↓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. [Luke 5:1-11] 1 One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret, the people were crowding around him and listening to the word of God. 2 He saw at the water’s edge two boats, left there by the fishermen, who were washing their nets. 3 He got into one of the boats, the one belonging to Simon, and asked him to put out a little from shore. Then he sat down and taught the people from the boat. 4 When
“Atone for wickedness, bring eternal righteousness” (Daniel 9:24)
↓Audio link to the sermon:(Sunday worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) This is my sixth message on the book of Daniel. I wonder which words or stories from Daniel have spoken to you so far. As I shared last time, for me it was Daniel’s prayer in chapter 6. 6:10 says, “Three times a day he got down on his knees and prayed, giving thanks to his God, just as he had done before.” I was challenged to turn my eyes to God three times a day, to bring my requests and thanks to Him. Today’s chosen passage, which is also about a
“What God Looks at” (1 Samuel 16:1-13 )
↓Audio link to the sermon:(Sunday worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) Today’s passage talks about how God rejected Saul and chose David as the new king. It was God who had chosen and established Saul as king. It was also God who rejected him. In other words, the authority to appoint or remove a king belongs to God. It was not Saul’s choice, but God’s choice. This means that God takes the initiative. This is what we call the sovereignty of God. Brothers and sisters, as we grow older—especially after we turn fifty—we begin to realize something. That is… There aren’t that many
“Good news to you.” Luke 1:1-4
↓Audio link to the sermon:(Sunday worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) [Luke 1] 1 Many have undertaken to draw up an account of the things that have been fulfilled among us, 2 just as they were handed down to us by those who from the first were eyewitnesses and servants of the word. 3 With this in mind, since I myself have carefully investigated everything from the beginning, I too decided to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus, 4 so that you may know the certainty of the things you have been taught. Sorry, this post is no translate, only
“This man speaks the truth” (Acts 27:22-26)
↓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. [Acts 27] 22 But now I urge you to keep up your courage, because not one of you will be lost; only the ship will be destroyed. 23 Last night an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve stood beside me 24 and said, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul. You must stand trial before Caesar; and God has graciously given you the lives of all who sail with you.’ 25 So keep up your courage, men, for
“He rescues and he saves” (Daniel 6:27)
↓Audio link to the sermon:(Sunday worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) “He rescues and he saves, he has rescued Daniel from the power of the lions” (Daniel 6:27) Today we will read Daniel chapter 6. But first, let’s briefly recall what we have learned so far. There was a prophecy about a rock cut out of the mountain that would destroy nations and a new kingdom would be established; and this took place during the time of the Romans (Daniel 2:44, 45). This rock was the Savior, whose birth brought the kingdom of heaven to earth. Through the book of Daniel we also
Words Have Power (Proverbs 16:24)
↓Audio link to the sermon:(Sunday worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) Let me begin by asking a question. What do you think people live by? Tolstoy argues in his short novel titled “What people live by” that people live “by love.” Do you agree? A Japanese novelist Yoshino Kenzaburo also wrote a book titled, “How will you live?” I also wrote a book titled “How Do I Live as a Christian?” This kind of a question seems to be a profound, philosophical and even ontological question. Therefore, it’s not easy to answer this question. But let me ask you once again. What do