Do not grieve the Holy Spirit - Pastor Kim Yong Doo

The Holy Spirit desires to help us with His mighty power within us. But in reality, we are the ones who are resisting and refusing God’s help. Whenever God tries to help us, we frequently and stubbornly persist our own thoughts and act according to our own free will. Then the Holy Spirit will not manifest or work. What are the walls that block His manifestation or work? When the Holy Spirit is in us, we need to be led by the Holy Spirit. But we are the ones who are refusing the work of the Holy Spirit. We ourselves are the walls. Therefore we became the walls to block His work or manifestation. The Holy Spirit who dwells in us has great desire to help us but we are refusing the help. Although we may serve and pray, most of the christians are refusing God’s help and I am not exaggerating.

The Holy Spirit has another name, The Counselor. The Holy Spirit protects, helps, and counsels. He helps us. Jesus said He had to go in order for the Holy Spirit to come to us. From the perspective of the predestination, God had predestined all of these things. But there is a trap in predestination. The people who believes in predestination would say, “Well, since God had predestined all things, we do not need to try so hard.”

Yes, although God may have predestined all things, God has hidden those things from us so that we may not know fore know it all. If God says to someone, “You are destined to go to hell.” then the person who received that word would say, “If I am destined to go to hell, then I do not need to live a holy life.”

This person will probably live his/her life as wicked as he/she can. If God says to a person, “You are destined to go to heaven.”
Then again, this person may live his/her lives enjoying the worldly desires. This person may think, ‘Well, since I am destined to go to heaven, I will repent right before death.’

God stated in the bible that He chose us (Ephesians 1:4) and He has sealed us (Ephesians 4:30). Even though God may have us predestined, God has hidden this knowledge from us so that we will not know it in advance. God gave us the free will and free choice. Although God has pre­planned and may have predestined, God does not violate our free will or choice. God has pre­planned and may have predestined and He has it done within a mysterious method. God has pre­planned and may have predestined without violating our free will but yet, He is leading us with this mysterious method that we do not understand. God possesses the flexibility on our future. God leads us to the future so that we may creatively live.

John chapter 14 states that the Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Truth.
John 14:16­18 (AMP) 16 A nd I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper (Comforter, Advocate, Intercessor—Counselor, Strengthener, Standby), to be with you
forever— 1 7 t he Spirit of Truth, whom the world cannot receive [and take to its heart] because it does not see Him or know Him, b ut you know Him because He (the Holy Spirit) r emains with you c ontinually and will be in you. 1 8 “ I will not leave you as orphans [comfortless, bereaved, and helpless]; I will come [back] to you.

Before Jesus our Lord took the cross, He prayed and asked the Father God in advance. What was His prayer and request? His request was to send the Holy Spirit who also was the Counselor and the Spirit of Truth. The Holy Spirit has complete truth of the word of God and can help us to realize. The Holy Spirit is very precise, sensitive, and particular. It is very difficult for me to express Him. The Holy Spirit grieves over small matters, the matters we may consider insignificant. I am not saying that the Holy Spirit has a narrow mind! The Holy Spirit is God.

In the Baptizing book, there is a testimony which Father God had led me into the universe. Let me explain how big God is. If the whole universe is the size of my fist, God was much bigger than the size of our whole church building. When I asked the Lord, “Who is Father, the Holy Spirit, and the Son Jesus?” Of course, I have a knowledge about them. But I wanted to know more than knowledge but the realness. When I thought about them, Father God took me into the dark space. When I had arrived, I immediately saw Father God’s upper body. Father God breathed towards me. As He breathed towards me, the powerful fire came out from His mouth.

I loudly screamed out, “Ahhhhh!” I felt like I was in the sun exploding. Father God was much more powerful than the sun. Fire came out of His eyes, nose and mouth. The Fire itself was alive. The fire had coiled around me throwing me deep into the space. It was beyond what I could ever imagine. Father God manifested Himself in the form of fire. The bible also mentions about Him as a consuming fire. Within the bosom of Father God, I saw the Lord Jesus come out like fire! Jesus had also imparted fire onto me through the same method Father God utilized. Between Father God and Jesus, the Holy Spirit came forth! The Holy Spirit had the appearance of a human but He appeared as Fire. Then Trinity God imparted fire simultaneously onto me. I do not know how to express the scene. The Holy Spirit has the same power Father God and Jesus possessed.

God knows our situation, love, and emotions. God has His will towards us. There is one sin that God will not forgive and that is to blaspheme the Holy Spirit. The more we pray, the more we will go into the difficult realm. The more we receive the holy gifts and grace, we will enter into the deeper spiritual realm. What do we need to do? You need to wholly be the person of the Holy Spirit. W hat happens if you do not pray? You will become corrupt within a short time. But the more you pray, the chances of becoming corrupt will decrease.

You need to keep your boundaries and position. For example, what if I go out to meet a friend in the evening when I have to attend church and preach? What if my excuse is to preach the gospel to my unbelieving friend? From the outside, it may appear that I am doing a good work by preaching the gospel. But preaching the gospel to my friend when I should be at church preaching is the wrong order. The order of priority is to preach at the church within that moment of time. As a pastor, it is not right to go meet a friend, evangelize, or exercise at the time when I need to be preaching the word of God on the alter. There are many people like that. We all have our position whether one is old or young. Many people do not know their positions, boundaries or priority. If sin piles up and when God comes with some kind of judgement, it will be too late even if a person tries to repent on judgement day. There is no chance to repent. You need to pray and repent while you are in this time of grace. But when judgement or a difficult situation comes upon us, even if we ask, “Please forgive me, please!” This will only be lip service and as God sees the content of your plea, there is no true repentance.

