Opening Prayer Lord Jesus, teach us to pray in Your name. Amen. Text: John 16:23–28 “And in that day you will ask Me nothing. Most assuredly, I say to you, whatever you ask the Father in My name He will give you. Until now you have asked nothing in My name. Ask, and you will…
Text: Psalm 51:10–19 Create in me a clean heart, O God, And renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me away from Your presence, And do not take Your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, And uphold me with Your generous Spirit. Then I will teach transgressors…
Opening Prayer Dear Lord, let Your Word create in our hearts a steadfast and living faith. Amen. Text: Hebrews 5:5–10 So also Christ did not glorify Himself to become High Priest, but it was He who said to Him: “You are My Son, today I have begotten You.” As He also says in another place:…
Opening Prayer Lord, teach us the Word of Your righteousness. Amen. Text: Philippians 3:7–11 But what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ. But indeed I also count all things loss for the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have suffered the loss of…
Our former vicar, Samuel Johnson, is now a Candidate of Theology awaiting ordination at Abiding Word Evangelical Lutheran Church in Bowling Green, Ohio. We congratulate him and pray that the Lord would bring the Johnsons safely back to Lake Havasu City and safely forth to the congregation that is eager to hear him preach the…
Opening Prayer Lord, open our eyes to see what You have given us in Your Gospel. Amen. Text: Romans 1:16–17 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. For in it…
Throughout history there have been many stories attempting to explain how humans and all other living things came to exist. Today there are three main positions regarding this issue: Living things came into being through processes of chemical evolution, in which some organic chemicals eventually began to take on the characteristics of life. After this,…
Opening Prayer Lord Jesus, today let us again hear You pray for us. Amen. Text: John 17:20–26 “I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word; that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also…
Opening Prayer Lord Jesus, grant us grace to hear Your most holy words with Your Father in which You pray for us. Amen. Text: John 17:11–19 “Now I am no longer in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to You. Holy Father, keep through Your name those whom You have…
Opening Prayer Lord, instruct me and I will keep Your Law and guard it with my whole heart. Amen. Text: James 1:17–21 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning. Of His own will He…