2026.05.10 Sunday 2nd Service
Church Construction Devotional Worship
「Prepare Your Future」
(Ha 2:1-9)
Thank you. That was world-class praise.
Isaiah 6:1-13
In the beginning, God appeared to Isaiah. God appeared seated on the throne.
Isaiah 60:20-22
This Isaiah said: “The least of you will become a thousand, the weakest a mighty nation. I am the Lord; in its time I will do this swiftly.”
Isaiah 62:6-12
“I have posted watchmen on your walls; they will never be silent day or night. Do not give the Lord any rest.” Here, something tremendous about prayer has come up. I talked about prayer in the first service as well, but because people don’t understand it well, they miss it.
[ Throne ]
Your prayers are presented before the throne. Isaiah chapter 6 showed us a vision of it. It shows all the activity of the angels and so on. When you pray, that kind of thing happens.
[ Kingdom ]
And the answer to prayer is that God’s kingdom comes first. It does not start from this side. God’s kingdom comes first.
[ Work ]
Then the work of God’s kingdom is accomplished. This is prayer. So right now in this moment, when you pray and worship, if you hold the exact covenant, God’s kingdom is established. This is tremendously important. I spoke about it in the first service as well, but Joseph was dragged away in a state near death and sold. If at that moment Joseph had become discouraged, bitter, or fallen into great despair, the kingdom of darkness would have come. That too is an answer. But he was convinced that this was the path to fulfilling the dream of world evangelization. At that moment, God’s kingdom comes. The work comes later. So because people do not understand prayer well, they do not know what constitutes an answer, what to do, or what is happening. When Joseph was sold to Potiphar’s house, he had already become convinced that he would show God’s testimony there. That was God’s kingdom coming. It comes at that moment. And after that, many blessings and works followed in that house. So because we do not understand these things well, we end up not knowing what prayer is. When you worship, when you hold the covenant precisely, tremendous things happen. What kind of things happen?
[ Heaven, earth, sea, and the nations will be shaken ]
God said it: “I will shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land.” Six times: “declares the Lord Almighty.”
“Prepare My Future” (Haggai 2:1-9)
My future must be inside this. If I prepare my future inside this, it is certain. It does not matter whether the answer comes or not, or when it comes. My future must be placed inside this. Let me give you a few pieces of evidence.
▣ Introduction
1. Egypt — Joseph, Moses
These things happened in Egypt. The shaking of heaven and earth and sea and the nations happened to Joseph. Simply put, world evangelization happened. And this happened to Moses as well.
2. The wilderness
And it happened in the wilderness. Astonishing things happened in the wilderness that stunned the whole world. God made it happen. He parted the Red Sea, parted the Jordan, brought down Jericho, and made the whole world stand in amazement.
3. The Philistine age
It happened in the Philistine age. It happened through two people, Samuel and David. As you know, when the Philistines went to attack Israel, He sent thunder and blocked them all. And when Goliath came to attack, David took Goliath down in one blow. This was not just an ordinary event. The events that happened in the wilderness were transmitted throughout the whole world. They reached the seven tribes living in the land of Canaan. Their hearts melted in fear. The news spread throughout the whole world. Though it may look like you are suffering, the evidence of it is that it causes the forces of darkness to tremble.
4. Aram — Elijah, Elisha, Obadiah
This event was not ordinary. It happened when the nation of Aram came to oppress Israel. It happened through three people, I tell you. Through Elijah and Elisha, and through the church leader Obadiah who supported them — three people — the shaking of heaven and earth and sea and the nations truly happened. I am giving you evidence right now. It happened in Babylon. I am telling you, this kind of thing already happened in these earlier times.
▣ Main
So then, how and why did the shaking of heaven and earth and sea and the nations happen? We need to grab hold of something very important.
1. Being within the fulfillment of the Word
The first one. Being within the fulfillment of the Word. A few people did this.
[ Building a life ]
Within the fulfillment of the Word, I must first build my life.
[ The bartizan of the throne ]
Within the fulfillment of the Word, the bartizan of the throne stands in my life.
1) Daniel
It was only a few people. Before this happened in Babylon, God had already been working through Daniel. The Word had already been fulfilled. That is how it connects. Build your life within the fulfillment of the Word. Right? Certainly.
