Prayer Journal: December 3, 2025
22. Feb. 2025 Core Training Service
Lecture 1 「God’s Bartizan and Concentration」 (Ac 2:17-18)
Lecture 2 「God’s Journey and Our Life」 (Ac 2:1-47)
Lecture 3 「God’s Journey and Springboard」 (1Co 3:16)
Lecture 4 「God’s Journey and Mystery」 (Mt 28:20)
Lecture 5 「God’s Bartizan and Assurance」 (Jn 1:12)
Here in Gwangju I am seeing so many new things. So I thought, “Ah, this is not the countryside.” Since you are already putting in so much effort, even if it is something our broadcasting team already knows, whenever a praise song comes out, you must put in the lyricist and composer. And if there is someone singing a solo, you must put that person’s name as well. Since you are putting in the effort anyway, it would be good if you could do it that way.
▣ Introduction
There are a few things that not only our remnants but also many church members must always remember.
Now At any time, you must always think, “What kind of answer is God giving now?” Today is Remnant Day. God gathered the remnants in the wilderness and gave them a message for all Israel. He told them to let the future generations know all the things that had happened up to that point. But if you look at the content, He did not just say “let them know,” He said to imprint it. That is the end of it. What kind of time is now? It is the time when Samuel became an adult and began the Mizpah movement for the future generations. It is precisely that time. And to save the future generations, Elisha began the Dothan movement. So it is that time. And to save the future generations, in Isaiah chapter 62 God said to set watchmen. It is the time of blessing when God answers day and night. And whenever Paul met an important person, there is something he certainly did: he took them into the synagogue. That work is taking place now. At any time, you must confirm how God is working now.
Prayer (brain) + soul + eternal background And what actually happens when you pray? When you pray, your brain completely comes alive. And why do I keep telling you to breathe comfortably? Why do I tell you to do breathing prayer? In the past I did not talk about this, but now it has been completely proven scientifically. Now, if you go on YouTube, you see a huge amount of content about breathing. Why? Because if you do not do that, you cannot save your body. The place that is especially affected first is here (the brain). So when you combine breathing with prayer, you completely come alive. So remnants must always remember: “Ah, this is why we pray!” You must always remember this. Then it is not just something ordinary. It connects like this (to the soul). It connects into your soul. This is prayer. So it does not just end there. This connects to the eternal background. That is why it is important. All the spells and prayers of people who are not saved connect with eternity, but that place is hell. How miserable is that? That is their background. The reason the topic of the throne keeps coming out for you is because it is our background. So in the remnant time you must remember this prayer.
▣ Main point So there are a few things you absolutely must keep in your heart as you begin.
1. Bartizan (concentration) – [ 7〮7〮7 ] First, the reason for doing this prayer is to build the bartizan of the LORD. Prayer is concentrating on that. So to what extent should you set a standard and do this? We came to the conclusion of what Jesus taught. You must set a standard. Jesus explained the forty days. So it is bartizan, journey, and guidepost.
1)Three courtyards When remnants pray holding onto this, three courtyards are made and can be revived. Because you will become the main figures in this, you must enjoy this blessing.
2) The three-day weekend age And the answers all came from here, right? You are becoming the main figures of the three-day weekend age. In this way, when you have a bartizan for other remnants, things become easy. If there is no bartizan, it becomes difficult. If you have a bartizan, a watchman can guard from there. It is hard to stand outside without a bartizan and act as a watchman. It is hard in winter and hard in summer. If you have this bartizan, you can enjoy blessings like this. So from today, remnants must absolutely start praying, even briefly. This (brain + soul) completely comes alive. What you do from now connects to the eternal background. If you could even do 24, you would overturn the world. Even if you do not go that far, for remnants—in fact, for remnants, if they just worship properly on Sunday, that is enough. But if you start this kind of prayer even once a day, it is tremendous. This (brain + soul) changes. That is why when we ask, “Why do we do this?” it is because nothing else must enter here (brain + soul). So for people who became great figures, almost everything was imprinted during their remnant time. And if you look at people who commit big incidents, kill people, and do such things, in almost every case something evil was imprinted during their remnant time. So it goes on for eternity.
