Prayer Journal: February 13, 2026
2025.05.04 Immanuel Church Sunday 1st Service
Scripture Reading: Joshua 3:1-13
Introduction: A Path Never Taken Before (Joshua 3:1-13)
We are currently looking at the field of Hong Kong. The most important thing among our actions is worship. A person who fails in worship fails in life. Therefore, I bless you in the name of the Lord to succeed in worship and enjoy the blessing of finding everything within worship.
What kind of covenant must we hold as we go today? Suddenly, Moses died and Joshua became the leader. A change of the age began to occur. Now they must go to the land of Canaan, and a new generation has been born. As about 40 or 45 years passed, the first generation died and the second generation mainly formed [the group].
1. Challenge the Impossible.
In the introduction, first, God speaks like this. In verse 4, it says, “This is a path you have never taken before.” In fact, we are walking the path of 2026 for the first time. However, He commanded an immense thing. It is the very first command, and He spoke of something impossible. It is to cross the Jordan. Well, how is it? It is a word to challenge the impossible, and He tells them to cross the Jordan. This is the covenant that must be grasped firmly. “Challenge the impossible.” This is it. How do they cross the Jordan? He tells them to cross together with the children.
2. Follow the Ark of the Covenant.
While doing so, He gave important words in verses 3 and 6. What did He say? “Follow the Ark of the Covenant. Let the priests carrying the Ark of the Covenant go ahead. Let the people follow the Ark of the Covenant.” Inside it, there is the manna that gave life, there is the Word that gave life, and there is also Aaron’s budded staff. He tells them to follow that. He gave you the most important answer first. “Follow the Ark of the Covenant.”
What kind of worship must be offered on the Lord’s Day?
1. Confirm the Word flow: You must confirm the flow of the Word. Right? That is what is done on the Lord’s Day. If you just do that, answers will unconditionally come. Because the Word is living and moving, you confirm the Word flow.
2. Find my prayer flow through worship: It is finding my prayer flow through worship.
3. Find my evangelism flow through worship: You must find my evangelism flow through worship without fail.
4. Find the spiritual flow of my field: You must find the spiritual flow of my field without fail. You find it. It’s not [something you] do. It’s [something you] find.
5. Prayer that finds the flow for one nation must begin: Since He told us to do world evangelization, prayer that finds the flow for one nation must begin. Right now, these people of Israel have grasped the covenant of going to the land of Canaan.
3. Prepare the next generation and enter.
What is more important is the next generation. He tells them to prepare and enter. He tells them to grasp the covenant God gave and enter. Because most believers do not take this with them, they face difficulties as soon as they go out into the world. You must find it without fail. Through today’s worship, you must gain these five flows and then your spiritual strength. If you do not know this, how are you going to save the world? You cannot save it. Because this spiritual strength is invisible, other people cannot take it away. For people who are at the level of animals, it is not necessary. Because we humans are spiritual beings, the power of God is necessary. Only then can we save the world. Everyone, you must have this power to save Hong Kong. You must grasp it firmly today. Among the three flows, there are two more. It is the five flows for one nation and one region. Therefore, follow the Ark of the Covenant.
Main: The Absolute Reason to Cross the Jordan
Well, while following the Ark of the Covenant, He tells them to cross the Jordan first. Three absolute reasons why they must cross the Jordan. You must know the reason, right? We grasp that today.
1. Experience the power of God.
He promised to cause a miracle at the Jordan. Experience the power of God through the miracle of the Jordan. Challenge the impossible and experience the power of God. In verse 5 today, “He will do amazing things.” He will do amazing things that you could not think of. This is the promise given to you, Hong Kong, Asia, and the world. Exactly what kind of power are we talking about?
1. Follow the Ark of the Covenant. What does it mean to follow the Ark of the Covenant?
(1) Experience that power—that He gave manna and quail so they would not die when they were about to die. God gave manna and quail so they would not die when they were at the point of death. That is inside it. And follow. Experience the power. Not only that.
(2) The work of life that occurs when worshipping. How important is the worship of God’s Word? On the staff of Levi, it was stuck in the ground and it budded. Right? That is not Levi and it is not a staff. What is it? The tribe of Levi leads worship, doesn’t it? Miracle-like life will arise when worshipping. While doing so, what is it? Follow this Ark of the Covenant. What is more important? On the day they applied the blood of the lamb, they were liberated and came out.
