❖ Video ❖ Audio Did God Create Viruses? Genesis 1:27-31, Matthew 6:19-21, Isaiah 55:2 Andy Nagahara A.  A simple question So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them. God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground.” Then God said, “I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They…

❖ Video ❖ Audio Bearing Fruit in Jesus Mark 11:12-25 Mari Ikeda A.  Things that anger Jesus 1. Things that don’t bear fruit (12-14, Micah 7:1-2) 12 The next day as they were leaving Bethany, Jesus was hungry. 13 Seeing in the distance a fig tree in leaf, he went to find out if it had any fruit. When he reached it, he found nothing but leaves, because it was not the season for figs. 14 Then he said to the tree, “May no one ever eat fruit from you again.” And his disciples heard him say it. 1 What misery is mine! I am like one who gathers summer…

❖ Video ❖ Audio Let’s Welcome Jesus into Our Hearts Mark 11:1-11, Zechariah 9:9-10 Mari Ikeda A.  The joy that Jesus wants to give (1-7, Zechariah 9:9-10) 1 As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage and Bethany at the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples, 2 saying to them, “Go to the village ahead of you, and just as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here. 3 If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you doing this?’ say, ‘The Lord needs it and will send it back here shortly.’”4 They went and…

❖ 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!…