80-Escaping the Swamp of Depression, Now Living a Heavenly Life!

Escaping the Swamp of Depression, Now Living a Heavenly Life!

Deaconess Jong-sun Jeon (52, Changwon Manmin Church) Falling into the swamp of depression resulting from debt and family discord I had been living a very comfortable life after marrying my husband, who at the time was a member of the senior staff at a large company. When my sister-in-law's business failed in 1994, my husband, who had been legally bound himself to pay for her debts, had to sell our house to pay off the debt. When he was fired from his job on top of all this, the foundation of our family life was shaken. I strove to earn money by selling a variety of things but I was completely helpless against the ballooning debt and living expenses. From overworking, I was diagnosed with degenerative arthritis and forced to live with a body that did not function properly. Our family was utterly destroyed by these events. I began spending much time in tears as the relationships with my husband and parents-in-law only grew worse. Beginning in 1998, I suffered from severe insomnia, dizziness, neurosis, convulsion, and deteriorating eyesight. At times, my whole body would become paralyzed and I would collapse without warning. After medical checkup, I was diagnosed with depression, a grave threat to the modern society. I tried using all kinds of known methods in vain and even thought of committing suicide but because of the children, I could not. Rending my heart in repentance of the days I had spent in grumbling and complaining Then one day in April 2004, my sister, Rev. Myong-sook Jeon, Senior Pastor of Changwon Manmin Church, gave me a call. "Jong-sun! Now is the time for you to believe in God and receive healing by the name of Jesus! Start coming to church!" At the time when I was poor in spirit, my sister's urging sounded like a loud alarm and thinking that this could very well be my last resort, I agreed to go to church. Upon stepping into the sanctuary, I could feel heaven in my heart. Heartfelt prayers as well as mental and physical support from my sister and fellow Changwon Manmin Church members more than sufficed to soften my hardened heart. Then I became ashamed of my life which I had lived only for myself. I was also grateful to find myself slowly transforming into a good person as I listened to the life-filled messages of Senior Pastor Rev. Dr. Jaerock Lee. My heart in the past had been hardened from the difficult life I was living, as I kept placing all the blame on my husband, sister-in-law, and parents-in-law, and never stopped my grumbling and complaining. Yet, I began to see how evil and selfish I had been when measured against God's Word and I also felt sincerity and true love and received encouragement through the Senior Pastor. Then one day while I was praying, I began rending my heart in repentance as I remembered the times when I refused to hear and accept the gospel, placed all the blame on my husband and his family, did not serve others from the heart, became angry and hot-tempered, complained, and grumbled in times of difficulty. Becoming a new and brighter person after receiving "Prayer for the Sick" on the screen Through such undeniable experiences of God's grace, I felt so peaceful as if I had placed all the heavy burdens of life before Christ. My heart rejoiced as I listened to the messages of life that were sweeter than the drippings of the honeycomb, and as I praised and prayed. Joy overflowed in my heart by the love of my brothers and sisters in Christ. This is when I became certain that I could be healed of my depression by prayer. I made every effort to worship God in spirit and in truth, received the Senior Pastor's "Prayer for the Sick" by faith, and clung to God in prayer. Then the symptoms of my depression ? including insomnia, dizziness, neurosis, convulsion, and general paralysis ? all of which had tormented me for more than 10 years, disappeared as I came to develop a bright and positive attitude. Hallelujah! My blessings did not end here. When the Senior Pastor prayed for me in the name of Jesus Christ, my eyesight was restored so that I no longer needed my glasses. I have also been healed of the degenerative arthritis, become whole, and am now faithfully serving the church. Furthermore, as I served my customers and clients with honesty, sincerity, and service in the clothing retail industry with which I was involved, God has blessed me so that my sales record would be 3, 4 times higher than other branches. I give all thanks and glory to my Father God and Lord Jesus, and I would also like to express my deepest appreciation to Senior Pastor Rev. Dr. Jaerock Lee for his heartfelt prayer.

Manmin News NO.74 May 28, 2006

79-I Have Been Healed of the Excruciating Pain in My Abdomen after Receiving "Prayer for the Sick" on GCN!

I Have Been Healed of the Excruciating Pain in My Abdomen after Receiving "Prayer for the Sick" on GCN!

