The first time I genuinely understood the Gospel, just like every other new born believer, I had this dying urge wanting to share the good news to everyone inside my sphere of life. The God-Man Jesus Christ would encourage me after every session of reading the Word to speak with radical boldness having no fear of man. With a growing attitude of chivalry, my immediate reaction was to tell my parents about who Jesus was, what He did, and what He’s giving us. The results were rather disappointing and the feedback was something like “don’t be a Jesus freak, it will ruin ya.” Isn’t it discouraging when your expectations are no where near met? And to add on top of that, you receive a negative response. Like I never even asked for that, what the? that’s exactly how I felt at the moment. Its like the opposite of grace, double portions of death. I guess I learned pretty quick that the world including your family can reject the truth. However, after TEN YEARS of contending with fervent prayer, the Holy Spirit began to infiltrate my parents hearts.

When I first moved out to Kansas City to pursuit the most Holy, I was afraid to leave my parents because I would have thoughts like “God has given me this divine assignment to be a faithful witness to my family, but if I leave, I’m disobeying His task and would be held responsible for their salvation. Lies, I know..but I’m sure some of you felt the same way at times. No? Okay, moving on… while I was at IHOP, my mama would share on the phone about how she enjoyed learning guitar and singing worship songs. This was totally unexpected and startled the heck out of me in a fascinating way. I felt like as if I was lying on the sand on a nice summer day and a beautiful lady was massaging my toes with baby oil while feeding me grapes. Weird analogy, I admit. But the point is, she said the key word “Worship”. Even being miles away from home, the work of the Holy Spirit was fully manifesting in indescribable measures. I knew right there and then that unceasing prayer was worth the while.

During Christmas break, I served at a youth retreat and gained a new knowledge of family. The speaker, Sam Kim, spoke on The Parable of the Lost Sons (Luke 15:11-32). Personally, the main theme for me was asking for forgiveness, forgiving, and ministering with the Father’s heart back to our family and friends. Traditionally, like every good retreat, the last night was the most impacting. The Spirit of conviction traveled down my soul , and I quickly wanted to reconcile with my paps with an apologetic heart. (If you want to hear the back story, ask me in person, and I’ll gladly share with you) The problem with conviction is, if it doesn’t lead us to repentance then we are continuously flirting with our issues. But if we act according to what God convicts us with, He rewards us with reconciliation and an abundance of grace.

In the next couple days, I approached my paps and I  asked for his forgiveness. He instantly replied with “I already forgot about it son. Forget about your past and just focus on following God. I know your not going to make a lot of money but if you do what He says, you will succeed.” AND he offered to make me food. My paps being a chef for the past 30+ years, never offered to cook me  anything unless my mom forced him too. But he did out of his own will! I was like WHOA, this must be grace? what is happening? where is he getting this from? he knows God? my dad not only forgave me, he ministered to me about God and offered to fix me something delicious. I felt the Holy Spirit blasting me with love with His immeasurable grace. My eyes were finally opened, and I realized my dad loved me all along and that his character was so Jesus-like all these years. He is a great man! I was just blinded. I pray that for those of you who are struggling with this somewhat similar issue, the Holy Spirit will reveal the truth of your parents to you in due time.

Although my parents are not saved, I strongly believe they will be very very soon. They are moving toward the ocean of His grace and soon will enjoy God’s holiness and righteousness. I realized through this experience, 99% of preaching the gospel to our parents is our obedience of honoring them and showing Jesus like compassion and love. The 1% is, if they ask us to speak to them about Jesus. You know that saying “actions speak louder than words”, its not a cliche, its living truth. Jesus exemplified it.

Therefore, I am no longer confident in me instead I’m confident in Him. He is the One that is going to bring salvation, joy and peace into our families. Amen?

Once I get a gist of this semester’s schedule, I will update you all more about it. Right now, I have so much to share but I can’t seem to organize my thoughts in order. For this specific entry, I just wanted to shout praise reports of what God is doing in my life that can hopefully encourage you.

Thank you for those who have prayed for my family continuously throughout the years. Please contend for us, we are almost there! If your family is not saved, please email me. I would love to pray for yours as well.

