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We should pursue the best things in life, but we know that they don't come easy. Don't take the easy way out. Persevere and pursue the best things in life. Faith is the best thing. By Rev. Simon Park

Resurrection is the creation of new heavens and a new earth. It is hope. Hope is not hope when things are good and positive. Hope is hope when there is no hope. May you live with true hope made possible by the resurrection of our Lord!

Reflections by Alan Liu, Grace B., John Chung, & Rev. In Kee Kim from St. Tim's recent mission trip to Cuba.

Scripture Passage Philippians 3:4b-14 Worship Video Worship Audio Sermon Script What do people value the most? A recent Reuters poll says that American people value time the most. Then career , success , and money come in as close seconds. I think that is so true. What good is money when you have no time to spend it? What good is all the power and success when no time is left for you. It is like a parable of a rich fool that our Lord Jesus taught us. Then he told them a parable: The lan...

Scripture Passage Luke 15:1-3, 11b-32 Worship Video Worship Audio Sermon Script This is a very famous story. I am sure most of you have heard about this story and are very familiar with it. This is one of the most famous parables Jesus left behind for us to remember. What we read today is the last one of three stories. All three stories have the same theme. The first one is about a shepherd searching for one lost sheep, leaving 99 in the wilderness. The second one is about a woman searchi...

Scripture Passage 1 Corinthians 10:1-13 Worship Video Worship Audio Sermon Script Have you had a personal experience of meeting God? Meeting God is a wonderful experience. When you meet God, everything is good. You feel embraced by God's love. Your burdens are lifted. You feel that everything is going to be alright. Many of you have experienced this kind of wonderful encounter with God. This is what it was like when the Corinthians received the gospel. Meeting God instills a core belief...

Scripture Passage Psalm 27 Worship Video Worship Audio Sermon Script We've been studying David at our Winter Fridays. The psalm we read today was written by him. Around 73 of the 150 psalms are attributed to David. That is almost half of the entire book. He was a talented poet. He had the sensitivity of an artist and the insight of a theologian. When I look at David's life, I see a common theme. It is that God was always with him. He lived his life with this understanding, in all circums...

Scripture Passage Deuteronomy 26:1-11 Worship Video Worship Audio Sermon Script When I think about people today, there's a word that comes to my mind: overwhelmed. I sense that people are just overwhelmed. Overwhelmed by the demands placed on them. Their time. Energy. Attention. It is true, our senses are overwhelmed, our brains are overwhelmed. We can't even sit still: our phones demand our attention. But I think there's a deeper force that leads people to feel overwhelmed. It's that the...

Scripture Passage Luke 9:28-36 Worship Video Worship Audio Sermon Script Today's passage gives us a wonderful scene. A glorious scene! While Jesus was praying, his face changed. His clothes became dazzling. Two dead people appeared. They were not just dead people. They were like pillars of the Old Testament. Moses represented the Law. Elijah represented the Prophet. So the Law and the Prophet, the core tradition of the Old Testament. What a glorious scene! It's a miracle. It was out-of-t...

Scripture Passage Luke 6:27-38 Worship Video Worship Audio Sermon Script Jesus is our Lord. But Jesus was also a flesh and blood human being. His ministry took place among flesh and blood human beings. Jesus' message to them was that the kingdom of God was at hand. Something new was being born. What was the main point about the kingdom of God? Put simply, it was this: you are not merely a victim of your circumstances, but you are empowered to live a better way. Today's passage is the fir...

Scripture Passage 1 Corinthians 15:12-20 Worship Video Worship Audio Sermon Script When does a person deteriorate? What I means is When does a person become weak, frail, dark, and negative? When does a person become overly critical, not happy, gloomy, and feel hopeless? I think that happens when your thinking is deteriorated. The other day, I was talking with a person who just retired. I asked, How is your retired life? He said, Good. I do a lot of things. When I do a lot of things, I do...

Scripture Passage Luke 5:1-11 Worship Video Worship Audio Sermon Script Life is about more than fish. Focus on God, not the fish. God will provide all that you need and unlock what you really want. Do you know what it is that you WANT? What if what you THINK you want is not REALLY what you want? We often confuse what we WANT with what we NEED. What we THINK we want is often really what we NEED. Because it's hard to get what we need, we think that's what we want. It's very hard to make ...

Scripture Passage 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 Worship Video Worship Audio Sermon Script Love never ends. (1 Corinthians 13:8) This phrase catches my eyes. There is so much in this passage. I can talk about so many things about love. But this phrase stands out for me. Love Never Ends. Love is eternal. The eternal quality is intrinsic in Love. But that's not what we experience about love in this world. People fall in love and easily fall out of love. Today they go crazy about each other and to...