2. Experience the three feasts. What is more important is that our background is the throne. It is the Feast of Ingathering. While going on the path of the wilderness, God’s power will be with you. Pentecost. He tells them to experience this. Because He will perform amazing things, experience God’s power using the miracle of the Jordan. You must grasp it firmly.
2. Confirm the covenant.
It is the second. Confirm the covenant through the miracle of the Jordan. Right? In verse 7, “I will let them know the things that were with Moses.” Confirm the covenant, that’s what it means. Right? We have to go, and so confirm the covenant. This covenant is not just any covenant.
1. Confirm the fulfillment of the covenant given on Mt. Horeb. When Moses was praying on Mt. Horeb, God spoke. “Take my people. Go to offer the blood sacrifice. I will liberate my people now, so take them. I will be with you with a mighty hand.” Right? “I am Jehovah.” It is the process of that promise being fulfilled now. He tells them to confirm that.
2. Confirm the work of crushing all the darkness of Egypt through 10 miracles. In verse 7, “I will let them know the things that were with Moses.” Moses grasped this covenant and went with one staff, and as you know, 10 miracles occurred. He crushed all the darkness in Egypt.
3. Make them experience and confirm the work of burying the Egyptians while crossing the Red Sea. And then He took them immediately to the Red Sea. Experience that this time, while crossing the Jordan. Because this generation does not know, make them experience it. He tells them to confirm. Confirm those things that were with Moses. Clearly, God told Moses to go toward the Red Sea. He gave Moses assurance. He said He would make them cross. He said He would hold the funeral for all the Egyptians there. He is reminding them of that again now, and they crossed the Jordan. It is very important. You must experience God’s power and accurately confirm that Word. Then, answers come accurately. The 5,000 tribes will accurately reach world evangelization.
3. Grasp the certain evidence.
It is the third. Through the miracle of the Jordan, He spoke that He would give evidence to drive out the seven tribes. It is written so in verse 10. Therefore, grasp the evidence. You must also confirm the covenant, but now grasp the certain evidence. You must grasp three evidences of the Word.
1. The evidence and fulfillment of the Word God gave to me. The evidence of the Word God gave to me. The fulfillment of this Word.
2. This Word is delivered to the 7 tribes. What is more important, this Word is delivered to the seven tribes. It is a finished battle. It looks like difficulty has come to you, but if you overcome that difficulty, the forces of darkness crumble. That’s it. Right? It looks like you are struggling for a moment, but as you hear the power of God, Satan begins to be bound. All the difficulties that existed became evidence, and later all the names of the seven tribes in the land of Canaan came out, in verse 10. These people were trembling. There is nothing even to fight. It is recorded that their hearts completely melted. They lost their minds. Right? In Joshua chapter 2, when Rahab reports, they completely lost their minds. They say if the liver and gallbladder melt, one cannot walk. They cannot walk. After hearing this amazing news. All the suffering you face will become evidence later. Everything happening now will become evidence. Then, through this, they were trembling.
These are the three things. Because He will perform amazing things through the miracle of the Jordan, experience God’s power. Because He said He would let them know the things that were with Moses, confirm the covenant. Don’t just go, but go with the evidence.
3. Occupying the land of Canaan is God’s absolute plan. Because of this, looking at verses 8 and 13, what kind of thing comes out? The Jordan is divided, but how was it divided? It was divided in a peculiar way. It is not that God divided the Jordan and said “Enter.” How did He do it? He said it twice. “When the feet of the priests are dipped in the water, it will be divided.” If everything is divided and He says “Enter,” who couldn’t enter? What does this mean? Go while firmly believing God’s covenant. When the feet are dipped, the water will be divided. The reason is, occupying the land of Canaan is God’s absolute plan. There are only obstacles before us. These obstacles will all become evidence. You must grasp this during this week.
Conclusion
Then, what kind of conclusion emerges?
1. Challenge difficulties, the impossible, problems, conflicts, and crises.
Challenge difficulties. This is the conclusion. When difficulties come, many people try to avoid them. Challenge difficulties. Challenge the impossible. For God, there is no such thing as impossible. Challenge the impossible. Challenge problems, conflicts, and crises. That is the conclusion.
