Andy Nagahara Video (YouTube)   http://yourchurch.jp/archive/resources/messagemp3/2017/message170723.mp3 Audio  Rejoicing comes in the morning (Psalm 30)   A. Utilizing the asset called grace  (0-11, 12a) 1. Counting God’s grace (0-3, 11, 12a) 0 A psalm. A song. For the dedication of the temple. Of David.  1 I will exalt you, O LORD, for you lifted me out of the depths and did not let my enemies gloat over me.  2 O LORD my God, I called to you for help and you healed me.  3 O LORD, you brought me up from the grave ; you spared me from going down into the pit.  11 You turned my wailing into dancing; you removed…

Mari Ikeda Video (YouTube)      http://yourchurch.jp/archive/resources/messagemp3/2017/message170716.mp3 Audio  Is that persistence important, or for nothing? (Galatians 1:11-24)   0. Beginning of the dispute (Acts 15:1-2) Acts 15: 1 Certain people came down from Judea to Antioch and were teaching the believers: “Unless you are circumcised, according to the custom taught by Moses, you cannot be saved.” 2 This brought Paul and Barnabas into sharp dispute and debate with them. So Paul and Barnabas were appointed, along with some other believers, to go up to Jerusalem to see the apostles and elders about this question. 1. What Paul persisted: No circumcision for the Gentiles (1-5) 1 Then after fourteen years, I…

Andy Nagahara Video (YouTube)      http://yourchurch.jp/archive/resources/messagemp3/2017/message170709.mp3 Audio  Listening to the voice of the LORD (Psalm 29)   A. Ascribing glory to the LORD (1-2) A psalm of David. Ascribe to the LORD, O mighty ones, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength. Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name; worship the LORD in the splendor of his holiness.  1) Understanding the Lord correctly 2) Understanding oneself correctly B. Listening to the voice of the LORD 1) God has ruled all from the beginning to the present (3) The voice of the LORD is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, the LORD thunders over the mighty waters.  2) The…

Mari Ikeda Video (YouTube)      http://yourchurch.jp/archive/resources/messagemp3/2017/message170702.mp3 Audio  Faith in Jesus, by Jesus, for Jesus (Galatians 1:11-24)   A. By Jesus 1. None of us met Jesus by our own strength (11-14, Philippians 3:5-7) Philippians 3:4b-7 If someone else thinks they have reasons to put confidence in the flesh, I have more: 5 circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; in regard to the law, a Pharisee; 6 as for zeal, persecuting the church; as for righteousness based on the law, faultless.7 But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. Philippians…

Mari Ikeda Video (YouTube)       http://yourchurch.jp/archive/resources/messagemp3/2017/message170625.mp3 Audio  False gospel and Christ’s Gospel (Galatians 1:6-10)   6 I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you to live in the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel― 7 which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into confusion and are trying to pervert the gospel of Christ. 8 But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let them be under God’s curse! 9 As we have already said, so now I say again: If…