I may not know many other things, but I took it as my mission that we must properly do the evangelism movement. So I viewed everything through that lens. Now there are many elders with that kind of prayer background, and I am so grateful. Back then, there were none. The congregation was very small and so on, so there was nothing to be done. But it was not “I will do great things here.” We need to do the evangelism movement God wants. That is why from the very beginning I looked for a large piece of land. Why? Because it had to be done. Many people introduced small pieces of land in various places, but as far as the elders and congregation members doing the work, I had no objections. So we bought one. But in my view, the church leaders had worked hard to buy it, and there was nothing wrong with that, but from my perspective it looked like at most you could build an outhouse, not a church. So in the end, we now have land that can also accommodate lodging and where children can gather to spend the three-day weekend age. We have claimed that land. If you are within the Word being testified and fulfilled, heaven and earth and sea and the nations are bound to be shaken. Right? Not according to my own will, but within the fulfillment of God’s Word. Then we, as you all know, it is not that we are trying to succeed. Being children of God is the success — what more do we need? Build your life within the fulfillment of the Word. Heaven and earth and sea and the nations have no choice but to be shaken.
2) The three young men
Look here. The three young men did this, I tell you. Even while knowing they might die. The point is, that was not the issue. These were people who knew the answer to “Why did our nation fall?” And “Why were we taken captive?” “But then why did God raise us to high positions?” They perceived it. “Whether we live or die is not the issue. God’s Word is telling us to show testimony before Babylon and the king.” They built their lives within that. History happened. For me it is not a miracle; it is expected.
3) Esther
Esther did exactly the same thing.
4) King Cyrus
One day King Cyrus conquered those lands and told Israel to return home. A remarkable thing happened. All of this is the fulfillment of the Word, prophesied. We must always remember. Immanuel Changwon Church has already been reformed and called by God to bring life to the Gyeongnam region. Right? We need to make it so that everyone in Gyeongnam hears the gospel. Do you understand?
2. Restoration of the temple
The second one. What do we need to be inside of? Complete restoration of the lost temple. This is staking my life within it. Let us together build our lives inside this.
1) The Holy of Holies
Here is the Holy of Holies where the ark of the covenant is kept. There is the Holy of Holies symbolizing God.
2) The sanctuary
Everything that symbolizes Christ is what the sanctuary contains. There is such a sanctuary. The oil, the lampstand, whatever you wash with as you enter — all of it symbolizes Christ.
3) The courtyard of prayer
Here is the courtyard of prayer where the 24 fire is lit.
4) The children’s courtyard
There is the children’s courtyard where children come and receive spiritual strength.
5) The courtyard of the Gentiles
At this point, God had already commanded the courtyard of the Gentiles to save the world. Rebuild this quickly. So that is the content of today’s message. That is why heaven and earth and sea and the nations cannot help but be shaken. It goes even beyond that.
3. Building the future
Here, important future-building is contained. Do you know what?
1) The incarnation
Liberation comes, and this is the schedule on which Christ comes through the incarnation.
2) The early church
At this time the early church is born. Coming forth.
3) The Paul team
At this time God forms Paul teams for the gospel movement — teams like Immanuel Changwon Church. All of this is included in the journey right now. It cannot help but happen. “I will shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the nations. Declares the Lord Almighty.” You must hold this covenant firmly.
▣ Conclusion — Preparing the vessel
So from now on, having received this blessing, what must we do? We must prepare the vessel. There is no need to do anything else. We must prepare the vessel.
[1] 300 places in this region
I will draw a box around this since it is important. Spread the Word movement so that everyone in this region can hear it. In the beginning I spread it to 300 places. No church building, did not matter. I spread the Word movement to 300 places. What was the standard? The people in our neighborhood first needed to hear the Word. They needed to hear the gospel at least once. Now there are many systems, but back then there were no systems. I went to a newspaper office, I tell you. Not a newspaper office, actually. A newspaper distribution branch, you know. A branch in Yeongdo that distributed newspapers. Everyone read the newspaper back then. I sent 13 questions to the people living in Yeongdo. They were inserted into the newspaper and went into every home. That is how the Word movement began. Exactly three years later, a thousand disciples arose. It had absolutely nothing to do with my own strength. The power of the Word is this great. Start with this first.
[2] Gyeongnam — 1,000 bartizans
Establish 1,000 bartizans in the Gyeongnam region. Just pray this prayer. There is nothing else to do. “Seek first his kingdom and his righteousness.” Everything is already there.
[3] 3 courtyards
Prepare the three courtyards that contain my life, my memorial, and my future. First and foremost because it is what God wants — the three courtyards. It must become my memorial. I need to have a future. And keep praying. If you keep praying, the answer comes. In some ways you do not even need to learn from other people. Just keep praying directly and the answer comes.
[4] The three-day weekend — concentration
On this land, truly open the three-day weekend age that brings life to the people. What will you do? There is no need to think about that. Why? Because Remnant right now do not even know how to pray. They need to, do they not? There are many sick people right now, many without strength. These people need to find strength, do they not? There is no need to ask what you will do. Asking that would be strange. Simply put, practice the concentration that Christ modeled. Christ was crucified on Friday and rose on Sunday. This is not just ordinary talk. Open this here.