Young-goo Choi (68, Chungjoo Manmin Church) I think my son Deacon Ki-hyuk Choi and his wife are truly faithful children to me and my wife. I know that their preaching about salvation, eternal life, and heaven to my wife and me is not an expression of their true love for us. After reading Rev. Dr. Jaerock Lee's testimonial memoir Tasting Eternal Life before Death my son had left behind on one of his visits to see us, I was sincerely touched by it and began attending church on July 24, 2005. Afterwards, I installed the GCN programming receiver at home and have been watching Manmin TV, and I am so thankful to have experienced the power of God manifested in the name of Jesus Christ. Around 2:30 in the morning on January 22, 2006, my body felt like it was being twisted against my will and the right side of my urinary bladder felt like it was being pierced by something very sharp. Unable to control my body, I tried tossing about in the bed but the pain remained. I tried going to the bathroom and kept tossing about, but all I could do was to sweat from head to toe and moan in excruciating pain. Around 3:25 in the morning ? about an hour after the pain in my abdomen began ? I told myself I should receive the Senior Pastor's prayer. I turned on the TV to find the rebroadcast of "Manmin Magazine," a program that gathers news around the church, features a testimony of a Manmin member, and is shown during every Friday All-night Service. In the rebroadcast, the Senior Pastor began delivering his message at 4 a.m. As the pain in my stomach grew even worse, however, I was unable to watch the GCN programming. A little more time passed and when the Senior Pastor began praying for the sick after the message, I placed my hand on my stomach. After that I fell asleep. I got up around 6 that morning and realized that the excruciating pain had disappeared completely and I was at peace. The GCN programming my son and his wife installed for my wife and me had saved my life! What is GCN? GCN (The Global Christian Network) is a multi-language and multinational broadcasting system aimed at spreading the gospel of Jesus Christ all over the world through producing and transmitting a variety of high-quality programming including messages, God's power, testimonies, and praise. GCN, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, can be viewed around the clock in the metropolitan New York area and parts of New Jersey on Channels 17 and 27, low power television stations in the region. GCN can also be viewed on the La Familia Cosmovision of the U.S., a cable network with a viewership of over 55 million people in 300 towns and cities in 38 states. In Korea, GCN programming can be viewed around the clock via the NSS-6 satellite that serves the Far East with the installation of a transmitter (For questions concerning installation, please contact Manmin TV Broadcasting Team at +82 2 824 7107, 818 7369).

