❖ Video ❖ Audio Are You Prepared To Follow Jesus? (Mark 6:6b-30) Mari Ikeda 0. Why did Mark write in this order? 1. He entrusts us to do what we cannot do (6b-13, 30)  Then Jesus went around teaching from village to village. 7 Calling the Twelve to him, he began to send them out two by two and gave them authority over impure spirits. 8 These were his instructions: “Take nothing for the journey except a staff—no bread, no bag, no money in your belts. 9 Wear sandals but not an extra shirt.10 Whenever you enter a house, stay there until you leave that town. 11 And if any…

❖ Video ❖ Audio The Jesus Who Asks, “What Happened?” (Luke 24:13-31) Andy Nagahara A. Not recognizing Jesus 1) The Jesus who appeared as a third party (13-15) Now that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem. They were talking with each other about everything that had happened. As they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus himself came up and walked along with them; 2) The Jesus who asked for an explanation (16-18) but they were kept from recognizing him. He asked them, “What are you discussing together as you walk along?” They stood still, their faces…

❖ Video ❖ Audio Let Us Encounter With Suffering Jesus (Mark 15:25-39, Psalm 22) Mari Ikeda A. Suffering and despaired God 1) We expect God to be strong, but He revealed Himself to us in a weak and miserable state (25-32) 25 It was nine in the morning when they crucified him. 26 The written notice of the charge against him read: the king of the jews. 27 They crucified two rebels with him, one on his right and one on his left. [28] 29 Those who passed by hurled insults at him, shaking their heads and saying, “So! You who are going to destroy the temple and build it…

❖ Video ❖ Audio The Upright in Heart (Psalm 64) Andy Nagahara A. Let us desire three things (0-2) 0 For the director of music. A psalm of David. 1 Hear me, O God, as I voice my complaint; protect my life from the threat of the enemy. 2 Hide me from the conspiracy of the wicked, from that noisy crowd of evildoers. B. The danger we’re facing (3-6) 3 They sharpen their tongues like swords and aim their words like deadly arrows. 4 They shoot from ambush at the innocent man; they shoot at him suddenly, without fear. 5 They encourage each other in evil plans, they talk about…