Two stories about thanksgiving

Feelings of regret come from not sufficiently expressing gratitude‘This can’t be… I could not properly express even one word of thankfulness...’The residents of Sorok Island were grief stricken when two nuns suddenly left the Island without so much as sayi...

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Every day is the last day, the day to resurrect and the day to rapture

A prisoner’s final wish while on death row An executioner asked a prisoner on death row a question he would always ask as a matter of custom, “What is your final wish?” The prisoner replied in a soft voice but without hesitation, “Give me five more minutes...

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How to discern the ‘times’ and succeed

Chronos and KairosIn Greek, there are two words that describe time, chronos (χρ?νο?) and kairos (καιρ??). Chronos signifies physical time--the sun rising and setting or the coming and going of seasons. On the other hand, kairos signifies conscious and ...

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Count your blessings

It seems like a woe but it is a blessing.The Bible said that everything you do for the Lord’s work is the Will of the Heavens, so you must know this and live with thanksgiving and with love in every circumstance. However, in reality, this might not be that ea...

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About the true restoration of independence for an individual

Regaining what was once lost is the ‘restoration of independence.’ The Republic of Great Han (the Republic of Korea) celebrated the 70th anniversary of the restoration of its independence. The regaining of the nation that was once lost is called the ‘resto...

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People whose prayers were answered

Pastor Son Yang-won, a nuclear bomb of love Pastor Son Yang-won (1902-1950) has been known as a nuclear bomb of love. When the Yeosoo and Sooncheon Rebellion* occurred in 1948, his two sons were killed by a rebel; nevertheless, he launched a campaign to save h...

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The reason we have to center only on Jehovah

'Regret' about life Recently, one of the representative political leaders of Korea lost his wife. At the funeral, he expressed his thoughts while reflecting on his life: “Politics is just an empty business. It is a completely empty business that has nothing. ...

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What does a person live by?

A person grows through ‘inspiration’ and ‘admiration.’ What does a person live by? This is a question that elicits countless many answers. However, if we want to find the answer from this week’s message, we could say that a person lives by receiving and g...

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The wisdom to overcome yourself

The wisdom to reduce, the wisdom to not do something. ‘Cancer’ is the most threatening disease to mankind nowadays, and its Chinese character (癌) literally means a mouth (口) that eats as much as a mountain(山) load of food. That is, [cancer] is caused by o...

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The era of becoming perfect

‘The supershift’ in mankind’s history, ‘the great transformation’ of the history of faithI heard that for the last one hundred years, mankind has gone through a transformation equaling the transformation seen throughout all of the past histories of mankin...

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