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　↓Audio link to the sermon:(1nd worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) This is the second message from James 5:7,「Be patient, …until the Lord’s coming.」Last time, we were encouraged by the author to be patient just like farmer, prophet, and Job. Especially, we learned from the perseverance of Job. James 5:11 says,「..You have heard of Job’s perseverance and have seen what the Lord finally brought about. The Lord is full of compassion and mercy.」We don’t know the reason why Job had to go through such a pain. However, through these experiences, he was able to gain a deep insight of God’s providence. The word

　↓Audio link to the sermon:(1nd worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS)  Today’s message is from James 5:7,「Be patient, …until the Lord’s coming.」James encourages us to be patient until the Lord’s coming, looking to farmer, prophet, and Job as example. Today, we’ll learn and think about being patient. Last time, we learned from James 4:10,「Humble yourselves before the Lord, (and he will lift you up.)」Those who humble themselves accept their imperfection, instead trust in God, and they wait upon the salvation that God promises to give. It is promised that the Lord will lift these people up. Let us be aware, that our life

　↓Audio link to the sermon:(1nd worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) “6 parables of Jesus Christ” No. 1 (Luke 15:1-7) 1. We’d like to receive the message of God from the 6 parables told by the Lord Jesus Christ. Today, as the first message, we would like to read the parable of the lost sheep. This parable was a story that everyone at that time could understand easily. Also, for us living in the present time, this story is not difficult to understand. There was a shepherd who had 100 sheep, and one day he took them to open country. After a while,

　↓Audio link to the sermon:(1nd worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) Today’s message is from James 4:10,「Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up.」It promises us that the Lord will lift us up when we humble ourselves. Today, let us learn how to humble ourselves before Him. Last week, we learned from James 3:18,「Peacemakers who sow in peace reap a harvest of righteousness.」We met Jesus, repented from our sins, and we started a new life with Jesus. God wants to make us peacemakers who sow in peace and reap a harvest of righteousness. We’d like to have a positive aspect

　↓Audio link to the sermon:(1nd worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) 　Today’s message is from James 3:18,「Peacemakers who sow in peace reap a harvest of righteousness.」Last week, I spoke form James 2:20,「..faith without deeds is useless」We learned from the faith of Abraham, that faith and action work together. We also learned that faith without deeds is useless and dead. Through today’s message, we’d like to focus on our deeds, our words, and receive challenge to be peacemakers. ‭Now, please read James 3:1-18. ‭ ‭‭  James 3:1 says,「Not many of you should become teachers, my fellow believers, because you know that we who teach

　↓Audio link to the sermon:(1nd worship recording) (If you can’t listen on your iPhone, please update your iOS) Today’s message is from James 2:20, 「…faith without deeds is useless.」Last week, we learned from James 1:22,「Do what it(the word) says.」We also learned from James 1:19,「Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry,」Through these scriptures, we received a challenge to put the word of God into practice in our daily lives. Today, I would like to talk about the power of the word, and ask ourselves what faith without deeds is like. Through today’s message, I hope you will realize that faith without deeds is useless.