TFPC EM NEWSLETTER - JULY 15, 2020

To Love the World

Today is July 15, 2020

Welcome to your mid-week!

Titus 3:3 reminds us that hate has a spiritual source, and that is sin. That means, to truly love the world, we need to have a spiritual solution to that problem of hate. And that solution is

the love of Jesus.

Jesus went to Jews and gentiles.
Jesus went to Romans and lepers.
Jesus went to the broken and the outcast, healed the sick, and taught to the masses.
Jesus spoke with both Nicodemus and prostitutes, Pontius Pilate and tax collectors.
Jesus went to children and orphans, widows and fisherman, kings and servants and everyone in between.
Jesus washed the feet of those he led.
Jesus forgave his enemies.
Jesus died for the world. 

Why? John 3:16 tells us: "For God so loved..."

And that is how we can love the world. We may not have the capacity to love sinful people, but Jesus does. And the more we draw closer to the love of Jesus the more he is able to stretch our capacity to love.

This is why Apostle Paul's prayer for the church of Ephesus was:

Ephesians 3:17b-19
And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.

The more we grasp Jesus' love, the more hate will be defeated. The more we grasp Jesus' love, the more we can love the world. 

God's blessing to you as you draw nearer to the solution - to the love of Jesus - and I look forward to worshiping with you all online this Sunday. 

- Frank Kim

Youtube Link to last Sunday's Worship: HERE
Cell Group Discussion for your mid-week: HERE

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Announcements

• Due to California's order, there will be no on-site worship until further notice. There will still be online worship for 9:45am and the 11:30am service. It will be offered only via Youtube for the time being.
• Cell-Groups will continue to meet virtually. Please contact Pastor Frank at frankkim1@gmail.com if you have any questions or nee further information.
• The '5 Loaves & 2 Fish' Ministry continues. If you are able, please donate dry goods, cleaning supplies, and paper products to the main lobby during church office hours. If you are in need, please stop by the church lobby and take whatever is available for you and your family.
• KM is encouraging all families to pray together for those effected by the coronavirus at 9pm daily.
• VBS will be a held in October and will be a Harvest Festival/VBS. It will be held either inperson or virtually depending on the pandemic's situation.
• Offering can still be done via online HERE or via mail: P.O. Box 622, Torrance, CA 90508
• If you need your members ID# please contact Pastor Frank at frankkim1@gmail.com
• Please continue to pray for all those affected by the coronavirus, especially those on the frontline of the disease who are putting themselves at risk in the service of us all.

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