Mari Ikeda ❖ Video ❖ Audio  Suffering Turns Into Joy (Philippians 1:12-20) A. Suffering turns into salvation (18b-20)    1. (12-14) Don’t be deceived by bad circumstances 12 Now I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that what has happened to me has actually served to advance the gospel. 13 As a result, it has become clear throughout the whole palace guard and to everyone else that I am in chains for Christ. 14 And because of my chains, most of the brothers and sisters have become confident in the Lord and dare all the more to proclaim the gospel without fear.   2. (15-18a) Don’t be deceived by people’s…

Mari Ikeda ❖ Video ❖ Audio  You Are My Joy (Philippians 1:1-11) A. Friendship between slaves (1-2) 1 Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, to all God’s holy people in Christ Jesus at Philippi, together with the overseers and deacons: 2 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.   B. “You are my joy and gratitude” (3-8) 3 I thank my God every time I remember you. 4 In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy 5 because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, 6 being confident of this, that he…

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…

Mari Ikeda ❖ Video ❖ Audio  Let’s Wait For the Lord (Isaiah 8:16-18, 9:1b-7, John 8:12) 0. The Lord will come (Isaiah 8:16-17) Bind up this testimony of warning and seal up God’s instruction among my disciples. I will wait for the Lord, who is hiding his face from the descendants of Jacob. I will put my trust in him. 1. The Lord has come (Isaiah 9:6) For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. 2. Let’s wait for the Lord a.…

Andy Nagahara ❖ Video ❖ Audio  A future awaits those who seek peace (Psalm 37:23-40) A. The LORD…   1. …makes your steps firm (23-27) 23 If the LORD delights in a man’s way, he makes his steps firm; 24 though he stumble, he will not fall, for the LORD upholds him with his hand. 25 I was young and now I am old, yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken or their children begging bread. 26 They are always generous and lend freely; their children will be blessed. 27 Turn from evil and do good; then you will dwell in the land forever. .   2. …loves…

Mari Ikeda ❖ Video ❖ Audio  What Faith Do You Live By? (Psalm 37:1-22) Otto Greiner [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons A. What faith do you live by? (11) 11 See what large letters I use as I write to you with my own hand!   1. Faith in human strength? (12-13) 12 Those who want to impress people by means of the flesh are trying to compel you to be circumcised. The only reason they do this is to avoid being persecuted for the cross of Christ. 13 Not even those who are circumcised keep the law, yet they want you to be circumcised that they may boast…