Manmin News NO.74 May 28, 2006

78-My Secret to Escaping a Swamp of Debt and Living a Blessed Life

My Secret to Escaping a Swamp of Debt and Living a Blessed Life

Deacon Jung-kyu Kang (Branch Manager, Urim Insurance Company Digital, Inc.; United Mission Leader, Light and Salt Mission) Tormented by the grim realities of life from credit card debts I began working at a large Korean restaurant in Seoul in 1993. With a small salary and a debt – which I had received when I moved to Seoul – to pay back, I began using credit cards. Around 1999, I began the preparation to start up a business with an associate of mine and with the intemperate use of the credit cards, and I soon realized that I was no longer able to pay back the mounting debt with the kind of salary I was receiving at the time. I made over 10 credit cards so that I might pay back all the debt by switching from card to card, but the only thing left in the end was a ballooning debt. For the interest alone, I had to pay around $1,3000 every month, and the interest over a 3-year period alone was more than $38,000; in sum, I had run up over $100,000 in credit card debt. Gaining spiritual faith with the healing of my nephew Hospitalized for leukemia After receiving God's healing While I was gasping for breath from the swamp of debt in March 2000, my nephew Sae-jin (at the time 7 years old) – the son of my younger sister living in Changwon, Kyungnam Province – was diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia. My sister tried to save money by eating less to help pay for the hospital visits, and she herself soon began suffering malnutrition and deteriorating eyesight. Yet, as I was unable to help her financially, I could not feel sorrier or more helpless. In May 2001 was "The 9th Two-week Special Revival Meeting with Rev. Dr. Jaerock Lee." I told my sister, "Sook, Sae-jin can live if you guys come to my church. There are all kinds of things happening there, like the blind opening their eyes and the mute beginning to speak. Let's at least go and see." After having been preached the gospel in such a convincing manner, my sister attended the Revival Meeting with Sae-jin and on the first day, when Sae-jin received prayer from Rev. Dr. Jaerock Lee, he was healed of leukemia. All my sister's family members have come to believe in God through this incident and their lives are filled with bliss to this day. I have also come to gain spiritual faith and was comforted in the heart, but the torment from my financial trouble still remained. Repenting of my disobedience as marked by my poor credit After years of nonpayment of the debts, I was finally listed on the bad credit "blacklist" in 2003. The difficulties soon followed as no banks were to do business with me and I was harassed and threatened by bondholders. My wife and I left our two daughters with her parents and began working together. Whenever I saw my wife in anguish and was reminded of how our girls were forced apart from the embrace of their parents for over a year, my heart was rent again and again. This is when I repented thoroughly of not having obeyed the Senior Pastor's messages on how I was to always live by God's Word and not having remembered his warnings against the evil practices of intemperate credit card use. I did my best not to show my difficulties to others and as I rejoiced in the Lord and diligently carried out my God-given duties, I only prayed for everything to be resolved according to His ways. Vowing to pay back Our Lord's grace while receiving relief At the request of my Restaurant Mission Parish Pastor Rev. Sang-joon Park, who was well aware of my situation, I began receiving monetary relief from the church in July 2003. I felt embarrassed and I also deeply felt the love of Our Lord and my shepherd. A year later, my financial troubles had not ended but I stopped receiving the relief by faith so that people who were in greater need could receive it. I began praying fervently so that I could receive financial blessings with which I hoped I could help the church and the Senior Pastor, give relief to those in need, and pay back Our Lord's grace. In March 2005, at the proposal of Deacon Eui-won Kim, I began working as an insurance planner as a side job. Two months later, at the fifth anniversary of Sae-jin's healing, all of my family went to greet the Senior Pastor for a brief meeting, during which I vowed to devote myself to the insurance industry, which would allow me to faithfully keep the Lord's Day holy and carry out my God-given duty as a mission leader of the Restaurant Mission. Marching forward by faith on the path of righteousness June 1, 2005, was my first day at Urim Insurance Company Digital, Inc., a company that handles insurance products by Shinhan Life. As I had no previous experience in the insurance industry or in insurance planning, there were many difficulties at first. However, as I kept in my mind the words of the Senior Pastor, "Do not rely on people. Believe only in God as you walk on the path of righteousness. Do not become greedy and be patient with your work," I did not look for shortcuts to great sales performance but only strove to walk and remain on the path of righteousness. Elder Kyu-dong Lee, representative director at Urim Insurance Company, also assisted me in many ways. In 2006, I was elected United Mission Leader at the Light and Salt Mission (Manmin Joong-ang Church's interdenominational mission that serves Christians who work on Sundays) and began faithfully carrying out my God-given duty. As I have long desired to give relief to the needy and provide financial support for mission, I relied on God's Word, "Dwell in the land and cultivate faithfulness" (Psalm 37:3), began each day with the Senior Pastor's "Prayer at the Beginning of a Day" recorded on a cassette tape, and worked diligently to close each of the contracts. Then God began working in His wondrous ways. There were clients who insisted on signing insurance contracts with me even though their husbands or wives were insurance planners. After briefing the potential clients, some of them would say that they felt they could trust my company's products and even took me around the whole building and all the departments of their companies, referring even more clients to me. Magnifying God with an unbelievable sales record I prepared offerings every Sunday morning and received the Senior Pastor's prayer by faith. Whenever I briefed the clients, I had with me the handkerchief on which the Senior Pastor had prayed (Acts 19:11-12) and God never failed to do His share of the work. When I showed my faith to God in an earnest desire to give a tithe of about $1,050 (KRW 1,000,000) each month, I could accomplish that goal after receiving the Senior Pastor's prayer by January 2006, and two weeks later, I was giving God a tithe of about $2,1000 (KRW 2,000,000) a month. As of April 2006, in 10 months since I began working as an insurance planner, I am now giving God a tithe of over $2,800 (KRW 2,700,000) every month. In March, my sales performance came in first place among 3~4,000 Shinhan Life insurance planners throughout Korea, and in terms of a single product sales, I could magnify God with an unbelievable record. In recognition of my work, I was promoted to the position of Branch Manager of Urim Insurance Company Digital, Inc., on April 1, 2006. As all of my debts have also been resolved with the assistance of one of my acquaintances, I have been working diligently with a lighter heart and living a joyous life in Christ. I give all thanks and glory to God and I express my deepest gratitude to Senior Pastor Rev. Dr. Jaerock Lee for his heartfelt prayer.

Manmin News NO.73 April 16, 2006

77-I Have Been Healed of the Excruciating Rheumatoid Arthritis!

I Have Been Healed of the Excruciating Rheumatoid Arthritis!

