September 6, 2025

I enjoy long runs on Sunday mornings and I would usually start around 6:30 am. This is the time when the sun would start coming up (depending on the time of the year). The run trail I take is straight and it’s mostly out and back round trip. So when I start the run, it’s a bit dark, but I can feel the sunlight starting to hit my back and it feels really good. Now the situation changes when I turn around and return to the starting point. I am facing the sun, and it’s coming directly into my face and it is very challenging to keep my eyes open while running.

I know that many of you have similar experiences while driving. During the winter, when I drive the girls to school, the sun is always in my way. The path of the sun rising in the winter always lines up with the road that I take, and even with sunglasses on it can be quite dangerous. Usually at that time, we pass the Waukesha post office, and many of their employees walk across the road to get to the building. Because of the strong sunlight, it’s really hard to see the people crossing, and it takes extra caution when I drive by.

In Exodus 33, Moses asks to see God’s face. But God only allows Moses to hide behind the rock as His glory passes by. This is because of our sinful nature, we cannot see God’s glory directly. It is not possible for us to face God in our sinfulness. Yet in John 8:12 Jesus declared, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness but have the light of life.” Jesus is the light! And when we walk in Him, we will also have the light that matches for us to see God. When John saw Heaven in his vision, he saw that “the Lamb is its light” Revelation 21:23, this is where we would reside with God forever, but we are able to live in the Light because Jesus cleansed us from our sinfulness. Therefore, let us learn to walk in Jesus.

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August 23, 2025

Back in the days, when people had to buy new smartphones, it was difficult to transfer over all the phone numbers you had saved over time in your contacts list. So when you get a new phone, and someone calls you, you wouldn’t recognize their numbers. Many people would have to manually type in the numbers. Also, people didn’t want to get new phones because of all the photos that were saved and did not know how to transfer those photos to the new phone. People didn’t want to lose their wonderful memories.

Now we don’t have to worry about that anymore. Since many years ago, whenever we have to get a new phone, you can easily migrate all the data to your new phone. This is not just contact info and pictures, but literally everything to your new phone. It’s like cloning. When you follow instructions of the migration process during the setup, after some minutes, you will see that the new phone looks exactly like the old phone. All the apps, the way it’s set up, all the settings you designated over the years, it’s all there. Then, with the old phone, you will erase all the contents and settings in easy steps.

Jesus did something similar when He was hung up on the cross 2,000 years ago. As we know from the Sanctuary ministries, the sinner had to lay his hand on the head of the sacrificial animal, followed by killing it. The laying of hands signified the transferring of your sins to the animal, and the animal paid the price of sins by dying on your behalf. That’s what Jesus did for us. John the Baptist proclaimed, “Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.” John 1:29. It means that when Jesus was on the cross, He took our sins and became sin itself, thus freeing us from my sins. He cloned our sins like a new phone but for us we can be free of our sins like the old phone being able to erase all contents and settings after the migration. I am so grateful for our wonderful Savior who showed us His love by doing such a thing. I hope you’re grateful as well.

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August 16, 2025

I love eating, and I consider that to be a weakness. Because a lot of times, I cannot control my appetite and I wouldn’t stop eating even when I know I am full. I am thankful that I exercise quite often, otherwise my health would have gone down the hill real fast. Cognitively, I know I should control my diet, but in practice, it’s quite challenging to control myself to eat healthy and say ‘no’ when I should stop. It’s difficult.

In fact, appetite gets in the way of our spiritual walk and you can observe that in the Scriptures numerous times. Adam and Eve ate the fruit; the Israelites craved meat even when God was providing the perfect manna daily; unhealthy diet from the king’s table for Daniel and three friends was a challenge; the Devil challenged Jesus with appetite after 40 days of fasting in His most vulnerable moment; Esau gave up his birthright because he was hungry. The Enemy uses the same tactics even today in our lives and obstructs us with an uncontrollable desire for appetite. We are addicted to excessive carbs, sugar, caffeine, meat, etc. 

Paul reminds us that our “body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you are from God.” 1 Corinthians 6:19. When a visitor comes to our house, Hyemi invests a lot of time in cleaning up the house, and she has the whole family get up to help clean and ensure that there is not a single dust. You wouldn’t want to have a guest over to a dirty and messy house. What more, then, should we do for our bodies knowing that the Holy Spirit considers our body as His temple? We need to ensure that we are clean spiritually, mentally, and physically.

I am thankful that we can host Mark Anthony at our church this weekend. I pray that we will learn much from what Mark will offer to us and start a healthy living, and live for God’s glory. I pray that you will attend this event tomorrow and be blessed.

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