❖ Video ❖ Audio Just Believe! (Mark 5:21-43) Mari Ikeda A. Desperation 1) Jairus’ desperation (21-24) 21 When Jesus had again crossed over by boat to the other side of the lake, a large crowd gathered around him while he was by the lake. 22 Then one of the synagogue leaders, named Jairus, came, and when he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet. 23 He pleaded earnestly with him, “My little daughter is dying. Please come and put your hands on her so that she will be healed and live.” 24 So Jesus went with him. A large crowd followed and pressed around him. . 2) A woman’s desperation…

❖ Video ❖ Audio Let’s Encourage Each Other Saying, “Trust in the Lord!” (Psalm 62) Andy Nagahara 1 For the director of music. For Jeduthun. A psalm of David. A. The truth obscured by circumstances (1-8) 1) Our faith and our circumstances (1-4) 1 My soul finds rest in God alone; my salvation comes from him. 2 He alone is my rock and my salvation; he is my fortress, I will never be shaken. 3 How long will you assault a man? Would all of you throw him down– this leaning wall, this tottering fence? 4 They fully intend to topple him from his lofty place; they take delight in…

❖ Video ❖ Audio Jesus Set Us Free and Send Us Out (Mark 5:1-20) Mari Ikeda 0. “The region of the Gerasenes” (1) 1 They went across the lake to the region of the Gerasenes. 1. Demons and Jesus (2-13) 2 When Jesus got out of the boat, a man with an impure spirit came from the tombs to meet him. 3 This man lived in the tombs, and no one could bind him anymore, not even with a chain. 4 For he had often been chained hand and foot, but he tore the chains apart and broke the irons on his feet. No one was strong enough to subdue…

❖ Video ❖ Audio Dwelling in God‘s Tent Forever (Psalm 61) Andy Nagahara For the director of music. With stringed instruments. Of David. 1 Hear my cry, O God; listen to my prayer. 2 From the ends of the earth I call to you, I call as my heart grows faint; lead me to the rock that is higher than I. 3 For you have been my refuge, a strong tower against the foe. 4 I long to dwell in your tent forever and take refuge in the shelter of your wings. 5 For you have heard my vows, O God; you have given me the heritage of those who…

Great Fear And Great Faith (Mark 4:35-41) Mari Ikeda ❖ Video ❖ Audio Being afraid of a crisis and frustrated with God (35-38) 35 That day when evening came, he said to his disciples, “Let us go over to the other side.” 36 Leaving the crowd behind, they took him along, just as he was, in the boat. There were also other boats with him. 37 A furious squall came up, and the waves broke over the boat, so that it was nearly swamped. 38 Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, “Teacher, don’t you care if we drown?” B.…

Having a Steadfast Heart by the Mercy of God (Psalm 57, 2 Corinthians 12:9, 10) Andy Nagahara ❖ Video ❖ Audio A. God’s mercy (0-3) 0 For the director of music. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” Of David. A When he had fled from Saul into the cave. 1 Have mercy on me, O God, have mercy on me, for in you my soul takes refuge. I will take refuge in the shadow of your wings until the disaster has passed. 2 I cry out to God Most High, to God, who fulfills [his purpose] for me.3 He sends from heaven and saves me, rebuking those who hotly…

Mari Ikeda ❖ Video ❖ Audio The Mystery of God’s Kingdom (Mark 4:21-34) A. The key to the mystery is the “lamp” 1. A lamp is to be used to shine a light (21-23) 21 He said to them, “Do you bring in a lamp to put it under a bowl or a bed? Instead, don’t you put it on its stand? 22 For whatever is hidden is meant to be disclosed, and whatever is concealed is meant to be brought out into the open.23 If anyone has ears to hear, let them hear.” 2. A measure to hear and a measure to receive (24-25) 24 “Consider carefully what you hear,” he continued. “With the measure you use,…

Andy Nagahara ❖ Video ❖ Audio In God I Trust; I Will Not Be Afraid (Psalm 56) 0 For the director of music. To [the tune of] “A Dove on Distant Oaks.” Of David. A When the Philistines had seized him in Gath. 1 Be merciful to me, O God, for men hotly pursue me; all day long they press their attack. 2 My slanderers pursue me all day long; many are attacking me in their pride. 3 When I am afraid, I will trust in you. 4 In God, whose word I praise, in God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can mortal man do to me? 5 All day long they…

Mari Ikeda ❖ Video ❖ Audio God’s Way Is Inefficient (Mark 4:1-20) A. Wasteful sowing (1-9) 1 Again Jesus began to teach by the lake. The crowd that gathered around him was so large that he got into a boat and sat in it out on the lake, while all the people were along the shore at the water’s edge. 2 He taught them many things by parables, and in his teaching said: 3 “Listen! A farmer went out to sow his seed. 4 As he was scattering the seed, some fell along the path, and the birds came and ate it up. 5 Some fell on rocky places, where…

Andy Nagahara ❖ Video ❖ Audio Cast Your Cares on the Lord (Psalm 55) A. Is the psalmist truly relying on the Lord? 1) Trusting and crying out For the director of music. With stringed instruments. A<maskil> of David. Listen to my prayer, O God, do not ignore my plea; hear me and answer me. My thoughts trouble me and I am distraught at the voice of the enemy, at the stares of the wicked; for they bring down suffering upon me and revile me in their anger. My heart is in anguish within me; the terrors of death assail me. Fear and trembling have beset me; horror has overwhelmed…