Prayer Journal: December 18, 2025
16. Mar. 2025 Immanuel Church Sunday Worship 1st Service
Scripture Reading: Exodus 18:13-27
▣ Introduction
Thank you. I hope that those who worship throughout the nation and the world will receive the same grace. If you encounter problems, difficulties, or crises, what do you think then? God is letting you know that that time is the greatest time of blessing. To know that in advance, and to see it and believe it, is called faith. To know the answer to it is called the gospel. Those who find the way there are those who know God’s Word.
Now, today is the work of God that one person, Jethro, accomplished—something you absolutely must receive answers for. The important thing is not to look at Jethro’s answers. You must confirm that the grace God gave to Jethro is also with you. You must find that. The influence that arose because of one elder, Jethro, is tremendous. But he did not set out to do something tremendous. Now, for that, faith is important, but what faith are we talking about? Because you have faith, you are all here, but what kind of faith should it be? You must take this with you today. Before you have this, you must know what Jethro did and how he was, and what kind of faith he had before. First, you must remember three things.
1. God is blessing with three things. First, what kind of faith is it? Even now, God is blessing you with three things. You must believe it.
1) Even now, God is fulfilling the Word. Even now, God is fulfilling the Word for you. That is what I mean. Even if you say no, it is a fact.
2) God is answering 24 prayer. God is answering 24 prayer for you.
3) God is accomplishing the work of salvation. He is also accomplishing the work of salvation. You must believe the fact that He is giving you this blessing.
※ If you cannot believe this, you miss everything. If you cannot believe this, you miss everything. When they were becoming captives and dying, He spoke like this: “I have appointed you as a watchman; do not let the LORD have rest day or night.” It means He is together day and night. Therefore, you must believe this. Jethro believed this. He did not do something special.
2. Even now the Word, prayer, and the work of salvation are taking place, and the flow is seen. From that time, the second thing is seen. Even now the Word, prayer, and the work of salvation are being accomplished, and the flow is seen. Because he was within that covenant, that flow is seen. If you miss this, there is no reason to worship today. The three things surely have a flow. Therefore, what you must confirm today is, “Where am I, about how far along am I in the flow that is going?” You must see this. It does not have to be the same. For example, forty years ago, I went into the field every day. That was my evangelism. Now I should not do that. Now I am continually helping pastors throughout the nation and the world. That is the three flows I have come through until now. We started from Mark’s upper room and went to 5,000 tribes.
3. At this time, God’s work is seen. At this time, the third thing is seen. What is it? God’s work is seen. You must surely restore this blessing that comes only once in your lifetime. Even if it is not 8 billion people, God is still fulfilling the Word even now. Even if everyone denies it, God is answering prayer even now. Until the end of the world, He is accomplishing the work of salvation. You are within that flow. Elder Jethro was there. From this time, God’s work begins to be seen. He saw God’s work, that is what I mean. Evangelism is not something you do. It is something you see. Missions are not something you do. Missions are something you see. Because you try to do missions, missions do not happen. Because you try to do evangelism, evangelism does not happen. You must see God’s work. Right? What is the most important thing in your lifetime? It is this: you saw God’s work. This joy and happiness cannot be expressed.
When I was young, I told you before. While walking on the road, I picked up a large bill. When I was in elementary school. I did not know what to do with it. So I picked up money, but where am I supposed to throw it away? There is no such thing. I took it and bought snacks. They gave me this much change. The joy is indescribable. So I kept it with me and went around to all the stores buying and eating everything. So even if I spent all day, half of it remained. When I came home, I had no appetite. My mother is very perceptive. She saw right away that I was not eating. So she searched my pocket and found the remaining money. She asked, “Where did it come from?” I said, “I found it.” She said, “If you found it, and there is no owner, you should bring it home and tell your mom. Can you go around buying and eating everything?” Like that. I got scolded and it was all taken away.
I used to drive a small car, and the members of our church in Busan bought me a bigger and safer car, saying I should drive it. That is also joyful. Right? Honestly. I was living in a small house where I could barely even put books, and I purchased a big house. That is also joyful. But when you see the fact that God is with me, it cannot be expressed. “God saved a wretched sinner and is with me in doing world evangelization like this.” Feeling this is tremendous. If you are within the covenant of God who is working even now, within that flow, God’s work is seen, that is what I mean.
So what do you see? The fact that Moses’ mother Jochebed was together with him—tremendous history. Moses who lived in the royal palace for forty years. Elder Jethro met this person. It is God’s work. So he fought Pharaoh, performed the ten miracles, and saw them win and come out. All the Israelites were placed before the Red Sea. He saw what happened there. And after that, today’s event happened. Therefore, we must surely find this secret God gives.
