❖ Video ❖ Audio The Focus of Our Worship Service Mark 12:28-30, Romans 12:1, Luke 10:38-42, Psalm 42:1,3-4, 2 Samuel 6:14-16 Andy Nagahara A.  What is worship? 1) The focus of our daily life One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus had given them a good answer, he asked him, “Of all the commandments, which is the most important?” “The most important one,” answered Jesus, “is this: ‘Hear, O Israel, the Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’…

❖ Video ❖ Audio The Faith of Bartimaeus Mark 10:46-52 Mari Ikeda 46 Then they came to Jericho. As Jesus and his disciples, together with a large crowd, were leaving the city, a blind man, Bartimaeus (which means “son of Timaeus”), was sitting by the roadside begging. 47 When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!” 48 Many rebuked him and told him to be quiet, but he shouted all the more, “Son of David, have mercy on me!” 49 Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.”So they called to the blind man, “Cheer up! On your feet!…

❖ Video ❖ Audio The Road Where Jesus Leads Mark 10:32-45 Mari Ikeda A.  Jesus leads the way (32-34) 32 They were on their way up to Jerusalem, with Jesus leading the way, and the disciples were astonished, while those who followed were afraid. Again he took the Twelve aside and told them what was going to happen to him. 33 “We are going up to Jerusalem,” he said, “and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and the teachers of the law. They will condemn him to death and will hand him over to the Gentiles, 34 who will mock him and spit on…

❖ Video ❖ Audio Ekklesia 1 Corinthians 1:2, 12:12-20, Mark 3:31-35 Matthew 11:28-30 Andy Nagahara A.  What is a church? 1) A common misconception 2) Ekklesia (1Corinthians 1:2) (1COR 1:2) To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ–their Lord and ours: B. What is Your Church? 1) One part of the church that exists throughout the world (1Corinthians 12:12-20) (1COR 12:12-20) The body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts; and though all its parts are many, they form one body.…

❖ Video ❖ Audio What You Cannot Gain Without Letting Go of Everything Mark 10:17-31 Mari Ikeda A.  Letting go of self-confidence 1) The mistake of trying to win God’s approval with good deeds (17-20) 17 As Jesus started on his way, a man ran up to him and fell on his knees before him. “Good teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” 18 “Why do you call me good?” Jesus answered. “No one is good—except God alone. 19 You know the commandments: ‘You shall not murder, you shall not commit adultery, you shall not steal, you shall not give false testimony, you shall not defraud,…