Title: True Worship
Content Story 1 - A child who lost his mother
Why is this friend crying? It's happening among our younger kids now. It happened one summer last year, and I don't know if he remembers it? After the service, all the children went home, but only this child remained in the church. "What are you doing here?" Even when the evangelist asked, this friend didn't answer, and as soon as he asked, "Have you not met Mom?", he started crying, "Ahhhh". "Evangelist, please find my mother. I don't know where my mother went." It was a first-year girl, and she was crying because she couldn't see her mother. "Yeah, Mommy's coming soon. Let's wait here together." I waited 10 minutes, waited 20 minutes, but my mother did not come. The child, who had been holding back her tears when she told her that her mother would come soon, started crying louder. "Hey, um, where did you go? Where did you go?" Where did mom go? know children?
How do I know... Even the preacher didn't know.
Do any of our children have had this experience? obviously there will be Why do I have to meet my mother? Can't we just play with the teachers, evangelist, and friends until late at night at church and then go home or not? No matter how much the teachers and evangelist tried to comfort this child, he did not stop crying. So a teacher bought me some delicious ice cream. Did you stop crying while eating ice cream? It's over. But after I finished eating, I started crying again. When I called home, no one answered and my mother did not come for over an hour or two. A teacher passing by said: "Hey, I think your mother abandoned you. Your mother must have abandoned you because you didn't listen and only caused trouble." The children cried louder.
In the end, after 3 hours, my mother came running in a hurry. "Hey, where have you been? You obviously asked to meet in the fellowship room. It's on the way home from finding you." It took me so long because my home was so far away. Both mother and child were moved to meet in tears.
Make good appointments with the mothers of the children. That way, I can meet my mom at the time and place I set.
Story 2 - Samaritan Woman Who Lost God
Children say so, but among adults, there are people who have lost their mothers and fathers. Where is such an adult? Hear the story of a woman in the Bible. This woman lived in a neighborhood called Suga. Ajumma had many dreams when she got married. I married a rich man with a lot of money and wanted a lot of jewelry. I met a handsome man and wanted to marry him. I wanted to marry a high-ranking person and receive greetings. So this woman has been married many times. How many times? I've been remarried 5 times. Still, this woman was not happy. Did the people of the whole town like an aunt who got married so many times? would you hate it?
One day, Jesus met this woman who came to draw water from the well. And then he said. "I will give you water that will never thirst." "What do you mean. You don't even have a bowl." Ajumma didn't know who Jesus was and didn't even want to drink water. "Go and bring your husband." Auntie was surprised. Who the hell are you going to bring? It's because none of the five husbands gave her a bottle of water to quench her thirst in her heart.
Jesus said to the aunt. “I am the Christ who will save your soul and give you true happiness.” The woman who met Jesus shed tears. Ok. Because his true happiness didn't come from marrying people like money, power, or good looks. Now, the woman who met Jesus found true happiness in her heart. Because he knew how much Jesus loved him. Before that, he had only heard that God loved him, but now that he met Jesus in person, he was able to really feel that love. Ajumma went all over the town shouting to meet Jesus. It didn't matter if the locals hated him or liked him. It was because the joy and emotion of meeting Jesus were so great.
Why did you come to church?
children
Why did you come to church today? Who are you here to see? Evangelist, teacher, friends, or anyone else you don't want to see, did you just follow your mom? No. You must have come to church today to see Jesus. Worshiping at church is meeting Jesus like this. Talk to Jesus as you pray. Confess your love to Jesus while singing praises. And while listening to the Word and reading the Bible, listen to the voice of Jesus. Listen to the voice of love of Jesus who visited Samaria.
Story 3 - Who waited?
A son went to war and there was no news. There is no news that he is dead, there is no news that he is alive. The mother, who was waiting for her only son, prayed every day. However, several years have passed since the war ended and the son has not returned. I haven't heard from my son either. For several years after that, the mother did not move from the ruined house, leaving the door open every night in the cold winter or in the rainy summer, waiting for her son to come.
Rather than a mother waiting for her son like this, Jesus wanted to see you more today. The God who wanted to meet so much did not wait and came into the world. Jesus, who personally went to the well in Samaria, first came into the world for us. And by dying at the hands of those of us who didn't care about him and hated him, he forgave all our sins and found us. He allowed us to cast off our sins and go before God to meet Him.
say to me
Don't you know what you guys want to see? Have you ever had trouble sleeping at night because you missed it? Have you ever wept over someone you want to meet? Do you know that Jesus came to this world after crossing a distant universe and a lot of time because he wanted to meet me? Do you know the one who came without waiting? Do you know that He is here waiting to hear our humble praise? I am still meeting Jesus who said that he was full by just that... Jesus said that he could not eat anything... I am still meeting in my place of life. Have you been completely ignoring it? The one who is still waiting for me, who is always repentant... The one who suffered more because of them, or because of me, more than I did when I felt sorry for and shed tears for missing others. The misery of the lost tin can church belonged to him more than anyone else. Do I... admit it now?
Worship with emotion = true worship
Worship is meeting Jesus.
It's not just a meeting. Just like a child who has lost his mother finds his mother. Just like a family that has lost decades of life is reunited and reunited. Like a mother's heart reuniting with her son, whom she thought was dead. It's an emotional encounter. Is your every Sunday a worship service with such emotion? Is your daily worship becoming such an emotional worship service?
Do you even know the heart of Him who is still speaking to you?
Summer Bible School and Prayer
Do you know what the Summer Bible School theme is? "Meet Jesus." Evangelist wants our children to meet all of Jesus at this summer Bible school. It's not difficult. You can attend and listen carefully to the Word and meet Jesus with a sincere heart, just like what Jesus said to the Samaritan woman. Jesus meet me Let's pray like this.