Love & miss you all,
Francis

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Divine Appointment

I have never in my thirty years of life thought I would miss a flight. I used to laugh about how irresponsible people can be by not leaving ahead of time to secure a seat. Well, I pretty much became that joke. But by the grace of God, I mean with all seriousness, God’s kindness provided a later flight with a very minimal charge. And after getting on board, I sat next to a middle aged couple in a 3 seater and exchanged a light yet engaging conversation. To my amusement, after I asked them a few questions, the lady controlled the flow of the discussion and started asking key pivotal questions. She asked “where you studying and what are you studying?” So I kindly replied, “At IHOPU, biblical studies and training to become a worship leader. Her eyes lit up and seemingly enough showed much interest. Therefore, as many of you already guessed, this was clearly a green light for Frank Kang; I was ready to do my thang nah mean? Let me give you a quick vague backdrop, this lady grew up in a Presbyterian church and attended Sunday services casually ever since childhood. Her husband on the other hand, nice gentleman, had apathy written all over his face. I didn’t get any information from him because he kept looking outside the window. Anyhow, I didn’t want this opportunity to slip by; so I swiftly acted upon it. I briefly talked about the fear of the Lord and the direction America is most likely destined in the coming years. Calibrating the discussion on the economic turmoil and the political crisis, the lady immediately was astonished. And without much hesitation, she came into a slight agreement and kept nodding her head as if she was listening to a sick hip hop track, you know for example a song like Joy Ride by Manifest.  Right before landing, I asked if I could pray for their family’s future, and I squeeze prayed that they would love the Lord with all their heart, soul, mind and strength. Now I didn’t get any crazy prophetic revelations or give them words of knowledge, BUT the peace of God rested on them, and we all felt encouraged by His love. It was like an amazing three for one deal. Although there was no healing, prophecy, or salvation; I’m confident that the Lord revealed His love to them. Sometimes we have to remember the basic principles of spreading the good news. Rather than relying on the supernatural signs and wonders all the time (which is good too). We need to know our scriptures and trust that the Holy Spirit will touch theirs hearts in His divine time. It even says in John 1 “In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” Basically Jesus is the Word, and we have to trust that He will speak instead of us. We are merely just a messenger and that’s it. Preaching the Good News takes faith and it’s very essential in our journey as a Christian. After praying, the response from the lady was a warm bright smile, and she gave me a word of encouragement. She replied “Frank, you made a great career choice. You’re going to have a bright future.” I totally received that and hoped that the Lord used her to prophesy over me HEHE. As soon as she said that, it felt like the Lord reminded me through her how much He cares and loves me. I responded in my mind “Mam, you also made a great choice today, by allowing the Holy Spirit to speak truth into you through an undeserving vessel like me, you gave yourself a chance to allow Jesus to show you He’s more than just a historical figure. He’s coming for you!” She concluded with the words “bless you”, and we went our separate ways afterward.

Let’s continue to remind ourselves, Jesus’ burning gaze and desire for His children is unquenchable. Until we are ALL with Him, He won’t cease to pursue us. Thank you Jesus for loving us more than we’ll ever love You.  “Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God almighty, who was, and is, and is to come.”

Closure

As the first semester comes to a close, it couldn’t have ended any better. The one thing I’ve learned from all the teachings, sermons, and small groups this past 4 month is that Jesus is violently in love with us. He will do whatever it takes for us to reside with Him in paradise. My prayer for every reader/listener is to give Jesus a chance to transform their lives and see what He can do. I promise, it’s gonna be worth it.

Worth it All

It’s gonna be worth it
It’s gonna be worth it
It’s gonna be worth it ALL
When I give you everything

It’s gonna be worth it
It’s gonna be worth it
It’s gonna be worth it ALL
When I lay it all down

When we try to do things on our own, it’s horrifying and depressing. We need to learn how to depend on Him for everything – our family, finances, relationships, dreams, profession, and even ministry. Surrender it all to Jesus! Watch what the Genesis God can do.

I really appreciate those who supported me in prayer & finance. My first semester was very successful because of your faithfulness in God’s provision.  I pray that God will reward you on earth as it is in heaven and that blessings are ready to be catapulted. I believe your beauty brings great delight to the Lord (Psalm 45:11) Please be on the lookout for an email. I didn’t forget yall!

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I hope to be a blessing to others as much as God has blessed me.

Prayer Requests

Pray for the ODPC youth for this winter retreat.
Pray for the speaker P. Sam Kim.
Pray for P.Matt Yi, P. Philip Park, counselors, & the staff.
Pray for my seminar, I’ll be speaking on Matthew 6.
Pray for the small groups to be rich and unified.

Happy Birthday Jesus, have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year everyone!

Love,
Francis

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Good Morning Friends of the Bridegroom! 

Today, I’m officially Thirty young years old, and my journey truly begins now. Its weird not spending time with Family & Friends, but I know you all are with me in spirit.

