Adore the Righteous One: week three of Advent
Righteous means being in right standing before God, worthy of standing before God the Father, faultless. Jesus is the only man to ever live on the earth who lived a perfect life, without fault. Not needing to feel shame or guilt or regret. We, however, feel the weight of this shame and guilt and regret when we look into our hearts and into our souls. We feel the tension between who we want to be and who we are not. We have no righteousness of our own, but thanks be to God the Father for sending Jesus, who paid our debt and bought the ability to declare us righteous by swallowing up our sin and failures—by imparting His perfection on those who would call upon His name.
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Adore the Holy One: week two of Advent
"Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, for He has visited and redeemed His people and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David, as He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets from of old, that we should be saved from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us; to show the mercy promised to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant,
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Adore the Mighty One: week one of Advent
Throughout the advent season we prepare to celebrate the birth of our Savior. We prepare our hearts, calling one another and ourselves back to this beautiful, loving, and wonderful God who came to rescue us.
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Resources from Sunday's sermon on Cheerful Sacrifice
This past Sunday, Billy Glosson preached from 2 Corinthians 9:6-15, on how we are called to honor God by our giving. You can listen to it here.
In the sermon, Billy referred to two charts from Jamie Munson's book, Money: God or Gift.
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Fruit of the Spirit: Joy in the Midst of Sorrow, Pain and Trials
What actions or faces pop into your head when you hear the word “joy”? Do you see laughter and big smiles? Do you think amusement parks and parties? Do you think of that coworker you want to smack, because she is just too bubbly? Maybe we have the wrong definition of joy.
What does the world say to us about joy?
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Making Christmas affordable for families
Karis Church will host our first Affordable Christmas on December 3, 2016. Affordable Christmas is an opportunity to empower low-income parents to purchase Christmas gifts for their children at an affordable cost while celebrating the holiday with dignity.
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Full Day in Fuchu
Today, we spent a relaxing day with Drew and Meg in their new town. We all slept in after a really busy Monday. We did a bit of final souvenir shopping. We shared a great yakiniku lunch. You grill your own meat right at your table.
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Into the City
Today, we jumped out of bed and headed into the big city. For the first time on a Karis Japan trip, we visited the Tokyo Sky Tree, the tallest tower in the world at 2,080 feet. Visitors can go up to 1,480 feet, and today we had that privilege. The tower offers breathtaking glimpses of the massive city.
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Gathering with Japanese Family
Today, we worshipped with Drew and Megumi's new church family, Soma Fuchu. Pastor Yoshito preached from Jonah 3. We sang familiar songs in both English and Japanese. God is blessing the believers here. It was very encouraging.
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