두나미스선교교회
Dunamis Mission Church

"What do you want me to do for you?" (Mark 10:51) わたしに何をしてほしいのか」 （マルコ10：51）   Above all, to live a successful life, we must have clear goals. These goals are not achieved simply by coming up with some plausible slogan.   First, there must be a burning desire in our hearts to achieve those goals. 「私たちが充実した人生を送るためには、何よりもまず明確な目標が必要です。この目標は、単に聞こえの良いスローガンを掲げただけで達成できるものではありません。まず、私たちの心の中に、その目標に向けた燃えるような情熱（あるいは強い願い）がなければなりません。」 (Mark 10:46-52) Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, longed to see the world—even if only once in his lifetime.   Although he sat begging by the roadside today, he held onto the dream that someday he would regain his sight. To make that happen, he had no choice but to hope for a miracle. However, he heard rumors that Jesus of Nazareth was performing miracles.   From that day on, Bartimaeus’s goal was to meet Jesus and have his sight restored. One day, hearing the clamor of the crowd calling for "Jesus of Nazareth," and learning that Jesus wa...

  “My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will.” (Matthew 26:39) "In the Garden of Gethsemane, all the disciples fell asleep, but Jesus went a short distance away from them and prayed with his face to the ground." All the sins of humanity were laid upon Jesus. God presented Jesus with a cup filled with the sins of humanity, from Adam to the very last person. If Jesus had not drunk this cup on behalf of humanity, there would have been no hope of salvation for humanity, which was burdened with the debt of sin. When He considered that He would have to bear all the sins of humanity, Jesus, who was without spot or blemish, could not help but shudder. "Unable to bear the agony, Jesus cried out to God in prayer: 'My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as You will.'" "Jesus repeated this prayer. When He prayed for the third time, His sweat became like drops of bloo...

“Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Go, throw yourself into the sea,’ and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them. (Mark 11:23) "To receive answers to our prayers, we must first have faith in God. Once we have this faith, we must keep praying. How long, then, should we continue to pray?" "Since Jesus said, 'Truly I tell you, if anyone says to this mountain, "Go, throw yourself into the sea," and does not doubt in their heart but believes that what they say will happen, it will be done for them,' we must pray until we are certain that the mountain in question has been cast into the sea. No matter how much faith we have received from God, our prayers will not be answered without this assurance. Therefore, we must continue to pray until all doubt disappears from our hearts and we find peace." "In this way, pray with faith in God, and when you are convinced of the answer...