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

What did previous biblical prophets chase?

True biblical prophets and the men of God in the bible were not using the stars, the sun, moon, earthquakes, wars, pope, ceasar, aliens, planet x, nephilims, planet nebiru, rapture news, mark of the beast, comets, or astroids to make predictions, presumptions, or assumptions. The true prophets of God were men of prayer. And only through fervent prayer, were they able to receive the inspired Word of God to bring forth anointed messages from the Throne. They were not just words of "Thus saith the Lord" but they are and were messages of deep revelation and wisdom. 

It is in our nature to want to know the future. It is a form of insecurity and lack of trust. The reason humans want to know their future is to secure their unknown future. How can a Christian have an unknown future? They are those who do not spend time with God but with the concerns of the world. Only those who have had a taste or are on the path of experiencing perfect Love are able to rest. Perfect love cast out all fear. To know perfect love would keep us at rest even though raging storms are continuously brewing. 

Yes, it is in our nature to ask about the future. Even the disciples after the resurrection asked the Lord this question in Acts chapter 1 verse 6. 

"6 So when the apostles were with Jesus, they kept asking him, “Lord, has the time come for you to free Israel and restore our kingdom?”

If you notice, scripture will either say "they kept asking" or it will say "repeatedly." They were still baby Christians. They had not been baptized by the Holy Spirit and HIS Fire. They were repeatedly asking like babies because they were afraid of their future. Their question was actually a selfish question. They were not asking for the Lord's sake but for their sakes. 

How did Jesus respond? 

Acts 1:7 NLT He replied, “The Father alone has the authority to set those dates and times, and they are not for you to know. "

Amplified

Acts 1:7 He said to them, “It is not for you to know the times or epochs which the Father has fixed by His own authority.

Definition of Epochs: 1) a period of time in history or a person's life, typically one marked by notable events or particular characteristics.

2) the beginning of a distinctive period in the history of someone or something.

3)a division of time that is a subdivision of a period and is itself subdivided into ages, corresponding to a series in chronostratigraphy.

Jesus states very plainly, "THEY ARE NOT FOR YOU TO KNOW." 

Since Jesus was leaving, they were all afraid and being afraid, they kept asking HIM. Today is no different. Many Christians are afraid of their future. They are afraid of their current financial status, career, families, personal live, world events, anti christ, mark of the beast, being left behind, having enough to eat, etc and etc. Such Christians are not living a Victorious Life. They repeatedly ask, "When will Jesus return?" 

It is not our business nor should be spend our energy and money trying to predict the time of judgment, rapture, or other end time events. "They are NOT for you to KNOW. But it is our job to be prepared. What is to be prepared? To be rapture ready is to be living a overcoming victorious life in Christ. How many of you have actually read the whole bible? And you think you will be raptured?

What then is our business or concern? Jesus said to PRAY and wait for the Promise of the Holy Spirit and be my witnesses onto Jerusalem, Judah, Samaria, and to the nations. HE is basically saying, it is not our concern to know the future but to know HIS Will. What is HIS WILL? What will help us move forward in HIS Joy, Love, and Peace? What is our nourishment? What is our purpose? Jesus wants HIS people to be reborn. Many are not reborn. If they were, they would not be living in such fear of everything. 

John 4:34(NLT) Then Jesus explained: “My nourishment comes from doing the will of God, who sent me, and from finishing his work.

If the Lord lives in us, then we have HIS work to do and doing HIS work is our nourishment. When we are outside HIS Will, there will always be fear, anxiety, chaos, uncertainty, and the likes. We must stop chasing false hope. His Will is that we that we carry our own crosses and follow HIM. We are to die to ourselves, become broken and arise wtih HIM to a new life. We are to die to our anger, jealous, fear, coveting, lust, unforgiving, and the likes. Many who chase the rapture have yet to cease from sinning. 

