Prayer Journal: December 4, 2025
23. Feb. 2025 Immanuel Church Sunday Worship 1st Service
Scripture Reading: Exodus 12:43-51
▣ Introduction: On that day
When you face pitch-dark difficulty, hold on to the three things God first gave Moses. In verse 51 it says, “On that day.” Today I set the title as “On that kind of day,” because we must receive the same answers. Knowing a lot about the Bible is important, but you must receive answers. You have done nothing wrong, but a problem came to your family. It is not even your fault. Your parents were shamans. But your family continues to suffer. That is one thing, but when you have children, your future generation also comes under spiritual problems. What should you do? When a pitch-dark and difficult situation stands before you, what should you do? You must pray that prayer today. Even if it is just today, pray. What should you do when it is impossible? It is not your fault. A spiritual problem came into the family, and no one can help with that. In some families, one person has mental illness, and another has developmental disability. That is not something parents can handle. What should they do? First of all, it is something very old. Not their own sin—something long-standing. Now Israel has reached a hopeless situation. Joseph is gone, and after 400 long years the Israelites have become complete slaves. The future generation was about to die. There is no situation harder than this. Egypt made a law: kill every Hebrew male child that is born. What kind of law is that? This situation actually came. At that time, God called Moses. How did He solve this problem? He first gave Moses three things. Today you must hold on to those. Of course they had to be set free from Egypt, but even more important was something else. They had to come out of the darkness. So God first gave Moses three things. You must absolutely remember these.
1. The sure covenant – The blood sacrifice What did He first give? He gave a sure covenant. “Lead My people out and give the blood sacrifice.” “Tell Pharaoh. I will be with you with a mighty hand. That will be the sign.” God said this. Moses held onto this covenant. Before that, he had never held it this strongly. When they were about to die, he held this covenant firmly.
2. The ten miracles – Completely breaking all the dark cultures Then he went before Pharaoh. That is the second thing. How can you defeat this darkness and come out? An amazing mystery appears here. What appears? We did not read it all; we only read the last part. God gave Moses power and performed ten miracles. If you look closely at the ten miracles, they are not something else. They completely broke all the dark culture. Today, may this be the Sunday when through prayer you break all dark culture. That alone is enough. You know the ten plagues. Ten miracles. The Nile River flows down from above, through Egypt, down to Sudan. It is enormous. It was Egypt’s god. God completely turned this into blood. When it became a sea of blood, what happened? God completely shattered the dark authority of the Nile. Frogs, gnats, flies—appear, right? All of these were Egyptian gods. Frogs were gods of fertility. In their own way, they called them gods. How can that be a god? In this way, the whole world fell into darkness. Israel was now trapped inside this. In some sense, this was a tremendous timetable. So the ten miracles completely broke all Egyptian culture. ※ Through prayer, break unbelief and all dark culture. You must break all unbelief and all dark culture in you.
3. The blood of the lamb, the authority to overcome darkness in the name of Jesus Christ – The secret to defeating the pitch-darkness of Egypt Third. But still it did not work. Even after the ten miracles, Pharaoh would not surrender. When did he surrender? When the firstborn children died—though that alone was not the true reason. Here an important answer appears. On the day the blood of the lamb was applied, the Israelites came out. This is the secret for you to overcome the pitch-darkness of Egypt before you. Believe and pray. Even just today—our nation and the entire church world are full of dark forces. It must become the time when with the blood of the Lamb, with the name of Jesus, this darkness is broken. So coming out of Egypt was not the real issue. It was that they had not come out of darkness. They needed to come out. After the ten miracles, Pharaoh said, “Go.” And in Biblical history the great Exodus took place. After the Exodus, God gave His Word. What is more important? They must now continue. To continue in this grace, keep the memorial day. Keep the Passover as a memorial. That is the text we read today. It is extremely important. ※ We have the authority to overcome darkness in the name of Christ. Break it. What sets us free is the blood covenant. When the firstborn were killed, the homes with the blood were passed over, and that is why it is called Passover. It means that darkness, death, and destruction could not come upon you but passed over. Because of that, when Egypt’s firstborn all died, Pharaoh finally surrendered. God said to commemorate this. It is important. ※ Hold the covenant first. Begin the prayer with authority. Do not forget this memorial. Solving the problems you have is important, but restoring what God has given is more important. So those who have such things in their family should not be discouraged, but first hold the covenant like Crosby did. Crosby held the covenant and gave thanks. “Thank You for giving me the blessing of being a child of God. Thank You for allowing me to pray the prayer that overcomes darkness.” She could not go anywhere, but the prayer like the ten miracles—prayer with authority—began in Crosby. One day, works began to arise. Crosby changed her prayer. Before she said, “Seeing is my prayer topic.” But later she said, “Not seeing is my prayer topic, because God leads me perfectly.” This appears in Crosby’s praise. God said to commemorate this. This is more important. Do not forget. What does it mean to commemorate? Why do we hold memorial ceremonies? “Do not forget.” Why do we commemorate 6.25? “Do not forget 6.25.” Why do we commemorate August 15 Liberation Day? “Do not forget.” So after Israel came out of Egypt, they carried out the ceremony to commemorate the Passover.
