Anyoung, everybody!
Who’s never been to Korea before?
Woooo!
The whole thing about going from country to country, a lot of people say what do you think
of the food, what do you think of the scenery, and, you know.
What the country has to offer.
I’m always about people and culture, and maybe you could sum it up like this: I don’t
judge, I just like to know what each country is struggling with and how we can pray for
that country, and how I can prayerfully tailor up each speech.
I want you to understand, I know that Korea is a nation where a lot of teenagers are thinking
of giving up.
I want you to know that even while I had an active relationship with God, and I’m a
strong evangelist, that even I have bad days, too.
You are not alone, and God is with you, and us as a family can come together and encourage
everyone.
Let’s pray.
Dear lord Jesus…
I just feel like there was a mix in that crowd, a mix of Koreans that are more Westernized
than others, but then I see so many like literally…it’s in the Asian culture that they push themselves
so hard, and they do their homework and honestly, like, hours and hours, as many hours as they
spend at school, that’s as many hours they spend on their homework and assignments and
essays at home.
I saw maybe about seven or eight falling asleep.
It’s not because of my bad preaching.
They push themselves so hard they’re physically exhausted.
I just see that culture continuing to push themselves as they even get older, and the
family, the reputation, the church, and this and that and…it’s not just, again, Asian,
but I’m just telling you, it is a culture that push themselves really really really
hard.
So I don’t know man, it’s really interesting.
‘Cause, just felt like the word for me for that crowd and what that crowd was was diverse.
It was a diverse crowd, I believe.
Different, but looking for the same thing, deep down.
Some were ready for the message, some were not.
>>It’s a long journey.
He keep on asking the groups to pray to pray to pray, and this is what is missing.
I think Nick is guided by the holy spirit to really think this nation needs more praying.
They need to stay more closer to God, and pray with faith, and we on the right track,
I believe.
But how deep or how far we can go to awaken the Christians values in this country—I
think there’s still a long way to go.
We were also on the most popular talk show called “Healing Camp”, and the origin
of this talk show hosted by three famous celebrities was actually began after, I think, two years
of simultaneous waves of suicide as a chain reaction, when upon hearing a celebrity giving
up in life, all their fans think that it’s OK now for them to commit suicide as well.
It’s just gone too far.
>>The very first time, for the foreigners to appear on the show.
It’s like, when the star comes into this program, they talk about their own lives,
as well as they earn something from it while they’re talking about themselves, so it’s
like healing from both sides.
The origins of the why that healing camp started was to put celebrities there in the community
to talk about hope, to talk about motivational things, to talk about the positive things
of life, and to encourage everyone in society to not give up.
Woo, kimchi!
Kimchi!
Kimchi.
I really felt specifically to talk about parenting, you know.
The pressure to perform, feeling like you’re no one, feeling like all you need to do is
just get the money and have the job.
And help the family and the reputation of things around you.
It’s so much more than what meets the eye.
Right now South Korea is the number one leading nation in suicide in the world, per capita.
Japan’s number one in number.
We are praying for Asia.
We are praying for a change.
I don’t want to see teenagers die anymore.
I want South Korea to rise up.
Not in economy, but in spirit.
Amen.
Glory of God.
So I’m asking you to pray for your nation.
God will not give up on South Korea.
Don’t give up on God.
He will not give up on you.
You know the biggest prayer I have is?
A stronger unity of churches to come together.
To not be divided.
To not compete.
But to come together, because I believe that when churches in Korea come together, some
powerful things will happen in this nation.
Amen.
I love you!
God bless you!
I just feel like there will be such a great feeling in this nation if we stopped competing
and we stopped segregating, and we just one family.
I really felt that today, I really the Lord’s heart.
And I tell you right now, I’ve never said this anywhere, because I’ve never thought
of this anywhere else, but you know, like there are times when you think, OK, is God
going to give me arms and legs.
Some days I think about it, some days…many days I don’t.
Some days, though, I do think about it.
And I just feel like if God would do that miracle, I reckon it would be, don’t ask
me why, but, I feel it would be in Korea.
I don’t know why, but I just feel like it would be in Korea, and I don’t know.
