Sermons from 2023 (Page 2)
3rd Last Sunday of the Church Year – 2023
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 Bridegroom’s coming: Grace be unto you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Matthew 24 is where we hear what…
Festival of All Saints
MEET THE CHURCH TRIUMPHANT Prayer: God, let our heart be in heaven. Amen. [Laache, p. 690] Sermon Text, Revelation 7:9-17. Dear saints: Do you know this name for heaven? – “The church triumphant.” You don’t find this name in a Bible verse. But what do we see in Revelation 7? – We see the church in heaven – not a building, but the people who make up the church – and the only way to describe them is: triumphant –…
The Festival of Reformation
CLEANSING THE TEMPLE Sermon Text: John 2:13-17. Prayer: Almighty God, merciful Father: We thank You that by means of Your servant Martin Luther You restored the light of the pure Gospel. We pray You to grant that we continue to hear Your Word in its truth and purity so that we are preserved in the true faith; through Christ, our Lord. Amen. Dear saints: Jesus’ cleansing of the temple has an obvious application to what Martin Luther did in the…
Trinity 20 – 2023
THE LORD’S SUPPER IS FOR THE ANXIOUS PERSON Prayer: Lord, send Your Holy Spirit to direct us so that we rejoice even when we don’t feel like it, so our anxieties become prayers, and to give us a quiet mind so that we can be content in all situations, dwell on what’s pure and lovely, and trust that You’ll give us strength to do all things that are in front of us, not just for ourselves but for the good…
Trinity 19 – 2023
LAY HOLD ON LIFE Prayer: Lord, send Your Holy Spirit to teach us not to place confidence in our good works – not to look at what we do – but to place all our trust in Christ Jesus our Lord – to look at You, what You’ve done for us and what You give to us in the gospel. Help us not to look back at our sins but to look forward to Your grace and mercy, for which…
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…