The Holy Spirit has His will for us. The Holy Spirit is mighty and powerful but at the same time, He is gentle and very humble. The Holy Spirit only desires to manifest or show Jesus and Father God. But Jesus desires to manifest and show the Holy Spirit and Father God. There is one thing that the Holy Spirit grants us. He urges our faith. Sometimes we have the feelings such as, ‘oh, why I am spiritually very thirsty all of sudden?’, or ‘Oh, why do I want to pray so bad now!’ When this urge comes to you, please hurry and pray immediately. The Holy Spirit may be leading us in such a way to prevent some kind of bad accident or incident. Pray for your children so that they will avoid any accidents. The Holy Spirit always impresses our hearts but many christians are not aware of it. Sometimes, before becoming ill, the Holy Spirit may impress and warn us first. Then we need to pray. When the faith is urged, please pray powerfully.

Today, when I had prayed, I told God that I was going to preach about the Holy Spirit. Then God showed me a vision. I saw stakes. God said, “These stakes represent your difficulties, and hardship.” These stakes were driven into the ground. These stakes were on my path. These stakes were alive. These stakes ridiculed, criticized, and slandered. These stakes were continuously transforming into the image of some of my current church congregational members, members who had left our church, images of some pastors, circumstances, event, incident and so on. It very difficult for me to endure each one of the stakes. I was moving forward but on the path there were stakes standing in my way in a zigzag pattern. When I would pass by, the stakes tried to grab my ankle.


The stakes gave me stress and sometimes they came as my children. The stakes also came as finance, ministry and much more. I asked the Lord, “Lord! What is this?” These stakes were something preventing me from easily and safely passing by. The Lord said, “If you focus on the stakes, you will have more stakes in your path. As you walk forward, you must focus only on Me!” So I pressed forward and as I walked forward, one particular stake grabbed my ankle. So I turned and looked at it. After looking at it, I looked forward and continued walking. But when I looked ahead, thousands of stakes were driven in my pathway. When I had only focused on the Lord, the stakes were not many. But when focused on the stakes, I could no longer see the Lord but I saw various events, difficulties, trials and tests. So when I looked at the stakes, it meant that I looked at the problems instead of focusing on God. When I looked at the problems, more problems were placed in my path.

The Holy Spirit said, “You must focus and depend only on Me.”
The Holy Spirit gives us the sense of urgency. Even though we were not going through a dangerous situation, we may have some kind of dangerous situation heading in our way in the future.

Therefore, God makes us pray in advance. It is not that He wants us to be afraid or living in fear of something. The Holy Spirit makes us to pray before anything happens. We are praying continuously to prevent difficulties and problems that may come as sickness, with our children, our household, and nationally. We must pray. The reason why we are praying is to overcome any crisis and have victory.

The Holy Spirit has a nature of joy. He is not some kind of force or thing but He is a person. The Holy Spirit is overflowing. He is humble. Yahweh God calls Himself “I AM WHO I AM” He is also God who saves us. The moment we truly receive Jesus, the Holy Spirit will come and dwell within us.

Jesus told His disciples, “The Holy Spirit desires to come to you and dwell in you. So you need to pray for this event.” Although the Holy Spirit may dwell in us, in order for Him to fully work and manifest, we need to pray. On the day of pentecost, the Holy Spirit came. When the disciples were filled with the Holy Spirit, their inner self became full of the Holy Spirit. They were able to speak in tongue. They were able to hear the sound of the Holy Spirit like wind and they were able to see the Holy Spirit fire with their eyes. As God’s grace came upon them, they began to communicate with God.

Let us look at the church these days. Do they speak in tongue? Are they inspired by the Holy Spirit and do they feel Him? Are they filled with the Holy Spirit? Do they have communication with God? Most of the time, the best they can do is to speak in tongue.
Although the Holy Spirit dwells in them, they are lacking much. What should we do? What do they have to do to hear, see and experience more powerfully? What should we do to transform our lives? A battery needs to be charged. If we are not charged, we will eventually lose all our strength. We will not be able to carry out our daily lives without strength. When we lose our strength, we will begin to go out into the world. Our eyes will begin to look at the outside or the world. When we first receive the holy fire, it may stay strong for awhile. But after awhile, it may weaken. It will eventually extinguish. It is the same with the holy gifts. The gift of tongue will lose it’s power. We need to charge our batteries with our faith and prayer. We cannot be filled with the Holy Spirit by ourselves. It is like our cell phones. We may fully charge it but we will not be able to use it more than a day. We need to recharge it next day. It is the same with us. Our thoughts, emotion and free will can become weakened since we are living in this world. This is why we must continuously pray with the power of the Holy Spirit and read the Word of God.

The Holy Spirit asked me, “Do you know Me? What do you do to know Me?”
I said, “I say Hallelujah and Amen many times”
The Holy Spirit said, “Do you think you know Me only by saying Hallelujah and Amen?” So I replied, “But Holy Spirit, I am reading the bible”

The Holy Spirit said and asked, “I see. You are reading the bible. So how much do you know about Me?” The Holy Spirit precisely and accurately pointed out the core and spoke to me. The Holy Spirit asked again, “Beside the reading, what do you do to know Me?”

I answered, “Beside my own preaching, sometimes I listen to the sermons from other pastors. I sometimes watch christian programs.”