As soon as I woke up, the kids from the house where I live, greeted me with a warm Happy Birthday. If you’re interested in their names, its Shawn(5) and Megan(7). They are the cutest little species you’ll ever run into in the face of this planet. Normally, the old me woulda probably responded with a little something like this, “what is your freakin problem? you’re only making me feel older by saying such a thing” but the truth is, I felt such peace by feeling the love of God through innocent-jovial children. Maybe this is why the Lord said, in order to be the greatest, we need to change and become like little children (Matt 18:3) To always be in a place of giving joy to others while receiving zero negativity in response. Childlike not childish.

Thanksgiving 

The month of November was a riveting experience. Let me give a quick shout-out to the King by saying “Praise God!” because His character is fascinating in ways that are continued to be immeasurably inexpressible. yes, Why don’t we toast to that, Cheers Jesus!

You see, my plan in Virginia was to commence by chillin’ and return to KC with a gluttonous belly. The IHOP leaders and Discipleship coordinators “wisdom-ed” that we don’t do that, but the Jack Bauer rebellious part of me didn’t want to resist. But in essence, I did fairly well in controlling my temperament for food and walked out hungrier for God. Initially, I was just going to wash the dishes, throw the trash out, learn to bless others while being mistreated, but I jumped on the ministry wagon autonomously and met up with friends and supporters. Some shared how God was doing a big change in their lives while others felt dry and misguided. Both are absolutely fine! To wrestle is a part of the journey and to enjoy His presence is the alternate facet. I didn’t want to come back with a Mister Ministry Man Mindset. I just wanted to spring back as “Frank“ as possible and let others see my transformation by my spoken action.

Lets cut to the chase, I’ve never realized how beautiful and gifted my friends were until I actually saw them. The long hours of laboring for my friends in the prayer room certainly manifested God’s love for them. And God gripped my heart to love them in ways He loves them. The revelation I received from all this is, if you truly live with obedience and a first commandment lifestyle even in the midst of immaturity and infancy, you will love others gradually each day with an unoffended heart in the long run.

Taking Back What’s Originally Ours

Society & Culture robbed us from affirming and appreciating one another – it pains and irks me to see the after effects such as criticism, judgement, comparison, unhealthy competition, jealousy, envy, bitterness, and insecurities. Basically all the things Paul listed. We must learn to diffuse with the opposite spirit. – Matt 5:39. We like to only point out the flaws of one another and compare to our 24th friend and this tends to go no where and soon our love for each other grows cold. Instead we have to set the standard and always compare it to Jesus. By loving people for who they are, going the second mile, washing the feet, and blessing them even if undeserving. Jesus forever loves us despite our mistakes and blatant act of sin. If we live Jesus, the result will be less superficiality and increase appreciation & love. If you are reading this, know that you are loved by the Most High, and Him and I both agree that you are beautiful.

Goads and Nails

Like it says in Ecclesiastes 12:11, the same applies for friendship. We should become students for each other and learn to love one another with goads and driven nails. If we see one living astray from living the truth or moving sluggish towards the opposite direction, they need to be re-directed out of their comfort zone and pushed with moral guidance. And secondly, if we see a fellow brother or sister stumbling, we have to hammer their tents to secure and prevent from drifting. By pushing each other out from complacency, it creates stability and preparation from the storms of life. Proverbs 27:5, 17 applies to this as well. Of course, all this is done with Love & Gentleness. Furthermore, lets fight for each other and be the family Jesus is urging us to be like.

I completely neglected my former outline and went off tangent. Yet I believe that’s the beauty of writing and it manifests the pure essence of art.

It can’t get any better than this, to waste my best years to God and be at a place of satisfaction, peace, completion, purpose and definition.

“God is most glorified in us when we are most satisfied in Him”  - John Piper

“I must decrease (Crucify the flesh) and Christ must increase (Grow Wiser in the Word)”

Prayer Requests:

• Please continue to pray for my unsaved family’s salvation.
• More Love for God and His people, deeper Intimacy, Unoffended heart, Teachable spirit, Humility,& Taming the tongue.
• Everything that I share, I must preach it to myself daily and live it out. James 3:1 reminds me.
• Continual Prayer (More significant) & Financial Support

Thank you all for praying and supporting me through finance. As well as contacting me on my birthday or writing on my facebook wall. Love you guys and miss yall hard. See you all soon in less than 2 weeks. If you have any prayer requests, you know where to find me.

Blessings,
Francis

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Hey Love!

My blog game has been lacking lately due to the spiritual difficulties in my inner man.

