❖ Video ❖ Audio Restore Us!　 (Psalm 80) Andy Nagahara 0 For the director of music. To {the tune of} “The Lilies of the Covenant.” Of Asaph. A psalm. 1 Hear us, O Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock; you who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine forth 2 before Ephraim, Benjamin and Manasseh. Awaken your might; come and save us. 3 Restore us, O God; make your face shine upon us, that we may be saved. 4 O LORD God Almighty, how long will your anger smolder against the prayers of your people? 5 You have fed them with the bread of tears; you have made them drink tears by…

❖ Video ❖ Audio The Trouble With Putting Our HopeIn Powerful Politicians　 (Mark 12:35-37) Mari Ikeda 35 While Jesus was teaching in the temple courts, he asked, “Why do the teachers of the law say that the Messiah is the son of David? 36 David himself, speaking by the Holy Spirit, declared: “‘The Lord said to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand until I put your enemies under your feet.”’ 37 David himself calls him ‘Lord.’ How then can he be his son?” The large crowd listened to him with delight. A.  We have a tendency to long for powerful politicians who will protect our interests B.  A leader who became a servant to all 1. The…

❖ Video ❖ Audio The Greatest Thing(s) (Mark 12:28-34) Mari Ikeda A.  The limitation of knowledge (32-34) 32 “Well said, teacher,” the man replied. “You are right in saying that God is one and there is no other but him. 33 To love him with all your heart, with all your understanding and with all your strength, and to love your neighbor as yourself is more important than all burnt offerings and sacrifices.” 34 When Jesus saw that he had answered wisely, he said to him, “You are not far from the kingdom of God.” And from then on no one dared ask him any more questions. B.  What only Jesus could teach 1. Love for…

❖ Video ❖ Audio Getting Back at Our True Enemy “Seven Times” (Psalm 79) Andy Nagahara A.  Everyone is suffering (1-7) A psalm of Asaph. O God, the nations have invaded your inheritance; they have defiled your holy temple, they have reduced Jerusalem to rubble. They have given the dead bodies of your servants as food to the birds of the air, the flesh of your saints to the beasts of the earth. They have poured out blood like water all around Jerusalem, and there is no one to bury the dead. We are objects of reproach to our neighbors, of scorn and derision to those around us. (1-4) B.…

❖ Video ❖ Audio To Die, To Rise Again, To Live (Mark 12:18-27) Mari Ikeda A.  The resurrected body (18-25, I Corinthians 15) 18 Then the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to him with a question. 19 “Teacher,” they said, “Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man must marry the widow and raise up offspring for his brother. 20 Now there were seven brothers. The first one married and died without leaving any children. 21 The second one married the widow, but he also died, leaving no child. It was the same with the third.…