3)Age of holy meditation So why do we talk about concentration, setting, and answers? It is to open the age of holy meditation. With these three, remnants can save the world. From now on, keep praying.
2. Journey As you continue doing this (number 1), you go on a journey with it. Because you go on the journey with this, there are a few things you must absolutely remember before you go on the journey.
- Christ — what He gave, 1.3.8 What in the world did Christ give us? You must go with this. What Christ gave us came out earlier while we were singing praise, right? He gave this (1.3.8). Christ completely gave the answer, and He gave the mystery of the kingdom of God, the filling of the Holy Spirit, and world evangelization.
- Start Then how did this begin? That was Mark’s upper room.
(1) The three feasts The most important part there is the phrase, “When the day of Pentecost came.” When it says, “When the day of Pentecost came,” it means it comes upon those who are saved. It is unnecessary for those who are not saved; it comes upon those who are saved. And “Pentecost came” has another background. We call that the three feasts. This is the start.
(2) Acts 2:9–11 So you often ask, “What should we do?” If you continue this (7〮7〮7) prayer, you will see it. You will see two things. You will see people. You will see the prepared disciples. So success does not come from meeting a lot of people. There are people whom God has prepared. So for our pastors and remnants, when you evangelize you must always keep in mind that within that field there can definitely be someone whom God has prepared. When you pray, the Holy Spirit leads in a marvelous way. If you do not know that prayer, even if you are being led, you do not recognize it. So you cling to the wrong person and work hard. As you keep doing it, just as a doctor can see a patient and know, as you keep doing it you can confirm, “Ah, this person is a prepared disciple right now; this person is not.” Then you dig into that person. People keep making evangelism difficult. For me, how did I start? When I looked at a newcomer, there were people who just came, and there were people who were prepared. For people who just came, you can just be a bit good to them. Just treat them so they will not get offended. But there are prepared people. If you grab hold of that and dig in, the doors keep opening. So if you go to a random person and evangelize, it is difficult. Around newcomers there are many unbelievers. Around pastors there are almost no unbelievers. That is why the ones who are worst at evangelism are pastors. That is normal. There are no targets around them. If one unbeliever comes, then 99–100% of the people around that person are targets. You must not lose hold of that. But instead of meeting those people, you keep meeting other people. Meeting these people is the first part of the camp.
(3) Acts 2:17–18 Then the future is simply seen—with what? It is seen as answers. Then you can just go. If you do not see it, you can wait. Jesus told us to wait. If you stand in some other path and keep saying, “It is not coming,” then of course it will not come. So this is very important. Remnants must not forget this. You do not need to worry, “What will I do in the future?” It is the same as thinking, “Which road should I take to go home?” You should just go. Only people coming home for the first time worry like that. These days you do not even need that worry. There is navigation for everything.
3. Platform — 10 things Third, for you to go on the journey there must absolutely be a platform. What is the platform? It is the 10 things. I believe in God’s absolute sovereignty. You must truly believe in God. God has a plan. But even more important, God’s plan is to save. Even if it looks like you are going through great hardship, it is to save. He makes you suffer to save, but Satan makes you suffer to kill you. That is where it is different. “For God so loved the world.” In contrast, Satan “so hated the world.” His goal is for you to be ruined. God’s goal is for you to live. He even wants unbelievers to be blessed. So you must believe in God’s absolute sovereignty. Then what is the second? God’s absolute method. What is that? It is Christ. God’s absolute power is that He said He would send the Counselor, the Holy Spirit. God’s absolute guarantee is the Word. The most important temple is me. The Holy Spirit of God is in you. Where is the most important mission field? The place where I am. God knows my entire life. That is why we are thankful. He watches over our sitting down and rising up. But it does not end with that. It comes to everyone once. After being born on this earth, everyone comes to face death. To everyone. And there is surely the afterlife. It is promised in the Bible. Only the part of “going there and actually seeing it” remains, but the Bible promises it that way. Seven thousand promises have been fulfilled, and within those words God says that there is hell and heaven. And what is the final platform? If this evangelism movement you are doing is real, He said, “Even a cup of cold water will not lose its reward.” I have spoken of the 10 platforms. You must remember them. Right now I just recited them all from memory. Because they are always inside my prayer. And it does not end with that.