In-soon Kim (Chinese 1 Parish) Moving to Korea and suffering from rheumatoid arthritis Born and raised in China, I had worked at a restaurant for much of my life. When someone told me that I could make a lot of money in Korea, I came here in December 2000. I began working at a restaurant in Seoul but soon afterwards, joints in my hands, feet, and shoulders started to twinge and go numb at times. Then in March 2001, I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis. The doctor told me complete healing was impossible and recommended that I stop working. I could not stop working, however, as I had to earn money to pay back my debts and pay for my daughter's tuition; I went back to the restaurant and resumed working under the constant, excruciating pain. I carried around an amulet for healing, took all kinds of medication known to be effective in curing arthritis, and even had cat meat. None of these efforts were fruitful. Hearing the Gospel and led to Manmin Joong-ang Church The arthritis grew worse and worse. The agonizing pain made me feel as though each bone and joint in my body would fall off. Then starting about a year ago, I was forced to stay in bed. Early March 2006, at the advice that my tendons would contract and bones would stiffen up if I stayed in bed all the time, I was walking around the less crowded parts of my neighborhood. On that March day, I was preached the gospel by one Manmin Joong-ang Church member. "God can heal any kind of diseases." I was hesitant to believe what I was hearing at first, but because I could not ignore it I gave her my telephone number. A few days later, District Leader, Chinese Parish, Deaconess Jung-ok Kim visited me at home. "I'd been suffering from breast cancer myself but have been healed after receiving Senior Pastor Rev. Dr. Jaerock Lee's prayer." I was moved by the fact that District Leader Kim came from the same town in China as I did and I was touched by how she was treating me like a member of her family. Awestruck by the constant attention and love she showed me, I attended the Wednesday Evening Service on March 22, 2005. Meeting the Living God after reading Rev. Dr. Lee's books Upon returning home after the Service, I began reading Rev. Dr. Jaerock Lee's testimonial memoir, Tasting Eternal Life Before Death. A story about how God met with the Senior Pastor and healed all of his diseases at once, and how he became God's servant of power was an inspiration itself. After staying up until 3 o'clock in the morning to finish reading Tasting Eternal Life Before Death, I read The Message of the Cross at one sitting the next day, during which I could not contain the teeming tears continuously coming down my cheeks. I could only be touched by the love of Our Lord who has delivered us from hell and placed us on the path to salvation. Furthermore, the love of the district leader and other parish members, who often brought food and tended me, was more than enough to move my heart. Regretful of the time I had lived without knowing God, I began crying uncontrollably. Becoming whole again after receiving the shepherd's prayer by faith! Prior to the Friday All-night Service on Friday, March 24, 2006, I went before the Senior Pastor with the help of my parish members and received his prayer. "Rheumatoid arthritis all over her body, go away! ¡¦ I pray all this in the name of Jesus Christ." Then a miracle took place. My legs, which had felt like heavy stones before I received prayer, became strengthened and I could begin walking on my own! Hallelujah! The next day, I received prayer from Grand Parish Pastor Rev. Do-chun Shin of the Chinese Parish with the handkerchief on which the Senior Pastor had prayed (Acts 19:11-12), my arms and hands became strengthened and I could place my hands on the floor. As the long-lasting pain went away, I could sleep comfortably for the first time in a very while. During the "Healing Festival" time in the second part of the Friday All-night Service held March 31 – April 1, 2006, I went up to the lower stage in the Main Sanctuary to give glory to God with my healing. The fact that I could walk up the stairs without any difficulty was a miracle in itself. That night, I became convinced of the healing through a dream God showed me. In that dream, there was a doctor who healed all over my body by correcting the crooked joints and bones and straightening out the contracted tendons, and the doctor was none other than the Senior Pastor. Tears spring up from my eyes whenever I think of how I have come to meet the Living God and learn about heaven and hell for I know I would have otherwise died a cripple and ended up in hell. I am so happy I want to shout from the top of my lungs to let the whole world know how happy I am to have met God. "Everyone, Our Father God is alive!" I give all thanks and glory to God and I would also like to express my deepest appreciation to Senior Pastor Rev. Dr. Jaerock Lee for his heartfelt prayer.

Manmin News NO.73 April 16, 2006

76-Loving and looking after the neglected is my joy and happiness!

Loving and looking after the neglected is my joy and happiness!

Senior Deaconess Hyun-joo Oh (Chairman, Funeral Service Committee, President, Volunteers for the "Hearing-impaired First" Committee) After meeting God through the healings of my father-in-law and oldest son by the prayer of Senior Pastor Rev. Dr. Jaerock Lee, I have been so grateful for His grace and diligently begun serving God and the church by doing the things I can from cleaning the restrooms to helping with the preparation for food at weddings and funerals. Growing up as the youngest of nine children, I didn't know how to pickle vegetables into Kimchi and was not very good at preparing other dishes. Yet, as I always prayed in helping with preparing food, people began commending me very often, "This tastes great!" There was once a string of funeral taking place for the span of 15 days, and I felt quite exhausted. However, when I saw those family members receiving grace, attending church, and growing into church workers, it all felt worthwhile. The following is a story from the time when the Volunteers for the "Hearing-impaired First" Committee was founded in 2001. After learning that there were many married couples who had not had weddings because of financial difficulties, I began praying for a joint wedding. Soon afterwards, with profound interest and love from Manmin members and monetary support from "Relieving the Needy" campaign, we could have a very elegant and joyous wedding ceremony. I also strove to become their friends by learning the sign language. Today, the joy from seeing them standing on the firm foundation of faith on their own cannot be exchanged or replaced with anything else in the world. I give all thanks and glory to the Father God who has taught me true happiness through service!

Manmin News NO.72 April 2, 2006

75-I'm free from the 30 years of alcoholism!

I'm free from the 30 years of alcoholism!

