I want to thank APR and APC for volunteering to pay for the July Revival Car rental for Pastor Joseph’s family and for volunteering to pay for the Resurrection Day cakes for the Lord; cakes cost a lot these days; it came out to $550.
E WonJu paid for the Cadillac car rental for Bishop Kim and his team; it came out to $4000. Crystal paid the Bishops’ team’s hotel fee and also already paid the hotel fee for Pastor Joseph’s whole team in July; just the July hotel fee alone is over ten thousand dollars.
So, please understand the point. It is NOT the amount of money I am talking about. It is the volunteering heart that wants to offer to God. We did not ask them to pay for these things; they came to us and offered in advance.
They did not give out of “guilt,” “wants to be blessed,” or “wants to show off” in any way. Even if NO ONE volunteers to pay for these things, we(Pastor Steve and I) can pay for them. It’s not because we are “lacking” that we ask people to pay for the revival events. God gives opportunities for people to participate, learn to expand the Kingdom as one, and be blessed on top of it.
If you are stingy and praying for your financial breakthrough, you won’t get it. You need to apply the spiritual principle. Pastor Steve and I did not just get here (financially blessed) sowing nothing or helping no one. Even when we did not have enough, we always sought to help others and helped them. Even at the cost of our own children’s state, we sought to help God’s people first. God tested us when we lacked. He tested us when we were abundant. He tested us in many, MANY ways to know if we would still put Him first.
God and His people were our priority. God honored our hearts.
Galatians 6:7-9
“Make no mistake: God CAN’T BE MOCKED. What you give is what you get. What you sow, you harvest. 8 Those who sow seeds into their flesh will only harvest destruction from their sinful nature. But those who sow seeds into the Spirit shall harvest everlasting life from the Spirit. 9 May we never tire of doing what is good and right before our Lord, because in His season, we shall bring in a great harvest if we can just persist.
I want you to really ponder and think about the above verses. What are you sowing every day? What seeds are planted in your daily life? Because one day, WITHOUT FAIL, you will HARVEST. See your fruits every year, every season, and every day. Do not just wait for your breakthrough, but start sowing good seeds.
Senior Pastor Yoojin Kim