I don’t know why I thought that tonight, but I don’t know if God’s going to give
me arms and legs, but I don’t know why I felt it, but just the…prayer, you know the
feeling that you have when you pray…I felt something beautiful in the air.
It was God.
I felt the holy spirit out there, and it’s pretty powerful, so.
God has such a plan, you know, for you and for this nation, thank you so much for working
with us.
I love going to countries where I’ve never been.
This was our first time ever in Thailand, I’ve heard so much about Thailand I love
Thai people.
I love Thai food.
I’ve seen the pictures, a beautiful country.
Thailand.
Thai messages, I mean, everything Thai, just about.
But I’ve never been.
It’s late night, second stamp in my new passport.
Thailand.
Bangkok.
Lot of people wanting photos, so it looks like they already know a little bit about
the ministry.
That’s good.
Hi!
The first thing we did in Thailand was a press conference, wherein I was able to share my
full testimony, mention about John chapter 9, I have a pair of shoes in my closet in
case God gives me arms and legs, I was very thankful to Thailand and its media for letting
me share my testimony, and I said that, and I said that’s a beautiful opportunity and
something that I hope doesn’t change in Thailand.
You can just feel a high level of receptivity from even the reporters.
They were writing vigorously, they were asking many many questions.
We went for an hour and a half, 70% of all of Thailand was reached through that press
conference, through TV, newspaper, magazines, radio outlets, and it was absolutely fantastic
to be there.
Dream big, and never give up.
Chiang Mai is a city known for the dense population of missionaries.
Worldwide presence there of different missions, different missionaries who have been there
for decades and decades and decades, praying for Thailand.
God bless you, nice to meet you.
Thank you.
>>I read your book, and I really loved the way that you said, you know, God if, you don’t
want me to die, teach me to live.
I memorized it.
Oh wow.
I hope it continues to bring you faith and just thank you for doing what you’re doing.
God is so big, you’re never going to get a dream that’s too big.
>>You were up there talking, and I looked at, you were an angel to me.
Praise God, give me a hug.
I love you so much.
We actually expected 7,000 people, and 12,000 people came together.
That was really really cool, in fact I was so blown away by how full the room was in
Chiang Mai, that I felt the Lord really move my heart as I was getting to know the pastors
there in Thailand, that maybe Thailand especially in the city of Chiang Mai, that this might
be one of the few cities were LWL could possible come back in the future and see an event with
a million people.
Hello, thank you.
Hello, hi.
1A?
1A.
OK.
1A.
I will never complain about LA traffic again.
I promise.
This thing goes 14 kilometers an hour.
Which means I would have made it here in 90 minutes instead of 120.
How funny is that, how funny is that.
15 centimeters of water in my bathtub, I tried to drown, because I felt like there was no
hope.
Thailand, don’t give up.
Are these big steps?
No, they’re very very small steps.
Very very small.
But every small step is a closer step to your goal.
But you need to be happy today.
Am I happy today?
Yeah, I’m happy today.
You see my smile?
I am happy today.
We had a really cool event that was packed, packed, packed, and at the end I mean, there
were just so many people in wheelchairs, and I felt just…I know logistically it was crazy,
there were so many people everywhere, there was security breaches everywhere.
But I just felt the need to have a line of all the people in wheelchairs take photos
with them individually, hug them all.
And then one Persian lady made her way back and she was just begging, begging me, please
can I come and talk to you.
>>I felt Jesus.
This feeling is deep, and I..I felt Jesus.
Hallelujah.
Lord Jesus, bless this sister of ours.
And I pray o God you continue to give her visions and dreams…
As she’s sharing her heart, I really felt the Lord tap me on the shoulder, and felt
that maybe God had a speaking ministry for her.
>>I want to be one person like you, just…and the world, and talk about it.
Amen.
>>I don’t think about myself again.
I don’t have anything, but I have Jesus.
Wow.
>>I want to work for Jesus.
Father, anoint her.
Give her the words.
Give her the opportunity, also give her father the time that she needs.
It was just a powerful, powerful testimony.
It was just so beautiful.