Prayer Journal: December 20, 2025
22. Mar. 2025 Remnant & TCK Study of Evangelism
Scripture Reading: (Ac 17:1, 18:4, 19:8)
Especially for our remnants, when you come in the three-day weekend age, there are the three courtyards. Some who believe for the first time ask, “What are the three courtyards?” When God revealed, “Build the temple like this,” there were the courtyard of the Gentiles, the courtyard of prayer, and the courtyard of children. Then the meaning is great. But in Herod’s temple those three courtyards existed, and they did business there and did everything there. So Jesus drove them out with a whip, telling them to clear it out. Now, that is extremely important. What is the fundamental start of these three courtyards? (Acts 17:1, Acts 18:4, Acts 19:8) To teach that, in Acts 17:1 they went into the synagogue. Because the synagogue is the best place to teach. What do our remnants need to understand here?
Here you hold firmly to the exact mission. Remnants keep trying to find this exact mission. Then it is easy to make a small mistake. They try to get a mission from somewhere far away. Of course I am not saying that is unnecessary, but do that later. How do you hold onto the mission? How do you hold it accurately? You must hold it from the closest place. From the closest place, you look as far as the distance. In one sense, from the closest place you look as far as the future. You connect it and look all the way to eternity. That becomes the exact mission. Now then, let us look at it not only with the Bible but also with historical evidence.
When Crosby said, “It is so frustrating that I cannot see like this. What should I do for my eyes to be opened?” no answer came, I tell you. He just started as a blind man. Because he could not see. From there, he came to see all the way to the eternal world. Then history would not have had to happen, but history happened. I simply gave one real example. If you keep saying, “How can my eyes be opened? Why am I like this?” then nothing works. Later, what did he confess? “Now my prayer topic has changed. Before, seeing was my prayer topic. Now, not seeing is my prayer topic, because God guides my path.” A remarkable thing happened. He overturned the world, I tell you.
Now, remnants must first see the start from the closest place. They keep searching far away—where do you go to find it? So this one teacher had a problem come to her. When the problem came, it was so hard. Someone, a teacher, kept helping her. She received healing. She found the answer there. “That’s right! This is what I will do for my whole life.” So she saved people, and the representative figure is Helen Keller, isn’t it? That teacher is Anne Sullivan. A certain teacher helped Anne Sullivan, and it became like this. So start from the closest place. In the end, God will show you the big things and the distant things. What do I mean?
In Genesis 37:1-11, God shows it like this. Completely—how did it start? Because his brothers tormented him so much, all he could do was pray. Right? Because they were trying to kill him. Do not think of it like our home, like your home today. Back then, in that vast land there were no people, no police. If you killed someone, it was just the end. But because his brothers were trying to kill him, all he could do was pray. That is where it started. This is what evangelized the world.
In Exodus 2:1-10, it is the same. Her son was about to die. Ordinary people would try to hide the son, or run away, or save him. But that was not possible. She saw what was most possible. It is truly amazing. From the look of it, she probably sensed that the princess would come here. Right? And she also probably sensed that the princess did not have a child. She matched it exactly to that timing. And it entered the palace. What happened? It moved the world.
So the mission was given, and the place where you find it and fulfill it is the three courtyards—do you understand? The courtyard of healing, where you receive healing; the courtyard of children, where you become remnant summits; and in the end, you go to 237. The courtyard of the Gentiles—you must not miss it. It is the same, isn’t it?
In 1 Samuel 3:1-19, to the young Samuel—think about it. His mother sent him and told him to stay put, so what could he do? He stayed beside the ark of the covenant. Just as his mother told him, he held onto the covenant—how hard must it have been? He prayed, and history arose there. “Not one of Samuel’s words fell to the ground.” What? After he saw this mission, from then history began to arise. It is the same.
In 1 Samuel 16:1-13, to David—an exact mission was given to David. There are cases like this too. I may find it, but someone may see and give it to me, I tell you. While you are praying, in the church, or the pastor, or people in the session, giving it is extremely important. The high priest came and gave it. Surely he said many things. If someone comes, visits, comes to David’s house, and just eats and leaves—there is no way. He gave a message. This was stamped into David’s mind. The Bible says, “From that day forward, the Spirit of the LORD came mightily upon him.” This is the mission remnants must hold onto, I tell you. There is no need to try to grab the mission in a hurry. Right? But you only need to know that you must hold onto the mission.
In 2 Kings 2:9-11, other prophets could not hold it, but Elisha held it. Jericho, Bethel, things like that, Gilgal—those were not the issue. “Give me this power. Give me a double portion of the Spirit.” That was actually the end of it. This means he held an exact mission.
In Daniel 1:8-9, it is Daniel chapter 1 verses 8 and 9. How did he hold it? Not with difficulty. From the closest place. But there is one difference. Daniel embraced what the prophet Isaiah had prophesied. So he knew why they had come as captives. He also knew what would happen later. It was prophesied. But there is one astounding thing. He was seated in a very high position. Though he came as a captive. He noticed it. What? The mission. So he “resolved.” Here, “I will not be deceived by this culture of darkness, and I will be a witness here.” He only did that, and it happened exactly as it was.
Lastly, there is something our remnants must know. Christ (Acts 17:1). You must know the naturalness, the necessity, and the absoluteness regarding this. You must never be ignorant of the word Christ. As I always say, I even told a Buddhist monk clearly: “If you do not know Christ, your problem will not get better. It will not be solved.” I am not insulting Buddhism—among what I have experienced, Buddhism seemed the best. I am not insulting it. Among the places I have been, aside from the Buddhist statues, the temple grounds were the nicest. Streams flow, and if you go down by the stream they even sell green onion pancakes—it was so nice. But there is no Christ. So they wander. It is not a minor problem. The naturalness, the necessity, the absoluteness regarding this.
Then worship and prayer—then in Acts 18:4 it says, “every Sabbath.” This is the three-day weekend age. Prayer taught what it is. Then the throne, the kingdom, and the work—and then in Acts 19:8, what does it teach? In Acts 19:8, it taught what an answer is. “He explained boldly about the kingdom of God.” The throne, the kingdom—now it begins to be seen. The work of the kingdom is accomplished. This is the answer. People do not know what an answer is. Do answers suddenly just pop up? That is not an answer. That is strange. This—(the throne, the kingdom, the work)—comes first. You say you received many answers in prayer, but what changed? Nothing changed. Your height even shrank by 1 cm. But the answer of (the throne, the kingdom, the work) comes, I tell you. We must teach this accurately.
Therefore today and tomorrow, the time you worship is the time when this (the throne, the kingdom, the work) is being accomplished. I will pray.
Prayer. Thank you for allowing us today as well to meet God’s covenant. Let us become those who see, enjoy, and proclaim God’s works. We pray in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.