2010.06.05 TGIS Blog

This week we had Takako who has been coming for 2 months now and she played a Guess What The Thing Is Game. We had 2 teams and a lone person from each team trying to guess the word in back of them on a white board. It was a very difficult, but fun game.



Worship

Next Maru invited us to worship the Lord and we sang Lord, You Are Good and other favorite praise songs.



Testimony

Then we had a testimony by Kermit, an American who is drawn to Japan and has been studying Japanese culture and wants to preach Jesus according to how the Japanese would understand the gospel.

We then had a short word of encouragement from Pastor Nozomu Okuyama, who spends most of his time in the US and Canada spreading the gospel.

Message

At last Pastor Elmer gave a short message on using our tongues or mouths to say good things. He brought out in the Bible where it says if your hand, foot, or eyes offend you then get rid of it and then you can go to heaven minus a limb or eye. He likened it to our tongues if we talk bad about someone or complain we should cut off our tongue. So we should manage our tongues and not sin.

Mark 9:45
"And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two feet and be thrown into hell."

Another good point he mentioned is how at one moment we can be praising the Lord by the Holy Spirit. And then at the next moment speaking words for Satan.  See how even the first generation disciple Peter faced the same challenge.

Here, Peter declares Jesus as the Christ.
Mark 8:29
"But what about you?" he asked. "Who do you say I am?"
 Peter answered, "You are the Christ."

A few scriptures later, Peter did not think in the mind of God.

Mark 8:33
"But when Jesus turned and looked at his disciples, he rebuked Peter. "Get behind me, Satan!" he said. "You do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men."

Let us pray at all times and be aware of the words we speak.

Pastor Elmer also showed us some colorful slides of his trip to Singapore for 2 conferences involving the cell group and youth.

Then we had our last song and closed the meeting.

Refreshment
We also had a time of refreshment: drinking tea, eating snacks, and just talking story. Another great meeting for the Lord.

In His Service,