After Cutting off Playing Computer Games, My Heart Came to Be Filled with God's Love!
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December 05, 2010 |
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Brother Woojin Chun (Sophomore at Kookmin University)
 Since my childhood, I have attended church with my mother. I eagerly sought God in preparation for the college entrance examination, but after entering college, I failed to lead a proper Christian life. I majored in human science and compromised with the world. In my childhood, I paid the whole tithe, but in my teens I didn't give the whole tithe and spent it on what I wanted. I attended church only on Sundays when I had nothing scheduled and no other appointments. After I entered college, there was no one to watch over what I did and I started playing computer games a lot.
Addicted to Playing Computer Games for 6 Hours
I started playing computer games after entering middle school. But, after entering college, I immersed myself in it. It was like a hiding place from the reality and I took pleasure in the virtual reality. The games I enjoyed at that time dealt with warfare and violence. I had no idea of how dreadful it is to fall so deeply into computer games. I thought playing computer games was a common thing that everybody enjoyed and kept getting more involved. Eventually, playing games was the first priority in my life.
Even during the Sunday services, my mind was filled with desire to play and the contents of the games. Later I came to think I would rather skip the service than to get involved in those desires in the service. Then I started going to a local PC room on Sunday instead of attending the service. With the passage of time, I became addicted to computer games. I had to play the games for more than 6 hours a day and frequently played all night long. As a result, I did not go to class or slept during class. My grades in school turned out very poor. I talked with internet game competitors on the microphone through the Internet while playing the games at night, and the noise caused conflicts between me and my parents.
Guided to Manmin Central Church by My Mother's Younger Sister
For 9 months after I entered college, I had been seized and addicted to computer games. One day, I heard about Manmin Central Church through Deaconess Heejin Kim, my mother's younger sister. She is the wife of Pastor Kibong Kwon. She has often said to me, "Manmin Central Church is full of life-filled messages and manifestation of wonders and signs."
In October of 2007, I was invited to join Sunday evening service of Manmin Central Church to celebrate my uncle, Pastor Kibong Kwon, being commissioned as a missionary to United States. I was so touched by Dr. Jaerock Lee's message and the performances and praises of Nissi Orchestra and the choir. I professed, "This church really believes God is alive and has a yearning heart for God."
I was determined to learn how to lead a proper Christian life at Manmin Central Church, and on December 31, 2007 I participated in the New Year's Service and registered to join Manmin Central Church. Afterwards I listened to Dr. Lee's series messages titled with "Lectures on the Chapter of Love" based on the 13th chapter of 1 Corinthians. As taught by him during the lectures, I began to have a proper attitude during the service and prepared to be neatly and properly dressed. I prepared appropriate offerings worthy to offer worship to God. In particular, when I was taught that 'to love God is to live by every word of the Bible and not to love the world,' I was resolved to cut off playing computer games.
Given the Strength to Cut off Computer Games through Dr. Lee's Prayer
By the recommendation of my mother, before I entered military service I went to Senior Pastor Dr. Jaerock Lee a few times to greet him. When mother and I arrived at his house, many believers were waiting for him in a long line to shake hands with him and receive his prayer. At last my turn came, and when he prayed for me, I felt he was praying for me with sincere heart and love and I was so touched in my heart.
Afterwards I began to show changes in my life. I was seriously trying to cut off playing computer games from the bottom of my heart even if I felt it was tough. I deleted the game software from my computer so I could not play it anymore. When my friends told me to join in playing games, I refused and did not go near those game computers.
Since I stopped playing computer games, I had extra time. Sometimes a desire to play games again broke in my heart. But I eagerly prayed to God and asked Him to help me completely cut off computer games. Instead I clicked the website of Manmin Central Church to listen to the sermons and praises and to hold fast to the hope for beautiful Heaven.
I drove away that desire to play computer games listening to the sermons and praises and remembering Dr. Lee's loving prayer. The victory was won in spiritual warfare. In that way, I succeeded in cutting off playing computer games completely in a month after I registered in the church.
Experiencing God's Love Reading Dr. Lee's Books during the Military Service
When I entered the military service in February of 2008, I had read Senior Pastor Dr. Jaerock Lee's books including Heaven I & II, Hell, and My Life My Faith I & II. My faith was growing. One day God protected me from an explosives accident and let me experience His love, and then my faith really grew up.
It happened when I was a squad leader. My squad members and I were at the area lower than the top of the mountain and suddenly a lot of flares exploded. We were caught by surprise and did not know what to do because it occurred in a flash. A lot of fragments from the shells hit the area where we were and it looked almost white. If we had been hit by one of them, we might have been seriously injured, but fortunately those fragments hit just one or two meters away from us.
Through this incident, I realized the love of God and the space of the shepherd, and it laid the foundation to lead a fervent Christian life.
In January of 2010, I completed the military service and returned to the college. I tried my best to spread the gospel to college students and served at the Tuesday praise worship service as a choir member. I give all thanks and glory to God the Father who changed my life and led me to live a happy Christian life, and also give thanks to Senior Pastor Dr. Jaerock Lee who prayed for me with love and warmth.
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