❖ Video ❖ Audio When God’s Plan Brings Suffering Mark 14:32-42 Mari Ikeda 32 They went to a place called Gethsemane, and Jesus said to his disciples, “Sit here while I pray.” 33 He took Peter, James and John along with him, and he began to be deeply distressed and troubled. 34 “My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death,” he said to them. “Stay here and keep watch.” 35 Going a little farther, he fell to the ground and prayed that if possible the hour might pass from him. 36 “Abba, Father,” he said, “everything is possible for you. Take this cup from me. Yet not…

❖ Video ❖ Audio I Will Listen to What God the LORD Will Say Psalm 85, 1 Thessalonians 5:7-10, Matthew 17:4-8 Andy Nagahara A. Owning sin as our problem (0-3) 0 For the director of music. Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm. 1 You showed favor to your land, O LORD; you restored the fortunes of Jacob. 2 You forgave the iniquity of your people and covered all their sins. <Selah>3 You set aside all your wrath and turned from your fierce anger. B. What would you like God to restore?(4-7, I Thessalonians 5:7-10) 4 Restore us again, O God our Savior, and put away your displeasure toward us.…

❖ Video ❖ Audio Endurance in Despair Mark 14:27-31, 66-72 Mari Ikeda A. Jesus who knows our weakness (27-33) 27 “You will all fall away,” Jesus told them, “for it is written: “‘I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered.’ 28 But after I have risen, I will go ahead of you into Galilee.” 29 Peter declared, “Even if all fall away, I will not.” 30 “Truly I tell you,” Jesus answered, “today—yes, tonight—before the rooster crows twice you yourself will disown me three times.” 31 But Peter insisted emphatically, “Even if I have to die with you, I will never disown you.” And all the others…

❖ Video ❖ Audio Blessed Psalm 84, Matthew 5:3-11, 13:14-16 Andy Nagahara A. The blessing of being in God’s presence (0-4, Matt. 5:3-8) (0-4) For the director of music. According to <gittith.> Of the Sons of Korah. A psalm. How lovely is your dwelling place, O LORD Almighty! My soul yearns, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God. Even the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young– a place near your altar, O LORD Almighty, my King and my God. Blessed are those who dwell in your…

❖ Video ❖ Audio Mighty God Became Weak To Save Us Mark 14:12-25 Mari Ikeda A. Memories of the mighty God (12-17)(Regarding “Follow a man carrying a jar of water”) 12 On the first day of the Festival of Unleavened Bread, when it was customary to sacrifice the Passover lamb, Jesus’ disciples asked him, “Where do you want us to go and make preparations for you to eat the Passover?” 13 So he sent two of his disciples, telling them, “Go into the city, and a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him. 14 Say to the owner of the house he enters, ‘The Teacher asks:…

❖ Video ❖ Audio O God, Do Not Keep Silent Psalm 83 Andy Nagahara A. Is God silent? 1) When it feels like God is silent?(1) A song. A psalm of Asaph.  O God, do not keep silent; be not quiet, O God, be not still.  2) Our refusal to listen (2-8, Genesis 10：14,15, 16:11, 19:37, 25:29-34Jeremiah 5:21, Acts7:57) See how your enemies are astir, how your foes rear their heads.  With cunning they conspire against your people; they plot against those you cherish.  “Come,” they say, “let us destroy them as a nation, that the name of Israel be remembered no more.”  With one mind they plot together; they…

❖ Video ❖ Audio Truly Loving Jesus Mark 14:1-11 Mari Ikeda A. What it means to truly love Jesus (3-9) 3 While he was in Bethany, reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke the jar and poured the perfume on his head. 4 Some of those present were saying indignantly to one another, “Why this waste of perfume? 5 It could have been sold for more than a year’s wages and the money given to the poor.” And they rebuked her harshly. 6 “Leave her alone,” said Jesus. “Why…

❖ Video ❖ Audio We’re (No) Angels Psalm 82 Andy Nagahara A. God is not satisfied with the world as it is 1) The world that God desires (0-2) 0 A psalm of Asaph.1 God presides in the great assembly; he gives judgment among the “gods”: 2 “How long will you defend the unjust and show partiality to the wicked? <Selah>  2) What God desires from his children (3, 4) 3 Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; maintain the rights of the poor and oppressed.4 Rescue the weak and needy; deliver them from the hand of the wicked. B. Who are the “sons of the Most High”? 1) Who are…

❖ Video ❖ Audio The End of the World is Definitely Coming Mari Ikeda A. Jesus will return to this world (24-27) 24 “But in those days, following that distress,“‘the sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light; 25 the stars will fall from the sky, and the heavenly bodies will be shaken.’ 26 “At that time people will see the Son of Man coming in clouds with great power and glory. 27 And he will send his angels and gather his elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of the heavens. B. Your Church during coronavirus 28 “Now…

❖ Video ❖ Audio Your Church Post-Coronavirus Andy Nagahara A. Your Church before coronavirus 1. Did we take our blessings for granted? (1Corinthians 1:10, 27-29) I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be perfectly united in mind and thought. 27 But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. 28 He chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things–and the things that are not–to…