Victory Word Church (VWC) International- Tokyo, Japan
Really excited about Sunday’s message. If you missed it, check out the podcast here. The Power Of Friendship is not only a message for Victory Word Church. We’re in Tokyo, Japan and getting ready to open in the Seattle Tacoma area of the United States, but we want to encourage every church to be warm, friendly and welcoming to people.
People need to see the friendliness in us, after all Jesus was the friendliest person who every walked this earth.
Following the Victory Camp this weekend 20 of us headed over to the famous water falls in the Nikko area. You go to the building here and pay 530 yen for each adult to take and elevator down to view the falls. We had a great time.
We enjoyed the camp with the theme of “Going Deeper With God”. I shared some of the things that we will be doing in 2012 so that we can go deeper with God ourselves, but draw more people to Jesus, and strengthen the kingdom within us. It was a great time.
Japanese love their onsens (hot springs) and on this overnighter, the record holder bathed 6 times. Wow! We also enjoyed great worship and food to boot.
God is so awesome. We’re expecting great things in 2012 at Victory Word Church. We are going to see growth in the Japan church and full start up of the church in the United States.
As we wound down the year of 2011, I began praying and seeking the Lord for breakthroughs in growth at Victory. The Holy Spirit directed me to read a couple books and as I read I saw the reason why.
There is no reason to try to reinvent the wheel when it comes to the Kingdom of God. We should not be afraid to learn from other followers of Jesus as well as even… believe it or not… unbelievers.
We are going to be making some changes that will make a major differences in how we
Buckle up! Let’s be expecting the impossible in 2012. It’s all about FAITH in the NAME of JESUS!
Every year we see these people in the busy parts of Tokyo such as Ginza and Shibuya with sins talking about blood, sins, and Kirisuto (Christ).
We know they mean well, but you don’t bring people to Jesus by holding signs or driving a van playing recorded messages. Incidentally these people never look happy.
The best way to reach people is to talk to them.
Victors you rock! What a wonderful service. Today the message was on Light of the World. The Victory Band was amazing, and people really entered in.
We had people from Japan, US, Africa, China, the Philippines and some other countries. Sorry if we missed your country!
Two people were born from above as they confessed Jesus. It was great!
Following the service we had a Christmas celebration with lots of God food and fun. People danced, played some pretty fun games, and we’re singing their lungs out. Five hours later, people we’re still there.
It is so good to service Jesus. To Him be all glory! Merry Christmas everyone.
This may give you some idea.
Took this picture near my gym this evening
While shopping for sheets at IKEA in Japan we found a kid sleeping in the display
And they said Seattle Tacoma is cold. Thankfully it didn’t stick.
It was a good fall but you can barely see it in this picture.
Is a a holiday tree or a real Christmas tree?
The Christmas Tree at Bell square in Bellevue Washington.