This week Pastor Jae preaches about how we must elevate our eyes from appearances to our standing before God. When we do this, the only natural response is repentance because our current lives, more than anything, is displeasing to God. In relation to the book of 1 Samuel, we are called to be like Samuel, elevating people's eyes from things of the world to things of God, working for a Revival in others.

This week, Pastor Sara delivers a powerful sermon urging us to let go of our foreign gods and instead turn to God, connecting to the Israelites' experience during their battles against the Philistines in 1 Samuel. She highlights the influence of social media, which often leads us into a destructive cycle of comparison, turning it into an idol that consumes our time, energy, and self-worth.

When the Israelites lost the ark of the covenant, Eli's daughter-in-law was overwhelmed with despair and gave her son the name 'Ichabod,' signifying that the presence of God had departed from them. Pastor Jae calls us to contemplate our own reactions if God's presence were to leave us today. Would we respond with desperation or regret? We should strive to relentlessly pursue God with love, never taking His love for granted. Instead, we should dedicate each day to living in gratitude, seeking encounters with Him and remaining constantly aware of His presence.

Pastor Jae preaches on how we are called to take action and pray in desperation like Hannah did in the book of 1 Samuel. As believers, we are not to pray just for our own desires, but intercede to God for revival to take place.

Pastor Jae preaches about the urgent call as God's disciples to be awakened and fight in prayer for revival, just like the disciples did in the Upper Room after Jesus had ascended and the Holy Spirit began to move. The sermon also overlays the main mission of our GOND church which exists to worship, disciple, and awaken.

God's hesed, a major theological term, encompasses many aspects of God's character, relationship with his people, and the loyalty and kindness He calls his people to display toward one another. One facet of hesed is how God works in the background to bring about His purposes. In the book of Ruth, Ruth's "happening" to come to Boaz's field is evidence of God's unceasing hesed. Though there is an absence of miracles and divine revelations, the book highlights God's hidden providence and the three results of hesed: peace, acceptance, and humility. Trusting in God's hesed is the key to peace and acceptance.

God's hesed, a major theological term, encompasses many aspects of God's character, relationship with his people, and the loyalty and kindness He calls his people to display toward one another. One facet of hesed is how God works in the background to bring about His purposes. In the book of Ruth, Ruth's "happening" to come to Boaz's field is evidence of God's unceasing hesed. Though there is an absence of miracles and divine revelations, the book highlights God's hidden providence and the three results of hesed: peace, acceptance, and humility. Trusting in God's hesed is the key to peace and acceptance.