❖ Video ❖ Audio It is not God who cannot help us, but it is we who don’t seek His help (Mark 6:1-6) Mari Ikeda A. A misbelief that Jesus cannot be God (1-3) 1 Jesus left there and went to his hometown, accompanied by his disciples. 2 When the Sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were amazed. “Where did this man get these things?” they asked. “What’s this wisdom that has been given him? What are these remarkable miracles he is performing? 3 Isn’t this the carpenter? Isn’t this Mary’s son and the brother of James, Joseph, Judas and Simon? Aren’t…

❖ Video ❖ Audio Recognizing Your Soul’s Thirst (Psalm 63) Andy Nagahara A. Unless you are thirsty, you won’t receive the water you need (0-3) 0 A psalm of David. When he was in the Desert of Judah. 1 O God, you are my God, earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you, my body longs for you, in a dry and weary land where there is no water. 2 I have seen you in the sanctuary and beheld your power and your glory. 3 Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you. （John 4:12-14) Are you greater than our father Jacob, who gave us…

❖ Video ❖ Audio Just Believe! (Mark 5:21-43) Mari Ikeda A. Desperation 1) Jairus’ desperation (21-24) 21 When Jesus had again crossed over by boat to the other side of the lake, a large crowd gathered around him while he was by the lake. 22 Then one of the synagogue leaders, named Jairus, came, and when he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet. 23 He pleaded earnestly with him, “My little daughter is dying. Please come and put your hands on her so that she will be healed and live.” 24 So Jesus went with him. A large crowd followed and pressed around him. . 2) A woman’s desperation…

❖ Video ❖ Audio Let’s Encourage Each Other Saying, “Trust in the Lord!” (Psalm 62) Andy Nagahara 1 For the director of music. For Jeduthun. A psalm of David. A. The truth obscured by circumstances (1-8) 1) Our faith and our circumstances (1-4) 1 My soul finds rest in God alone; my salvation comes from him. 2 He alone is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will never be shaken. 3 How long will you assault a man? Would all of you throw him down– this leaning wall, this tottering fence? 4 They fully intend to topple him from his lofty place; they take delight in…

❖ Video ❖ Audio Jesus Set Us Free and Send Us Out (Mark 5:1-20) Mari Ikeda 0. “The region of the Gerasenes” (1) 1 They went across the lake to the region of the Gerasenes. 1. Demons and Jesus (2-13) 2 When Jesus got out of the boat, a man with an impure spirit came from the tombs to meet him. 3 This man lived in the tombs, and no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain. 4 For he had often been chained hand and foot, but he tore the chains apart and broke the irons on his feet. No one was strong enough to subdue…