The Holy Spirit asked, “Do you think that would be enough?” The Holy Spirit is very precise and meticulous. The Holy Spirit speaks to us, “I desire to come to work and manifest with the overflowing power, but you have different plans, emotions, and feelings. I desire to carry out the plan I have for you.”

Our answer to God is like, “Well, didn’t I read the bible? Didn’t I pray? I thought about you Lord!” That is still not enough.

There are different levels of charging. Receiving the power of God has levels. Some chargers charge rapidly . Our level of charging needs to be upgraded. Let us observe the disciples of the Lord like Peter and John. When they were powerfully charged and the grace of God powerfully came upon them and when they faithfully and powerfully prayed, all the people whom they had ministered got healed! Sometimes they didn’t have to say a word and the people got healed. Through the preaching of the Word of God, the people were getting healed. But for most christians, it takes a long time to be charged and it is slow in progress. Even when they pray, the kind of prayer they pray does not make them spiritually powerful. For example, after finishing prayer today, they have thoughts or have a heart that does not want to continue in prayer for tomorrow.

Do not be satisfied or comforted only experiencing conferences where you witness or experience power manifesting at a particular event or scene. Even if you have tremendous spiritual experience and even if you have powerfully performed the power of God through your whole life and even up to yesterday but if you are spiritually going down today, all that powerful experience will be in vain. Even after all those powerful experiences and if you decide to go back out into the world led by your desires today, all things you had achieved will be in vain.

If you decided to commit sin right in this moment, that sin will not let you be at peace. Sin will make you enjoy sinning even more. It will make it very entertaining. It will make sure that you are having fun. Sin will make things that are not considered sin. It will make you do sports with fun, meeting people with fun, going out for shopping and so on. The problem is when these things are overly done, out of order, out of boundaries and positions. When a person loves sports and this takes up their time and we let it compete with God, then the person’s spirituality will go down rapidly. We need to be spiritually charged on a personal, local and church based level.

The Holy Spirit is expressed in the book of Revelation 4:5.
Revelation 4:5 (AMP) F rom the throne came flashes of lightning and [rumbling] sounds and peals of thunder. Seven lamps of fire were burning in front of the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God

Sevenfold Spirit of God is sent out to the whole world. This talks about the power of the Holy Spirit. God prepares us for spiritual warfare. You and I are called to fight spiritually. The Holy Fire Ministry is called and gathered to carry out such battles. This is the reason why we are more persecuted and criticized. The reason why the members of the Holy Fire Ministry goes through much more difficult tests is because this ministry is a spiritual church and the church that performs the spiritual warfare.

On the day of pentecost, the Holy Spirit came in the form of Fire. The atmosphere and the presence was very hot and powerful.

“1 Thessalonians 5:19 ( AMP) D o not quench [subdue, or be unresponsive to the working and guidance of] the [Holy] Spirit.”
At first, God grants us the power of the Holy Spirit but the people gradually extinguish it.

In order for the presence of the Holy Spirit to specifically begin, there are three things we must pass. We all know these three things very well. First, we need to pass in repentance which means we need to properly repent. Second, we need to be baptized by the water in the name of Jesus. Third, we need to be baptized by the Holy Fire. If you have been baptized by water in the Name of Jesus and if you are baptized by the Holy Spirit, then you need to begin properly and powerfully repenting with sincerity, so that the Fire of God will powerfully blaze within you.

Lastly, let us talk about the seal of the Holy Spirit. What is the seal of the Holy Spirit? Some people live a common lives even after accepting and believing in Jesus. But some people are powerfully manifesting and working with the Holy Fire. These two are people are different. Why then does the Holy Spirit grieves?

The Holy Spirit would say, “I have saved you through Jesus and I desire to lead you in a new way. But you are persistent with your will, and you continuously doubt. You are stubborn and try to do things according to your will.”

What should the Holy Spirit do? What about Jesus? What would He think? We need to allow the Holy Spirit to work as much as He desires. But we are the ones who are limiting HIM.

Some of our excuses would be, “I am too tired” or “It is too difficult”. “I need to do this and/or that”, “I need to meet someone”.
The Holy Spirit has new plans and thoughts for us but as we are limiting His work. The Holy Spirit will be grieving. The Holy Spirit will grant good things in which He has planned for us onto someone else. The things that are suppose to come to us will go to someone else.

As I am traveling the world, I witness many people preparing themselves to receive the power of the Holy Spirit. This humbles me. I sometimes think, ‘Wow, these people are more humble and pure than our church. We need to be alert and awaken.’

Then I pray to God, ‘God, if there are things that needs to be handled and trimmed up within me, please do so. If there are things that I do not realize, please help me to realize. If there are things that I am not able to properly see, please help me to see. If I compare myself to a balloon, and if I have lost air in me, please fill me up so that I will soar high in the sky.’

The Holy Spirit desires the fruit. The Holy Spirit does not desire the leaves. But the christians desires the leaves. The outer appearance are leaves. It may appear nice on the outside. After we bear fruit, the Holy Spirit will desire more things. He desires our personality, character and nature to be trimmed. After we are properly trimmed with our personality, character and nature, God desires us to manifest and perform powerfully the signs, wonders, and miracles with the power of love. When the power of God manifests, we will become the inheritors of the King.

Some christians say that they believe in Jesus but they live a life of homelessness. Many christians live according to their will. Some christians live a life as a wanderer. But when we are filled with the Holy Spirit, we will receive the authority, faith and power. The Holy Spirit is the author of the bible. From the book of Genesis to Revelation, the Holy Spirit inspired the servants of God to document it. He will not forsake us like orphan. The Holy Spirit dwells in us as a friend and a counselor. Sometimes, the Holy Spirit comes in the form of a dove.

