Mari Ikeda (Andy Nagahara) ❖ Video ❖ Audio  A Letter to the Believers at Your Church (I Thessalonians 1:1-10) A. What is Your Church? 1) A family of people who nurture faith, hope, and love in one another (1-3) 1 Paul, Silas and Timothy, To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace and peace to you. 2 We always thank God for all of you, mentioning you in our prayers. 3 We continually remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. 2)…

Mari Ikeda ❖ Video ❖ Audio  Did God Keep His Promise to You? (Isaiah 55:8-13) 1. God’s thoughts are not the same as our thoughts (8-9) 8 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways,” declares the Lord. 9 “As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts. 28 “Lord, if it’s you,” Peter replied, “tell me to come to you on the water.” 29 “Come,” he said. Then Peter got down out of the boat, walked on the water and came toward Jesus. 30 But when he saw the wind,…

Andy Nagahara ❖ Video ❖ Audio  The Four Gifts We Have in Jesus (John 1:1-5, 9-14, 16-18) 1. Jesus as the Word (1-3, 10-13) 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 10 He was in the world, and though the world was made through him, the world did not recognize him. 11 He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him. 12 Yet to all who received him,…

Mari Ikeda ❖ Video ❖ Audio  Are We the Magi from The East? (Matthew 2:1-12, 16-18, Micah 5:1) A. Herod and the Magi 1. The Magi believed and started their journey (1-2) 1 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem in Judea, during the time of King Herod, Magi from the east came to Jerusalem 2 and asked, “Where is the one who has been born king of the Jews? We saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.” 2. Herod feared (3) 3 When King Herod heard this he was disturbed, and all Jerusalem with him. 3. The Magi rejoiced and were protected (7-12) 7…

Andy Nagahara ❖ Video ❖ Audio  The Fulfillment of the Prophecy Comes to You (Micah 4:3,2-4, Luke 2:1-7, 9:23-25) 0. Micah the prophet (Micah 4:3) He will judge between many peoples and will settle disputes for strong nations far and wide. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore. (Micah 4:3)   1. A prophecy from 2700 years ago (Micah 5:2-4) “But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me one who will be ruler over Israel, whose…