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03/14/2022 .Next Chapter
Have you ever read a book you were so engrossed in, you couldn’t wait to read the next chapter? Or binge watched a TV series because you had to know what happens in the next chapter or episode?
If you think about it, our lives are a story, a book, a TV series that is being played out. But sometimes we’re more excited about a fictional story than our own. Or sometimes we think our stories are written by someone else. Or sometimes we feel like we’re watching our story rather than living it out. Life is living us. Rather than us living life.
One way to “flip the script” and become the author and protagonist of “our” story, Is to ask this simple question.
If you could go back and advise your younger self, what advise would you give?
For me, I would tell myself, three things
1. Kyung, enjoy life more! Is joy a characteristic of your life? If not, make it so.
A joyful heart is good medicine. But a broken spirit dries up the bones. – Proverbs 17:22
2. Kyung, don’t take yourself so seriously. Not everything depends on you. God’s will, will be done regardless of your achievements or not. If we asked others their definition of success, we’d get a lot of different answers. But I’m pretty sure if we asked Jesus His definition of success He’d say, Abide in Me. Abide in My love
Abide in Me, and I in you. – John 15:4
Just as the Father has loved Me, I have also loved you, abide in My love. – John 15:9
3. Kyung, what do you think you’ll be most proud of at the end of your life? That I loved others well. Then focus on that!
Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind…The second is like it Love your neighbor as yourself. – Matthew 22:37-39
The one who loves well, lives well. – Old English saying
What would YOU advise yourself?
Now here’s the key and crucial point. Start living out your advise! Write the next chapter of your life according to your script!
That’s what I’m doing. Will you join me?
Call to Action: Rewrite and live out your story. Reminder if you haven’t submitted your God story please do so at: Sbi.link/mystory
Moving and Search Update (for latest updates see in bold at bottom):
-Our last day to evacuate our current building is July 31, 2022-We will be organizing teams for the physical move and search
-We’re securing a temporary meeting worship space in Irvine to begin in July or August of 2022. Most likely a High School or Hotel.
-We’re searching for a new building and home in this search area: Jamboree to Barranca to Von Karman to Main.
-We’ve put in a non-binding letter of intent on Jan. 25, 2022 to purchase a building in Irvine, waiting for owner’s response
-We’re searching and touring for temporary midweek office and ministry space in Irvine.
The owner has signed the non-binding letter of intent!
-Please pray for the process of signing a binding purchase agreement (final price, deposit, due diligence period, etc.)
-Please pray fervently for our new home negotiations. We’ve hit a snag with the owner and some of his demands.
-We’re also looking earnestly for temporary weekday offices to facilitate our staff, and any week day or evening ministries. A space of about 8000-10,000 square feet. Why? Because even if we do possess a new home building, it will take at least 6 month to a year of renovation for it to be “church” ready.
-We’re still waiting to hear back from the owner on our counterproposal. Please pray God would turn the heart of the owner to say Yes.
In the meantime, we’re still actively searching for other possible homes.
-We’ve submitted a letter of intent on a possible midweek office space. Waiting to hear back from the owners.
-This week, 2/30, we’re also touring some other possible midweek office spaces.
-We’re in the process of drafting letters of intent on a couple other church buildings in Irvine as well as on a couple potential and temp office spaces.
-We’ve delivered offers on three possible properties. We’re doing due diligence on a fourth property to determine if we should put in an offer.
-Good news. There’s still hope on the first property that the owner originally accepted but then countered during the purchase agreement phase. We’ve agreed to his counter, but working out some conditions of our own before resubmitting.
