Jesus Lifehouse Church Tokyo

Discipling with Joy

We love seeing many Japanese and foreigners discipled and growing in their faith in God. It’s a joy. Jesus thinks so too!

 

 (Luke 10:21)  At that time Jesus, full of joy through the Holy Spirit, said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for this was your good pleasure.

(Message Bible) At that, Jesus rejoiced, exuberant in the Holy Spirit. ¡ÈI thank you, Father, Master of heaven and earth, that you hid these things from the know-it-alls and showed them to these innocent newcomers. Yes, Father, it pleased you to do it this way

 

Key thought:-Discipling is a joy-filled relationship with Jesus.

Some people don¡Çt see the joy and rewards in discipling. They might think of a negative example or see only hard work involved in it.

However I¡Çm sure we can all think of a great teacher, coach or christian leader who has sown great things into our lives. These good teachers were more than good teachers. They became models for us to emulate. They brought joy into the learning experience. They helped us grow at a faster rate. They helped us to love what we were learning.

These were in effect ¡Ædisciplers¡Ç in our lives.

Key thought:- Jesus is filled with joy when we grow in discipleship

Jesus is the greatest discipler. He causes growth in us as we allow him. He is always on the job training us as we read his Words and follow him. And he is full of joy as we grow and ¡Æreport in¡Ç through prayer and thanksgiving. Yes, He ¡Ærejoiced, exuberant in the Holy Spirit¡Ç  as it says in the Message Bible.

Key Thought:- Jesus loved the fact that discipleship was easy and fruitful.

He rejoiced that many wise educated people missed it due to their pride. Yet any child-like, open, hungry person could get it. God would bring much new and wonderful revelation to anyone who is hungry for more. It is easy!

Also, the disciples were able to help others by praying for healing and sharing good news. Others were blessed and healed. And this fruitfulness brings joy to us too.

Prayer:-

Lord Jesus, I want to be a disciple (constant learner) of Jesus. I want to help others and be fruitful. I want to bring more joy to your heart.

New Government in Japan - Pray for PM Hatoyama ÆüËܤο·À¯¸¢ÃÂÀ¸¡½È·»³ÁíÍý¤Î¤¿¤á¤Îµ§¤ê

We have a new PM in Japan. The 4th Prime Minister in about 4 years.
Yet Japan has seen a change in government only twice since WWII.
So this is a significant moment of change. ¡¡People are expecting a change for the better.
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Let¡Çs pray for Mr. Hatoyama and the new government. Let¡Çs pray for Japan.
I believe a lot of things are changing in Japan right now. This is a great opportunity for many churches in Japan to also change and move into growth.

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How exciting to be living here in such a time as this!
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Osaka Lifehouse - On the way up! Âçºå¥é¥¤¥Õ¥Ï¥¦¥¹¡¼µÞ¾å¾ºÃæ

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You gotta¡Ç love Osaka - everyone does. A city of youth, bright lights, trendy cafes and one of the coolest new churches in the world!
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Osaka Lifehouse is about 18mths old now. We have 16 team members and another 16 rising Japanese leaders.
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25 Lifegroups and growing.
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Need a new venue after growing out of the current excellent livehouse.
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Osaka, along with connected cities of Kobe and Kyoto have 20 million people, and so few have heard about Jesus.
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We are living in history - the rise of new churches in Japan.
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Why are so few Japanese christians? ¤Ê¤¼ÆüËܤˤϥ¯¥ê¥¹¥Á¥ã¥ó¤¬¾¯¤Ê¤¤¤Î¤«¡©

