↓Audio link to the sermon:(Sunday worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) “In your anger do not sin: Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry. and do not give the devil a foothold.”(Ephesians 4:26-27) Why do we sometimes get very angry about small things? Big problems we accept calmly, but small things make us upset. What kind of feeling is this? Brothers and sisters, have you ever been very angry about small things? For example, you say hello to someone, but it seems like the person ignores you. Or you send a message, but the person does not read
“On that day when cheers resounded” John 5:1-15
↓Audio link to the sermon:(Sunday worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) Sorry, this post is no translate, only available in Japanese. [John 5:1-15] 1 Some time later, Jesus went up to Jerusalem for one of the Jewish festivals. 2 Now there is in Jerusalem near the Sheep Gate a pool, which in Aramaic is called Bethesda and which is surrounded by five covered colonnades. 3 Here a great number of disabled people used to lie—the blind, the lame, the paralyzed. 5 One who was there had been an invalid for thirty-eight years. 6 When Jesus saw him lying there and learned that he
“Give careful thought to your ways” (Haggai 1:5)
(An audio recording of the sermon will be uploaded here after the Sunday service.) Brothers and sisters, the month of March has arrived so quickly. Last month, I spoke about the day of the Lord. It is when Christ will return and execute righteous judgment on the whole world. I believe without a doubt that this day will come. Therefore, until that day comes, I hope to live with humility and gratitude, to worship God, and to be a light in this world. I shared this before, but: I have been starting each day with a prayer of thanks. As I wash the dishes and clean up after breakfast, I