Scripture Passage 1 Corinthians 12:12-31a Worship Video Worship Audio Sermon Script When St. Paul met Christ, he became a new person. So if anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; look, new things have come into being! (2 Corinthians 5:17) Yes, when we meet Christ, we become a new person. But St. Paul was not only talking about himself as a person. He was thinking beyond just himself. He was thinking about our existence as people. In Christ, our whol...

Scripture Passage Isaiah 62:1-5 Worship Video Worship Audio Sermon Script God never forsakes you. God never abandons you. God never deserts you. But, even though God never forsakes you, sometimes you feel forsaken, abandoned, and deserted. Even our Lord, Jesus, experienced the feeling of abandonment on the cross. He cried out, my God, my God, why have you forsaken me? St. Paul also experienced the feeling of abandonment. We have become the scum of the earth, the garbage of the world right...

Scripture Passage 1 Peter 2:4-10 Worship Video Worship Audio Sermon Script I hope that you are having a great start to 2025. Before we get too far into the new year, it's important to reflect on important things. What kind of person do you want to be in 2025? Let me share a great vision with you today: Be the rock that others stand on. Isn't that a great thing to aspire to? It's something we can all do. In 2025, we should strive to be a rock on which others stand. It brings such a nice ...

Scripture Passage 1 Peter 2:4-10 Worship Video Worship Audio Sermon Script Happy New Year! May God's blessings be upon you and your family! God has been good in 2024. God will be also good in 2025. Let us trust God. Everything will work out for good. Even though there may be difficult times, God will give you the strength and the wisdom to deal with difficulties. Not only that, he will work out everything for good for you. This year's theme is Be the Rock. I would like to focus on two...

Scripture Passage Colossians 3:12-17 Worship Video Worship Audio Sermon Script Last week, we talked about humility. I said, humility is not just accepting your weaknesses and shortcomings. Humility is trusting in God's power and looking to God in all your circumstances, even in an impossible situation. That was what Mary did when she said, Let it be so. Humble people always look to God in all circumstances and leave their situations in God's hand. That's why they experience the peace of ...

Scripture Passage Luke 1:46-55 Worship Video Worship Audio Sermon Script Merry Christmas! We are celebrating today as Christmas Sunday even though it is the fourth Sunday of Advent. Today, we are celebrating the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ. His birth changed the way we think about our life. His birth gave us hope. His birth showed God's desire for this world. What was God's desire for the world? What did God want us to do? What message did he want to get across through the birth of J...

Scripture Passage Luke 1:68-79 Worship Video Worship Audio Sermon Script INTRODUCTION I enjoy buffets. There is a sequence, method. Purpose of first round: whet the appetite, get me going for the main courses and proteins. Luke is about Jesus – the main course. But Luke 1 is about things that take place before Jesus is born. The set-up to what God does through Jesus. Central character in chapter 1 is Zechariah. Today's passage – Benedictus. Last part of chapter 1. Chapter 1 begins with ...

Scripture Passage John 18:33-37 Worship Video Worship Audio Sermon Script I don't like the term, king or queen. The image of king or queen – it doesn't mean much to me. It rather gives me a negative image. Power, Privilege, Entitlement, Domination, and even Corruption. These are not the words I am not so attracted to. Especially when they use this term for Jesus whom I love, I feel uncomfortable. King is a political language. Isn't there a better word than king to describe Jesus? But wh...

Scripture Passage 1 Samuel 1:4-20 Worship Video Worship Audio Sermon Script The sermon script is currently unavailable. We are sorry for the inconvenience! The post Waiting and Prayer appeared first on St Timothy Presbyterian Church.

Scripture Passage Mark 13:1-8 Worship Video Worship Audio Sermon Script Nowadays we use GPS, before we used to look to the stars. Stars that orient you. The terrain changes, but you know where you're going. We have foundational things that anchor our lives and give direction. They give shape and direction to day to day life. We don't even have to really think. For me, it is my kids, church, family. Seasons, details change, but the general shape of my life doesn't. What happens when any ...

Scripture Passage Mark 12:38-44 Worship Video Worship Audio Sermon Script When life is not on your terms, how do you respond? That's an important question we must ask ourselves. It has implications for your life and those around you. We all try to do our best to make a good life. We understand the rules of the game and work hard to do well within them. But sometimes, even if you follow all the rules, things don't turn out the way you expect. Sometimes, life is not on your terms. No one l...