Out of 127 million people, only about 200,000 regularly go to a protestant church. The average size church is 35 and attendance about 25 on an average Sunday. Many of these wonderful Christians came to know Jesus at an early age just after WWII. Most are now elderly people. Without new growth the Japanese church will actually go backwards.
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Many people ask ¡Æwhat¡Çs wrong with Japanese people ? Why aren¡Çt they open to God.?¡Ç This is actually a very important question. If we give the wrong answer there is no solution to the problem. But if we get the right answer, we can actually do something about it
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9 False reasons I¡Çve heard missionaries and Christians leaders use.
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1.Japan is hard
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2.God has hardened their hearts
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3.Japan has an evil history and culture.
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4.The Japanese are unrepentant for their history.
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5.The land is full of ¡Ædarkness¡Ç.
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6.Everybody says it¡Çs hard so it must be.
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7.Christian literature says it¡Çs hard so it must be.
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8.Japan is a special case- the Word of God doesn¡Çt apply here.
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9.Pray for revival - let God move here when it is his time to do so.
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Note: these reasons say the problem is mainly God or the people. That cannot be true!
If we stay with these false reasons, we will never see things changed!
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5 Real reasons why there are so few Christians:-
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1.People are simply not telling them about Jesus..
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2.People don¡Çt think they are open so they don¡Çt tell them.
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3.So few youth are being reached at all.
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4.So few children are reached at all.
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5.So few churches reaching out in a culturally relevant manner.
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The true fault is not with God. Nor is it with the Japanese people. It is the responsibility of the church to simply reach out to Japanese people in meaningful ways.
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In closing ¡Ä. Let¡Çs give up our flawed way of thinking, and simply start reaching out effectively to these wonderful Japanese young people all around us. I believe we can change Japan in the current generation. Let¡Çs do it together!!!
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We are seeing many Japanese become Christians each week. Many of these new believers say that there was a significant Bible verse that helped them find Jesus.
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One of these is (Mat 7:7-8) ¡ÈAsk and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. (8) For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.¡É
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Another is (Mat 6:33) ¡ÈBut seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well¡É.
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Young Japanese are searchers. They are high£ìy educated. (96% have finished high school and 48% have degrees). They love to learn. When they are shown a Bible for the first time there is real interest. Many non-Christians are in our Life Groups where they can read the Bible and ask questions. Many of these ¡Æjournal¡Ç what God is saying to them from the Bible. When asked, these seekers can clearly say the Bible verses that mean a lot to them at that time!
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In the 16th Century, Catholic priest Francis Xavier came to Japan after meeting a Japanese sailor in India. The young Japanese man, Anduin, heard about the message of Jesus and said to the priest ¡ÆJapanese are searchers. And they would love to consider this message of Jesus¡Ç. When Francis went to Japan around 1548AD, he found a receptive people, especially in Kyushu. Some figures state that up to 20% of Japanese in the next 50 years became Christians. These Christians then went through a shocking persecution for 250 years under the Tokugawa Shoguns.
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But the same searching heart for God remains here in Japan. This is awesome because God loves people who have a searching heart.
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Hey, check out this amazing verse ¡Ä (Jer 29:11-14a) ¡ÈFor I know the plans I have for you,¡É declares the LORD, ¡Èplans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. (12) Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. (13) You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. (14a ) I will be found by you,¡É declares the LORD.¡Ç
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Richard and Izumi - bi-lingual preaching

