❖ Video ❖ Audio Sing Your Thanks! Sing Your Hopes! Psalm 98 Andy Nagahara The coronavirus continues to spread, and we have not been able to hold Sunday services as usual for over a year now. However, this is a good opportunity given by God. In what sense was it a good opportunity? First of all, we were able to realize that the worship services that we had gathered and offered as a matter of course were actually offered by being protected by God’s grace. The other thing is that we realized that we can worship together even if we can’t be in the same place at the same time.…

❖ Video ❖ Audio The Value of Being a “Christian” Romans 3:1-20 Mari Ikeda 1. We can prove that God will never forsake us even if we betray him (1-4) 1 What advantage, then, is there in being a Jew, or what value is there in circumcision? 2 Much in every way! First of all, the Jews have been entrusted with the very words of God. 3 What if some were unfaithful? Will their unfaithfulness nullify God’s faithfulness? 4 Not at all! Let God be true, and every human being a liar. As it is written: “So that you may be proved right when you speak and prevail when you…

❖ Video ❖ Audio Rejoice! Psalm 97 Andy Nagahara 　　 (Translated by Raffael Eboku) Hey Smile! When told to do that in a group photo, there will be some people with slightly distorted smiles. Even people who have reservations on whether someone can really smile under such circumstances, still (force) a smile anyway.  However, it is not possible to rejoice when told to do so. Joy is from the heart and cannot be made up by (mere) facial expressions. So, when the Bible says, “Rejoice,” it is not a command, it means you have the material to rejoice. It is not the kind of “joy” that the world can give.…

❖ Video ❖ Audio A Joyful Morning Has Come Psalm 30 Mari Ikeda A. Jesus was risen from the dead (1-5) 1 I will exalt you, LORD,for you lifted me out of the depthsand did not let my enemies gloat over me. 2 LORD my God, I called to you for help,and you healed me. 3 You, LORD, brought me up from the realm of the dead;you spared me from going down to the pit. 4 Sing the praises of the LORD, you his faithful people;praise his holy name. 5 For his anger lasts only a moment,but his favor lasts a lifetime;weeping may stay for the night,but rejoicing comes in…

❖ Video ❖ Audio Meditations for Passion Week 2021 Andy Nagahara From today, we begin the Passion Week, which is the most important week of the year for followers of Jesus. I hope that you too will spend this week in a meaningful way. So, I will be taking a break from the series this week and next week to give a message for the Passion Week and resurrection. This week I will be sharing my message for Passion Week and what I would like you to do with me this week. That is to have time for meditation. Meditation as the (Chinese) kanji characters depict, means spending time together…