❖ Video ❖ Audio The light that shines in darkness Isaiah 9:1-7 Mari Ikeda We have entered the Christmas season, but this year’s Christmas has become very unusual (compared to other Christmases). How are we going to receive Christmas in this darkness called Corona? Today, during the first week of advent, we will be looking at Isaiah chapter 9 in the old testament. First, we will read the whole passage.  1Nevertheless, there will be no more gloom for those who were in distress. In the past he humbled the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, but in the future he will honor Galilee of the nations, by the…

❖ Video ❖ Audio Becoming a Person Whose Trust is in the Lord Psalm 91 Andy Nagahara 1. Expressing our trust in the Lord (1-8) 1 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.2 I will say of the LORD, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”3 Surely he will save you from the fowler’s snare and from the deadly pestilence.4 He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart.5 You will not fear the terror of night, nor the…

❖ Video ❖ Audio Mark Entrusted Us With Jesus’ Post-Resurrection Story Mark 15:42-16:8 Mari Ikeda A. Jesus’ death: The result of our sin (15:42-47) 15:42 It was Preparation Day (that is, the day before the Sabbath). So as evening approached, 43 Joseph of Arimathea, a prominent member of the Council, who was himself waiting for the kingdom of God, went boldly to Pilate and asked for Jesus’ body. 44 Pilate was surprised to hear that he was already dead. Summoning the centurion, he asked him if Jesus had already died. 45 When he learned from the centurion that it was so, he gave the body to Joseph. 46 So Joseph…

❖ Video ❖ Audio Make Your Worship ＊＊＊＊＊ Again! Psalm 130, Deuteronomy 4:27-29, Luke5:37-39, Matthew 18:18-20 Andy Nagahara 1. Worship with expectation (Psalm 130) Out of the depths I cry to you, O LORD; O Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to my cry for mercy.  If you, O LORD, kept a record of sins, O Lord, who could stand? But with you there is forgiveness; therefore you are feared.  I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word I put my hope. My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning, more than watchmen wait for the morning. O Israel, put your hope in the LORD, for with the…

❖ Video ❖ Audio Jesus Died in Our Place and Now We Live in His Place Mark 15:21-41 Mari Ikeda A. Jesus’ death 1. Excluded from society (21-27) 21 A certain man from Cyrene, Simon, the father of Alexander and Rufus, was passing by on his way in from the country, and they forced him to carry the cross. 22 They brought Jesus to the place called Golgotha (which means “the place of the skull”). 23 Then they offered him wine mixed with myrrh, but he did not take it. 24 And they crucified him. Dividing up his clothes, they cast lots to see what each would get. 25 It…