Matthew 24:23 “Then if anyone tells you, ‘Look, here is the Messiah,’ or ‘There he is,’ don’t believe it. 24 For false messiahs and false prophets will rise up and perform great signs and wonders so as to deceive, if possible, even God’s chosen ones. 25 See, I have warned you about this ahead of time.

Just because people use the bible, the name of Jesus, the end time events, and carry a cross does not mean God is with them. 

I do believe we are in the last days but that can still mean anything. God owns time and it is all at HIS discretion. There will be many more blood moon, wars, famine and earthquakes. The bible says this is still not the end. We are not storm chasers. We are to be a people of prayer. We are to be a people at rest. We are to be a people of victory and peace. We are to be a people who knows the deeper revelation of the Word.

Pray for discernment. Pray to know HIS Will for your life. Pray that you will not be deceived. Stop chasing for a word. This can lead to divination. Stop chasing for a sign. HE has already first spoken to you through the bible. First go read the bible and learn to wait for HIM.  

Yes, HE is coming. But are you really ready? Have you forgiven? Have you put down your anger issues? Have you put down your jealousy? Have you put down your sins? Have you put down your addictions and bondages. Have you let the hurt and abuse go? Are you loving as HE did? Is your family retored? Is your life restored? Have you STOP Sinning? Are you keepig His commandments?

Are you moving from Glory to Glory becoming more like HIM or are you just running and asking when Jesus will return? ARE YOU A MAN OR WOMAN WHO SPENDS HOURS AND HOURS A WEEK IN PRAYER? Are you living right with God? Do not be like the five foolish virgins. 

 

Glory to God 

Pastor Steve Yong Kim

Why the Holy Fire? Baptized by water or Fire

Why Holy Fire? A letter for the Fire of God Church members and other Ministers of Holy Fire Ministry around the world - by Pastor Steve Yong Kim

Before Jesus ascended, He instructed His people with a command.

Acts 1:4-5 "Once when he was eating with them, he commanded them, “Do not leave Jerusalem until the Father sends you the gift he promised, as I told you before. John baptized with water, but in just a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”

We represent spiritual Jerusalem. Before we do anything, we must stay in Jerusalem reading, praying and worshipping until we receive the promise of the Holy Spirit. Most Christians presume they get saved and they must be baptized by water. But as we read the context of Acts chapter 1 and 2, Jesus meant more than just water.

Most Christians presume when they receive the gift of tongue, prophecy or other gifts they are or being baptized by the Holy Spirit. Even in verse 5, Jesus did say "be baptized by the Holy Spirit.

However, we must look for the context of the message. What baptism did John the Baptist speak about?

Matt 3:11 "I baptize with water those who repent of their sins and turn to God. But someone is coming soon who is greater than I am—so much greater that I’m not worthy even to be his slave and carry his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.”

What does water represent? Water represents the Word of God. The Word of God as we read, listen, and APPLY cleanses us. The Word brings conviction, discipline, instructions, and etc to lead us to cleansing which is repentance. The Word brings us life to turn away from our old self and our sins to a new life. This is represented symbolically by water baptism when we are first saved.

But John spoke of another baptism. This was a baptism of the Holy Spirit and Fire. Some have translated as the Holy Spirit Fire stating the Spirit of God is a Fire Spirit. This baptism of the Holy Spirit and Fire was a promise by Father God. This baptism was for the Holy Spirit and His Fire to be Inside living in His people. It was not just the Holy Spirit to be with or upon a person but to be within. Here was the Lord's promise.

John 14:17 "The Spirit of Truth, Whom the world cannot receive (welcome, take to its heart), because it does not see Him or know and recognize Him. But you know and recognize Him, for He lives with you [constantly] and will be in you.”

But many Christians are not reborn nor do they have the spirit of God IN them. They may have the Holy Spirit with them as He guides them but He has yet to baptize them to be IN them. Why? Many Christians have failed to repent properly of their continued sins. This is also why many Christians fail to get delivered, they do not properly obey or stay pure.