Warfare

In the past two weeks, I feel like I’ve been stuck in a never ending round 14 exchanging blows versus a demonic Drago (Rocky IV) and awaiting for the “Hearts on Fire” victory soundtrack to be played in the background. If you’ve never seen the movie then do yourself a favor and go watch it! its seriously a gem from the epic Rocky anthology. But forreal, the Lord’s been tenderizing and locating certain strongholds in my life that needs to be signed, sealed, and delivered the heck out. Having a noisy mind for almost half my life, it can get frustrating to the point of anger and depression. But recently I found hope! Let me explain the process of birth and freedom from this captivity. By allowing sin to enter our mental, emotional, spiritual and physical realm, it invites Satan to do an abomination of desolation in our inner most being. Yet because we have the authority and the blood of Jesus, it sets us free from this bondage aka garbage. Primarily, we must learn to use our Spiritual weapons and vocalize the demons to leave our spiritual and natural realm. And the foundation is Salvation, knowing the authority Jesus have given us, and the Word of God. Alternatively, we can also attack the enemy with the fundamental principles of loving and trusting God, worshiping God, and praying to God. This shakes up the demonic forces and angers the prince of lies. And as we repeat these steps, the deliverance and healing crew are knocking at our front door ready to be invited. Because our eternal goal is to be in the like of His image, we need to get refined in the fire which results in purification and sanctification.

For those who have been continuously praying for my headaches, lets pray for deliverance and inner healing. The Lord highlighted it. Bless you!

Mission

Now you are probably asking, why did you title this entry “John the….”. Living in Kansas City as an intercessor prayer warrior is equivalent to an angel throwing kimchi at satan’s eyes and pasting Vietnamese fish sauce right beneath his nostrils. Imaginatively speaking, this happens EVERY TIME you Pray and Worship. Isn’t that lovely? Because we have a twenty-four seven perpetual altar burning prayer room that has unceasing worship and prayer, it really angers satans army. What does this all mean? we are in the front lines of Gods army dealing with warfare every day. And we are the generation that is called to prepare for the second coming of the bridegroom. We begin by living night and day prayer and worship. In order to usher in the presence of the Holy, we must first seek to live in righteousness and holiness. John the Baptist was an ordained forerunner who lived most of his life in a dungeon, solitary confinement, and death row. Although his destiny was martyrdom, he was successful in preparing the coming of the Messiah. You, the church, and I are all called for this exact same role to welcome our bridegroom King to govern over all the nations and make everything new (Rev 21:5). So don’t lose hope, its still not too late to partner with Jesus (the death overcomer) and live a John the Baptist like (martyr) spirit. All we have to do is repent and strive to live a life of righteousness and holiness. Jesus will help you! just Ask, Seek, and Knock for His door of grace and mercy to open.

Community

I think my personality has changed a bit while living here. The good news is, I’m drawing closer to understanding the attributes and personality of God. Knowing that He loves me and even enjoys the immature stages of my walk with Him, this fact really excites me! Bad news is, community life is kinda difficult. Mainly because the lack of connection with the people. I feel like people are talking AT me rather than talking WITH me. And they tend to without knowing (i think) get in a habit of talking only about themselves for numerous hours and a chunk of it is always about ministry. I mean its cool to talk about ministry and whatnot, but I get enough already from my class instructors, fri-sat services, discipleship coordinators, and time of devotion. I don’t want a preacher, I want a friend. I need someone to be more relational with – talk about struggles, praises, and ways to improve as a son, friend, and student. Better yet, talk hobbies, interests, …just LIFE. if you feel me put your hands up 2x? I’m sure many of you know that I’m a extrovert and that I get my energy from people. But lately, I’ve become more of an anti social turtle – which i don’t see as a a negative thing because I spend more time at the feet of Jesus – but my lack of interacting with people is resulting social ignorance. I’m sure I have to do something about it or else its only gonna defeat me. But with all that said, I truly believe God wants me to immerse deeply into His beauty and enjoy this season of quiescent. Yet! I still ask that He will provide relational friends into my life. Please pray for fellowship equilibrium!

Thank you believers for the ongoing prayer and support for my journey here at IHOP. I’m able to eat, sleep, learn, and experience His glory, All thanks to YOUS! Miss you all so much. Bless you guys.

Love,
Francis

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WOW! can’t believe its already been a month since I left Virginia. And you guys are probably wondering if I’m homesick? well, simply put – no, but I miss ALL of yous. and to be honest, I really miss my family. While staying with a family that has two children, involuntarily taught me so much about myself. The conviction of my previous actions towards my family. How unappreciated I was of having a roof over my head, the food served on the table, and the consistent effort my parents showed all throughout the years. Peace.

Coming here I’ve received a new set of lens. My perception of certain things changed, and I’m very humbled by it. Take for example, Marriage. There has to be a deeper purpose than filling the gap of loneliness, having sex, get kids, get old, drink prune juice and die? If that’s the case, why not just live a couch potato life and avoid differences, emotional difficulties, divorce, and having the responsibility of another breathing-creation. I’m not trying to sound like a pessimist or anything, this was just a impression I was brought upon the past years and it’s a absolute delusion. But the point of marriage is to “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it (Gen 1:28). I’ll elaborate.

