❖ Video ❖ Audio (Message) God who swore an oath to the people (Psalm 132)  Andy Nagahara Today’s psalm is not like the previous 131, in which the psalmist appeals directly to God for his feelings, but rather it reminds listeners of King David’s relationship with God and makes them consider their own relationship with God. This psalm is about four times longer than the last one because it uses many references to past events to explain the story.Let’s divide the whole text into four parts and read them in order. First, we’ll read up to verse 7. A. David swore an oath to the Lord (1-10) 1. An oath…

❖ Video ❖ Audio (Message) Knowing God’s Love Is The Beginning of All Rebirth (John 7:32-36) Mari Ikeda We have been away from the Gospel of John series for a while, but today we are returning to the series again to read John 7:32-36, but since this passage only raises a question for us, I will read other passages as well today. Let’s read them. John 7:32-36. 32 The Pharisees heard the crowd whispering such things about him. Then the chief priests and the Pharisees sent temple guards to arrest him. 33 Jesus said, “I am with you for only a short time, and then I am going to the…

❖ Video ❖ Audio (Message) Like a weaned child with its mother (Psalm 131)  Andy Nagahara On the Sundays that I speak, we are reading a series of psalms, and today we are reading Psalm 131. It has been eight years since I started this series, and since there are 150 psalms in total, I think we will be able to finish reading them by next summer.The Psalms teach us important lessons even though we live in a time and culture completely different from those in which they were written. It is the answer to the question of how to maintain peace of mind and joy in the midst of…

❖ Video ❖ Audio (Message) God Is Good And Faithful Easter Sunday (Luke 24:36-49, Isaiah 53, etc)  Mari Ikeda      Today is Easter, the day we celebrate the resurrection of Jesus. There are many ways to describe the meaning of the event that Jesus, who suffered and died on the cross, rose from the dead after three days. In the second half of today’s message, I would like to talk about those meanings, but if I were to encompass them all, I would say that Jesus’ resurrection is an event that proves that God is faithful and good. We have nothing to fear if we can believe that God…

❖ Video ❖ Audio (Message) Cry out of the depths to the Lord!(Psalm 130, Matthew 26:36-39) Andy Nagahara Next week is Easter, which commemorates the resurrection of the Lord Jesus. Just one week earlier, on this Sunday, Jesus had come to Jerusalem riding on a colt. At that time, Gospel of John tells us that the people welcomed Jesus by waving palm leaves. That’s why this Sunday is called Palm Sunday. The prophet Zechariah had predicted this event 600 years ago: Rejoice greatly, O Daughter of Zion! Shout, Daughter of Jerusalem! See, your king comes to you, righteous and having salvation, gentle and riding on a donkey, on a colt,…