▣ Main: Keep the Passover – Continue it
What must be continued?
1. The Passover covenant that changes all destiny (verse 51) First. Commemorate the Passover covenant that changes—must change—all destiny. In verse 51, “On that day, the LORD brought the Israelites out of Egypt.” Commemorate this. “I rescued you from Egypt. You know people’s strength could not do it. I brought you out. Do not forget. Now go on the wilderness road.” That is all. God clearly gave proof. You cannot deny the historical work. 1) The offspring of the woman will crush the serpent’s head. This was spoken from the very beginning. From the beginning to the ancestors: “The offspring of the woman will crush the serpent’s head.” 2) Build the ark. “Make the ark so that you and your descendants will not die in the disaster.” 3) The fulfillment of the message the mother gave when she sent him to the Egyptian palace – The word given at Horeb (blood sacrifice). It was the message his mother gave when she sent him to Pharaoh’s palace, right? God spoke this again at Mount Horeb. Think about it. From within the fire, “Moses, Moses.” He said, “The place where you are standing is holy ground. Remove your sandals.” It was a declaration of great decision. “Go now and tell the elders and tell Pharaoh: ‘Let My people go so they may give the blood sacrifice.’” That was fulfilled. Do not forget. If you do not forget, works will arise. But you keep forgetting. When you do not forget, works arise.
2. Imprint the power of God that no one can block Second. Why commemorate the Passover? Because no one can block the power of God. Commemorate the Passover that imprints that power. Do not forget.
- A week of concentration on the Passover They concentrated for one entire week on the Passover. (1) Concentrate on worship on Sunday and on prayer – The works of the Word will be seen. Try just one thing properly on Sunday. Remnants must concentrate on worship and prayer on Sunday. That alone is enough. Then you will see the works of the Word of God. If you lose this, you lose everything. So for one entire week, they concentrated on commemorating the Passover. There are many churches where the pastor is not present that are joining this message with us. Even churches with pastors are joining this message. Overseas, around one hundred sites listen by broadcast. After the sermon ends, this message goes out to thousands online today. And just as our elder prayed, many remnants are alone in remote places because their churches are struggling. So they worship alone. (2) Succeed in worship You must succeed in worship. Even those watching by video—the Word does not change. You must succeed in worship. Sunday is that important. I rarely speak about other matters on Sundays. Even if my secretaries ask, I do not answer. Why? Because Sunday is important. I must serve the Word of God. It would be easier if I had some qualification to teach you, but that is not the case. This is extremely important. (3) When you fall into deep, long-standing darkness – only that covenant, only that authority. Continue this. We can fall into such darkness on our path. Into long-standing darkness. What should we do? Only that covenant. Like the ten miracles—only that authority. Continue this. For one week they intensely focused on the Passover. That is why. (2) Unleavened bread – Eat the bread of affliction. Do not fear suffering. They ate unleavened bread. Unleavened means there is no leaven that makes bread rise. Just eat it. Simply put, it has no taste. In a way, it is the bread of affliction. Eat this. It has deep meaning. We do not fear suffering. They ate it for one week. (3) Meat – It must be those who are saved. Sacrifice of the covenant And what else? Meat. Today. Absolutely no foreigners. It must be those who are saved. God emphasized that. They ate it, but it was also the sacrifice of the covenant. Do not forget. Do not forget the power that brought you out of Egypt when it was absolutely impossible. Do not forget the covenant. It is the same meaning. Do not forget.
3. Deliver this to the future generation and to the entire world Lastly, why commemorate? Third: Deliver. Deliver this to the future generation and to the world. It tells us even how to deliver. How do we deliver?
