Starting Your Day With God
“God morning! And good morning, brothers and sisters!”
For many Unificationists across the U.S. who start their day with Morning Devotion, it’s a warm and familiar greeting from Dr. Chung Sik Yong, FFWPU North America regional president. Dr. Yong launched the daily morning program on October 26, 2020 which quickly became a staple of national prayer and attendance to God for the past year.
“For me, Morning Devotion is a time when Dr. Yong can substantially articulate God’s Will and how we can work to fulfill it,” said Katherine, a Unificationist from Maryland. “It’s amazing how he can take the Divine Principle and unwrap and explain it. Morning Devotion moves people and it moves me.”
The hour-long inspirational program covers a range of spiritual topics and texts, as well as prayer, reflections and updates from the national Unificationist community. Various topics have included true love, family, becoming a light in the world, reunifying the Korean Peninsula, and much more. Dr. Yong has explored lessons and themes from the Divine Principle and True Mother’s memoir Mother of Peace, as well as assorted speeches and books by True Father.
“Dr. Yong teaches from the heart and his experience,” said Hiroshi, a Unificationist from Illinois. “Every day there is something very valuable that he is sharing. This is really life-giving and his guidance helps us go beyond ourselves.”
Dr. Yong, who arrived in the U.S. with his family in October 2020 to begin his new leadership role, aims to bring about unity in America and peace and reconciliation among its people. Morning Devotion has been a key part in laying the spiritual foundation to accomplish this national goal.
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“The kind of schedule that Dr. Yong has is a monumental sacrifice where he gives us spiritual nourishment every morning,” said a young Unificationist from New York. “It’s a wonderful way to start your day with God... We are all interconnected and Dr. Yong is definitely a leader needed for this age.”
A native of South Korea, Dr. Yong spent more than a decade overseeing the Unification movement in Asia. He also worked with UPF Asia and UPF Oceania as the regional chair. His years of experience and love for God and True Parents comes through on Morning Devotion where he shares about the movement’s activities, leadership, and growing initiatives, as well as words of encouragement for the national community.
“I have sincere appreciation and respect for our American elders, leaders, and members who have invested and endured so much to expand heaven’s providence and advance the foundation laid by our True Parents,” said Dr. Yong during his 2020 inaugural speech as regional president.
“True Parents have emphasized repeatedly that America’s blessings are not only for the sake of this nation, but also for the sake of God’s global providence,” he said. “That responsibility is just as significant today.”
You can watch the daily Morning Devotion program here.
