Today’s Devotion by Pastor Sun Kim

A short verse to remind us today that the God of this universe is concerned with your concerns. It is amazing that He even cares what burdens us! Why?! There are so much things to worry about such as making sure that the earth continues to rotate on its axis. But God goes beyond just being concerned, He promises to bear our burden. Another translation says “he carries us along!” Bible also tells us to cast all our cares upon the Lord for He CARES for us! Let us find comfort in the Lord who lifts us from our miry clay and sets us up on the solid rock.

“Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior, who daily bears our burdens.”
‭‭Psalm‬ ‭68:19‬ ‭NIV‬‬ ... See more

Hello Hana Church,

Please note: there will be no EM service at 1:30PM tomorrow.

For tomorrow, May 27th Sunday, both KM service and EM Service will be combined at 11:30AM.

Please join us tomorrow as Pastor Sun speaks about “Be strong and be courageous” from book of Joshua 1:1-11. ... See more

Today's Devotion by Pastor Sun Kim

Psalms 51 is David's lament after he was confronted by prophet Nathan for his sin he had committed against Bathsheba. What's interesting about today's passage is verse 13 where David says "Then I will teach transgressors your ways, so that sinners will turn back to you". One the genuine signs of true repentance is shown in one's desire to see others come to know the joy of having his shame and guilt lifted from his heart. David knows now what it is like to walk in disfavor with God and live with the weight of condemnation hung around his neck. But he also remembers what it is to walk in favor with God and true joy of serving God with all of his heart. He had learned to empathize with those who are walking in sin and how much they are in need of God's forgiveness. Do you know such people in your life? They may seem to revel in sin, profit from it, and some even enjoy it. But reality is, they are living in darkness and in deep pain. As you daily experience God's grace and forgiveness, intercede on behalf of these people and lead them repentance. God has placed you in their lives for a purpose.

“Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me. Then I will teach transgressors your ways, so that sinners will turn back to you.”

‭‭Psalm‬ ‭51:10-13‬ ‭NIV‬‬ ... See more

Today’s Devotion by Pastor Sun Kim

“If God is for us, who can be against us?” What a simple and an obvious question. Yet, we need this reminder because daily the enemy attacks our sense of worthiness and makes us question, “am I truly worthy to be the object of God’s love?” “Is God truly on my side when everything around me is falling apart?” When our mind is not renewed and transformed by God’s truth, these doubts will eventually corrode our faith and we will be succumbed to the condemnation of our enemy. Please read today passage and meditate on it. Close your eyes and imagine in your mind what the scripture is telling you. Then say it out loud as a promise that is made to you by God and embrace it with all of your heart. “Nothing can separate you from the love of Jesus Christ!” AMEN!

“What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all—how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things? Who will bring any charge against those whom God has chosen? It is God who justifies. Who then is the one who condemns? No one. Christ Jesus who died—more than that, who was raised to life—is at the right hand of God and is also interceding for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? As it is written: “For your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.” No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

‭‭Romans‬ ‭8:31-39‬ ‭NIV‬‬ ... See more

Today’s Devotion by Pastor Sun Kim

Lot of people believe that to be a Christian means to give up one’s freedom and give into strict religious rules. But in reality, our salvation actually affords us to be freed from the enslavement of sin. Paul reminds his disciple Titus that our salvation teaches us to be say “No” to worldly passions and ungodliness; while also teaching us to live a self-controlled, upright, and godly life! The real mark of a Christian is not that he or she is perfect in any measure, but he or she has an innate desire to despise sin and can foster true desire to be more like Christ. If your salvation is just a free ticket to heaven, and yet had no influence in the way you live this life, i admonish to take heed to Jesus’s calling when he said “deny yourself, pick up your cross and follow me!”

“For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, while we wait for the blessed hope—the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his very own, eager to do what is good. These, then, are the things you should teach. Encourage and rebuke with all authority. Do not let anyone despise you.”
‭‭Titus‬ ‭2:11-15‬ ‭NIV‬‬ ... See more

Today's Devotion by Pastor Sun Kim

Have you ever been made fun of? Or has anyone mocked your views or belief? It's probably one of the worst feelings one could have isn't it? What if I told you that we can also mock God or we can make fool of Him. That's bit scary isn't it. In today's passage, Apostle Paul warns us not to mock God by being kind of a person who thinks that he or she is a true believer while continuing to 'sow' to his or her flesh. One who deludes into thinking Eternal life is a gift that requires no commitment, no conviction, and no conversion of life. Sower depicts someone who is truly committed to reaping certain result. Therefore he commits his life, from the very moment of desire to actually reaping the fruit, to protect and provide proper environment for that end. So if you are still committed to the life of sin, wordiness and selfish pleasure, and yet believe that you have eternal life, you mock God. If you have been a "Christian" for a while, yet you are stilling living a life sowing to your flesh and sin, it is truly a time to reexamine your faith and come to the Lord in true repentance. God's grace is freely given, but it's never cheap, it costed His son's life.

“Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows. Whoever sows to please their flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; whoever sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.”

‭‭Galatians‬ ‭6:7-8‬ ‭NIV‬‬ ... See more

Today’s Devotion by Pastor Sun Kim

Even some of the sincerest and well-meaning Christians are falling into the temptation of trying to fit the Bible into the times that we live in rather than standing firm on the Word of God. Everything we think is important or valuable will wither away, as apostle Peter reminds us today. But God’s truth will endure because it is eternal, because it is the reflection of God’s eternal nature! So let us be rooted in His word and not be tossed to and fro by every whims of cultural waves. Hear, Read, study, meditate, memorize and APPLY the word of God on daily basis! It will set you free from you own self-idolatry and the worldliness which ensnares us. Remember, there is no short cut to spiritual maturity. It demands seriousness and perseverance from us.

“For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God. For, “All people are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of the Lord endures forever.” And this is the word that was preached to you.”
‭‭1 Peter‬ ‭1:23-25‬ ‭NIV‬‬ ... See more

Hello Church,

Do you know someone who needs to be reminded of who they are? Invite them to church this weekend. I believe God has something he wants to say to all of us about our true identity.

Please join us as Pastor Joshua speaks about “Brother, Co-worker, Fellow Soldier” from book of Philippians 2:19-30.

See you soon, ... See more