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Be joyful in HOPE,
patient in affliction,
faithful in prayer.
Share with the Lord’s
people who are in need.
Romans 12:12-13
Sermons by Pastor Jerry Gernander
JESUS WANTS HIS CHURCH TO BE THE HOME OF MERCY Prayer: Lord, let mercy make me ever willing to bear my lot and not to fret. While You my restless heart are stilling, may I Your mercy not forget! Whatever comes my heart to test, Your mercy is my only rest. Lord, help me stand…
Christian Obituary for Richard Getz Richard Edward Getz was born on October 3, 1931, to Edward Adolf and Edna Getz in Teaneck, New Jersey. The Triune God who gave him life also gave him the new birth and saving faith; he was baptized in the name of the Triune God as a child. Having suffered…
RESIST THE PHARISEE’S FAITH, BUT HAVE THE TAX COLLECTOR’S FAITH Prayer: Almighty and merciful God, protect us from the false delusion that our worthiness in Your sight is something that our obedience and works contribute to; but give us the faith that truly makes us acceptable to You – faith in our Savior, Jesus, and…
JESUS CALLS US TO A NEW LIFE FORMED BY HIS CROSS Prayer: Lord, as Your eye was on Nathanael sitting under the fig tree and You already knew him intimately, You also see and know us intimately. Like Nathanael You have called us to be Your disciples and follow You. For us this happened in…
JESUS PROTECTS HIS SHEEP FROM THE WOLVES Prayer: Dear Lord, we are the people of Your pasture and the sheep of Your hand. The false teachers, like ravenous wolves, threaten to destroy Your flock. We ask You to protect us by the truth of Your Word. In the name of Jesus, the Good Shepherd. Amen.…
GOD’S COMPASSION IS REVEALED IN WORD AND SACRAMENT Prayer: Lord, how great is Your compassion, and how great it is for us to be objects of Your compassion. As we live in this world, help us from Your Word and especially from Your Supper, to see ourselves as people who are continuously viewed with compassion…
THE LAW AND THE GOSPEL Prayer: O God, enlighten me that I may rightly understand Your Word. From Your Law let me learn to know my boundless spiritual ruin. But from Your Gospel let me learn to know Your grace, which is in Christ Jesus, my Savior, which saves me from my utter ruin and…
ARE WE CALLED TO BE FISHERS OF MEN, OR HIS LITTLE FISHES? Prayer: O Jesus Christ, Son of the living God, You have given us Your Word and blessed us with every physical blessing: We confess ourselves unworthy of all these things and certainly deserve much worse, and we pray You to forgive us our…