Keum-soo Choi (55, Southern Ulsan Manmin Church) Since getting married in 1974, I have led a difficult life marked by constant bickering with my husband and financial troubles at home. During that time, I became an alcoholic, drinking three bottles of hard liquor 'soju' almost daily. I was merely continuing my life from one day to the next, without any hope or desire. I could not feel too sorry whenever my husband asked me, "How could you be like that? Do you really like to drink that much?" It would be more accurate to say that I could not live without drinking than I actually enjoyed drinking. In the autumn of 2004, my husband Oh-jung Moon began attending Southern Ulsan Manmin Church. I followed my husband to the church every now and then but because I was drenched in alcohol on most Sundays, I never actually attended Sunday Worship Services. Then on January 25, 2006, my husband came home from church with a book which Rev. Chang-hoon Han (Pastor, Southern Ulsan Manmin Church) had lent him. It was none other than Rev. Dr. Jaerock Lee's Tasting Eternal Life Before Death, which is giving teeming grace to people all over the world. Out of curiosity I began reading through page after page and ended up meeting the living God. "Wow¡¦the Senior Pastor met God the Healer who cured him at once after roaming about the threshold of death for 7 years. God is alive!" I cried throughout the book. Astonishingly, I realized that I wasn't even thinking of drinking even a little after finishing the book. My head felt clearer and my body lighter once I stopped drinking. Nowadays, instead of alcohol, I am drenched in Senior Pastor Rev. Dr. Jaerock Lee's messages that are sweeter than honey and the drippings of the honeycomb! Hallelujah!

Manmin News NO.72 April 2, 2006

74-All the scars on the face of my son, who had fallen into a pot of boiling oil, were completely cleansed in 20 days!

All the scars on the face of my son, who had fallen into a pot of boiling oil, were completely cleansed in 20 days!

Soo-hyun Kim (New Kwangju Manmin Church) Saturday, January 28, 2006 / Jae-woo falls into a pot of boiling oil On Saturday, January 28, 2006, one day before the Chinese New Year, I was busy with preparing food for the holiday at my mother-in-law's house in Haenam, Southern Jeon-la Province. While returning from the bathroom with my older son Jae-hyuk, I heard the bawling cry of my younger son Jae-woo. When I sprinted towards Jae-woo, I saw that the baby walker in which he was seated had tipped over the kitchen doorsill and Jae-woo had fallen headfirst into a pot of boiling oil. As my husband (Chul Lee) hurriedly tried to lift up Jae-woo, half of whose face was already submerged in the oil, the baby slipped out of his hands and fell into the boiling oil one more time. Right then, my mother-in-law Senior Deaconess Mal-jin Kim (Mokpo Manmin Church) poured the Muan Sweet Water on Jae-woo's head. As you know, the Muan Sweet Water was transformed from bitter seawater into sweet, potable water by the prayer of Senior Pastor Rev. Dr. Jaerock Lee and has been manifesting all kinds of healing to countless people. We also had Jae-woo receive the Senior Pastor's "Prayer for the Sick" recorded on an automated telephone message. 3:00 P.M., Saturday, January 28, 2006 / Heading to Seoul and receiving Rev. Dr. Lee's prayer It was such a dire situation that at the advice of my mother-in-law, we headed to Seoul to meet with Rev. Dr. Jaerock Lee. The surface of Jae-woo's face had been peeled off and cooked. Tears streamed down my cheeks each time I saw the large vesicles on his forehead, eyes, upper lips, and scalp, the pieces of skin with capillary vessels showing under the rolled-up cuticles, and his severely swollen left eye. On the way to Seoul, all of us were amazed at how Jae-woo did not seem to feel any pain, cry, or fret after receiving the "Prayer for the Sick"; he actually seemed quite comfortable. He was, however, unable to eat any food. After a three-and-a-half-hour trip, we were able to meet with the Senior Pastor who was at his residence for the Chinese New Year. When he saw Jae-woo's disfigured face, the Senior Pastor seemed even more heartbroken than I was. He gently placed his hand on Jae-woo's head and prayed for him in the minutest detail. "Drive away the burning sensation. Prevent the baby from becoming infected with any bacteria. Allow for the wounds to be healed. Father God, make the baby whole again. Let Your light come upon him! I pray all this in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen." At the moment, I felt the love of the Senior Pastor rushing into my heart. Immediately after receiving his prayer, Jae-woo started eating. On our way home to Kwangju, Jae-woo slept comfortably, ate well, and was playful. Repenting of our past, committing everything to God Through this incident, my husband and I came to learn and realize so much. At the time, we hadn't been keeping the Lord's Day holy and giving God the whole tithes because we were "so busy." In addition, we repented of not having recognized the love of Our God who had watched over us in a car accident last fall, in which none of us were injured. It had been a "wake-up call" from God, telling us to renew our commitment in Him, but we had chosen to ignore it. Jae-woo's left eye was severely swollen and there was a chance he could lose his sight. When we checked on him the next day, however, we saw that the swelling had gone down and the eyeball seemed as normal as ever. Yet, Jae-woo's lips were still very much swollen that the lips' lining could not be distinguished. Concerned family members, neighbors, and friends questioned whether it was such a good idea not to take Jae-woo to the hospital. As the news of the Senior Pastor's manifestations of God's power had settled in as faith in our hearts, my husband and I only wanted to commit everything to God. Of course, we repented in tears, begging for His mercy. Friday, February 3 / Scabs formed over Jae-woo's face and head 6 days after the accident As we held fast to our faith in this chain of events, God saw and recognized our faith, and did His work in the most obvious way. Blisters could have developed and oozing or pus could have infected the wounds, but as soon as blisters and oozing dried, scabs began forming over Jae-woo's face and head. Six days after the accident by Friday, February 3, 2006, scabs had developed over much of Jae-woo's face. Before the Friday All-night Service, we brought Jae-woo to the Senior Pastor to receive his prayer one more time. When he said, "God healed the baby's eye first so that he wouldn't lose his sight," delighted in the healing progress, and prayed earnestly for our son, all we could do was praise and give thanks for the love of Our God and the shepherd. Friday, February 10 / Scabs fall off the wounds as new flesh develops The work of healing afterwards was even faster. Scabs formed over the left half of Jae-woo's face and new flesh developed underneath the scabs. Dried scabs began falling off piece by piece and by February 10, less than two weeks after the accident, all the scabs over Jae-woo's face except for the forehead fell off. As my mother-in-law, my husband, many other brothers and sisters in Christ, and I saw the new flesh developing and the scabs falling off so rapidly, we could only rejoice and give glory to the Living God. Friday, February 17 / 20 days later, Jae-woo's face is without a single scar By Friday, February 17, 2006, less than three weeks after the accident, all the remaining scabs fell off Jae-woo's face, which now has fairer and clearer skin than the time before the accident. Hallelujah! After personally experiencing God's power manifested by Senior Pastor Rev. Dr. Jaerock Lee with Jae-woo, my husband and I have no choice but to believe in the Father. We have gained the faith to keep the Lord's Day holy, attend all worship services, worship God at home with our family, and give Him whole tithes in gratitude. We seek to become God's faithful workers, never forgetting the grace of the One who has healed Jae-woo. We give all thanks and glory to the almighty God for healing Jae-woo in a such a short amount of time that transcends man's common sense, and we would also like to express our deepest appreciation to Senior Pastor Rev. Dr. Jaerock Lee for his heartfelt prayer.

