00:01Now, Kenzie, when we were, there she is, I think of Florence. Hello, Paul. Happy birthday to Leila May. Happy
00:07first birthday to Leila May.
00:09Perfect. So, Kenzie, you know that mom and I were in Japan for a couple weeks, and in Japan, we
00:16have a lot of, oh, so we can do this again.
00:19We have signs. Do you remember this sign the last time we were there? What does that say?
00:25Shinkansen. Shinkansen. Shrax. What is the Shinkansen? Do you remember the Shinkansen?
00:31The bullet train in particular. Yes, the bullet train that takes you from one place to the next very fast,
00:36very, very efficiently, very efficient travel.
00:40Tristan's nodding that because he knows from experience as well. Next, this is Osaka Metro, and on the bottom says
00:49Shinsai Bashi Station.
00:51Notice, too, there's an arrow that's pointing to where we should go to see where exactly the Osaka Metro would
00:59be located.
00:59And one more here. Oh, wow. Colors, Japanese characters galore.
01:05And if you don't read the Japanese, it's fine because you can see the Dosugi line in the red.
01:11Is that the, is that the, thank you, Nagadori. Wow, my eyes are really bad.
01:18Thank you, Carlisle. Nagadori, Tsurumi Ryokuchi line, and the Yotsubashi line.
01:26Did I say that right in the range? I know you're a resident of Japanese.
01:31Sorry? Yotsubashi is the bullet, right?
01:34Yeah, and Kenzie, you remember that in Japan, sometimes, even if you don't read the language or the letters,
01:41the colors help you out, right?
01:43They are signs that point to where you need to go.
01:46Now, the most important lesson for us today is not just the signs in Japan.
01:50I would love to at least recommend that before you go to Japan, if you ever go to Japan,
01:55Lord willing, make sure to familiarize yourself, even a little bit, with the very efficient but confusing train system that
02:01they have there.
02:02But here is your verse, Kenzie.
02:04Let's say this together.
02:06The scriptures point to Jesus.
02:09John 5, 39.
02:11All together, congregation.
02:13The scriptures point to Jesus.
02:16John 5, 39.
02:18Now, this is a very simple lesson that in the same way that those signs and arrows pointed to places
02:26that we need to go,
02:27in Japan or everywhere we go for that matter,
02:29the scriptures are also our signs and our arrows that point to whom?
02:34To Jesus.
02:35To Jesus, ultimately.
02:37Now, one last thing, because we didn't really use this phrase when we were out and about,
02:42but we learned how to say, mom and I at least looked it up,
02:46and the way to say, thank you, Lord, is,
02:54say it with me.
02:56Shuyo kansha shimasu.
02:58Shuyo kansha shimasu would be the way the Christians say thank you to the Lord there.
03:04Once again, just a beautiful country, beautiful people, beautiful experiences that we have.
03:08And we thank you again for praying for us while we were there.
03:12Now, Kenzie, before I let you go, we'll pray.
03:17Let's begin by saying thank you, Lord, both in Japanese as well as in our native English.
03:23So let's say first,
03:25Shuyo kansha shimasu.
03:27Shuyo kansha shimasu.
03:29Thank you, Lord,
03:30for your word
03:32that points us
03:35to Jesus,
03:36our Lord,
03:38our Savior,
03:40our very best friend.
03:43We pray
03:43that we
03:45would commit
03:47to study
03:49and apply
03:50your word.
03:52In Jesus' name.
03:54Amen.
03:55Amen.
