Be joyful in HOPE,
patient in affliction,
faithful in prayer.
Share with the Lord’s
people who are in need.
Romans 12:12-13
FLEE TO THE MOUNTAINS OF THE GOSPEL Sermon Text, St. Matthew 24:15-28. Prayer: Lord, keep us faithful and watchful in a world spinning out of control, that we may be kept from following those who would deceive us so we receive and hold onto the salvation You’re preparing for us.Amen! Dear fellow watchers for the…
Today is St. Michael and All Angels’ Day. Here is Pastor Gernander’s sermon for this festival from this past Sunday. HE SENDS OUT HIS ANGELS Prayer: Lord, preserve us in faith so we continue to be served by the holy angels; and let us share with them the joys of the life that never ends.…
Sermon text: Matthew 18:21-35 A THANKFUL HEART IS A FORGIVING HEART Prayer: Dear Lord, it must be an incredibly important thing to forgive those who sin against us, since You have taught us to say it in the Lord’s Prayer. We ask You – who forgive us all our guilt for the sake of Jesus’…
Sermon Text: Matthew 18:12-20 Sermon Theme: JESUS’ CHURCH IS FOR BEING BROUGHT BACK Prayer: By this Word of Your truth that we hear today, we ask that You would truly make us Your Church, to want nothing but to be found You and to want nothing for each other than that we all be Your…
Sermon: St. Matthew 16:21-28 (ILCW A Gospel) THE SUFFERING CHURCH Prayer: Through this hearing of Your Word, uncover for me how I set my mind on the things of man and not the things of God. Send Your Holy Spirit so that I follow You, willing to bear Your disgrace and live in the joy…
Sermon: St. Matthew 16:13-20 (ILCW A Gospel) THE CHURCH VS. THE GATES OF HELL Prayer: Lord Jesus, we ask You to watch over Your Church, to watch over each of us and give us Your Holy Spirit, so that we joyfully confess that there is salvation in no one else than you, and so that…
HE IS NOT THE GOD OF TAKING, BUT OF GIVING Prayer: O God, You command me not to steal. Protect me from being concerned only for myself and my own needs. Help me to use my own property and goods so that I glorify You and serve my family and neighbors with my gifts. Amen. Sermon Text,…
GOD’S AMEN Sermon Text, St. Matthew 28:1-10 (v. 5-6). 5 But the angel answered and said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. 6 He is not here; for He is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.” Lord, this…
Sermon Text: Matthew 21:10-16
HALLOWED BE THY NAME Prayer: Dear God, don’t let Your Name and Word be holy everywhere except among us. Give us Your Holy Spirit so we humble ourselves under Your Word and confess Your Name. Amen! Sermon Text, Matthew 26:59-66. Dear fellow redeemed in Christ: Caiaphas puts Jesus under oath to speak the truth before…
