Ep 938 - Let Us Bring God Back to America Part 7
Let Us Bring God Back to America - May 21 2023
Key Points
· True Parents’ request for America is for us to remember the hardships and persecution that they overcame to save and revive this nation.
· And to remember the Pilgrim fathers and people from all around the world who came to seek for their Heavenly Parent in search of religious freedom.
· Their ardent faith and devotion and lofty aspirations took root and were blessed by God so America could become a pillar of His providence.
· We again must realize God’s ideals and attend him and become a nation where ‘He can freely move, dance, and sing together with us.’
· Dr. Yong can feel each one of our brother’s and sister’s hearts.
· He is encouraged by their prayers and testimonies to have more and stronger determination to support the Korean peninsula providence and True Mother.
· He says that now that the University of Love which he has been running for 2 years and 7 months is coming to a close, he would like to give a certificate of graduation to each one of the brothers and sisters in recognition of their beautiful support.
· “Even though I am leaving America, brothers and sisters, you already know what to do. You already understand True Parents’ hardships and sacrifices. Now you are the ones to truly take ownership as the owners of Cheon Il Guk. Let’s really fulfill our True Parents’ request and dream.”
· Dr. Yong wants to offer Mother the Korean peninsula, working with Korean brothers and sisters, and then everybody can go together to Korea and celebrate.
Transcripts from November 3, 2021 to the present, personal notes from November 11, 2020 until November 2, 2021 and slides from August 29, 2021 to the present are available at MD.Hoondok.com as PDF files. ♦
(Reflections on opening prayer and testimonies) Thank you so much for your beautiful prayer. I have more strong determination to support Korean peninsula providence and True Mother. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I can feel each one of our brother’s and sister’s hearts.
So far I have run the University of Love. So I want to give a certificate to each one of my brothers and sisters, a graduation certificate. I have run two years and seven months of the school, and it is going to close very soon. Thank you so much for your beautiful support.
Today I’d like to talk about “Let Us Bring God Back to America, from True Mother’s Anthology 2”.
<This speech was read by Sun Jin Moon on behalf of Dr. Hak Ja Han Moon at the true Family Values Ministry 20th Anniversary Awards Banquet, held on December 5, 2015 at the Crown Plaza Hotel in Chicago, USA.>186-188
Let Us Bring God Back to America
Beloved leaders, you are witnesses to the kind of life my husband and I have led in order to realize the Will of the Heavenly Parent; you know the sincere efforts we have made to save and revive this nation that has been blessed by Heaven; you know the hardships and persecution we had to overcome. I am certain that your truthful eyes and truthful ears have helped you to understand for whom and for what ideals we have dedicated our lives.
My beloved leaders! Let us stand up for our Heavenly Parent who, for 6,000 years of human history, has anxiously searched for His lost children. Let us remember the Pilgrim fathers who, with the hearts of children desperately seeking for their Heavenly Parent, traveled thousands of miles across a treacherous Atlantic Ocean and settled in America during the harshest of winters. Let us remember the people who came to this country from all over the world in search of religious freedom; let us remember how they overcame persecution and suffering so that America could take root as the land of faith. Let us remember their ardent devotion, their sincere faith and their lofty aspirations.
God, our Heavenly Parent, has abundantly blessed America as a pillar of His providence. Let this beautiful nation once again attend the Heavenly Parent. Let us revive and transform America into a nation where the ideals of the family are alive, a nation where the Heavenly Parent can freely move, dance and sing together with us. If you devote yourselves to fulfilling this goal, Heaven and the unified nation of Cheon Il Guk will certainly remember each and every one of you. I pray that the love and blessings of the Heavenly Parent be with you and your families. May Heavenly Parent truly bless America! Aju!
True Parents’ Request to America
This is also my request for American, let us summarize Mother’s Words.
1) You are witnesses to the kind of life True Parents have led in order to realize the Will of the Heavenly Parent. You know the hardships and persecution True Parents had to overcome to save and revive this nation.
