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To God Alone Be the Glory
Lifted Vision Ministry is a mission organization that preaches the gospel in the 10/40 window, and to statistically the most dangerous place in all of Japan, Nishinari, Osaka. Furthermore, in the entire nation of Japan, only 1% are Christians and the population we reach is of the most unreached in all of the world. The…
-Proverbs 22:12 KJV-“The eyes of the Lord preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.” In the previous verse (22:11), King Solomon honors the use of gracious words, but here he brings to our attention to the fact that the Lord despises deceitful and dishonest things. Words can either build up the hearers of them…
-Isaiah 53: 4-5 NIV-“Surely he took up our pain and bore our suffering,yet we considered him punished by God, stricken by him, and afflicted.But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities;the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed.“ This scripture clearly shows how Jesus was broken not because of any imperfection…
Greetings to all my beloved friends and family in the faith! It’s been one year since I’ve been able to come home to raise support for the mission here in Japan! Now is the time that I believe that God is calling me home once again to America to raise the necessary support, meet with…
-1 Corinthians 12:22-25 NKJV-“No, much rather, those members of the body which seem to be weaker are necessary. And those members of the body which we think to be less honorable, on these we bestow greater honor; and our unpresentable parts have greater modesty, but our presentable parts have no need. But God composed the body, having given greater honor to that part which lacks…
-Matthew 24:14 NIV- “And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come” Today was truly a day of groundbreaking, earth shaking, testimony! The gospel was shared in its purest, most simplest form today! That’s exactly what the world needs, the gospel shared…
-Proverbs 13:12 NIV-“Hope deferred makes the heart sick,    but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.” The adjective deferred here means, “withheld or delayed.” If our hope, dreams, ambitions, desires, expectations or aims get delayed or withheld, then our hope-life can be in sincere jeopardy. It’s so easy for us to fall into a state…
Today I’d like to introduce some common place elements to the Buddhist culture, yet I can imagine these will be extremely shocking and surprising elements to my Western audience involving just how Japanese Buddhists participate in false religion. While on a prayer walk recently, I stumbled upon this place of worship, Shinkoin Temple. This temple…
-John 1: 5&6 NLT-“The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness can never extinguish it.” The contrast of light and dark is age old, but what exactly are they? What truly is the light? Are light and darkness as simple of concepts as day and night or just the sun and the moon? This is…
I want to express the lens of a missionary in a foreign country experiencing a medical emergency. In America, we have “same day service”, the luxury of having a nice room, and even a specialist that knows how to treat us at our fingertips at any hour or any day of the week. But in…
-Romans 12:10 NKJV- “I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.” There is this truth present that: Without you using a microphone, without you even saying a word, people can hear your life, and people are listening to your life. I know…
Today, March 20th, is the first day of Spring, and a national holiday here in Japan! As a national holiday, banks, hospitals and most businesses shut down to celebrate the turn of the season. The reason for this stems from the Buddhist beliefs that two “gods” coexist: one in the east and one in the…
For 2 weeks I was able to attend Theological Seminary training at Faith Theological Seminary and Christian College in Osaka! It was a wonderful opportunity provided to me by my Pastor and I couldn’t be more grateful for this ability to learn the Bible through a Japanese and Korean lens! For two weeks, I took…
On February 9th, two dear friends and established missionaries from America had hearts to visit Osaka and Nishinari, to help and serve Lifted Vision Ministry. And what a *mighty* impact they have made! The homeless Japanese men and women that met them at the end told me, “we will never forget what you have done…
Hatsumode is, “a Japanese New Year’s tradition of visiting a Shinto or Buddhist shrine for the first time in the year and the word literally translates to “first prayer”. I was graciously invited by a Japanese family to participate in the traditional New Year’s festivities of how non-Christian Japanese celebrate the new year. I’ve gotten…
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