Let us reflect The book of Acts chapter 1 and 2. Peter after the Holy Spirit's Baptism after staying in Jerusalem was baptized not just by the Holy Spirit as most think but with God's Fire or Holy Spirit Fire. Even though in all translations Jesus said to wait and be baptized by the Holy Spirit, the context of chapter 2 correctly describes a baptism of Fire. They all had what appeared flames of tongue over them.

If the water baptism represents repentance turning from sin then what does the Fire baptism represent? The Fire baptism is of higher order and represents higher authority, authority to judge, revelation, wisdom, and etc. But this does not mean just because you been imparted with Fire gives you authority. The impartation and baptism is a process to qualify. But with the Fire Baptism, Peter was able to rebuke and judge Simon the sorcerer calling for his destruction (Acts 8). Apostle Paul had the authority filled with the Holy Spirit to judge and call Elymas the sorcerer in Acts 13 the son of the devil! Both these sorcerers were part of God's people. In today's term they would be considered Christians who are filled with demons and deceived.

Many Christians read the book of Acts and think the word "baptized" reflects water baptism.

Acts 2:38-41" Peter replied, “Each of you must repent of your sins and turn to God, and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. Then you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. This promise is to you, to your children, and to those far away —all who have been called by the Lord our God.” Then Peter continued preaching for a long time, strongly urging all his listeners, “Save yourselves from this crooked generation!” Those who believed what Peter said were baptized and added to the church that day—about 3,000 in all.”

Peter had a higher form of baptism to share. When he preached under the power of the Holy Spirit to God's people, he was able to deliver the promise in which Jesus spoke of. The promise of the Holy Spirit to live IN us. Peter and the apostles were not going around baptizing people in water as what many assume in the book of Acts. They were going around baptizing them in the Holy Spirit and Fire. Today, most of the churches goes around preaching water baptism and argue whether to baptize in the name of Jesus or Father, Holy Spirit and Jesus and therefore they cannot continue the power of the apostles.

Acts 19:1-6 "While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul traveled through the interior regions until he reached Ephesus, on the coast, where he found several believers. “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” he asked them. “No,” they replied, “we haven’t even heard that there is a Holy Spirit.” “Then what baptism did you experience?” he asked. And they replied, “The baptism of John.” Paul said, “John’s baptism called for repentance from sin. But John himself told the people to believe in the one who would come later, meaning Jesus.” As soon as they heard this, they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. Then when Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them, and they spoke in other tongues and prophesied.”

Moreover, at Pentecost, Peter was not preaching to unbelievers or Gentiles at that time. He was preaching to God's people who thought they were saved and already heading to heaven. Today is no different. Many Christians think just because they have the big churches (represented as big synagogues) and they appear to be spiritual with many spiritual gifts, they think they have the Holy Spirit leading them. But many are Deceived. God will test all His people with FIRE.

Mark 9:49 "For everyone will be tested with fire"

Isaiah 66:15 "See, the LORD is coming with fire, and his swift chariots roar like a whirlwind. He will bring punishment with the fury of his anger and the flaming fire of his hot rebuke.”

Psalms 97:3 "Fire spreads ahead of him and burns up all his foes.”

The Fire will test the purity of ministries, pastors, prophets, teachers, apostles, God's people, spiritual gifts, and spirits. Those who are not from God will be consumed by His Fire. The fifty men sent by King Ahab was part of God's people. King Ahab was still part of God's people who went corrupted. King Ahab can represent a big church or ministry. Yes, God's people are within that kingdom but the leadership may be corrupted. But the Fire of God will bring discernment, authority and judgment.

2 Kings 1:12 "Elijah replied, “If I am a man of God, let fire come down from heaven and destroy you and your fifty men!” And again the fire of God fell from heaven and killed them all.”

Hebrews 12:29 NLT “For our God is a devouring fire.”

