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Catch Fire Day 20
Catch Fire Day 20 Acts 4:32-37 In my office, we have a box of emergency foods. It contains foods for a week for a family. When we first announce the availability of the food box for our church members, nobody came up to claim it. After two weeks, there were homeless person who asks money…
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Catch Fire Day 19
Catch Fire Day 19 Acts 4:23-31 I remember my college days. I was in the anti-dictatorship demonstration. Thousands and thousands of college students were in the streets. We were all in one heart. We wanted democratic government in our country, Korea. We shouted together with boldness. We were facing military tanks and rifles. Still we…
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Catch Fire Day 18
Catch Fire Day 18 Acts 4:1-22 For the disciples, the message was one: Jesus had risen. The resurrection proved that Jesus was the Son of the Living God. They said that they could not spread what they had seen and heard. We also need to make our message clear and focused: Jesus had risen. The…
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Sermon in a nutshell: Matthew 14:1-21
Sermon in a nutshell: Matthew 14:1-21 Today is Mother’s Day. In the Bible, today, we see two different mothers. One mother was Herodias and the other mother’s name we do not know. Herodias was the wife of the King Philip. King Philip’s brother, King Antipas fell in love with Herodias and asked her to marry…
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Catch Fire Day 16
Catch Fire Day 16 Acts 3:1-10 There was a beggar in front of a temple. It was a busy place. He could get enough money for his living. Even though he could not walk, he was born like that. He did not know other life style. It was given to him. One day, some people…
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Catch Fire Day 15
Catch Fire Day 15 Today is mother’s day. In our church, at the worship service, our church music director, Doug Emigh, shared the story of his mother. His mother was crippled but not handicapped, he said. She had done everything to make the boys feel loved. He didn’t feel that his mother was not able…
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Catch Fire Day 14
Catch Fire Day 14 Today’s passage is for “the exiles of the Dispersion in many areas” (1 Peter 1:1). In the immigrant community, usually success, money, job, immigration law, and cultural diversity are issues. However, Peter says that to be obedient to Jesus Christ is the most important issue for us (1 Peter 1:2)! Peter…
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Catch Fire Day 13
Catch Fire Day 13 Our family had my mother’s 80th birthday celebration last week. My mother shared her reflections on her life. She had gone through all the difficulties in her times. She and her generation went through the Japanese rule over the Korean people, the Korean War, and the military dictatorship. Through the political…
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Catch Fire Day 12
Catch Fire Day 12 It is exciting to see small groups being born in our churches! When the Word is preached people start seeking the directions of their lives. They genuinely repented and changed the priorities of their lives. They demonstrate God’s love through diverse actions. They practiced transformed life styles. Our Catch Fire movement…
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Catch Fire Day 11
Catch Fire Day 11 The leaders of the Israelites killed Jesus when he did not act according to their expectations. They accused Jesus when he was not fitting to their own theology. Jesus acted beyond their theological boundaries and lived out something that they could not swallow. When we say that Jesus is our Lord,…
