Keep faith and follow the vision
I recently watched a film produced by the Christian History Institute to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. This Changed Everything. In addition to quite accurately recording Martin Luther and even earlier John Huss, this film bravely advocated a return to the Bible when faced with the corruption of the medieval church, and subsequently made great progress in theology, doctrine, and church organization. In other aspects, the churches have a history of disagreement, confrontation, attack, and persecution. Even now, they are still often divided into different groups.
This honestly told documentary has stayed with me for weeks and made me reflect on the unity of the church. Before the Lord Jesus left this world and ascended to heaven, he prayed: "From now on, I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world; I go to you. Holy Father, please keep them and make them united because of the name you have given me. To be one like us” (John 17:11) This is Jesus’ prayer for those who believe in Him. More than two thousand years later, after the church has gone through various reforms, are we really united as Jesus prayed?
The annual camp of "Kingdom Resources for Christ" is already in its 19th year if you include the five-year literary camp I organized when I was still an editor of "Messenger" magazine; the camp in Taiwan is also in its 19th year. Entering its ninth year. From young to old, people ask me every year, why do we hold such a camp? do what?
Our "Kingdom of God" magazine has published fifty issues, including the first issue, for nearly thirteen years. And why is this magazine? These are questions we have asked ourselves again and again, so our co-workers constantly beg God the Father to give us a clear vision so that we can accurately follow His leadership, do what God wants us to do, and move forward bravely.
The "Kingdom of God" camp is for people to gather together, seek God's personal will for us, discover and develop the gifts and talents given to each of us by God the Father, train each other, learn together, and find ways to use the gifts God the Father has given us. With their gifts and talents, they exert their influence and participate in the construction of God’s kingdom. The "Kingdom of God" camp is a camp for body, mind, and soul, combining leisure, mental learning, and getting closer to God. In the camp, we experience God’s presence and healing every year. We serve each other with our expertise in different fields, encourage each other, regain strength in the Lord, and continue to faithfully follow the leadership of God the Father after returning to our posts.
"Kingdom of God" is a magazine that emphasizes the culture of the kingdom of heaven. Foresight, breakthrough, challenge, practicality, knowledge, motivation and action are the criteria for reviewing and publishing articles. For every area of life and faith - whether it is about missionary outreach, workplace management and operations, or about faith, theology, art, culture and values, or the various relationships between people, or even community care and We all have a humble and inquiring heart about social justice and fairness, and hope to view and discuss things based on heavenly values, rather than easily follow human traditions or compromise with regional culture and knowledge.
We hold on to this belief and continue to follow Christ…. We hope you will come to the "Kingdom of God" camp and circulate the "Kingdom of God" magazine. From the end of last year to July this year, we received donations of $52,721, and the budget required for North American ministry is $157,700. Please earnestly pray for us, donate or work together, because you are the resources of the kingdom of God, and all our services are for Christ!
Lily Yang
Author profile Gao Lili is the founder and CEO of Kingdom of God Christian Association. He has served as a senior executive in large American companies for many years and is currently in full-time ministry. He often lectures and leads camps throughout North America and Asia, and is extremely responsible for training leadership and management models that are in line with God’s will.