Manmin News NO.71 March 19, 2006

73-I've been healed of a variety of diseases in the comfort of my motherland and in the love of Our Lord

I've been healed of a variety of diseases in the comfort of my motherland and in the love of Our Lord

Deaconess Hak-gi Yoon (68 years of age, 2-7th Parish, 4-3rd Women's Mission) Losing both parents in China and living a long and difficult life In 1942, my parents and I left behind our hometown of Sun-san, Kyung-sang Buk-do for Shenyang, China. When both of my parents died prematurely, I got married at the age of 18. In 1968, just as I had turned 30, I lost my husband in an unexpected accident. After his death, I led a difficult life raising a son and a daughter. From extreme poverty and a variety of physical work I undertook, I constantly suffered from stress, migraine, vomiting, and when I was startled even a little, I felt the tightness around my heart. In addition, my stomach kept hurting after an operation on my spleen. The weaker I grew physically, the more and more I missed home. 'I'll go home now,' I thought to myself. 'There, I'll spend the rest of days in comfort.' Finally coming home but still suffering In 1991 and at the age of 53, I came back to my motherland after nearly half a century. Against my hopes and plans, however, difficulties continued. While working at a restaurant one time, I fell and had to walk with a limp. A little later, I collapsed while coming down a flight of stairs and the excruciating pain in my ankles constantly kept me up at night. When my eyesight deteriorated rapidly, I went to the hospital for an evaluation. I was diagnosed with cataract and first operated on my left eye. When a lump was discovered in my uterus, I had to schedule a date for another operation. As I saw my room full of all kinds of medication whose names I didn't even know and myself utterly broken, I wasn't sure if there had ever been any happy moments in my life. 'They say there is heaven. I'll believe in Jesus and live a comfortable life.' Then my younger sister, Deaconess Sook-ja Yoon, who had been leading a life in Christ at a Manmin branch church in China, visited me in Korea and preached the gospel to me with Rev. Doo-chun Shin in charge of the "Chinese Grand Parish." "Heaven surely exists and it's such a beautiful place without tears, grief, or torment. When you have faith, you can be healed of any diseases!" I then thought to myself, 'They say there is heaven, a place without tears, grief, or torment. I'll believe in Jesus and live a comfortable life there!' and joined Manmin Joong-ang Church. Upon first coming to Manmin in April 2004, the magnificent main sanctuary and the performances of the choir and the Nissi Orchestra made me feel like I was already in heaven. The message of Senior Pastor Rev. Dr. Jaerock Lee was teeming with grace and gave me true comfort. 'Why have I come so late to such a wonderful church?!' Afterwards, I made every effort to live by God's Word and strove to spread the news of the Living God to people who found themselves in a similar situation as mine. I am still thankful to this day for the thoughtful consideration of the Senior Pastor, who has provided for Chinese parish members "The House of Holiness," a place where Chinese parish members could have fellowship and rest with one another. Receiving healing of cataract and other diseases In May 2004 was "The 12th Two-week Special Revival Meeting with Rev. Dr. Jaerock Lee." I attended the Meeting where I saw countless people testifying to their healing after receiving Rev. Dr. Lee's prayer. 'I'm going to receive God's healing by faith!' I'd been working as a maid but I quit the job so that I could attend the Revival Meeting every day. In fervent prayer, I asked for healing as I stopped taking all the medication and offered God all the money I had been saving for my operation. During the second week of the Revival Meeting, Rev. Dr. Lee prayed for the sick from the pulpit. "All kinds of diseases, go away! Let God's light shine here!" The moment I received his prayer, I felt as though my back had caught on fire and I soon began experiencing all kinds of miraculous things. I could begin to see objects clearly through my right eye that had been so dim because of cataract. Furthermore, the vomiting and the cardiac disorder I felt each morning, as well as the lump in my uterus had all disappeared. Hallelujah! My lachrymal glands have opened for the first time in 51 years! In gratitude for God's grace, I began fervently praying for the Senior Pastor who continue to proclaim the Word of life and my family members. Then I had another wondrous experience. One day in December 2004, I attended a district prayer meeting and the parish pastor prayed for me with the handkerchief on which the Senior Pastor had prayed. The Holy Spirit set my body on ablaze as I began rending my heart in repentance and shed tears without knowing when to stop. I was dumbfounded when I couldn't shed tears at the funerals of my parents and husband years earlier, but I realized that for the first time in 51 years, my lachrymal glands opened. I was also perfectly healed of arthritis in both of my legs. That night, for the first time in a very, very long while, I could sleep comfortably without waking up even once. The blessing of birth for my son and daughter-in-law I always thought of ways to pay God back for giving me healing free of charge as well as hopes for heaven. I soon found the answer in distributing the copies of Manmin Joong-ang News so that countless people being tormented in this world from disease could be healed and saved. I also testified the God I met to my family members and relatives whenever I met with them. God was delighted with my faith and blessed my family with evangelization, and my son, daughter, nieces, granddaughters, and even in-laws who had witnessed my healing joined Manmin Joong-ang Church. Furthermore, while my son Soo-duk Jeon and his wife had been childless for the first three years of their marriage, they received the blessing of birth after receiving prayer from the Senior Pastor. They gave birth to a healthy girl last December. I give all thanks and glory to my Father God for showing me His infinite love and healing me of all kinds of diseases, and also express my deepest appreciation to Senior Pastor Rev. Dr. Jaerock Lee for his earnest prayer.

