[047] Words of Hak Ja Han Book 1 - Global Unity Through True Parents Part 2 : Global Mission Strategy for National Restoration 1) Heavenly Tribal Messiah Activities and Reviving the Church 3. Let’s return to the early times - 3
I have been saying that I will transform the church into one that is alive and breathing. As long as people have life, they continue to move. It is only the dead that do not move. I have said that I will make such a church.
If you make effort with the resolve to restore the people of this town in a month, why would True Father not help you? Wouldn't True Father, who transcends time and space, be drawn to your devotion and do great works? Can't you think about that? We are living in the era when achievements must be tangible.
Your church should be a place where the lights are always on because you are awake at night. Wouldn't Father be drawn to the churches that have the lights on while he tours around the world? I am saying that you should make your church center a place that True Father would not pass by without stopping. (2012.10.16, Geomundo Ocean Cheon Jeong Gung)
Spring brings into mind the earth blooming after being frozen throughout winter and the hearts of people cheering up after that gloomy season. People busy themselves in preparation for spring.
You can feel the arrival of spring in reality when you see these spring preparations, the great activities being carried out, and videos covering the hard work of leaders and members on the front line.
The hardened land will receive water in spring and soften for new sprouts and to receive new seeds. Let your imagination wander. Isn't our Heavenly Parent's creation simply profound and mysterious? Spring is just the right time to feel and experience these wonders.
A new spring has also started for us, the new spring of Cheon Il Guk. A whole new history has begun with a fresh start. We have all eagerly waited throughout providential history for this culminating event to take place.
We must be grateful and joyful for having the opportunity to welcome this new era while we are still on earth and remember that we have the responsibility to live a life of practice.
For farmers, spring means energetically and painstakingly plowing their fields and planting seeds in order to harvest enough crops by autumn. A farmer must take good care of his or her land in the process.
Some farmers convey their love by conversing with the land within their hearts, protecting the land and fertilizing it well enough for the seeds to grow well and to produce a great yield.
What do you think must be done for the seeds of life to yield abundant crops? You must bear in mind how important your missions are. Therefore, you cannot rest. You must raise every single life with a parent's heart day and night.
It is important that you set up substantial goals every day. We have three meals a day, but a person's life is more important and urgent than food is.
We must be able to reveal to the world that this country is God's homeland by 2020, but this goal cannot be achieved using our old or current methods.
Therefore, we must dedicate ourselves day and night, investing tenfold, twentyfold or a hundredfold more effort than we do now. (2013.04.03, Cheon Jeong Gung) |