Japan VBS 2025: Preparation Days (7/20-7/21) 🏖️🐚

The past two days, the team has been preparing for VBS, getting supplies, team bonding, and spending time with the families at Logos Community Church. We attended their Sunday service on 7/20, where Toshi gave a sermon on Genesis 17:1-27. Toshi concluded saying that Jesus became the atonement for our sins and is the only […]
Humility Lived Out (Philippians 2:1-4)
Key: The humility to love is rooted in our hope in Christ.
Japan VBS 2025: Flight to Japan (7/18-7/19) 🇯🇵✈️

Our trip to Japan began with prayer at the airport—asking the Lord to go before us and prepare our hearts to minister to those in Japan. As we descended over Japan, the beauty of the country was a clear display of the Lord’s creation and brought to mind Psalm 8:3-4: 3 When I look at […]
Jesus Loves Me When I Am Not Enough (1 Cor. 1:26-31)

When you feel like you’re not enough, “God does not allow us to stay strong in ourselves because He wants us to stay close to Him.” J.I. Packer, Weakness is the Way Union with Christ: “The battle cry of the Christian is not, “I must try harder, I must try harder. I must try harder.” […]
The Love of God and the Fear of Man (Proverbs 29:25)

Proverbs 29:25The fear of man lays a snare,but whoever trusts in the Lord is safe. Key idea: The fear of man captures, but trusting in God frees. I. Don’t Fear Man (over) II. Trust the Lord—Because He Loves You Proverbs 3:5Trust in the Lord with all your heart,and do not lean on your own understanding.” […]
A Tale of Two Daughters (Luke 8:40-56)

Key Idea: We can trust Jesus even in the face of desperation and death “Life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I respond.” – Chuck Swindoll
Sunday Fuel: July 13, 2025

Welcome to Sunday Fuel! This series of questions is designed to assist your personal reflection and fellowship with others about the sermon from this past Sunday. Go to This Sunday’s Sermon In this message, Pastor Kim reminds us that we are now citizens of a new country, under the rule of a loving King who […]
In Light of Eternity
Philippians 1:27-30 Key Idea: To live worthy of the gospel, we must live in light of eternity. Three realities of living in light of eternity: Gospel Ministry: the pursuit of the expansion of the gospel in the hearts of believers and in the salvation of unbelievers. 2. The Church is our Embassy 3. Christ is […]
Jesus Loves Me By Choosing Me: The Doctrine of Election

Romans 11:33; Deuteronomy 29:29 The Bible’s teaching that God, in eternity past and independent of people’s actions or goodness, lovingly chooses those whom he will save for his own glory. Ephesians 1:3-8 See also John 6:27, 44; 15:16; Acts 13:48; Romans 8:29-30; 9:10-13, 15-16; Thessalonians 2:13, 2 Timothy 1:9, Revelation 13:8 Ephesians 2:1-10 Romans 9:14-15 […]
The Love of God and Discipline (Hebrews 12:3-11)

Key idea: God disciplines us because He loves us. Discussion Questions