Faith & Life
This helps believers who hope to become the fragrance of Christ live a right life of faith.
We Share Warmth
When it comes to a university campus, you may think of a clean space where future leaders and intellectuals stay. But in reality, you can see everywhere disposable cups, overflowing garbage bins, and dirty restrooms. You’ll often frown. Strangely though,…
Lee Eun-ji from Seoul, Korea
I Will Be Joyful in God
I once struggled financially as my company went bankrupt. I tried many things, but I couldn’t find the answer. I felt like walking a long, dark tunnel alone. Thinking that I needed to pull myself together in times like this,…
Park Min-gun from San Miguel, Argentina
The Difference in Words
A horse rancher had a problem: A school bus stopped at his ranch and kids gave cookies to his horses, which made the horses gain weight day after day. “Do not feed the horses!” He put up a sign, but…
God Who Protects Me All My Life
I first came to study the Bible at the Church of God. I was so excited by the amazing and marvelous words that I could not help reading the Bible every night. “Listen to me, O house of Jacob, all…
Lee Chang-seob from Namyangju, Korea
Be Calm like Water, Not like Cola!
Have you ever opened a bottle of coke thoughtlessly which spewed carbonated bubbles out of control? There are times when people act like a cola. It is when they cannot tolerate irritation, anger, or rage and let it out as…
A Parachute That Was Packed by Someone Else
Charlie Plumb, a veteran American fighter pilot, escaped his fighter and managed to survive by using his parachute when the fighter was shot down in the Vietnam War. Although he was taken captive and imprisoned for six years, he came…
My Son’s Finding the Way Back Home
In the late afternoon when the sunlight came through the curtain, I became drowsy. Suddenly, my cell phone rang. It was my second son who went out with his friends to ride scooters. “Mom, I don’t know where I am.”…
Jeon Eun-ok from Seongnam, Korea
What to Grow in a Greenhouse
“If you criticize an idea whenever you come up with it, whether it is a good or a bad one, you will never get a good result.” Tom Monahan, Think Different, 2009, Magellan Press This is very fragile. It is…
Please Let Me Always Have Hope in God
After I graduated from university, I worked as an administrative assistant at the school immediately. At first, I was grateful to God for allowing me to accomplish the workplace mission at the school where I had been working for the…
Lee Jin-gyeong from Suwon, Korea
How Is Your Life Going?
David Brooks, a New York Times columnist, said in his book that one should ask the following four questions for the assessments of his life. First, have I spent time on important things, developing my most consequential talents? Second, have…
The Best Medicine
“I just want to sleep for a day, no more or no less.” I go to work early in the morning and work all day. After work, I go to church and participate in the young adult group gathering. So,…
Seo Mi-ju from Incheon, Korea
The Secret to Becoming a Genius
When Pablo de Sarasate, a renowned Spanish violinist, was ten years old, he was so talented that he performed in front of Queen. He was praised for his sophisticated vibrato and unique rhythmic performance, and contemporary composers such as Camille…
Because I Love Them
From morning, the rain sounds so nice. It brings back my old memories of the time I met the members from the Church of God for the first time long ago. As far as I can remember, I’d never had…
Yang Seong-rim from Gimhae, Korea
If the Words of God Remain in Me
I prayed to God many times to allow me to bear good fruit of the gospel, but it was hard to bear fruit. I was wondering why, and then a verse came into view. “If you remain in Me and…
Kim Mi-hui from Geoje, Korea
Formula for Success
“Mr. Morgan, in this envelope I hold the guaranteed formula for success which I will gladly sell you for 25,000 dollars.” An old gentleman approached John P. Morgan, a world-renowned financier. Morgan said that he would be willing to pay…
Why There Are Many More Customers
In one village, there were two flower shops. One flower shop was large and diverse flowers were displayed, and the other shop was small but was always crowded with customers. So the owner of the large shop was envious of…
Do Not Be Afraid of Them, for I Am With You
When I received the truth in the Church of God, I was so happy and joyful, and being confident that this is the true church which people must go to, in order to receive salvation. I wanted to become a…
Sharina Aya Z. Gorospe from Quezon City, Philippines
The One Who Saves a Soul Saves the World
I met a Mongolian woman named Bolormaa, who came to Korea with her husband and was focusing on parenting as she had a year-old son. She looked very glad to meet us because she was going through a hard time…
Heo So-hyeong from Seoul, Korea
A Positive Mindset
During America’s Great Depression, Walter Hobby who lived in Pennsylvania kept sending resumes to a pharmacy which had over 300 branches just in New York. However, he did not even receive one reply from them. Yet he did not give…
Until All of the Prophecies Are Fulfilled
It has almost been a year since I started preaching overseas. When my heart was going to be weakened due to the hot weather lasting throughout the year, a great language barrier, and unpalatable food, I became spiritually renewed by…
Kim Min-gyeong from Cheongju, Korea