The Holy Spirit never forces us. If we do not desire, He will never manifest. He will never come with His presence upon us. There are christians who do not want to be told or inspired by the Holy Spirit because the Holy Spirit desires to touch on the things that we do not wish to be touched or revealed. If this happens, even if a person has the Holy Spirit in him/her, it will feel like there is no Holy Spirit in him/her because the Holy Spirit will be still. The Holy Spirit will be still because the person resists to be told or inspired by the Holy Spirit.

The Holy Spirit would say, “You say you will do whatever pleases Me, but in reality you are doing things you desire according to your desires. Therefore, I cannot inspire you on anything. I will only watch you as you do things as you desire” This person will feel like there is no Holy Spirit in him/her.

This person would think, ‘Maybe, the Holy Spirit has abandoned me. Will I even make it to heaven?’ When this happens, Satan will read his/her thoughts. The bible said do not give any gap to the devil. This kind of thought will be a gap for the devil to destroy the person. Through this gap, the devil will drag him/her around. The devil will not let these types of christians be in peace.

Sometimes, when we begin to properly follow God, suddenly a friend from childhood ma show up in front of our door when it is a time to go to church. This friend would says, “It has been so long! Let’s go to nice place to drink some coffee or tea and talk!” \
And we would say, “No, I need to go to church”.

Then the friend replies, “You can always go to church, let’s just go!” If we are hooked once, then we will be continuously hooked. If you are continuously hooked in such a way, the fire you have received will possibly be extinguished.

The Holy Spirit has sealed and stamped us. This means, after God observes, approves and checks, He will stamp and seal to guarantee.

Ephesians 1:13­14 (AMP) 13 I n Him, you also, when you heard the word of truth, the good news of your salvation, and [as a result] believed in Him, were stamped with the seal of the promised Holy Spirit [the One promised by Christ] as owned a nd protected [by God]. 1 4 T he Spirit is the guarantee [the first installment, the pledge, a foretaste] of our inheritance until the redemption of God’s own [purchased] possession [His believers], to the praise of His glory.

The Holy Spirit speaks to us. “I do not want you to commonly believe in Me. I have stamped you. You are attending the Holy Fire Church. You are not leaves. You have bore many fruit. But as you are bearing fruit, I desire you to transform your personality, character and nature. Then you will be heading toward receiving the power of the Holy Spirit. When you receive the power of the Holy Spirit, the manifestation of signs, wonders, and miracles will be performed. Then you will become the holy inheritor of the King.
The Holy Spirit always wants to be welcomed. Let us confess this way. “Holy Spirit I welcome you. Holy Spirit, I love you” When we do not welcome the Holy Spirit in any way, He will just stand outside the door. Please welcome the Holy Spirit in your daily life. Please charge your spiritual battery.

Pastor Kim Yong Doo

Spiritual wanderers - homeless Christians

“My God will reject the people of Israel because they will not listen or obey. They will be wanderers, homeless among the nations.”

Hosea 9:17 NLT

There are wandering spirits lurking in many Christians. The root head demons are disobedience and pride. 

There are many reasons why teenagers run away from home. But one reason is that they do not want to submit to their parents. They want to do their own thing. They don't get their own way and as a result many run away. But at the end for many, they end up wandering the streets. 

Today, this is occurring for many Christians as they end up spiritually wandering. They wander because of disobedience and not listening to God. They want it their way. 

People wander to look for answers. They are looking for their own answers and their own

 way. Pride may prevent runaway teenagers from going back home and submitting to their parents. They rather suffer than submit and yield. Many would rather die.

Christians are no different. Many act like rebellious teenagers. They think they know it all. Even when rebellious teenagers return to their parents, many still think they are in the right. It is really a matter of wanting one's way. 

But to even think we know something is pride. We must realize that if we even know anything, it is from Him and for His glory. 

“If anyone imagines that he knows something, he does not yet know as he ought to know.”

1 Corinthians 8:2 ESV

We must realize our nature and character. Am I a person that yields or am I stubborn? If I am a person unwilling to yield, then we can be a person willing to jump from place to place and become a wanderer because we are so stubborn in wanting it our way. This is not the character of heaven bound.

“But the wisdom from above is first of all pure. It is also peace loving, gentle at all times, and willing to yield to others. It is full of mercy and the fruit of good deeds. It shows no favoritism and is always sincere.” “And those who are peacemakers will plant seeds of peace and reap a harvest of righteousness.”

James 3:17 -18 NLT

The wisdom from above is willing to yield to others. Wisdom from above is willing to wait. Wisdom from above is open hearted, willing to be corrected, willing to learn, willing to change, willing to admit mistakes, and desires truth above their need to be proven right or wrong. 

Wanderers are selfish and full of self ambition. Selfish ambitious people have a hard time obeying and listening. They are self centered people. They don't like so they go. But this is not wisdom from heaven. This is earthly wisdom. 

“For jealousy and selfishness are not God’s kind of wisdom. Such things are earthly, unspiritual, and demonic. For wherever there is jealousy and selfish ambition, there you will find disorder and evil of every kind.”

James 3:15-16 NLT

Sadly, many Christians are spiritually homeless living without peace or rest.  are restless and full of anxiety just as real homeless people. 

Pastor Steve

DO NOT CELEBRATE HALLOWEEN

DO NOT CELEBRATE HALLOWEEN - DO NOT PARTICIPATE WITH THE SINS OF THE WORLD

Watch video of ex high priest of satan who is now serving the Lord.

