Sermon Texts: Exodus 20:13 Genesis 4:3- EVERY HUMAN LIFE IS GOD’S HOLY GROUND Prayer: Heavenly Father, God of all concord, it is Your will that Your children on earth live together in harmony and peace. Help us, by Your Word and Spirit, to search our hearts and root out the evil that would lead to…
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.…
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;…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…