Pastor David Lim (PD), his family, and Jesse Kim came to visit from SSCC. He shared a visual of "honeycomb ships" with many compartment shields to prevent sinking. This is how many of us live our lives. If we sin, we seal it off and continue partying on the ship. However, that's not how sin works. From Haggai 2:10-19, PD shared that:
And so we concluded our last official large group of the semester! That night, the girls had a sleepover in Tucker. And the boys had a hangout around the campfire.
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Presidential election results were released this Wednesday. It spurred an increase in going to God in prayer and faithfulness - specifically praying for unshakable hope in Christ and unexplainable love to cast out fear on our campus. Pastor Chong came back this Friday to share about the Importance of Prayer for the Inner Man. After sharing his testimony about moving to Kansas City and working with IHOP (International House of Prayer), Pastor Chong explained that prayer is a place of encounter with God in close relationship. He shared that "The Lord loves to hear your voice." and that "God commands us to pray." It is the moment where our weakness is met with the power of God so that in experiencing His love, we are able to fulfill the second greatest commandment in loving others as well. He shared three ways to develop a consistent prayer life:
Another great way to pray is through praying scripture. If it's a truth, you thank God for the truth and ask for more revelation and if it's an exhortation, you commit to the command in obedience and ask for strength/grace to obey. Pastor Chong's love for us spilled over into laminated and personally hand-cut prayer bookmarks that we each now have to carry around. Thank you Pastor Chong! Scripture: Daniel 10:13, Revelation 4, Philippians 4:6, and Isaiah 3:30. This past Friday to Sunday (11/4 - 11/6) twenty six ACF members traveled to Pine Creek Retreat Center in Gore, Virginia to attend the annual Servants Retreat hosted by our overarching ministry known as Servants Ministry. For these three days, Pastor David Larry Kim (P. DL) from Orlando, Florida served as the Guest speaker for the retreat.
The first night, P. DL encouraged us by talking about how no one is never too lost for God. He said that it was "never too late to come back to Jesus no matter how far you've gone" and he invited us to something amazing at the retreat. (Key verses: Luke 23: 34 - 43) The second day, P. DL talked about how, sometimes, it seems that unbelievers are more blessed in some ways whereas Christians were leading a more difficult life following God. He went on to say however that there is a bigger picture of heaven, and how that the people of this world are excited about worldly things because the world is the closest they will get to heaven. "Wicked may have a lot of things, but they do not have God." (Key verses: Psalm 73). P. DL also gave a seminar in the afternoon delving into the book of Jonah (aka the Key verses), where he stated that God calls all of us to our version of Jonah's Ninevah. He stated that there is a price to pay if we don't go to Ninevah and that God will do whatever it takes to get us there. That night, P. DL talked about the question of "What Does it Mean to Follow Jesus?" He said that: 1. We need to be a followers of Jesus, not fans. Fans leave when things are not good. 2. If we are follower of Jesus, then we have been enlisted in the mission of God. 3. Following Jesus comes with a price. (Key Verses: Luke 5: 1-11) The final sermon was on Sunday morning and it was about how ordinary habits train one to meet with God on an ordinary day. He talked about Daniel, and how he was able to be saved from the lion's den because he had been praying to God for three times a day everyday during his life. He also talked about how it was important to be deeply rooted in loving God and how God wants us to be privately devoted. "Ordinary habits over an extended period of time lead to an extraordinary life." (Key verses: Daniel Chapter 6) This retreat was such a blessing for all the ACF members that went, and we can't wait to see what God has in store for us for the rest of the year. |