Call onto ME or HE is saying, PRAY!

Jeremiah 33:3 Expanded Bible (EXB) ‘Pray [ Call] to me, and I will answer you. I will tell you ·important secrets [great and hidden things] you have never ·heard [ known] before.’

In other translations, we read this verse as "Call on to Me." But in the expanded bible, it points out that calling out to HIM is to pray. When we pray or call on to HIM, HE will tell us secrets of great hidden things. HE will give us revelation and wisdom which is the Bread from Heaven. HE will reveal more of HIMSELF to us for HE is our reward.

During my prayer last week, I am reminded and shown that many Christians come to God for many things and for many reasons. But we must realize whatever avenues HE allows and for whatever reasons we come to HIM, all road shall lead to HIM. HE is our reward. HE is my reward. All knees shall bow before HIM whether they like it or not. We must come to realize, all that we do is for HIM and to be with HIM. Everything else is secondary. We must understand this to our core.

Many come to God for many reasons. Some need their bills paid. Some want power and position. Some come to socialize. Some come for family problems.
Some come for spiritual gifts for the wrong reasons. Some come for a word for their own sakes. Some come because the church may have a good children's program. Some come to network to find a job. Some come thinking they are sent to help and fix the church. Some want this or that. But they fail to realize, we need to have come for God. Like the prodigal child, many come because they are hungry in the flesh. They have needs of the flesh and they expect God to fulfill the needs of their fleshly desires. But we have been warned that we cannot live on bread alone but on every Word of God. The Word leads to HIM. The Word is HIM.

Out of His abundant Grace and Mercy, HE still receives the prodigal child. But once we are in, we still need to call on to HIM. We need to pray and ask God to get rid of our anger, lust, disobedience, laziness, coveting, rebellion, pride, strife, impatience, and etc so that we may be broken. Only through brokenness shall we see as HE is. Only through brokenness shall we come closer to HIM in spirit. Only through brokenness shall we receive the secrets and hidden things from Heaven.

What is to go through brokenness? Before the cross, Jesus was already being broken. HE was physically wiped, falsely accused, betrayed, spat on, kicked, and beaten. HE endured all this without opening HIS mouth. Then after this severe ordeal, HE was hung to die.

Many Christians speak about carrying their own crosses but they have yet to be hung on the cross to die to themselves as they flee from being spiritually beaten, falsely accused, betrayed, spat on and etc. Some Christians are literally beaten and martyred. But in the western world, we complain and murmur. We cannot even thank God for our jobs but complain about our bosses, teachers, pastors, and government. Many Christians are but flesh. They are proving to be children of the disobedience. We must humble ourselves. We must allow and ask God to break us. We must embrace the Cross.

Many Christians are confused and they do not even know HIS Truth. They have many doctrinal questions and there is confusion on what is right or wrong. What is sin or not sin? What is the difference between law and grace? What is ritual law and moral law? How will it be answered? There are so many churches and so many different teachings. What is the Truth?

We must call onto HIM with desperation. We must pray, seek, and ask for the answer. We must pray until HE has answered us. We must ask for humility and obedient hearts and for eyes to see and ears to hear so when HE gives us the answer, we may receive and move forward. We cannot presume or assume anything. We must take all into prayer and if need be we need to pray for hours until our questions are answered and our idols are removed. We are in spiritual war and the situation is more desperate than people realize for many are dying in their sins.

John 8:21-23 Again, Jesus said to the people, “I will leave you. You will look for me, but you will die in your sins. You cannot come where I am going.”22 So the Jews asked, “Will he kill himself? Is that why he said, ‘You cannot come where I am going’?”23 But Jesus said, “You people are from here below. But I am from above. You belong to this world, but I don’t belong to this world. 24 So I told you that you would die in your sins. Yes, you will die in your sins if you don’t believe that I am he.”

Jesus was speaking to HIS own people the Jews telling them that they will die in their sins because they are from below. They were Jews but living carnal fleshly lives and when they saw and heard the Word (Jesus), they did not recognize HIM. HE told HIS own people here in John chapter 8 that they belonged to the world. They all believed in God but yet Jesus said unless they believed in HIM, they would die in their sins. They would go to HELL.

We can all say we believe in God and we can all believe we are God's people who do not belong to the world  but Jesus was the Word. In today's term, when the Word is preached, HE is speaking. HE is with us. But when we reject and when we do not apply or obey what we hear, we are not believing. We may not want to believe. We may not want to obey because we may be living carnal lives. We may be living in sin. Just as His people of the old days, they were deluded thinking they were God's people going to heaven stating they are the children of Abraham. But in reality, they were sons of disobedience as they rejected the Word when HE came in the flesh to speak to them personally. The message is the same for us as it was when Jesus walked the earth. REPENT!

Today, HE speaks to us from the alter. HE speaks to us through HIS Word. HE speaks to us through the revelation and of deep hidden secrets. HIS people were amazed because HE had spoken with Authority but yet many still rejected HIM. They admitted HIS preaching and Word was one of Authority. But because the Word required them to change and it touched the comfort of their personal lives, they decided to kill HIM.

Let us not make the same mistake today. We know HE is speaking to us with Authority. We know there is deep hidden secrets and revelation HE is feeding us. May we not reject HIM because we are to required to change simple daily things of comfort in our lives. May we truly decide to go and stay on the Narrow road to Life.

Glory to HIM
Pastor Steve

What is evil above all things?

