Divine Service for July 19

Order of Worship for July 19 Brothers and sisters in Christ, Today’s worship is filled with calls to prayer. Our opening hymn is “What a Friend We Have in Jesus” and our sermon hymn is “Come, My Soul, With Every Care”. The Introit is an invitation to prayer. The sermon...

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Study of Psalms – Psalm 20

Psalm 20 Brothers and sisters in Christ, I pray that these Psalms studies are beneficial to you. They have been a great encouragement to me in preparing them. I will continue to provide these online bible studies while we must remain distanced from one another. Next month I am looking...

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Study of Psalms – Psalm 19

Psalm 19 Brothers and sisters in Christ, I pray you are well. I want to encourage you to keep praying for our leaders through this difficult time. I spend a couple of minutes at the beginning of today’s lesson talking about loving our leaders even when they do things that...

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Divine Service for July 12

Order of Worship for July 12 Brothers and sisters in Christ, Today’s lessons focus on the power of the Word of God. In the Old Testament lesson we are reminded that God’s Word goes out and accomplishes what He wills it to accomplish. Just as rain brings forth fruits from...

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Study of Psalms – Psalm 18 (Part III)

Psalm 18 (Part III) Brothers and sisters in Christ, We have come to the third and final lesson for Psalm 18 covering 18:30-50. In the first lesson, verses 1-15, we covered the psalmist’s cry to the Lord and the Theophany that was God’s response. In the second lesson, verses 16-29,...

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Divine Service for July 5

Order of Worship for July 5 Brothers and sisters in Christ, Worship continues out on our lawn. What a blessing our Lord has given us in providing a space where we can worship even in these unique circumstances. We will continue to worship with two services on the lawn at...

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Study of Psalms – Psalm 18 (Part II)

Psalm 18 (Part II) Brothers and sisters in Christ, We tackle the second part of Psalm 18 in today’s lesson, verses 16-29. The first part covered David’s request and God’s appearance in a Theophany. Now in this part of the psalm we see God’s response and David’s declaration of his...

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Divine Service for June 28

Order of Worship for June 28 Brothers and sisters in Christ, We continue to gather on our lawn for worship twice each Sunday morning at 9 and 11 am. If you have not yet attended one of these service and wish to do so, please let pastor know at pastor@sanjoselutheran.org....

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Study of the Psalms – Psalm 18

Psalm 18 Brothers and sisters in Christ, Greetings in our Savior’s name! We continue our Psalms study with Psalm 18. As I have settled into my new weekly work routine, I am discovering that it is easier for me to get these studies out on Wednesdays and Fridays rather than...

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Study of the Psalms – Psalm 17

Psalm 17 Brothers and sisters in Christ, We have reached Psalm 17 in our online bible study. What a wonderful time this has been to be in God’s Word. I am so grateful, that while the circumstances are strange that brought this about, we have had the opportunity to be...

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