Title: Thoughts and Expressions of the Heart
Contents
thoughts and manifestations of the mind
Start with a testimony
Meditation point [John 4:5~19,28,29]
5. And he came to a town in Samaria called Sychar, near the land that Jacob gave to his son Joseph, and there was also Jacob's well.
A Samaritan woman came to draw water, and Jesus asked for a drink.
Because the disciples had gone into the town to buy food.
The Samaritan woman said to him, "Because you are a Jew, why do you ask a Samaritan woman for a drink?" For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.
Jesus answered and said to him, If you had known the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.
The woman said to him, "Lord, where can I get this living water, for there is no vessel to draw water from, and this well is deep?"
Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us this well, and he and his sons and his animals ate from it?
Jesus answered and said to them, Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again.
Whoever drinks the water that I will give him will never thirst. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water springing up to eternal life.
The woman said, "Lord, give me this water, so that I will not be thirsty or come here to draw water
He said, Go and call your husband.
The woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said, You are right in saying that you have no husband.
You have had five husbands, and the one you have now is not your husband. You are true.
The woman said, "Lord, I see a prophet."
Our ancestors worshiped on this mountain, but you say that the place of worship is in Jerusalem.
Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe me, the hour is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.
You worship what you do not know, and we worship what we know, for salvation is of the Jews.
The hour is coming and is now, when those who truly worship the Father will worship him in spirit and in truth, and the Father is looking for those who worship him like this.
God is a Spirit, and those who worship him must worship in spirit and truth.
The woman said to her, "I know that the Messiah is coming, who is called Christ. When he comes, he will tell us everything."
Jesus said to him, "I am he who speaks to you."
At that time the disciples returned and were amazed that Jesus was talking to the woman, but no one asked, “What are you asking? Why are you talking to him?”
The woman left her water jar and went into the town and said to the people,
Come see the man who told me all that I have done, is this not the Christ?
[Testimony_A Brother in the Youth Division]
I was a dreamer This dream has always brought me alive and made me who I am today. Ever since I was little, I always wanted to live a special life. I didn't like an ordinary life. I couldn't share my life with my peers. So I always mostly went out with people who were older than me, and I talked and shared my thoughts with them.
When I was in school, I was a very stubborn student. Studying was my biggest concern and the center of my life. I was always determined to succeed by studying well, and my grades satisfied me as it was. Studying was the only force that supported me during my middle and high school days.
He failed the college entrance exam and chose to retake. Because I had confidence in myself, I thought of it as an opportunity. After that, even after I received Jesus through my sister, my life continued to lash out at me. After that, I went to college and did not neglect my major studies. As a result of studying foreign languages hard to build up my skills, I was able to speak two languages a little.
From the outside, my life seemed to be progressing smoothly towards the goal of 'success and honor'. But such a tense life did not give me inner peace. Even though I believed in Jesus, my life without rest and exhaustion continued for over 7 years.
Then, in 1996, when I met a personal God and inner healing began, I was able to discover the cause. During prayer, God began to illuminate my inner world.
One day while praying, my memory went back to the poor and difficult days of elementary school. I remember when I was in 4th or 5th grade. When I packed my lunch box, the side dishes of other children's meals were sausage and egg rolls, whereas my lunch box side dish was long kimchi every day. Also, the thick kimchi broth flowed through the rice, and the rice was often full of kimchi broth. The embarrassment and shame I felt at that time...
I used to think that I had to do everything better than others, but when the fact that my family was poor suddenly came to life, my self-esteem was very hurt. At a young age, I thought, "How can I overcome poverty?" At that time, the conclusion I reached was 'study'. 'Study well and you will succeed. I'll live like I'm happy"
The Lord then showed me the 'inferiority to poverty' that was deeply rooted in me. To cover this, I dreamed of success and always studied hard and lived nervously.
The Lord demanded that I not hide the deep inferiority in my heart, but reveal it before the Lord. He also told us to crucify our desires for success and wealth.
But I couldn't obey. Knowledge and study were the only things I was proud of and what supported me.
'God never. You can never give up your knowledge. With that knowledge, I have to gain fame and success and overcome poverty."
Then I heard the word of God...
“Come to me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest” (Matthew 11:28).
The moment I heard these words, I felt as if my burdens, which I had studied hard to succeed and had always been nervous, were being unloaded one by one. Even after accepting Jesus, I could feel my shoulders getting lighter for the first time. After that, in the midst of continuous 'touching', the sources of my heart were put on the cross one by one.
Through the 10-year check-up of my faith in 1998, I only now know that I have become rich through Jesus Christ. Also, I realized that the standard of 'God' was completely set in the center of my heart, and I am now in the process of changing my everything by that standard.
Now, I am determined to live a blessed life in which I meditate day and night on what is good and what is not good in God's sight. Also, as the bubble of faith is constantly leaking out of my life, I wait for him to become a comfortable person.
This article is the testimony of a sister in the youth club. In his testimony, this young man confesses that he had received Jesus, but still had a heavy burden on his shoulders. He also confesses that he lived a hard life, but in reality, it was a struggle to get rid of the inferiority of poverty deep in his heart. This young man was able to experience the true freedom that the Lord had given him only after he realized the thoughts deep in his heart through the Holy Spirit.