Matthew 15:18-20 (ESV) But what comes out of the mouth proceeds from the heart, and this defiles a person. 19 For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false witness, slander. 20 These are what defile a person. But to eat with unwashed hands does not defile anyone.”

The actions, thoughts, and words from us are a reflection of what is truly in our heart. To say that God knows my heart is true. HE knows how wicked our hearts are. When and what we sin is what is being shown in our hearts. It is a manifestation into the physical realm. 

Jeremiah 17:9 (EXB) “·More than anything else [Above all things], ·a person’s mind is evil [the heart is deceitful;  the heart is devious/crooked]

    and ·cannot be healed [ desperately wicked;  it is perverse/sick].

    Who can ·understand [know] it?

Proverbs 23:7 KJV For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.

James 1:14-15 (CEB)Everyone is tempted by their own cravings; they are lured away and enticed by them. 15 Once those cravings conceive, they give birth to sin; and when sin grows up, it gives birth to death.

A good tree cannot produce bad fruit and a bad tree cannot produce good fruit. A good heart cannot commit evil and a bad heart cannot do anything good. To believe otherwise is but delusional. To be in such a delusional state would make one justify of their weaknesses and sin. God will not look at our heart to determine if we make it to heaven or not. He already knows our heart is above everything deceitful. We even will deceive ourselves. HE will give us the proper wages and the wages of sin is DEATH whether we are professing Christians or not. To fear God is to know our hearts are evil. 

What must we do? All have fallen short of the glory of God. All have gone their own way like sheep gone astray. 

Numbers 16:12 Then Moses summoned Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, but they replied, “We refuse to come before you! 13 Isn’t it enough that you brought us out of Egypt, a land flowing with milk and honey, to kill us here in this wilderness, and that you now treat us like your subjects? 

Rebellion was in Korah, Dathan, and Abiram's hearts. They refused a simple instruction. It was not even something hard. But if one cannot follow simple instructions, then how will they follow hard ones? Dathan and Abiram refused to go to Moses. They were refusing to obey. It is a simple matter of obedience. They did not respect Moses. They were jealous of Moses. They felt as though they were equal to Moses as they said, "you now treat us like your subjects?" Their hearts were blinded and such rebellion brough an horrible judgment. 

We must not trust in our own hearts. We must seek to obey God not only directly but also indirectly through his servants and civil authorities as all authorities belong to HIM. We must ask for a new heart and spirit as we choose to obey. HE watches to see if we will obey. HE already knows what is in our hearts but HE watches our works! Our works and what we choose to practice will determine which path we walk on. Jesus said in the book of revelation to the seven churches, "I know your works!" The bible says to renew your mind. Renew your minds and hearts with the Word of God and HE will grant us a new heart and spirit. But to obey is to read and apply and put into practice. 

Ezekiel 36:25-27 “Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. Your filth will be washed away, and you will no longer worship idols. 26 And I will give you a new heart, and I will put a new spirit in you. I will take out your stony, stubborn heart and give you a tender, responsive heart.[b] 27 And I will put my Spirit in you so that you will follow my decrees and be careful to obey my regulations.

Pastor Steve

Pride before Destruction

“Pride goes before destruction, and haughtiness before a fall.”
Proverbs 16:18 NLT

Definition of haughty:
arrogantly, superior, and disdainful.
"a look of haughty disdain"
synonyms: proud, arrogant, vain, conceited, snobbish, superior, self-important, pompous, supercilious, condescending, patronizing;

Pride and haughtiness goes before destruction. Whenever things do not work out and it becomes more of a mess, know it was our pride that led us to our mess. It is because we think we can do it without proper counsel from those who we should go to counsel. Pride tries to force things to work out. Pride will not ask for help.

Pride does not listen to sound wisdom. Pride is a friend to jealousy. Haughtiness makes a person think one is always right. Pride makes them think they can figure it out on their own.
Humility will ask for help. Humility will seek counsel. Humility will admit when one is wrong or makes a mistake. Humility will raise the white flag of surrender.

Proverbs 18:12 NLT “Haughtiness goes before destruction; humility precedes honor.”

Proverbs 11:2 NLT“Pride leads to disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.”

Proverbs 29:23 “Pride ends in humiliation, while humility brings honor.”

Pride and arrogance will end up in disgrace and humiliation. Look at your fruit. Examine your harvest. We must seek and practice humility for that will result in honor and wisdom.

Proverbs 1:24-33 NLT“
“I called you so often, but you wouldn’t come. I reached out to you, but you paid no attention. You ignored my advice and rejected the correction I offered. So I will laugh when you are in trouble! I will mock you when disaster overtakes you— when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when disaster engulfs you like a cyclone, and anguish and distress overwhelm you. “When they cry for help, I will not answer. Though they anxiously search for me, they will not find me. For they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the LORD. They rejected my advice and paid no attention when I corrected them. Therefore, they must eat the bitter fruit of living their own way, choking on their own schemes. For simpletons turn away from me—to death. Fools are destroyed by their own complacency. But all who listen to me will live in peace, untroubled by fear of harm.””

Isaiah 50:10-11 NLT “Who among you fears the LORD and obeys his servant? If you are walking in darkness, without a ray of light, trust in the LORD and rely on your God. But watch out, you who live in your own light and warm yourselves by your own fires. This is the reward you will receive from me: You will soon fall down in great torment.”

Recompense of Prayer by Pastor Kim, Yong Doo

God continuously grants us problems because unless we have problems, we will not pray. When I was about fifteen years old, I prayed for God to make me a Sunday school teacher. One day, a brother at the church where I had attended called me. He said,
“Hey Kim, Yong Doo! Come here! Hurry up! You, come here!”
I said, “Yes? Me ? Did you call me?”

