Everyone has something (or many somethings) that keeps them from living faithfully as Jesus’ disciple. What do we have trouble letting go of today?
WORSHIP SCHEDULE
SATURDAY EVENING WORSHIP
5 p.m.
Modified Traditional Worship
A modified traditional worship service; generally less than 45 minutes.
We gather in the chapel on the Front Street side of the building near Fourth Street
SUNDAY MORNING WORSHIP
8:30 a.m.
Traditional Worship
We gather in the main sanctuary for liturgical Lutheran worship,
accompanied by the pipe organ and featuring our excellent choir.
9:30 a.m.
Sunday School, Adult study, Coffee & Fellowship
10:30 a.m.
Contemporary Worship
Led by our Praise Team, we share contemporary Christian music,
God’s Word and prayer in the main sanctuary.
Devotions for this week: First Last and Last First – March 1, 2020
SHARE: What was a high point of your day? What was a low point?
READ: Read the following daily readings to deepen your understanding
Monday, Psalm 19:7-10, Psalm
Tuesday, Exodus 20:1-21, The Ten Commandments
Wednesday, Deuteronomy 5:1-21, The Ten Commandments
Thursday, Psalm 52, Psalm
Friday, Psalm 62, Psalm
Saturday, Jeremiah 32:1-25, Jeremiah buys a field
Go to clergystuff.com/daily-devotions for devotions on the daily readings.
TALK: Consider some of these ideas
“But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.” (Mark 10:31)
A rich young man asked Jesus how he might inherit eternal life, perhaps believing he was already on the right track. When Jesus challenged him to sell his possessions, he recoiled. But eternal life isn’t something we can earn, It is gift from God for whom “all things are possible.”
- What amount of money does it take for a human to survive?
- How can we reconcile that with the notion that earthly possessions are not the way to eternal life?
- What would you struggle to give up if Jesus asked you to?
- Do you think miracles healings can happen today? What makes it possible? Is healing with medicine a miracle?
PRAY: Saving Lord, you know there is nothing we can do to save ourselves. make us joyful in your promise of eternal life, which is ours because you choose to give it, for the sake of Jesus Christ, Amen.
BLESS: May God fill you with the peace that fills your heart!
