Hope Ministry

Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should restore that person gently. But watch yourselves, or you also may be tempted. 2 Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.(Galatians 6:1-2) Life is beautiful. Even though there was a war breaking out, the movie, Sound of Music portrayed such a beautiful picture of “life” in the midst of painful time in human history. We are living in a time when everything seems uncertain and foggy for our future, yet still there is hope. Hope is not external substances that change our internal being, but is the internal substances that will change external substances, that we call our world. May God spring a fresh HOPE today and carry you on His soulder during this difficult time!

When we are saved, we are saved by the grace of God. We are separated, sanctified, consecrated, purified. That does not mean we are going to be perfect. In fact, we might encounter bigger sins than sins before we were saved. When it happens, we immediately go back to the law or compensation mode to pay our debt with our own strength.  We have to understand that we are being sanctified by the grace of God, not by going back to the law, rituals or old way of living because we think God was disappointed by us. One of the books, Dr. Fred Chay wrote, Suffering Successfully says in page 88 “Once you are born again you can not be unborn. You are in the family.” This is the truth; the eternal spirit of God saved us. He does not die. His nature is eternal. Therefore, when you are saved, then the eternal God resided in us. He cannot be extinguished. “The eternal God is a dwelling place, And underneath are the everlasting arms; And He drove out the enemy from before you, And said, ‘Destroy!’ (Deuteronomy 33:27), Isaiah 9:6, Romans 16:26 The issue is "Are we living in this truth?" " Are we enjoying our eternal life everyday even if we fall?" We will fall again, again, again. In Hebrew word, shub is repent, return and restore. One of the usages is “shub” is “again”. God knew we are going to coming back again again, again. He recieves us in His abounding love.

We have a covenant, even better than the promise that we usually talk about between us, human. God guaranteed our freedom though Christ. It is not just a mere promise of ours, but a covenant. in hope of eternal life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began  and at the proper time manifested in his word through the preaching with which I have been entrusted by the command of God our Savior; (Titus 1:2) God promised a new covenant, the fifth covenant, in which He would enable His people to keep His laws and His commandments by writing them upon their hearts and in their minds (Jer. 31:31–34). This covenant was established by the Lord Jesus Christ and is the one to which Christians commit themselves (Heb. 8:7–13). Because God has bound Himself to His people swearing by His own nature and integrity, there is no need to fear that any of the good promises He has ever made to His people will fail. Carpenter, E. E., & Comfort, P. W. (2000). In Holman treasury of key Bible words: 200 Greek and 200 Hebrew words defined and explained. Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers. The true freedom comes from understanding this covenant.

We have been studying the attributes of God in Psalms. Today, I would like to finish our study, the attribute of God. One of the character of God that is revealed in the Bible is God is free. Psalm 139 described well about the attribute of God, God is everywhere. We call this term in a theological term, Omnipresence. God is neither lock up by our regulation nor is played by man-made scripts. Because of this character of God, there is creativity and freedom in the society that is made by these people who believe freedom in Christ. The freedom that I am talking about is different than rebellion. Our culture specifically teaches young generation rebellion, not the freedom. It is disguised freedom that actually brings people to the bondage of sins and chaos. As far as the true freedom goes, we have to reference the Bible that teaches us the healthy freedom. The book of Galatians describes very well about the sound doctrine of freedom. Our heart goes out to you! It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery. (Galatians 5:1)

Happy Father's Day!Our Heavenly Father has not changed. He still waits for us to come back to Him fully without any reservation. He is LOVE. Many of us who are called "bayboomers" are experiencing awakening from our youth and the wisdom from God through our experiences. Every generation lays a foundation for the next generation. We work hard to help our next generation (our children) live a better life than us. That is our natural father's heart. When we come back HOME where our Heavenly Father is, our family comes back home. We want to welcome our guest who is a pioneer in the issue of father in our generation. Vance Simms is Founder and Executive Director of Father Matters. Father Matters is an organization where fathers can be mentored by other fathers or fathers can mentor other fathers. Please visit their website www.fathermatters.org.

Many of us who are called "bayboomers" are experiencing awakening from our youth and the wisdom from God through our experiences. Every generation lays a foundation for the next generation. We work hard to help our next generation (our children) live a better life than us. That is our natural father's heart. When we come back HOME where our Heavenly Father is, our family comes back home. We want to welcome our guest who is a pioneer in the issue of father in our generation. Vance Simms is Founder and Executive Director of Father Matters. Father Matters is an organization where fathers can be mentored by other fathers or fathers can mentor other fathers. Please visit their website www.fathermatters.org.

“Father” is a very important concept in the Bible. There are various expressions about the relationship between God and us in the Bible. Apart from all of the expression of the relationship between God and us, the unique relationship between God and us is the father and son relationship. None of the creation has the unique relationship like we do. Without knowing the heart of God as a loving father, we have not known God at all. The whole theme about the Bible is about this loving Father. When we get to the place in the Bible where God gave His only begotten son to us, we change our whole perspective about whom we really are. This Heavenly Father loves you! 'but My lovingkindness shall not depart from him," (2 Samuel 7:15)

There is hope! Our hope is not dead hope, but the living hope. Even if we struggle with our pain or anguish spiritually or physically or relationally, our hope is fixed on the hope of eternal, the hope of the King of Kings, the hope of our creator, and the hope of the author of our life. 1 Peter 1:13 13 Therefore, prepare your minds for action, keep sober in spirit, fix your hope completely on the grace to be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. 1 Timothy 4:10 10 For it is for this we labor and strive, because we have fixed our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of believers. Hebrew 10:23 23 Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful; You are raising a wonderfully and carefully made human being who is made in God’s image. This is a great reminder for us to be careful and sincere to our calling even if our culture robs our focus from what we are really called for.

God is loving-kind. God validated our pain at the cross for us. We can learn to validate other's pain without any judgement or condemnation. God wants us to be one who transfer His heart to others.  The Lord is near to the brokenhearted And saves those who are crushed in spirit.(Psalm 34:18) Just as a father has compassion on his children, So the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him. For He Himself knows our frame; He is mindful that we are but dust. As for man, his days are like grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.…(Psalm 103:14) Our guest is Kelly Cassady who is a professional Christian couselor at Sun City, Arizona. His deep understanding for those who are wounded can be a wonderful gift of healing for many of us. He shares the love of Jesus in a unique way. If you need any help, please call (623)-293-8527

God is loving-kind. God validated our pain at the cross for us. We can learn to validate other's pain without any judgement or condemnation. God wants us to be one who transfer His heart to others. The Lord is near to the brokenhearted And saves those who are crushed in spirit.(Psalm 34:18) Just as a father has compassion on his children, So the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him. For He Himself knows our frame; He is mindful that we are but dust. As for man, his days are like grass; As a flower of the field, so he flourishes.…(Psalm 103:14) Our guest is Kelly Cassady who is a professional Christian couselor at Sun City, Arizona. His deep understanding for those who are wounded can be a wonderful gift of healing for many of us. He shares the love of Jesus in a unique way. If you need any help, please call (623)-293-8527