This brother asked me, “Do you want teach as a Sunday teacher?”
I replied, “No, I don’t think I am able too…”

But I said in my heart, ‘Oh! I think my prayer just got answered. But I don’t understand, I thought God would personally speak to me?’ Most of the time, many christians always want God to speak to them directly having their prayers directly answered. To have such a expectation is a mistake. God had answered my prayer through another person.

My prayer has been accumulated since youth. Then later on, when I had begun my own church ministry, the more I prayed, I began to see the point or the core. When you pray, you need to clearly see and recognize the core or the point. You need to clearly know the purpose and reason why you are praying. I later realized that I did not possess the spirituality of a pastor. When I say the spirituality of a pastor, I am not talking about fundamental training, discipleship, and learning the bible through teaching. I did not possess the spiritual nature in loving souls. I prayed so much that I always had blood dried scabs on my lips. But the more I prayed, the more I realized that I possessed no spirituality. Especially, the spirituality that was required for a pastor to possess which is in loving souls with a passion. I thought I was a mess. Therefore, I used to leave my wife at home and go up to the mountaintop and pray. The focus of my prayer was on the issue of ‘how I was lacking spirituality’. So, I was on my knees and cried out to God like there was no tomorrow. I would wake up earlier than all the other people and go pray. When the other people go to sleep, I would leave and go pray. God had seen the the sacrifice of my prayer.

Only after the accumulation and sacrifice of our prayer, God will determine how and when to grant our prayer request or not. God observes us daily. God observes if we will fight with somebody, if we are being irritated, if we angered and cursing someone and so on. God sees all we do, think, and speak. Our daily conduct will determine whether the content of our prayers will be answered and our ministry as well in the Lord. This is in the bible. As we pray, through prayer we need to act and transform. We need to transforms in faith. We need to act in faith. When we transform according to God’s eyes, God grants us our prayer requests. Therefore, we must transform!

When I was holding the Fire Conferences a few weeks ago in the United States, God said, “Be very care of the people who desire fruit without going through the process! You need to discern such people. It is impossible to harvest fruit without going through the process. Fruit is the manifestation of an end result. Before we bear fruit, there will be many sufferings, pain and tribulations. You need to fight and obtain victory. When you pray, you need to pray until you obtain the breakthrough. What is the breakthrough? When you pray, we are getting closer to the key or clue in resolving certain problems. So, what are the reasons we pray? Even though you may not see the key or clue of your problems, difficulties or a circumstances, you must continuously pray. Although you may not notice or realize, you are actually and gradually moving closer toward the answer. You are moving closer to the breakthrough and the work of God. The more you continuously pray, you will move closer.

Praying is a very difficult thing to do. It is like you are laboring with your body. Jesus taught prayer to His disciples but it was very difficult for the disciples to learn. Therefore, if we are in the circumstance where we can pray, we need to pray passionately and fervently. This is very important! Many churches spend thousands of dollars to renovate or design their church buildings, but they do not renovate or design for the purpose of prayer. The churches are busy doing many other things but do not focus on prayer. This is the reason the Lord told the disciples not to leave Jerusalem but to wait and receive the promised Holy Spirit. The Lord continuously told them on how to receive their breakthrough. But the disciples could not understand due to lack of their spirituality.

When the Holy Spirit powerfully came upon the disciples, they became the people of blazing fire and began to speak in other tongue. They were able to speak languages of many different countries. The Holy Spirit is special. He leads us to the special realm which is the spiritual realm. When we move in faith and challenge ourselves to transform, God answers our prayer to recompense. If a person with a ministry act/move in faith and challenge to transform, the ministry will open up. When the common people pray, God will begin to pay attention to the common people. As those common people continuously pray, God will grant wisdom, grace and power. God will gradually make these common people into the special people of God. People who pray are the candidates in receiving God’s power. We can become that special person.

When we continuously and precisely pray, God will lead us to reveal the purpose of our prayer. We will rediscover the purpose of our prayer through God. God has given us free will to utilize prayer. The more we pray and obey, you will be discovered by God and He will pay attention to us. When you pray, you need to pray precisely, powerfully with determination. This way, you will receive the power and have your prayers answered. When you pray before God, you need to know the promises of God. In order to possess the promises of God, you need to read the bible. Many times, instead of granting us our prayer requests, He grants us first the promise of God. The promise that will come to you in the future. A person may ask God to heal him/her, but God first grants hope. Then a person’s job is to begin praying as he/she cling tightly onto the hope/promise. We need to pray with the promise of God.

In the bible, God said He had already had chosen us a long ago. When the proper time came, He bought us with the blood of Jesus. For thousands of years, God was looking for a humble people. When He finds that humble people, He plans to grant all the power. But He could not find any humble people. It is because there were no people of prayer. Do you think poor people are humble? No, from God’s point of view, adults are prideful accordingly, children are prideful accordingly, wealthy people are prideful accordingly, poor people are prideful accordingly, healthy people are prideful accordingly, and sick people are prideful accordingly. All the people are prideful. Prideful people are so into their own thoughts and ideas. We all have our own ideas and thinking. We tend to rebel instead of obeying. In some cases, a person knows that he/she is doing wrong, but still will not listen due to pride. There are people who often collide with other people with their wrong actions and wrong choices in words. These types of people are very stubborn that even though other people around him/her do not like their actions or words, they do not change but continue in their old stubborn ways.These types of people live in their own desires and are too deep into their own thinking and ideas. These types of people are living all over the world. Jesus came to the earth to resolve such problems. It was because there were no righteous people, not even one.