Manmin News NO.69 February 19, 2006

72-Our only child collided with a large SUV but she walked out of the accident scene unscathed.

Our only child collided with a large SUV but she walked out of the accident scene unscathed.

Psalm 121:5 "The LORD is your keeper; The LORD is your shade on your right hand." Deaconess Chan-hye Park (Muan Manmin Church) "Screeeeeech~ Bang!" "Ju-eun, noooooooo!" On our way to a market on Wednesday, January 11, 2006, my family was involved in a car accident. Our five-year-old daughter Ju-eun had let go of her father's hand, run ahead of us and onto the road, and was struck by a speeding SUV on the crosswalk. For a moment I couldn't see anything but I soon composed myself. My husband and I began looking for Ju-eun, who miraculously walked out from underneath the car. All she did was to drop onto the ground and began crying. "Are you okay, Ju-eun? Are you hurt?" We looked here and there for any scrapes or wounds but except for her clothes having been dirtied, Ju-eun was completely fine. One of her pink sneakers that had apparently come off her foot and flown behind the SUV was the only witness to the incredible event that had just taken place. Ju-eun walked out from underneath the car and began crying At the urging of the dumbfounded driver of the SUV and the speechless bystanders, we took Ju-eun to a nearby hospital for MRI and CT scans but the doctor couldn't find anything wrong with her. After reviewing the scan results, he thought the accident had been a minor collision. When he heard of what had really happened, the doctor couldn't believe what he was seeing and could only say, "The gods must've been with this little girl." I guess he wanted to express that some force beyond the might of man had been watching over our daughter. He also advised that Ju-eun might wake up in the middle of the night with convulsions. So I put Ju-eun to sleep after having her receive Senior Pastor Rev. Dr. Jaerock Lee's "Prayer for the Sick" recorded on the automated telephone message. Ju-eun was fast asleep as if nothing had happened to her earlier that day. "God has saved the daughter He has given us!" For my family was well aware of the birth of Ju-eun, we could only magnify God and rejoice in Him. Ju-eun born five years into the marriage after receiving the prayer of blessing I married my husband in 1997 but as I was suffering from the sequela of intestinal tuberculosis at the time, I was unable to conceive. After receiving Senior Pastor Rev. Dr. Jaerock Lee's prayer by faith on the television screen, however, I gave birth to Ju-eun in May 2002, five years after our wedding. Through Ju-eun's accident, I repented of having failed to live by the Word, become lax in my prayer life, and grumbled against and not having served my husband (Deacon Tae-wan Kim) faithfully on account of my having been ill. The accident served as a precious opportunity by which we became a peaceful family. I give all thanks and glory to God for giving us such a beautiful daughter and protecting her every moment, and also give my heartfelt thanks to Senior Pastor Rev. Dr. Jaerock Lee for harboring our family in his prayer.