I hope all our church members will receive the wisdom to know what has been granted to us as Fire Ministers. We are being raised up for the last days. We will be given higher authority, discernment, anointing, authority to judge, and higher revelation to rule and reign with Him. The CHURCH will be the two witnesses in the book of Revelation. Moreover, the Holy Fire/ Authority we have been given is not the same fire as other ministries.

Revelation 11:4-6 "These two prophets are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of all the earth. If anyone tries to harm them, FIRE flashes from their mouths and consumes their enemies. This is how anyone who tries to harm them must die. They have power to shut the sky so that no rain will fall for as long as they prophesy. And they have the power to turn the rivers and oceans into blood, and to strike the earth with every kind of plague as often as they wish.”

Pastor Steve Yong Kim 

Fire of God Church - A Holy Fire Ministry End time church preparing the Bride of Christ to engage in the Last Days

Are you prepping for Disaster?

Luke 9:3, “And He said to them, “Take nothing for your journey, neither a staff, nor a bag, nor bread, nor money; and do not even have two tunics apiece.”" (NAS)

“PREPPING FOR DISASTER” FOOLISHNESS

(Inspired by Holy Spirit)

The devil, implementing two different paramount strategies, has two distinct groups of people he loves to herd his deceived and victimized masses into: (1) the first group of people are unaware or in denial of his existence; (2) the second group are not only aware of him, but they have an overt preoccupation and morbid interest in his diabolic methodologies, strategies and disasters - and thus miss Christ’s sovereignty, peace, victory and plan for their lives. Both categories above are spiritually poisonous and will do nothing to draw you closer to the Lord and His salvation, but will only blind and distract you, ushering you on board the enemy’s doomed one-way train wreck into hell .

Raised as a Baptist from my earliest memories, I personally have never been in group category #1 above. However, from about the mid-2000’s up until that fateful Spirit-led day of Saturday, September 14, 2013 when God had Rodith and I walk through the doors of Fire of God Church for the first time, I was fiercely and wholeheartedly caught up in group category #2 above. And I can tell you all about it . . . .

It was with passion, pride, and an ego-led indulgence of self-preservation that I had labeled myself a “prepper.” I just “knew” the inside scoop, and I was the enlightened one. Most others, if they were not on board this bandwagon of heightened insight and wisdom so as to prepare for the assured coming disasters – they were the blind ones, in the dark, and just plain stupid. I even had a regular saying for them - (my family can verify) - they were “lobotomized victims of the social engineering primetime brainwashing matrix,” the diabolical engine of society controlled and manipulated by the Bilderbergs, Illuminati, and New World Order gurus, the faceless think-tank manipulators of mankind behind closed doors controlling and calling the shots on everything that happens in this world - everything from economic crashes of entire continents, to HAARP manipulated weather-controlled typhoon catastrophes, to even clandestine negotiations with extraterrestrial diabolical cohorts strategizing a planned Earth invasion engineered to look like a fake “rapture.”

I left no stone unturned, and I had a contingency plan for it all. The problem, of course, is that I failed to see that it is actually God Who is in control, not the enemy.

If there was a famine, I had vacuum-packed dried food with expiration dates 25 years out. If there was a drought, I had military grade hand-held water pumps with top-of-the-line bio filters and sterilization pills. If there was a nationwide power outage, I had solar battery chargers, hand-crank flashlights and radios, large arrays of candles, and matches ad nauseam (all waterproof, of course). I also knew, with complete power grid failure, that the United States’ nuclear plants would melt down and make Japan’s Fukushima look like a walk in the park – so I had iodine pills to counter radiation poisoning, and I had gloves and masks of every sort. If there was civil breakdown and social bedlam, I had all my protection meted out, including gas masks and a bullet-proof vest. Waiting for Planet X-Nibiru and the coming 2012 pole shift per the Mayan Calendar, when the earthquake and tsunami struck, I knew exactly what sea level position my house was at - (52 feet above sea level) - and I knew the direction to run when it happened. I had a perfect conglomerate of “bug out” paraphernalia to “run for the hills,” including zero-temperature-rated sleeping bags, tents, tarps and ropes, flashlights of every sort, portable stove, bags of charcoal, warm clothes, and extra gas containers to keep my car going to get there.