So what happened through Jethro is a tremendous thing, but what did he say today? “All day long you judge, and the people wait all day long. Will that work? The waiting people will get exhausted, and you will also get exhausted, won’t you? How can you go on this wilderness road?” Then what he said was, “Select men of ability and virtue. Select men who fear God. Select men who hate dishonest gain. Select them and appoint them as commanders of thousands, commanders of hundreds, commanders of fifties, and commanders of tens.” He gave that advice to Moses. That is today’s main text.
Now, how did God give Jethro so many great blessings? This means: what blessing must you receive today? What blessing must you surely take with you throughout your life? You must hold onto this today. The point is that he was within the flow of the covenant. He did not do some great work. Yet it appeared as a tremendous work. Today, you must remember this. Jethro was not thinking, “I must make something tremendous happen.” No. He was simply within the covenant. He was within the flow of the covenant. So won’t God’s work take place? He was within it.
▣ Main message
Now, the question is how he was within it. It is hard for us to find this, isn’t it? How did he enter into the flow of the covenant? If you remember three things today, that is enough. This is the main message. These are the three things we must find and enjoy.
1. God’s work must be seen in today, in this time right now. First, we try to find it in strange places. Where must we first see God’s work? It is today. It is this time right now. Right? Something you can clearly see as an answer happens a little later. When is this covenant fulfilled? It is being fulfilled right now, today.
1) The eye to see today, where you are right now. – The beginning when God’s Word of creation is fulfilled Now, the eye to see today. Where are you right now? You keep missing this.
(1) Jethro saw where Egypt was, who Moses was, and who he himself was. He is in Egypt. Egypt is the field of world evangelization. Right? He saw this. And in this place, there is a figure named Moses. What is this? He is a main figure of world evangelization. We miss all of these things. Then Jethro—who am I? I am an important person who must help this Moses. That was the end of it. This is the beginning when God’s Word of creation is fulfilled.
Don’t I always say it? Answers keep coming until now. “Why can’t our church evangelize, why is it poor, why is it within illness and incompetence?” I asked that question. That is the answer. Those answers keep coming until now. No matter what anyone says, the door of evangelism keeps opening. Today, I hope you will hold onto this. “Why is our home like this?” That is the answer. “God, why do I have spiritual problems?” That is the answer, I tell you.
(2) Crosby found God’s plan and grace, and the Word. “Why can’t I open my eyes, why can’t I see—why did God make me like this?” When you do that, it is dark, isn’t it. Even spiritually it becomes dark. From there, he found God’s plan and grace. From there, he found the Word. From there, he found prayer. From there, he found his mission. That is Crosby. Right? “Why do I have so many spiritual problems?” In my view, that person is one who received the greatest blessing. You must remember this. For people whose minds are extremely poor, spiritual problems do not even come. They do not have the IQ for spiritual problems to come. So usually, if you look, people who study well, smart people—these people get many spiritual problems. Also people who consider others, endure, and bear things—they get them, I tell you. People with very poor minds, they do not get them. That is why statistics came out, saying that for fools, the probability of getting cancer is almost none. You must not miss today.
2) In this time right now, the power of the throne and the kingdom of God, and that work, are being accomplished. In this time right now, the power of the throne, the kingdom of God, and that work are being accomplished. Those who do not know this have no future. The difficulty that came to me is God’s greatest blessing. It is not believable at all, right? If you do not know this, you miss everything.
Jethro saw what kind of person Moses was. It is astonishing. This makes something that changes the world happen. There is no one who received more answers than Moses.
2. It is the choice when an event occurs. At this time, everything is accomplished. From now, I am speaking of the secret to receive answers. This is the second. It is the choice when an event occurs. At this time, everything is accomplished.
1) Jethro, who did the work of saving Many people do the work of killing, but Jethro did the work of saving. Moses is a murderer. Right? He is a fugitive. He was wanted. For an ordinary person, you should report him. But he made him his son-in-law. Didn’t he see something? And then he entrusted all management of his property to Moses. So it was while he was shepherding Jethro’s sheep that he was called.
2) The astounding covenant is being fulfilled 24. How is that astounding covenant being fulfilled? It is being fulfilled 24.
(1) The answer is received now, within my situation. When do I receive this answer? I receive it now, within my situation.
(2) The place where I am (difficulty) is the mission field. People ask how to do missions, but the land where I am standing is the mission field. Right? If you cannot succeed where you are, you cannot do it elsewhere either. Where you are is the mission field. The difficulty in your home is the mission field. Right? You must do it certainly.
(3) Jethro properly saw the flow of the covenant and was within that flow (reality). Jethro received this blessing, but he did not do some great work. He properly saw the flow of the covenant and was within it. That flow is the reality you are in now. He was living in the land of Egypt that moves the world. God sent Moses, the only one who had the gospel, there. He obtained the chance to help this Moses. This is now. Jethro saw that. So how many events happened. Each time, he did the work of saving.
