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3 Devotions baswes on upcoming Sundy-19 aftee Pentecost

19th Sunday After Pentecost-Old Testament TEXT: Isaiah 25:6-9 TITLE: Tears-The Overflow Fluid of the Heart   “The Sovereign Lord will wipe away the tears from all faces” Isa.25:8   Sometimes we can be so happy we can’t control ourselves. The overflow valve of our heart gets stuck in the ‘on’ position and tears of joy spew forth. Also, we’re all…

3 devotions based on the upcoming 18th Sunday after Pentecost

18th Sunday after Pentecost-Old Testament                         TEXT: Isaiah 5:1-7 TITLE: “What More Could I Do?”   “What more could have been done for my vineyard than I have done for it? Isa. 5:4a   In the Johnny Cash song, ‘A Boy Named Sue,” a father abandons his son. But before leaving him, he gives him the awful name of ‘Sue!’ Supposedly,…

3 Devotiones related to the upcoming 17th Sunday after Pentecost

17th Sunday after Pentecost-Old Testament TEXT: Ezekiel 18:1-4, 25-32 TITLE: Looking For Hope “Rid yourselves from all your offenses you have committed, and get a new heart and a new spirit.” Ezekiel 18:31                             “Yea, God is a great deal more angry with great numbers that are now on earth, yea, doubtless, with many that are in this congregation, who…

3 Devotions based on the upcoming 16th Sunday after Pentecost

16th Sunday after Pentecost-OT                        TEXT: Isa. 55:6-9 TITLE: The One and only Mr. Know-It-All   “For as the heavens are higher than the earth,    so are my ways higher than your ways    and my thoughts than your thoughts.  Isa. 55:9   Job thought he knew a lot. He even wanted to try to match wisdom with God but where…

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To Whom it may concern…I redid the main body part of the Gospel devotion so please use this rather than the previously sent one, thank you.   Pastor Kath   “NO FAIR,” the majority of the workers shout! On the one hand, that’s what the workers who worked all day; morning till evening, during the sun’s hottest hours, were in a…

3 Devotions based on the upcoming 17th Sunday after Pentecost

14th Sunday after PENTECOST 14-Old Testament TEXT: Ezekiel 33:7-9 TITLE: Modern Day Watchman   “Son of Man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; so hear the words I speak and give them warning from Me.” Ezekiel 33:7-9   Albert Einstein once said, “We have to do the best we can. This is our sacred responsibility.”…

3 Devotions based on next Sunday’s (10th after Pentecost) Scripture Readings

10th Sunday After Pentecost-Old Testament TEXT: Job 38:4-18 TITLE: Mr. Know-it-all                                        “Tell me if you think you know all this.” Job 38:18b   There was a segment from the old Rocky and Bulwinkle tv show entitled, “Mr. Know-it-all.” Bulwinkle donned a hat, tux, and cane and gave pearls of wisdom regarding such things as how to catch a…

3 Devotions based on Sunday’s (9th after Pentecost) Scripture readings

9th Sunday After Pentecost-Old Testament TEXT: Isaiah 55:1-5 TITLE: The Best Things in Life Are Free “Come buy wine and milk, without money and without cost.” Isa.55:1b Frank Sinatra once sang a song, “The Best Things in Life are Free.” On the one hand, that is true, because everything is His and it’s free including His grace! On the other…

3 Devotions based on upcoming Sundy’s (8th Sunday after Pentecost) Scripture Readings

8th Sunday After Pentecost-Old Testament                                                               TEXT: Deuteronomy 7:6-9 TITLE: Chosen!   “The Lord your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be His people, His treasured possession.” Deuteronomy 7:6   I remember the time I answered an ad in the newspaper, “Puppies for sale.” Five black lab pups which outwardly, they…

3 Devotions based on next Sundsy’s (7thSunday after Pentecost) Scripture Readings

7th Sunday After Pentecost-Old Testament                              TEXT: Isaiah 44:6-8 TITLE: The Challenge For Today     “Who is like Me? Let him proclaim it.” Isaiah.44:7a   “Try it, you’ll like it!” “Step across this line, I dare you!” “Eat it or are you chicken?” Challenges; what are we to make of them? Perhaps you’ve been on either the giving or the…

