Trinity 18-2023
REJOICING IN A LIFE LIVED FOR OTHERS Prayer: Dear Lord, we ask You to work in us so that we will and do Your good pleasure in our life with others. You begin the good work of faith and love in us; we ask You to complete it and strengthen our will to conform to Your will, so that we not only consider others more important than ourselves but even take joy in it and receive joy from it. Amen.…
Trinity 17 – 2023
THE GOSPEL PRODUCES COURAGE Prayer: Lord Jesus, You want us to fear nothing except losing You, to cast all our anxieties upon You, and to not even fear death. So let us hear the Gospel that we leap for joy, give thanks to You, and are not frightened in anything. Fill us with cheerful courage that gives courage to one another. Amen. Sermon Text: Philippians 1:12-14, 19-30. Dear people loved and purchased by God, in Christ, to be His own:…
Festival of St. Michael and All Angels
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. Amen! Sermon Text, St. Matthew 13:36-43, 24:29-31. Then He left the crowds and went into the house. And His disciples came to Him, saying, “Explain…
Trinity 15- 2023
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’ blood – to give us kind and forgiving hearts, so that we gladly forgive each other as if we’re standing before You, yes, really “from…
Trinity 14 – 2023
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 children and loved ones together, brought back by grace and rejoicing together forever in heaven. Amen! Dear people loved by God in Christ, who is…
Trinity 13 – 2023
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 of repentance. Amen. Dear people loved by God even in suffering: Grace be unto you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus…
Trinity 12 – 2023
Sermon: St. Matthew 16:13-20 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 we believe that when our sins are forgiven on earth they are forgiven by You, and this is true in heaven. Amen. Dear people loved by God and purchased…
Trinity 11 – 2023
Sermon Text: John 1:45-51
Trinity 10
Catechism Series
9th-10th Commandment
2023
Sermon: Exodus 20:17; Joshua 7:20-26 THE 9TH & 10TH COMMANDMENTS: “ARE YOU HAPPY?” Prayer: O Lord, You have made us for Yourself, and our hearts are restless unless they rest in You. All our desire is known unto You, therefore perfect what You have begun. We seek Your face; turn Your face toward us and show us Your glory. Then shall our longing be satisfied, and our peace shall be perfect. Amen. (St. Augustine, Confessions I.1; The Lord Will Answer, p. 301) Dear people loved…
Trinity 8
Catechism Series
8th Commandment
2023
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, Exodus 20:15; 2 Kings 5:14-16, 20-27. Dear people loved and purchased by God to be His own special treasure: Grace to you and peace from…