Trinity 3
Anniversary of the
Augsburg Confession
Catechism Series:
4th Commandment
2023
Sermon on the 4th Commandment: Exodus 20:12; Genesis 9:18-29 HONOR AND RESPECT FOR PARENTS AND AUTHORITIES Prayer: O Lord, richly pour Your blessing upon the home and the state. Help us to be devout, to honor our parents, obey our rulers, resist the devil, and refuse to follow his temptations to disobey and to fight. Enable us by our deeds to improve our homes and nation and to preserve peace for Your praise and glory, for our own benefit, and…
Trinity 2
Catechism Series
2nd & 3rd Commandment
2023
Sermon on the 2nd & 3rd Commandments: Exodus 20:7-11; Revelation 5:8-14 TO WORSHIP GOD IS TO REST IN HIS PRESENCE Prayer: O God, You command me not to take Your name in vain, and to keep the Lord’s Day holy. Grant that I would praise You not one day out of seven, but every day; that my prayers would rise to Your throne, acceptable to you; and that I would rest peacefully in Your presence. Amen. Dear people loved and…
Trinity 1 – Catechism Series-1st Commandment
2023
WHAT ARE YOUR IDOLS? (Sermon on the First Commandment for Trinity 1, 6-11-23) Sermon Text, Exodus 20:3-6; 1 Kings 18:25-29, 36-39. “You shall have no other gods before Me. You shall not make for yourself a carved image – any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them nor serve them. For I, the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those…
Trinity Sunday – 2023
On Trinity Sunday we began a series of catechism sermons on the Ten Commandments. THE LORD IS OUR GOD, WE BELONG TO HIM Sermon Text, Deuteronomy 5:1-6, 6:4-7. And Moses called all Israel, and said to them: “Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your hearing today, that you may learn them and be careful to observe them. The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb. The LORD did not make this covenant…
Festival of Pentecost – 2023
Sermon text- Acts 2:1-13 Note: Reading of Joel 2:28-32 in 5 languages (1 per verse) THE HOLY SPIRIT COMES TO SAVE US BY GRACE Prayer: Come, Holy Spirit! We trust in You to save us. Amen! Dear fellow redeemed in Christ, who keeps His promise to send the Holy Spirit to us: Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ, through the Holy Spirit. Amen. Pentecost did not begin in the New Testament. The…
Ascension – 2023
WHAT DOES JESUS’ ASCENSION GIVE YOU? (Sermon Text: Luke 24:44-53 Prayer: Lord Jesus, since You are ascended far above all heavens and are able to rule over Your Church, and give gifts, we pray You to watch over Your Church, to protect each soul from every danger, and bring us to be with You in heaven. Amen. Dear fellow redeemed: Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our ascended Lord Jesus Christ. In the Apostles’ Creed we…
Easter 6 – 2023
Sermon Text: John 15:1-8 “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener.[a] 2 Every branch in me that does not bear fruit, he is going to cut off. And he prunes every branch that does bear fruit, so that it will bear more fruit. 3 “You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you. 4 Remain in me, and I am going to remain in you. A branch cannot bear fruit by itself;…
Easter 5 – 2023
John 14:1-11, “Knowing Jesus is Knowing the Father Personally,” KNOWING JESUS IS KNOWING THE FATHER PERSONALLY Prayer: Lord, our hearts are troubled over many things. Comfort us at all times with the knowledge that You are the Way to the Father, and if we know You we also know the Father, have direct access to Him, and by Your blood stand before Him already in the blessed mansions that You are preparing. Amen. In the name of Jesus, who shows…
Good Shepherd
Sunday – 2023
Sermon Text: John 10:1-10 JESUS SAYS, “I AM THE DOOR OF THE SHEEP” Prayer: Lord, gather us into Your sheepfold; lead us by Your hand. Give us shepherds who feed Your sheep on the good pasture. Bless them and guard Your flock. Let us also be found among Your people, and have life through You. Amen. (Book of Family Prayer 375-6) In the name of Jesus, the Chief Shepherd, who did lay down His life for His sheep, who was…
Easter 3 – 2023
Sermon: Luke 24:13-35, “Abide With Me!” Prayer: Abide with us, Lord Jesus! Abide with us in our home and in our heart. Open our eyes to see You, our minds to know You, and our hearts to give heed to You and to Your Word. Be our Companion on the path of life, and teach us in the perils of the day and in the darkness of the night to trust in Your loving care. When the evening of our…