Richard and Izumi - bi-lingual preaching

Our churches in Tokyo and Osaka are bi-lingual - English and Japanese. Our church in Hong Kong is bi-lingual - English and Cantonese. We also have translation through earphones into Mandarin Chinese.
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We work easily with cultures and languages. We enjoy it. We make it fun and dynamic. We train translators all the time. We would have about 20 Japanese and 5 foreigners who translate some part of the services in Tokyo. We are able to maintain our focus on reaching and pastoring Japanese, yet have a significant passion for the 30 other nationalities represented in the church.
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When we started Bi-lingual church it was a necessity. Out of our team of 16 in 2002, only 3 spoke Japanese. It was a way to ensure all of our team had a purpose and a valid ministry from their first day in Japan. Very few of our team have done any formal language study, but that didn¡Çt matter in a bi-lingual church.
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Today, we actually do have the option to do a fully Japanese language church in Tokyo. It has grown in every way and we have some amazing Japanese leaders. Yet, the strategy of having a bi-lingual church remains effective ¡Ä
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For example, many Japanese love other nations, travel, English study etc. Bi-lingual church is a drawcard to many.
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Bi-lingual church also demonstrate the love between Japanese and other cultures. In almost 7 years as a church in Japan, we have never once had a cultural clash. We have had the wonderful experience of different people with different languages and cultures all able to love one-another consistently. Jesus said ¡Æall people will know you are my disciples by your love for one-another¡Ç.
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Bi-lingual church is also a great training ground for leadership and success in life. There is such a large pool of strength and wisdom between different languages and cultures and we are able to synergize our strengths easily.
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And finally ¡Ä bi-lingual church is simply good fun. It celebrates our diversity and unity together. We love the church and it is a very happy and special place.
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¡ÆBi-lingual church¡Ç would work in many world cities. We have friends doing this in Thailand, Germany, France, Russia. They are having a lot of fun, while at the same time advancing the message of Jesus. I personally have a dream of one day plating many other bi-lingual churches in China, Italy, Spain and India.
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If anyone is planning bi-lingual church planting in major cities and would like some basic interaction, please contact us at contact@jesuslifehouse.com
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We are so blessed to have Richie. He is a crazy boy that loves God and loves to drum! He wanted to start drumming two years ago and has just got stronger and stronger. Now he is 12 years old and looking forward to seeing all his practice and hard work pay off. Yes ¡Ähe will soon be playing in the church band. When he grows up, he wants to be a professional drummer ¡Ä. and there are seeds of greatness there.
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He also helps in kid’s church as a young leader. He is really caring and helps new kids feel welcomed. He has a great understanding of the Bible, and recently read through the book of revelation on his own. (He had lots of questions which I couldn’t answer too)!
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He has a real love for God’s ways, and a high sense of keeping a right conscience. Our family remembers the trip to Paris in 2007. We enjoyed France, but Paris metro train service was complex and we didn’t speak any French. After trying to buy a train ticket for 30 minutes with a very rude official we couldn’t seem to be able to buy a train ticket at all. We noticed many people jumping over and through the ticket gate and onto the train. In frustration I decided that we too needed to jump the barrier. Monty said ‘cool, let’s do it’ but Richie wouldn¡Çt do it. He thought that was wrong and tried to stop us all from doing it. He was right of course, and we encouraged his sense of right and wrong ¡Ä.. but we had no choice and jumped the barrier anyway!
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Richie is another example of a new generation leader (in training).
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Let’s keep sowing into the next generation. Here are a few verses about responsibility to prepare them for God’s plans for their lives
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(Deuteronomy 7:9) Know therefore that the LORD your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commands.
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(Psalm 89:1) will sing of the Lord’s great love forever; with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known through all generations.
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Monty, my oldest son is now 16 and is doing really great. He is playing guitar in the church band and loves it. This desire to play guitar and worship God in music started when he met Joel Houston from Hillsong United band about three years ago after a concert in Tokyo. Joel asked Monty (then aged 13) what he wanted to do. Monty answered ¡ÆI don¡Çt know¡Ç. Joel then asked casually but with intent ¡ÆDo you want to play guitar?¡Ç Monty answered ¡ÆI guess so ¡Ä¡Ç And that was it. A passion for guitar was birthed. The next day Monty told me he wanted to learn guitar.
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That was then. Now three years late he is going¡¡strong for God. He loves to do everthing our young team does - journalling, street outreach, Life¡¡Group, set-up team.¡¡I havn¡Çt asked him to do any of this (except to have an authentic personal faith in God), but he loves the church and the opportunity to serve God.
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I don¡Çt know what Monty will end up doing in life¡Ä. but I know he is a great¡ÆNext Generation Leader¡Ç in training right now.¡¡And he is a great blessing to Viv and I.
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He is another example of the power of building strong generations. This word is mentioned 160 times in the Bible. We are called to build generationally. Every generation is supposed to get better and better. Let¡Çs build into the next amazing generation of young people.
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(Psalms¡¡71:18) Even when I am old and gray, do not forsake me, O God, till I declare your power to the next generation, your might to all who are to come.
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(Psalms 78:3-4) what we have heard and known, what our fathers have told us.¡¡(4)We will not hide them from their children; we will tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the LORD, his power, and the wonders he has done.
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(Next post I will share about our other awesome¡¡son - Richie)
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We are blessed with a great team in all our churches - Tokyo, Osaka and Hong Kong. Viv and I thank God DAILY for the integrity and giftedness of all our awseome leaders.
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Psalm 127 talks about God building the house. Unless God builds it, it will not grow and it will not last. But if God is at the centre of the building process it will be big and strong.
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Later in the same Psalm it mentions the power of sons, which speaks of the next generation rising up to take on the mission and the heart for the house. God builds generations of leaders that just keep getting better and stronger, more courageous and more passionate for God¡Çs ways and God¡Çs house.
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We have now 100 cell groups (Lifegroups) that are the building block of our future leaders. Osaka has 23 and Hong Kong 10 with many more on the way. Many of our young leaders will excell in business or in some profession, as well as in the church.
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THe future is bright. May 2009 be our best year ever!
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A White Christmas in Japan ÆüËܤΥۥ磻¥È¡¦¥¯¥ê¥¹¥Þ¥¹

Hakuba Goryu - winter holiday in Japan

Hakuba Goryu - winter holiday in Japan

Are you ¡Ædreaming of a white Chrsitmas’? Well this year we had one. We spent a few days in Hakuba (where the winter olympics were held once). It was awesome. Once again the beauty of Japan was displayed. Towering alps and snowboarding in God¡Çs winter wonderland ¡Ä. just awseome!
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Japan has no public holiday for Christmas (or any other christian festival). It seems strange to see people going to work long 16 hour days on Christmas and Boxing Day. There are santas and christimas trees everywhere, shopping and present giving too ¡Ä.. but absolutely no understanding that this was a celebration of Jesus¡Ç birthday. Japanese are shocked to find out that Jesus¡Ç birthdate set the world year clock at zero, and ¡Æ2008¡ì means ¡Æ2008 years after Jesus birth¡Ç!
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So what is the result of asking Japanese who have never heard of Jesus to come to church for Christmas? The answer is ¡Æthe largest christmas services we¡Çve ever had in Japan¡Ç. Over the christmas week we had about 1,000 in church over 4 services. Among these were about 300 who came to church for the first time in their life!
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Osaka church, now 8 months old, had over 100 poeple for the first time. 40 of these also had never been to church before!
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So we celebrate Christmas with both christians and non-christians enthusiastically singing and enjoying the festivities. Christmas is fun in Japan!!!
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