Last week, Allen Hood taught a session on creation. The beginnings of the whys and the wuts. Now i won’t get into too much detail, but I’ll share poquito because it was very insightful and revelatory.  We all know in the beginning God formed a man named Adam, placed him in a garden called Eden, and later sin entered the world after the temptation of the serpent…and the rest is history. However Gods primary intention was to create mankind for the intent of pleasure. Allen says “Delight was humanity’s main occupation”. We were created for intimacy and prayer, live off of passion, and to be embraced by His beauty. But not only that! We can’t discard communion and worship. The main purpose of our existence is to worship our loving creator. And to partner with Him to rule over the earth. This is His way of communion and dominion. We can’t depend on our own knowledge outside the communion of God or else it will lead to destruction such as pride, arrogance, self-dependence, and so forth. It gets much more deeper than this, but you get the basic picture right? Therefore, back to my main point, marriage is more than the superficial I’ve listed above. I mean, I don’t want to discount that, but I’m saying its more than that. It’s partnership to fullfill God’s original plan – to be fruitful, multiply, and subdue the earth. In other words, my interpretation would be, get married-obey God (be fruitful), get kids-partner and commission them (multiply), conquer-overcome the world of sin (subdue the earth). Basically what im trying to say is, Pray that God provides me a Jesus-Loving, Beautiful, Holy wife. WORD?

With all the chaos and confusion, I’ve finally learned to adjust in this cattle-donkey grassland region. And unlike NOVA, time travels relatively slow in this peaceful farmland. Oh yeah, almost forgot to mention, here’s the rundown of my schedule, I wake up at 5am, head to prayer room by 6am, leave at 9:30am, class from 10-12pm, then back to the prayer room till 8-9, then sleep. Yup, it can be challenging at times but He sustains me.

If you have any prayer requests, shoot me an email me or text/call. Mannn, I wanted to share more about my prayer room revelations, but we will have to hold off that thought for now. Back to interceding and changing the world.

Miss everyone,
Francis

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First of all, i just want to apologize to everyone for the lack of update. And second, Thank you all so much for your prayers. I was able to land safely, enroll in time, find housing, and meet some genuine  people out here. From announcing my move to raising support to booking a flight ticket, everything was chaotic, and I highly DON’T recommend it to anyone, especially to those who are planning a long-term venture. Thank God for his sovereignty and mercy. But yeah, take my experience as a lesson.

immediately as I get on the plane (Shoutouts to Lisa for dropping me off the airport. Love you sister!), I began to count all my blessings and Thanked God for keeping His promise. And reminiscing the past years of tears, fears, and laughter. it was a divine moment, and to express it in one word..its Grace. also recapping this past summer serving at SALT, discipling couple guys, building close bonds, witnessing signs & wonders was amazing enough, yet He further expressed His love by offering me an opportunity to attend one of the best schools in the world. pretty incredible eh? yup, thats Jesus the faithful King.

After getting picked up by Paul at the airport, we got a quick bite at chipotle and quickly headed to the prayer room. And as soon we got there, the whole room was like a club. Now I’m not talking about Park or K Street like venues, i mean these people were praising the Lord with dance moves you can’t even imagine. From pop locking to I don’t give a umph kind of dancing..haha I was looking at my friend and questioned the situation we were involved in. you would have to be present to get the full jist of it.

Fast forward, here is where it got intense for me. For some of you, it may sound interesting and to others it can sound boring, but I ask that you would read with an open heart and allow God to enter with the Holy Spirit. During the first day of orientation, Corey Russell  led a time of prayer and praise assisted by Pablo Perez (Music Director). He explained on receiving His grace and how to sit on His feet and enjoy His presence. And to my surprise, a few seconds later, I kid you not I was in a place of uncontrollable tears of joy. The revelation I got was, it wasn’t about how much effort or work we had to accomplish to earn this love..it was just simply receiving. Now we hear this at retreats and sometimes at Sunday services, but we tend to neglect it. why? maybe it’s because we want a perfectly written tangible description of grace? whatever it is, God created us to be simple-minded loving creatures, yet we tend to make things complicating and therefore it becomes complex. does this sound like a broken record? well =P If you’re having trouble digesting this, I pray that the Lord will give you a better understanding and revelation.

Next episode on my blog, I will share my daily schedule, prayer room experiences, and some of the teachings.

Miss you all.

Love,
Francis

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