God had begun to discipline the people who would come to Jesus and dwell within the word. There is no one who is truly humble, therefore only through Jesus, God began to break His people. If one guarantees their own health, God would create problems on his/her health so that this person can not boast about his/her health. God allows and creates circumstances to show a person that he/she cannot boast about anything in their lives.

God handles our personality and nature. In order for us to become a citizen of Heaven, God will continuously discipline us. He humbles us. Through the word of God and the Holy Spirit, God continuously humble us. This whole process is God’s amazing grace. In the bible, God said, “Draw closer to Me and I will draw closer to you.” Now when we are humbled, we must come closer to God. This way, we will begin to receive all the secrets and key. If we continue to pray, God will grant us a mission and calling to fulfill. He will train us to fight spiritually. “Resist devil, he will flee!”
There are examples regarding prayer answered in the four gospels. Sometimes, it may appear that He answered our prayer, our situation, or our problem and it may appear things have become better. But why would there be recurrences of certain problems or situations? God is trying to tell us not to do certain things. God is trying to prevent us from something that we may continue to do so.
Matthew 13:11 God said to His people, “To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven..” Even if you have a hard time praying for a long time but you continue to fellowship with the people who prays well and you have close relationship with the people who prays, God will often work through such a situation through the people who prays. You will gradually learn to pray longer, be healed, and go deeper into the presence of God. You must continuously try with your free will. You need to try to go to service and pray. This way, God will grant grace. You will be rediscovered and restored.

There are a few ways to get God’s attention. Some people are very busy with work and with other things in their lives. Even with their busy schedules, some people would still come to pray and attend services. God will say, “Oh, even though you are very busy and tired, you still come to pray and even attend service.” God will gladly answer our prayer requests. God’s eyes are always searching and observing.

There are times when we need extreme obedience, self sacrifice and devotion. God’s power is not something that you have a choice in whether to receive or not. The power of God is not optional. We all need to receive the power of God. There is an Indian “prophet” who is trying to dress up like a old time prophet. He even has a long beard. There are certain types of people who tries to dress up and adorn themselves to look like someone from the old testament after they had received some gifts from God. They walk and talk like someone holy. Their facial expressions are different from the other people as well. This Indian “prophet” has so many videos uploaded on the internet and many Asian people follow him. I come to realize that among many followers of this Indian so called “prophet,” are pastors beside the many lay believers. Every country has false prophets. Especially in the US, there are many false prophets. These people really upsets me. When we receive the power of God, we must not misuse such a gift. We are only the pathway of God’s precious gifts. No matter where you go, there will be real and fake servants of God. The devil will make the valuable ones to counterfeits. These false prophets appear holy and filled with the Holy Spirit. Satan is excellent in making counterfeits who appear genuine and feel authentic. We need to wake up.

The devil works through the closest people in our lives. Through our husbands, children, wives, and the people whom we consider so precious, Satan will utilize such people to heartlessly attack us. Who does the devil attack the most? He attacks the people who prays the most, those who operate in the gifts of God, and the people who God preciously utilize and loves. The deception of the devil can work for one moment within a time. Satan always tries to deceive and corrupt the people who are valuable and useful in the kingdom of God. If you fail to pray, you will easily be targeted, deceived, and corrupted. You must always pray and be humbled.

The devil look for the people who misuses God’s power. But if you feel something is not right rationally and spiritually, you need to just stop and go back to the word of God and prayer. God’s word and prayer are very important. Yes, the power of God is important but apart from the word of God and prayer, it will not be completed. Many times, when the people receive the power of God, they begin to misuse it accordingly to their personality, character, nature and the kind of ministry they perform.

There are people who have prayed for a certain period of time and have become weary and tired. There are also people who have experienced many spiritual events and become weary and tired and such people have broken away becoming targets of the devil. The devil does not have a hard time finding them. When these types of people breakaway from God’s grace, Satan makes them critics of God’s work. We need to be positive to the end enduring in faith. Satan precisely finds these people who tried to live according to God’s will but yet have failed. When Satan finds them, Satan will corrupt them. This is a very scary thing.

In the LA fire conference, Satan came to my room and entered into my body through my nostril. Then he grabbed my throat and began twisting it. I even heard the cracking sound from my throat. If you have your spiritual eyes opened, the ability to hear God’s voice, and performing the Holy Spirit’s ministry, you will realize that there will be many things that you may go over the line if you do not careful. When we go over the line, we will be deceived, ruin, and destroy others. We need to discern the things out that will lure us to go over the line and then we need to address it as we repent.

There could be things that lead others to deception. Before we receive the power of God, we are not able to see any of these things in us. But once we receive God’s power having our spiritual eyes opened and experiencing new spiritual events, without even realizing, we may be misusing them. Then the problem will be great. In order for the demons to leave us, we need to earnestly and with all our being as we shout out, pray like a child. When we powerfully cry out to God in prayer, the devil will not be able to use his strength. God grants grace to the humble and He grants the power that will lead us to victory when we fight with the devil.

Remember, God said, “Draw close to Me and I will draw close to you.” Even in the natural realm, when we want to be close to someone, we need to first open our heart and begin to fellowship or socialize. We need to frequently meet, fellowship, and socialize. Then at the end, we will become closer and have depth in our relationships. This is one of the reasons why our church meets daily late at night and continuously pray. We need to have deep fellowship with God. Pray as you proclaim.

Pastor Kim, Yong Doo