If it weren’t for Pastor Steve getting ahold of me and jolting me out of my madness, next on my agenda was to have my car retrofitted with a 700-mile surplus gas tank capacity and anchor a storage container on the roof. With all the load in the car, I was brainstorming how to fit extra spare tires, spare batteries, and several hundred pounds of drinking water containers on board. I even quietly wondered to myself how on earth I was going to fit Rodith’s Mom and Dad in the back seat of the car with all the gear? - We couldn’t possibly leave them behind!

Then . . . . the Holy Spirit said, “Enough!” Lance had crossed over the line from sanity to insanity. I was quickly losing touch with reality and practical-minded living for the Lord as He had intended for me. I was listening to all the wrong doomsday voices, Alex Jones from Infowars being one - after I received my daily dose of his anti-Government hate fodder for the day, I would quickly deteriorate from a “decent” mood into a tirade of anger, vowing to protect our country’s freedom from this “Communistic onslaught” at all cost. But I was not listening to God - even though He WAS talking to me during this time and trying to guide me. I just wasn’t heeding Him properly.

Then, in His grace and mercy, He began a healing and enlightening process through Fire of God Church which led Rodith and I (more “I” really) to His real truth. That truth being, of course, that God is actually in control of world events and our lives (not the enemy) - something I really knew from childhood, but I had stepped off that path and was headed in a very wrong direction. I was not putting my trust of Him into practice. The enemy liked to make me think evil had an upper hand on everything, but in reality it doesn’t. God is in full control.

I have further come to realize that this country’s current phenomenon of loyal and patriotic passionate call to “constitutionalism,” anti-government preservation of our freedoms, vehemental fight for our 2nd Amendment right to bear arms (I’m an NRA member), and demand for personal freedom from socialistic authoritarian Government “control freaks” – all this is actually a tactic from the devil himself. Although it looks ostensibly patriotic, this movement, at its very core, is based on nothing but pride, rebellion of authority, fear, denial of God’s sovereignty, and self-idolatry. It contains almost very core trademark element of satan’s plan to stumble the misguided and eventually claim their souls.

Rodith and I thank our dear Lord God for bringing us into His true Spirit-filled house to train us, heal us, and bring us up in His real truth. I now know God has specific plans for our lives, and there’s nothing random circumstance, nor the enemy and his rogue scheming power-trip hoodlums, can do to deter His plans for us.

Testimony, member from Fire of God Church 

Will the real end time church stand up?

There is of course much talk about rapture, calamities, comets, astroids, Anti Christ, 666, blood moon, and so forth regarding the end times. Especially, with the season of blood moons in the skies, many Christians think some big event will occur. Much of this speculation is from many end time authors and the likes who study and predict judgments.

I need to clarify some things to our brethren who continue to chase after end time events and rapture. Is chasing them wrong? It is if you miss the Big picture which is Jesus HIMSELF.

The problem is that we cannot predict precise dates on these big events. There will always be smaller events but those are not for us to chase. God's time is eternal. When a big event occurs, some can say it was predicted in the bible or they may say they could have discerned it from bible codes. But God' time is eternal which mean at His discretion . There will always be blood moons, yellow moon, red moon, green moon, pale moons half a moon, quarter of a moon, moon cakes, and moon cookes (just kidding).

It is best to avoid predicting precise events or dates which can lead to divination. Prophecy is given not so we can predict the precise time or events. Prophecy is given so that when it occurs, God is glorified because it proves HE is in full control and knows the future. Until then, our job is to seek eternal life and to believe in the One He has sent. We are to use this grace time to be cleansed, repent, draw closer to Him and to learn His ways.