[5] The holy meditation age
In the end, because the age of mental illness has come, we must go out armed. Especially our Remnant must go out armed. What do we arm ourselves with? The holy meditation age. We go out having prepared the holy meditation age that heals the world. God has no choice but to answer. So heaven and earth and sea and the nations will be shaken. God is saying He will do that. Simply put, He is saying He will accomplish world evangelization. What would He shake heaven and earth and sea for? He is saying He will accomplish world evangelization. If heaven shakes, earth shakes, sea shakes — what happens? The whole world knows. He will bring about this astonishing history.
So even now you must be in prayer. So to what degree must we change ourselves and how must we teach the Remnant? When something happens, they do not know prayer. So they live according to their own thinking. Limits will certainly come. Not only do limits come, but things do not go well. Because it is according to my own thinking. And people who do have some faith, when a problem comes they pray. That is better than nothing, but that is not enough. You must see the problem from within prayer. It is not praying when a problem comes; you must see the problem from within prayer. Do you know what Remnant’s problem is? Prayer separately, study separately. Then it becomes too hard to live. You must study within the power of prayer. That is the difference of one sheet of paper.
Joseph did not pray because things were too hard. Joseph already had the secret of prayer. He set out with this. Whatever he encountered, it was fine. This is what is important. Worshipping ordinarily and worshipping from within deep prayer are completely different throughout the whole day. Then something tremendous comes out of it. You must be doing this even now.
[ Two lifelines ]
You must hold on to them. Prayer. And slow breathing that allows you to recover all your health. Two lifelines. Do not make it complicated; simply breathe in a way that enables prayer. Let me give a simple example. When you look out at a beautiful landscape or environment, your breathing becomes peaceful. Right? Even just looking at the distant sky and the horizon makes you peaceful. When you are very angry, you cannot breathe peacefully. There is a tremendous difference. So those two simply need to be connected together into prayer. I have expressed it this way: there are only two things I can do at will. Thinking. I do that at my own will. I turn this into prayer. There is one more thing I can do at will. Breathing. Apart from those two, there is nothing else I can do at my own will. So I am saying I will give my prayer and my breathing to God. Slowly.
So in the mornings when you open your eyes, you must always do this. Especially our elders need to be healthy, so when you open your eyes in the morning, you must unconditionally move about peacefully. We do not have time to go off to a corner somewhere to pray. While moving about, breathe long and deep. When you sleep with your mouth open, your mouth and lungs are already greatly damaged. They need to recover. Your brain cells are frighteningly breaking down. They need to recover. By praying in the morning. No need to set a fixed time. Just continuously. Even now when I interpret, I breathe in deeply. When it is finished, slowly. It is tremendously helpful to your health in spirit and body. That is morning prayer.
Then what kind of prayer do we do during the day? Conversational prayer. Conversational prayer about everything you see and hear with God. Not speaking out loud. It is a heart-to-heart conversation between God and me. Right? It becomes tremendous. You become peaceful.
Then that is done and now it is evening. In the evening you are making a masterpiece. Making what? You make 300%. Making 300% is much easier. What does 300% mean? On the day I graduated from seminary, I prayed to God. This is not a trash bin — why are there so many seminary students? There are many. But why are churches declining? America is funny that way. There are an enormous number of seminaries. Yet churches are declining. Where is there such a strange thing? So I began preparing for evangelism. I read every single book on evangelism — and they were not the answer. The answer came from here (the Bible). This is 100%, I tell you. So how good is that? Other people, being in good circumstances, go out to play, go to spend money, go abroad. Already doing that as students. I was not in those kinds of circumstances. But that is not a sad thing. Right? Where did I go? I went to the field. Every day. I saw many things. That is field 100%. Then what needs to happen from here? So I prepared a system capable of world evangelization for that purpose. That is 300%.
From the moment I took on the church, it feels like 40 years have passed in about four months. God has opened the doors of the world and now people of many ethnicities are beginning to pour in. 300% is much easier, I tell you. Prayer also 300%. In the morning you recover. During the day you confirm. At night you find answers. Right? How comfortable and good is that? Especially because of this, our church leaders need spiritual strength and health. Only then can world evangelization happen.
“I will shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the nations.” I have said it multiple times. “Declares the Lord Almighty.” Let us pray.
Prayer. Thank you, God. Let us recover what God has given us. Let us be within the fulfillment of the Word, let us be within the sanctuary construction that saves the church, and let my life be in the place of building the future. In the name of Jesus Christ we pray. Amen.