4. Secret — 10 things God has given you as many as 10 secrets. What is the very first? You survive wherever you are. Alone. You survive even if there is no one to help you. In some sense, you go with No-time, No-way, and Nobody. God’s entire way is there. And you must always not be deceived by what you see in reality, but open your eyes to the spiritual facts. Answers are almost always on the other side. People fight complicated fights, but the answer is not there; it is somewhere else. So fools grab hold of that and fight every day. The answer is not there. And if you grab hold of God’s covenant, you save everyone. So we choose the side of crisis. Problem came? We go there. That is a remnant. And what do we not have? We have no competitors. If you truly receive answers, you have no competitors. Who can compete with Joseph? They cannot. Who can compete with Elisha? As God blessed and fulfilled the remnant’s will, who can compete with Daniel? They just became jealous and died; it was not competition. And what is your real answer? Do not worry about studies. It is re-creation. It is re-creation that prepares 300%. Then everything unconditionally ends. And what is it? We choose the desert and wilderness. What is the last secret? Seeing God’s absolute plan. You see the absolute. It is not something you may or may not do. Absolute. “It would be good if I did it”? Why would you stake your life on that? It is absolute. I have just spoken of the 10 secrets. Remnants must absolutely remember them.
5. Assurance — 5 things Finally, what is it? Many different things arise. Everything now is just the beginning and the process. It is the 5 assurances. What are they? “No one can say, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ except by the Holy Spirit.” If the word “Christ” is believed—then you have been saved. Praying hard? That is what comes after. If Christ is not believed but you pray fervently, then problems come. If you have not even received salvation but you pray hard, problems come. That is the same as doing a shamanistic ritual. Because there is no Christ. So if there is no Christ but you work diligently, problems come. What is the first thing you must have? The assurance of salvation. And He said this: “Ask in My name.” What does that mean? It means you do not need to catch lambs, cows, or anything like that anymore. Everything ends with this one name. He gave you the key. So “Ask in My name”—that is the assurance of prayer answers. Many problems come to us. Remnants must be calm. Why? Because He only gives trials you can bear and surely makes you overcome. First Corinthians 10:13. What is it? The assurance of victory. He makes you win. And what is it? Why did He send Christ? You cannot overcome disaster, the background of hell, and Satan. He completely finished all of that. Mark 10:45—the assurance of forgiveness. And what was the last thing He said? The first thing He said and the last thing He said were the same: “I will be with you always.” The assurance of guidance. I have said everything now. I have just spoken it. So you take this with you. Whenever problems come, you must know, “Ah, this is the process.” When He says He only gives trials you can bear, it means that for a great person He can give great trials. If you are a person who looks like you will do great works, God trains you greatly. For a small vessel, He gives small trials. Who tells a first-grader in elementary school, “Solve integrals and calculus”? No one does that. To an elementary school student, you say, “What is 1 plus 1?” If I, a full-grown adult, call Pastor Jo Sangryong and ask, “What is 1 plus 1?” who is the fool? I am the fool. God is not that kind of fool. If He gives a big trial, it means you can become a great worker. Remnants must always remember this. “Ah, the environment of our home was not good.” That means you are a great person. Why? Because that is how you are trained. A tree that grows in a greenhouse is not really a tree. If it is not cared for and goes outside, it dies. That is why you must be hit by rain and wind; that is how you become a proper tree. You must firmly hold onto these 5 assurances.