Author: Pastor Smith
Know Jesus
Text: John 1:14-18 There are some persons it’s very good to know. Work somewhere for a while and people will tell you. Get to know that person. He or she can help you, guide you, give you good advice. When I was thinking about college, I didn’t have a clue. Neither did my mom or dad who had not gone […]
Be Strong, Your God Will Come
Text: Isaiah 35: 1-10 Last Sunday, Karen and I went to the Christmas Pops concert at the Wells Fargo center. It was great. Even better, we didn’t have to pay. Thrivent for Lutherans picked up the tab. During the concert we heard a few winter songs like jingle bells. But for the most part we listened to the orchestra play […]
A Song of Ascents
Psalm 130 A song of ascents. 1 Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord; 2 O Lord, hear my voice. Let your ears be attentive to my cry for mercy. 3 If you, O Lord, kept a record of sins, O Lord, who could stand? 4 But with you there is forgiveness; therefore you are feared. […]
I believe in the resurrection…
Text: Luke 20 :27-38 I walked into the home. I knew what I would find, at least what had happened there. A man had died, a husband, a father. Of course, there was sadness. But I sensed something else. I sat down with the wife and asked her if she had a pastor or priest. No. she I then asked. […]
Remember Those That Suffer for the Name of Jesus
Text: Hebrews 13: 3 Remember those in prison as if you were there fellow prisoners and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering. You are not far away, my friends. You are not. If you are a Christian, you will suffer. That is the gospel. So, pray for the brother and sister around the world, for the […]