- Passover – We escaped from darkness by the blood of Christ We escaped from darkness through the blood of Christ. Commemorate that. But it did not end there. 2) Pentecost – The power to save the world that comes only upon those with the Passover covenant The blessing of Pentecost came. Upon those who have the Passover covenant comes the blessing of Pentecost. This is the power to save the world. Because you are people of the Holy Spirit, the works of Pentecost. Why do people go to shamans? They have no choice. They are children of the devil. They have no choice. So you cannot just say they are wrong. That is their path. They serve demons—so they serve demons and get deceived and die. Satan is the deceiver. He pretends to know all your things but deceives you so you never know the truth. That is why disasters come on all Egypt and world wars break out and chaos happens now. Pentecost. The day when the Holy Spirit came. The simple word Pentecost came from gathering harvest in fifty days, but in Acts 2: “When the day of Pentecost came…” 3) Feast of Ingathering – Background of the throne It did not end there. The background of the throne. What is it? The Feast of Ingathering. That is why these three feasts are important. They go together. Commemorate them and do not forget. Deliver them to the future generation. Make the future generation go with this and conquer the world. ※ You cannot defeat Pharaoh by anything else. The darkness was simply broken. This authority is given to you (Luke 10:19, Mark 3:15, Mark 16:17–18). You cannot defeat Pharaoh with anything else. That Pharaoh who caused world wars, sold people as slaves, and killed—you cannot defeat him with anything else. The darkness was simply broken. You have this authority. Pray today. “I give you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy.” “He gave them authority to drive out demons.” “In My name lay hands on the sick and they will recover.” “In My name drive out demons.” Jesus said this. He gave us tremendous authority. ※ With authoritative prayer, just as breaking the ten plagues, break the darkness. Today your field and our nation and the church are important. Today you must break darkness with authoritative prayer just as the ten plagues were broken. Do not forget this. Do not forget. Take this with you. Today is that kind of day. Yesterday while returning from the Gwangju gathering with the secretaries by car, as I mentioned to the elders today—the churches that closed have filled the listings. We cannot even take them because we have too many people. The sanctuary that seats 100 or 200 people—completely full on the listings. It is a serious problem. In each region. They cannot pay, so they put them up for sale. And they are not even expensive. “Just pay one million won a month and use it.” America? Filled. They are collapsing everywhere. What greater disaster is there than this? ※ Keep the Passover – Do not forget the covenant, the power, and delivering to the future generation to save the world. Today, you must pray this prayer. Keep the Passover. Commemorate the Passover. Do not forget the covenant. Do not forget the power. Do not forget saving the world by delivering to the future generation. Believe this. Only what is real must be believed. We cannot make it ourselves. It is by faith. Christ is not something we make and bring. God gave Him, so we receive by grace.
▣ Conclusion
I will conclude.
1. Five people finished this Five people finished this. Right? 1) The minister – One from the tribe of Levi, Moses Especially ministers—Moses alone, one from the tribe of Levi, finished all of this. 2) The church leader – Jethro who supported Moses Church leaders must realize this. Jethro alone supported Moses, and this world-changing work took place. 3) The remnants – Joshua and Caleb Two remnants followed. Who? Joshua and Caleb. “As I was with Moses, so I will be with you.” Caleb was his friend, but as soon as Joshua became leader, he said, “As I served Moses, I will serve you.” 4) The newcomer – Rahab the prostitute who held the covenant and received the greatest blessing Especially newcomers must remember. Rahab. She held the covenant. She changed into the one who received the greatest blessing. After entering Canaan, she became David’s grandmother. And following her descendants, Jesus Christ came.
2. We must be set free from darkness. Prayer holding the covenant with assurance will surely be answered. Lastly remember this. They came out of Egypt? That is not freedom. Not yet. Satan still exists. Came out of the wilderness? Not freedom. Philistines still remain. Beat them? Not freedom. They were taken captive to Babylon. Came out of Babylon? Not freedom. They became a colony of Rome again. It continues. We must be set free from darkness. Correct? In you, in our nation, and in your families, the work of liberation from darkness must arise. One of you is enough. Have assurance. “But I prayed and the answer did not come.” Of course. True answers do not come instantly in something visible. That is fake. The authority you used connects exactly to breaking darkness. Prayer with the covenant and assurance will surely be answered.
3. Commemorate – Do not forget the covenant that defeated darkness; deliver God’s power to the world through the future generation. Now you understand why He said to commemorate, right? What must we commemorate? The covenant that defeated darkness. With authority, the ten darknesses were completely broken. On the day the blood was applied, they came out. You must remember. Do not forget. Do not forget the covenant. Do not miss God’s power. This must be delivered to the whole world through the future generation. Our multiethnic people must go with this. Pray all day today. Let us pray.
Prayer. We thank God. Let today be the day we see the history of the Exodus and restore the secret of the Passover. We pray in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.