2) True Parents’ Request to America:
» Let us stand up for our Heavenly Parent who, for 6,000 years of human history, has anxiously searched for His lost children.
» Let us remember the Pilgrim fathers, who settled in America, the numerous people who came to this country from all over the world in search of religious freedom so that America could take root as the land of faith, and their ardent devotion, sincere faith, and lofty aspirations.
» God, our Heavenly Parent, has abundantly blessed America as a pillar of His providence. Let this beautiful nation once again attend the Heavenly Parent.
» Let us realize God’s ideals of the family and become a nation where the Heavenly Parent can freely move, dance and sing together with us.
Even though I am leaving America, brothers and sisters, you already know what to do. You already understand True Parents’ hardships and sacrifices. Now you are the ones to truly take ownership as the owners of Cheon Il Guk. Let’s really fulfill our True Parents’ request and dream.
(Testimonies Sub-Region 3 “How Dr. Yong has Impacted our Lives: Rev. Jack & Kyoko Hartford, Peeter & Mieko Saarna, Kit & Maria Ogden, Hannah Lalonde)
(Additional reflections after testimonies):
My dear American brothers and sisters, please no one die until I completely restore Korean peninsula with True Mother. I want to offer Korean peninsula to Mother, working with Korean brothers and sisters. And then everybody can come to Korea and celebrate together. I have that kind of strong resolve.
Please remember God’s cross. Do not think of your hardships as your cross, think of them as God’s cross, and then you can understand God’s heart. Through your suffering, through your heavy cross you can feel God’s han. You can overcome it. God Bless you.
I am really proud and moved by the young people who listen to Morning Devotion and are inspired to become missionaries and go to other nations. God’s Word is so powerful and his love is great., and I am proud of families who really practice God’s word.
(Living Testimony, Ken Owens, Cheon Jeong Peace Palace, June 13, 2006)¨
Ken Owens, you are the Man of Unification History. Thank you so much.
(additional announcement):
Dr. Yong now understands that Mother’s appointment of the new Continental Director, Demian Dunkley, is not just only as the Continental Director, as he thought, but also as the National Leader, responsible for the entire American providence. He thinks that Mother has a reason. So, still to be determined is what the mission is for our current National Leader Naokimi. Also, since in Korea there is the new direction for the 5 regional leader system, he is not sure how the new American leadership will organize that, and that we need to pray for that. We have already laid a certain foundation, with clear visions and ideas, working together with American brothers and sisters. He further reflects on his pleasure with working with Naokimi (his ‘Eternal National Leader’) and his deep appreciation and respect for Naokimi’s sincere character, hardworking nature and brilliant intellectual capabilities, organizational abilities, and strong sense of responsibility. He really loves him and prays that he can work closely with Demian Dunkley and do an even greater job than before.
Thank you very much my brothers and sisters.
NOTE: This text and the PowerPoint slides from this speech are available as a link at the top of this text. Transcripts from November 3, 2021 to the present, personal notes from November 11, 2020 until November 2, 2021 and slides from August 29, 2021 to the present are available at MD.Hoondok.com as PDF files. Books of the transcripts and notes are available as PDFs at MDBooks.Hoondok.com.
This lightly edited transcript may contain errors and omissions. Indecipherable, inaudible or uncertain words and guesses are tagged with a “(?)” and indecipherable phrases, with an ellipsis “...”. First, second and third person pronouns have been left as spoken if the meaning is clear, and other apparently Korean English expressions have been preserved if understandable. Some repeated phrases have been eliminated.
Audio only is available at anchor.morndev.com, spotify.morndev.com & audio.morndev.com. Notes or transcripts of Dr. Yong’s Morning Devotion speeches from November 11, 2020 through March 29, 2022 are available as six paperback books at cost at Lulu.com/Shop -- search for Dr. Chung Sik Yong -- and as PDF downloads free of charge at MDBooks.Hoondok.com.♦