Manmin News NO.69 February19, 2006

71-A Story of a Family Abounding in Love and Blessing

A Story of a Family Abounding in Love and Blessing

Deaconess Jin-young Lee (5-21 st Parish, 2-5 Women's Mission) I was born in Kwangju, Kyong-ki Province and attended mission schools but lived much of my life without any particular spiritual experience. I married my entrepreneur husband in 1984 and began looking for a church after having been evangelized by my mother-in-law. At the time, my husband had been attending church but did not possess true faith. Led to Manmin after My Husband's Business Bankrupted When a massive financial crisis swept through much of Asia in the late 1990s, my husband's business was caught in its effect and subsequently bankrupted. In the ensuing days and months after this abrupt change in my life, I struggled to make ends meet everyday. Then in February 1998, I registered at Manmin Joong-ang Church and gained hope in life as I listened to Rev. Dr. Jaerock Lee's messages during the early days of my life in Christ. I met the living God in the lives of brothers and sisters in Christ who were healed of a variety of diseases and in the testimonies of those who received His answers in the most difficult and desperate of situations. From the depths of my heart flowed joy and gratitude. After some time, along with the wife of my husband's younger brother Deaconess In-sook Park, I began imploring to God in tears for an opportunity to spread the gospel of sanctification in the Yichon area I was living at the time. While it was possible to attend Friday All-night and Sunday Services at the main sanctuary in Seoul, the Yi-chon area was in need of a branch sanctuary where people could gather for the Daniel Prayer Meeting and Wednesday Evening Services. My husband readily lent us his empty office and Deaconess Park and I met there every night to pray together. Blessings in Flesh and Spirit as We Strove for Establishment of a Branch Sanctuary Then on April 29, 1999, the Yi-chon Branch Sanctuary was founded. After offering God the Founding Service in unspeakable joy and gratitude, I endeavored to give Him the "Construction Offering" despite the difficult financial situations at home. God was delighted with our small devotion and beginning in 2000, He began blessing my husband's business and allowed it to recover. In addition, God led the members of my immediate and extended family to Manmin and has nurtured them into spiritual warriors. The youngest sister of my husband, Pastor Mi-jung Cho is currently serving the church as parish pastor, a cousin of my husband Pastor Young-sook Cho as assistant parish pastor, and the oldest sister of my husband Deaconess Mi-ja Cho as prayer devotee and a member of the Evangelization Brigade. Deaconess In-sook Park, chosen to serve as district leader this year, received the "Best Sub-district Leader Award of 2005" in the 21 st Parish while I am serving the church as a cell leader and one of the commanders on the Evangelization Brigade. All such blessings have been made possible because of my mother-in-law Deaconess Yeon-keum Kim's unceasing prayer and fasting throughout more than 40 years of her life in Christ. I'm truly grateful to lead a Christian life alongside the 23 members of my extended family. Overflowing Blessings at Home and Business On the spot where my husband's office was located – the same office he had lent Deaconess Park and me to pray for the Yi-chon branch sanctuary – God worked for the construction of an apartment complex to take place. Then on January 16, 2005, all our family had an opportunity to greet Rev. Dr. Jaerock Lee, who has taught us true happiness through his messages of life, and received his prayer of blessing. "As much as they have sown and done, bless all their family. Bless their workplaces also." After receiving prayer, my husband participated in the construction of other apartment projects and prior to the completion of construction, almost all of the 418 units were sold. Caption • Her husband Layman Bong-ok Cho as reported in Dae-han News (left) and Si-sa News Journal (right) God remembered the deeds of my husband and blessed him; He was always a faithful son to her mother, helped his siblings in every way he could, and looked after others by giving relief his neighbors and presenting scholarships to deserving students. Today, his firm is one of the steadiest construction companies in the Yi -chon area and has even been reported by the media. Our second son Byong-chul came in first place at a recent high-school golf tournament. Hallelujah! After participating "The 28-day Special Prayer Meeting" held late last year, the oldest sister of my husband Deaconess Mi-ja Cho was able to sell her house she had purchased for about US $30,000 at about US $125,000, while her husband Deacon Dong-yong Park received the blessing of having his salary multiplied after his diligent work. I give all thanks and glory to God and also give my heartfelt thanks to Senior Pastor Rev. Dr. Jaerock Lee for nurturing all of us with his messages and prayer. Her family with Senior Pastor Rev. Dr. Jaerock Lee

Manmin News NO.0 February 05, 2006