible day regardless of our past. Third, we must connect everything to the filling of the Holy Spirit. No matter what we do, we can experience amazing things through prayer. Children of God must live through this method.






3. There is something we must absolutely confirm
 First, we must absolutely confirm today’s Word. God is giving us the Word of blessings every day. We lose holdof many things because we fail to confirm this. Second is today’s prayer. We must think about this from now on. Third, we must confirm today’s evangelism. Everything that we do has a definite connection to evangelism. All blessings are within these three things. Henceforth, we must make all works and incidents into the utmost blessings, and make those we meet into the greatest people. We must use the time we’ve been given ten times more efficiently. We must take to heart the four offerings. We must receivethe blessings of financial blessings through tithe, the blessing of saving the entire world through missions offering, the blessing of raising a proper church through church construction offering, and the blessing of saving the future generations through offering for our children.






● Forum Topic- What is the Word you are holding onto today? Make a plan to utilize today to its fullest within prayer.





New Year’s Message / 2009.12.31