Fruit of the Spirit – Self-Control

Posted on May 21, 2020 by Lutheran Church of the Resurrection

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THE FRUIT OF SELF-CONTROL


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Fruit of the Spirit – Gentleness

Posted on May 19, 2020 by Lutheran Church of the Resurrection

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THE FRUIT OF GENTLENESS


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5/17/20 – Easter 6 – “If You Love Me” – John 14:15-21

Posted on May 18, 2020 by Lutheran Church of the Resurrection

The text is the Gospel for reading from John 14:15-21, but especially verse 15, “If you love me, you will keep my commandments.”

Up to this point in the gospels, Jesus has tried to impress on His disciples the fact that He LOVES THEM. Even as God is love and He is God, His love for them is God’s love for them. The well-known John 3:16 sums it up. “For God so LOVED the world that He gave His only Son.” The giving of His only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ to the world to atone for the sin of the world by His suffering and death on the cross is God’s definitive proof that He loves the world… and much more personally – He loves you.
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Worship at Home – Easter 6 – 5/17/20

Posted on May 17, 2020 by Lutheran Church of the Resurrection

Divine Service I


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Order of Worship

Organ Prelude: Aria Paul Manz
Confession / Absolution
Kyrie
Hymn: Praise the One Who Breaks the Darkness – #849
Collect of the Day
Old Testament Reading: Acts 17:16-31
Gradual: Psalm 66:8-20
Epistle Reading: 1 Peter 3:13-22
Holy Gospel: John 14:15-21
Apostles’ Creed
Sermon
Offertory: What Shall I Render To The Lord David Cherwien
Prayer of the Church
Lord’s Prayer
Benediction
Organ Postlude: Now All The Vault Of Heaven Resounds Bernard Wayne Sanders

Sermon
John 14:15-21
“If You Love Me”

The text is the Gospel for reading from John 14:15-21, but especially verse 15, “If you love me, you will keep my commandments.”

Up to this point in the gospels, Jesus has tried to impress on His disciples the fact that He LOVES THEM. Even as God is love and He is God, His love for them is God’s love for them. The well-known John 3:16 sums it up. “For God so LOVED the world that He gave His only Son.” The giving of His only-begotten Son, Jesus Christ to the world to atone for the sin of the world by His suffering and death on the cross is God’s definitive proof that He loves the world… and much more personally – He loves you.

Jesus has also tried to impress on His disciples that, as they are LOVED BY GOD, they also ought to LOVE ONE ANOTHER. Here in the Upper Room, Jesus has just told His disciples to “love one another, as I have loved you.” (Jn. 13:34). He’ll repeat this two more times in chapter 15. “Love one another as I have loved you.”

Now Jesus introduces a third dimension of love and makes this a real LOVE TRIANGLE. God loves us. We love one another. All that’s left is for us to love God. God’s love goes from Him to us, from us to our neighbor, and then back to God. Continue reading →

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Fruit of the Spirit – Faithfulness

Posted on May 14, 2020 by Lutheran Church of the Resurrection

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THE FRUIT OF FAITHFULNESS

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Fruit of the Holy Spirit – Goodness

Posted on May 12, 2020 by Lutheran Church of the Resurrection

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THE FRUIT OF GOODNESS


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5/10/20 – Easter 5 – “What Are You Tied To?” – 1 Peter 2:4-10

Posted on May 11, 2020 by Lutheran Church of the Resurrection

History books tell us that when the Romans would capture foreign countries, they would sometimes put their captives through a particularly gruesome form of execution. They would take a captive and tie him face to face, hand to hand, leg to leg and ankle to ankle with a dead comrade. As the dead body strapped to the living body would decay, the smell and disease of the dead body would destroy the life of the living body.

The ancient historian Virgil describes this cruel punishment this way:
“The living and the dead at his command
were coupled face to face, and hand to hand;
Till choked with stench, in loathed embraces tied,
The lingering wretches pined away and died.”
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Easter 5 – Worship at Home – 5/10/20

Posted on May 10, 2020 by Lutheran Church of the Resurrection

Divine Service I
(abbreviated/spoken)
Page 151 – hymnal

Order of Worship


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Organ Prelude: Canzona in E Flat Eric Thiman
Confession / Absolution
Kyrie
Hymn: “O God, Forsake Me Not” – #731
Collect of the Day
Old Testament Reading: Acts 6:1-9; 7:2, 51-60
Gradual: Psalm 146
Epistle Reading: 1 Peter 2:2-10
Holy Gospel: John 14:1-14
Apostles’ Creed
Sermon
Offertory: Meditation George Oldroyd
Prayer of the Church
Lord’s Prayer
Benediction
Organ Postlude: Canticle on St. Fulbert Gordon Slater

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Fruit of the Spirit – Kindness

Posted on May 6, 2020 by Lutheran Church of the Resurrection

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THE FRUIT OF KINDNESS


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Fruit of the Spirit – Patience

Posted on May 5, 2020 by Lutheran Church of the Resurrection

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THE FRUIT OF PATIENCE


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