2. Challenge while holding the 300% covenant.
Not just because, but challenge while holding the 300% covenant. Why?
1. The promise to be with you 100%. The promise that He will be with you is 100%.
2. The promise that He will solve everything while going on the wilderness path 100%. He promised that He will solve everything while going on the wilderness path. it is 100%. You must not be deceived.
3. The promise that world evangelization will be done after entering the land of Canaan 100%. And He clearly promised that world evangelization will be done after entering the land of Canaan. This is 300%.
So you must not miss it here. Didn’t I testify several times? Evangelism was so difficult for me in the past. My nature is originally a nature where I cannot even go to other people’s houses well. Originally. But I go to do evangelism? It did not fit me at all. If someone said to me, “You either be a member of the National Assembly or be a minister,” there is no particular reason I couldn’t do it. Isn’t that right? If someone says to me, “Be a taffy seller on the street,” I cannot do it. Even if I were to starve to death, I cannot do it. That is my personality. How do I do evangelism? It was too difficult. One day I made a decision. The church cannot evangelize and everyone is dying. Then should I also become such a person? I challenged. First, I read every book regarding evangelism. It helped. But the answer did not come out. It came out from the Word. I was completely surprised. This is completely a map of the Bible’s words, a map. It is prepared 100%. And what? The field. I went every day. To the part I was in charge of, every day. Something was seen. Because I went every day. Ah, from now on, I can evangelize like this. Before I graduated from the seminary, I prepared 300%. I went, and works occurred unconditionally. I was surprised. If I had known that works would occur this much, I should have prepared many things and been careful, but works occurred to the extent that I even regret that.
You must challenge. I didn’t know what prayer was. So, first, what else to do, there is nowhere to learn. First, I read books regarding prayer. I even checked what they do in other religions. But those are all dangerous. I realized that true prayer is also within the Word. I discovered the throne, the Kingdom of God, and its work. This is prayer. Right? From then on, while comfortably recovering my health—because I have no time for other things, the thing I can do as I please is breathing—so I began to pray while breathing. In fact, I couldn’t sleep well the day before, and yesterday I went and slept for a bit in the evening and then it was 1:00 AM. From 1:00 AM until now, I haven’t slept. Continually (writing). Well, I am certain that I am okay. Because I have been like that for decades. If I feel sleepy, I sleep; if not, I don’t. To that extent, God gave me the strength of prayer.
And accidentally, one day, [I thought] ‘There are too many people who are sick.’ Looking at the Bible, Paul also evangelized while healing. Also, Jesus evangelized while healing and curing the sick. I began to have interest here. So, I read almost all the books that heal fundamental things, other than the treatment a doctor does. Likewise, the answer comes from the Bible. Prayer. The question is what kind of prayer must be done. How many answers I received… it is to the point of surprise. As days go by, the Word is being fulfilled, and the evangelism movement is arising. Right now, I am watching all our Darakbang family and our Immanuel Church worshipping in Hong Kong, right now. This is world missions. We are currently offering a community worship together. Challenge the impossible. Right? For God, there is no impossibility.
3. Crossing the Jordan is not a miracle in God’s eyes. For God, there is nothing impossible.
I will conclude. The Jordan being divided is a miracle when we see it. In God’s eyes, it is not a miracle. Right? The Creator God blocked the current of the Jordan, so there is nothing impossible. Right? If God drives the wind, it becomes so. Exactly at that time, God made it so that the people of Israel crossed the Jordan. 2nd service is, using that, “Establish a memorial stone.” Today, you must not miss the Lord’s Day all day long. The Word must be imprinted in me and I must find this answer. Where and what must I challenge right now? Using that, you pray throughout the Lord’s Day. Then, when the next Lord’s Day comes, it is new grace again. You must not miss this Lord’s Day. I bless you in the name of Jesus Christ that the work of healing occurs while you pray all day long today. I will pray.
Prayer. We give thanks and glory to God. Let us experience the miracle of the Jordan through the power of God. Let us confirm the covenant that God was with us. Let us go with the evidence today. I pray in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.