Opening Prayer Lord, let the Spirit establish Your Word in our heart. Amen. Text: First John 5:13–15 These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the…
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Opening Prayer Lord, open our eyes to see what You have given us in Your Word. Amen. Text: John 15:7–11 “If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you. By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit;…
Opening Prayer Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in Your sight, O Lord, my strength and my redeemer. Amen. (Psa 19:14) Text: Matthew 6:5–8 “And when you pray, you shall not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the…
Opening Prayer Lord, teach me and I will keep Your Law and keep it with my whole heart. Amen. Text: James 1:22–27 But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves. For if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, he is like a man observing his natural…
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…