Those who draw attention to you through fear, calamity, or end times (freemasons, HAARP, Illuminati, etc) are but shallow and they are usually are not grounded in the Word of God. Even if such things were true in repect to the freemasons, illuminati, and the likes, SO WHAT? What can you do?

If you had lived in the old days, would you be able to get rid of Pharaoh who probably dabbled in occult and world domination? What about Nebuchadnezzar? Maybe Nebuchadnezzar was a freemason. Maybe his decendants are running the world and the banking system. Who cares! What can you do to change anything? Please stop wasting your time on dates, about who is really running the world, predicting calamities, rapture dates, who is controling the weather, and the likes. I will tell you who is controlling the weather. HE is God! All authority belongs to God for HE is in full control.

Such things of fear and nonsense are but distraction and deception. It makes Christians waste time and money. Many Christians are stocking up on food and gold. This is not a new event. I am sure in each generation there has always been some believers who are suckered into stocking up and buying commodities. However, not one of them has yet to be proven right.

In the midst of all the hysteria, stocking up, spending countless hours on the internet looking at end time and jugment, let me ask you. Has your life changed and gotten better? Are your families any closer to being saved? Or have you just wasted your time following false prophets? Perhaps, your life is worse? Perhaps, your finances and peace are in chaose rather than in order.

True prophets of God preach and teach the inspiriation Word of God to lead HIS people to repentance. The false ones will lead you away with the concerns of the world. Since they have no anointing, they will use your emotions to stir up fear and doubt to lure you into their endless trap and hysteria.

We are the people of God. If Jesus lives in us, then we must do what Jesus did. What did Jesus do? When HE walked the earth, HE did not talk about earthquake or tsunami's coming. HE did not speak against Ceasar claming he was a freemason or the anti christ. Jesus did not speak about the Roman empire controling the money system or the banking system. Jesus said pay unto Ceasar what belongs to Ceasar.

Jesus preached repentance to restore HIS people. Jesus preached for HIS people to pray and receive the Holy Spirit to be reborn and regenerated. HE did not speak on the concerns of world calamities and nonsense. HE did not try to predict dates or when HE would come back. HE said such things belong to the Father and for us not to be concerned with. HE said our job was to pray and receive the Holy Spirit to be HIS witnesses to first ourselves, our families, our neighbors, and then to the nations.

When God's time comes, HE will share the deep secrets of end time and revelation to those who had spent their time drawing closer to HIM preparing to meet HIM rather than those who had spent their time on the concerns of the world that have no merit. The news of the world are always the same, is it not? The news you hear today is the same yesterday but with different players and faces. Do not waste your time on news but immerse yourself in the bible and prayer.

Acts 1:6-8 So when the apostles were with Jesus, they kept asking him, “Lord, has the time come for you to free Israel and restore our kingdom?” 7 He replied, “The Father alone has the authority to set those dates and times, and they are not for you to know. 8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere—in Jerusalem, throughout Judea, in Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

Pastor Steve Yong Kim

Fire of God Church

An Holy Fire Ministry - An End Time Church preparing HIS Bride to engage the last days.

Keep your bodies Holy

Many Christians are asking other Christians for prayer regarding healing. Yes, there are some serious health issues that do require much prayer. In fact, the bible tells us how not to get sick and shows us the way to healing. I will discuss that on another article. However, we have to understand something. Many Christians are sick because of their own lifestyle choices. We are asking God to heal us but we are not changing our eating habits or the quality of food we eat.

You cannot continue to ask God for healing with problems of diabetes, high blood pressure, cholestrol, heart issues, and other illness while you continue to eat fast food hamburgers, frozen TV food or other food with too much salt or suger, over eating, drinking gallons of soda (pop), smoking, drinking, not getting enough sleep, not exercising, eating before bed, and the likes.

Galatians 6:7 (KJV) Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.