3. He saw the future within the covenant. This is the third: the future. He saw the future within this covenant.
1) For 40 years in Midian, God gave Moses the Word and he recorded it. Do you know what Moses did while he was in Midian for forty years? It was the best time. He restored all of God’s Word then. In Midian. Many scholars say he wrote Genesis then. I also think so. It was a tremendous time.
Not only that. When he went before Pharaoh, Moses could have been killed, but God permitted him to go before Pharaoh. It is tremendous. He went before Pharaoh, won completely, and returned.
2) God gave wisdom to Jethro for going on the wilderness road. But today, we must go the wilderness road now. Here he delivered wisdom. “Do not do it alone. Select commanders of thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens, have them do it, and you handle only the big matters.” It looks like nothing, but this became great strength for going on the wilderness road. That is why even after that, this rank system continued to appear.
3) The God who worked for Moses and Jethro still works even now. Today, you must surely take this with you. Do not miss the Word. I can also receive the blessing Jethro received. The promise given to Jethro is the same. Jethro is not here now, but the God who gave Jethro the covenant is still working even now. Right? The angels who helped Moses ahead and helped him from behind are still active even now. That God is working just as He is, here. What is needed is a person who is in that place. You must become the main figures there. You must do it. For saving the next generation, the future. This is the covenant you must hold onto in the first service today.
In fact, I am someone who lived a life of faith from childhood, but I absolutely did not know what it meant to receive answers. So when I was young, I could not believe that if I prayed, answers would come. I believed that even if I prayed, answers would not come. Then you cannot pray. But one day, as I looked at this Word, I realized, ‘Ah, I have not been liberated yet.’ As I read Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, I realized, ‘Ah, I have not been liberated from darkness.’ As I realized this covenant, answers kept coming. Especially today, elders must find many answers through Jethro, the grace they must receive.
▣ Conclusion
I will conclude. The question is where I am within these three todays. You can see it through Moses.
1. Moses’ royal palace life for 40 years For forty years, Moses learned many things in the royal palace. History reveals that there was even a university there. The name of that university is the royal palace university called “Hesperio.” There, Moses studied many things. He also learned the royal laws and politics. But that cannot do it. Of course you must learn, but with that alone, you cannot save Egypt.
2. Moses’ Midian life for 40 years Therefore, God sent him for forty years to Midian, a place where no one recognized him. It became the timetable of suffering the greatest difficulties. God prepared the best for Moses at that time. You must believe. And who was beside him? Jethro was there. It is tremendous. So he received much grace—rather. He thought he was suffering difficulty, but he entered into the deep place of prayer, and all of God’s future was completely prepared then. But even with this, it still cannot do it.
3. Moses’ wilderness life for 40 years What is it? Forty years in the wilderness. We must go that. From then on, Moses went holding nothing but a staff, and God worked. So didn’t He say, when there was no water on the way, “With that staff by which you defeated Egypt, make water come out of the rock. Take the elders there”? He said it like this. So with that one staff, all the works took place throughout the wilderness road. It is a historical fact. You must restore this fact and deliver it to the next generation.
※ Through the three courtyards and the three-day weekend age, transmit God’s power to the next generation. It is heartbreaking. In Europe, truly, truly, so many of the next generation have fallen into drugs. They are dying. America is worse. America has become a situation full of people with mental illness. The age of mental illness has come. We must transmit this power of God to the next generation. A situation we cannot overcome has now come.
So what we must pray with mission now is: why are we told to do the three courtyards? Why are we told to do the three-day weekend age? It has appeared in statistics. It is increasing rapidly. Suddenly, the number of mentally ill people is rapidly increasing. It is recorded in the Bible. Therefore, nothing but the gospel will do. There is no way to block this disaster except the gospel. When Moses was standing on the edge of a cliff, Jethro helped him. Then the history of saving the whole world took place through Moses. He completely broke down the darkness of Egypt. This is world evangelization.
Today, with this blessing, we must enjoy the blessing of all-day prayer. What happens? The power of the throne appears. Then it is finished. As you pray, the kingdom of God comes upon you. During the remaining timetable of the week, the work of God’s kingdom is accomplished—history takes place, that is what I mean. I bless you in the name of Jesus Christ that today will be the best day. Even churches that are suffering difficulty are worshiping with us. It will be the best timetable. I will pray.
Prayer. We give thanks to God. We give thanks that You lead us today to enjoy the power of God that You gave to Jethro. Please add the grace of God that raises up a person like Moses. Please let us enjoy answers today within God’s covenant, and let the history arise in which the flow of this covenant appears within every event, and let us be certain that it is within our future. We pray in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.