Many American Christians are suffering from many illnesses because many are plainly just overweight. If they just lost the weight, they would lose the diabetes, blood pressure, cholestrol, and the likes. Sadly, they are reaping what they had sown in many bad years of eating junk food. It is the lack of self control fruit.

God is more than willing to heal HIS people but we must be willing to do our part. Yes, God will heal us but we must show God that we will take care of our bodies for they are HIS Temple. We must be more conscious in what we eat and how we eat. Gluttony is rampant in America. Eating a lot of good food is not a bad thing but to overeat continuously with no self control will lead to big trouble.

If a Christian ask for healing and gets the healing but does not stop the bad eating habits nor takes care of their bodies, then those Christians will just get sick again. Then why would God heal such a disobedient person? Sadly today, many Americans can continue to eat unhealthy food as they take pills for their high blood pressure, diabetes, and such. Medicine has made it possible for people to continue in their bad habits.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 (NLT) Don’t you realize that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourself, 20 for God bought you with a high price. So you must honor God with your body.

Our bodies are the temple of God. It is suppose to be Holy ground. But we must examine how we are treating our bodies. We do not belong to ourselves nor do we own our bodies. HE bought us at a very high price. At least we could do is learn self control and not be like the world. Our bodies are suppose to reflect HIS Glory not reflect the sickness of the world.

Exodus 15:26(NLT) He said, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the Lord your God and do what is right in his sight, obeying his commands and keeping all his decrees, then I will not make you suffer any of the diseases I sent on the Egyptians; for I am the Lord who heals you.”

The Lord told my wife and I to take care of our bodies as we age since HE said HE will be using us for a long time in ministry. When God tells my wife and I, HE is also telling our church and the Christians who are reading this message. Yes, we will be here for awhile. The most greatest events that the world has ever witnessed will be unfolding in these last days for HIS Glory and HIS people who know HIS Voice will be in the front lines of His great army. God's Glory shall indeed cover the earth. The latter Glory will be much greater than the former.

Pastor Steve Yong Kim

Failing to demonstrate God's Holiness

Numbers 27:12-14 "One day the LORD said to Moses, “Climb one of the mountains east of the river, and look out over the land I have given the people of Israel. After you have seen it, you will die like your brother, Aaron, for you both rebelled against my instructions in the wilderness of Zin. When the people of Israel rebelled, you failed to demonstrate my holiness to them at the waters.” (These are the waters of Meribah at Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.)”

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When people sin around us, at us, against us, or sin against God, how are we to react and conduct ourselves? If someone sins against us, do we sin against them? What are we to demonstrate? We are to demonstrate His holiness, otherwise we are failing. The bible says if we are hit on one side of the cheek, let them hit the other side. This is holiness.

Why didn't Moses demonstrate God's holiness? God said it was because Moses did not trust Him enough. What does God mean? When people sin against us, we are to demonstrate His holiness by giving grace and forgiving each other. By giving grace, we are trusting in God and obeying His will. When Moses reacted in anger, it showed he had not trusted in God enough. The key word here is "enough." Moses did not wait for God but reacted in the flesh.

‭‭Numbers‬ ‭20:12‬ ‭NLT‬‬ "But the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, “Because you did not trust me enough to demonstrate my holiness to the people of Israel, you will not lead them into the land I am giving them!””

We all can say we fully trust God and I am sure many of us do to some degree. For most Christians, we fully do believe we are fully trusting in God. However, a test or trial may show the length of our trust and we may react in our own strength or flesh to resolve an issue rather than completely waiting for the Lord.

Moses was told to speak to the rock. This was the second time God was providing water through the rock. Yes, the first time, he was told to strike the rock. But this time he did not trust God enough and in his anger struck the rock twice. Moses' anger put him in the flesh and he went backwards to do what had already worked before. This time he struck the rock twice and water still came forth. His anger prevented him from trusting God to speak to the rock.

Reacting in the flesh shows that we are not trusting in God and as a result we fail to demonstrate His Holiness.

Pastor Steve