3 Devotions based on coming Sunday’s (6th Sun. after Pentecost) scripture readings

6th Sunday after Pentecost 6-Old Testament                                                  TEXT: Isaiah 55:10-13 TITLE:  Cornerstones   “So is my word that goes out of my mouth: It will not return to me empty but will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.” Isa.55:11   Gideon’s is an international organization with the sole purpose of spreading the Word of…

3 Devotions based on upcoming Sunday (5th-After Pentecost) Scripture Readings

5th Sunday after Pentecost-Old Testament TEXT: Zechariah  9:9-12 TITLE:  Prisoners Set Free      “I will free your prisoners…Return to your fortress O prisoners of hope” Zech. 9:11-12   Dietrich Bonhoeffer was a German Pastor during World War 2 and considered a dissident by the Nazi Regime and thus imprisoned at Buchenwald. He was finally led to the gallows at…

3 Devotions based on upcoming Sunday’s (4th After Pentecost) Readings

Pease wait till Sun. 6/21 to post please, thank you.   4th Sunday after Pentecost-Old Testament TEXT: Jeremiah 28:5-9 TITLE: “In God We Trust”   “But the prophet that prophesies peace will be recognized as one truly sent by the Lord only if his prediction comes true.” Jeremiah 28:9   “Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth,…

3 Devotions Based on This Coming Sundays Scripture Texts (Pentecost 3)

Pentecost 3-Old Testament TEXT: Jeremiah 20:7-13 TITLE: Righteous Vengeance   O Lord of hosts, who tests the righteous, who sees the heart and the mind, let me see your vengeance upon them, for to you have I committed my cause. Jer. 20:12   The verse above could easily be Jeremiah’s Theme song, just like Johnny Carson had to open his…

3 Devotions based on this coming 2nd Sunday after Pentecost

Pentecost 2-Old Testament TEXT: Exodus 19:2-8 TITLE: Priests Forever   “…and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.’ These are the words that you shall speak to the people of Israel.” Ex. 19:6   The astute reader already recognizes these words are a cross reference to 1 Peter 2:9 which says,  But you are…

3 Devotions based on upcoming Trinity Sunday

HOLY TRINITY-Old Testament                                      TEXT: Gen.1-2:4a TITLE: A Good Place To Start            “In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth.”  Gen.1:1   A scene from the movie, “Sound of Music,” has the Governess (Julie Andrews) about to teach the Von Trapp children how to sing when she asks this question, “Now where do we begin?” Her own…

Devotions based on upcoming 3 scripture readings for 6th week of Easter

EASTER 6-1st Lesson                                                                  TEXT: Acts 17:16-31 TITLE: “Chip Off the Old Block”   “As some of your own poets say, ‘We are His offspring.’” Acts 17:28   We’ve often heard the expressions; “He’s a chip off the old block,” or “Like father like son!” The Bible says we have been created in the ‘image of God.” An image to the…

Devotions based on upcoming Sunday scripture readings

EASTER 5-First Lesson                                                         TEXT: Acts 6:1-9, 7:2a, 51-60 TITLE: “Be Prepared To Give An Answer”   “Then the High Priest asked him, “Are these charges true? To this Stephan replied…”                                                                                                                  Acts 7:1-2a   There’s a question asked all confirmands as part of the formal Lutheran Confirmation Service. It asks: “Do you intend to continue steadfast in this confession…

Devotions based on this coming Sunday’s scripture readings

EASTER 4-First Lesson           TEXT: Acts 2:42-47 TITLE: Christian Communism Church   “All the believers were together and had everything in common.” Acts 2 44   Communism, as defined by Wikipedia Encyclopedia, “is an ideology that seeks to establish a classless, stateless, social organization based on common ownership of the means of production.” Interestingly, a definition of Christian Communism today is…

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EASTER 3-1st Lesson                                                           TEXT: Acts 2:14a, 36-41 TITLE: “Cut to the Heart”   “When the people heard this they were cut to the heart” Acts 2:37   It’s no secret; Martin Luther said some rather harsh things toward the Jews. He once said, “Such a desperate, thoroughly evil, poisonous and devilish lot are these Jews, who for these 1400 years…

Missionary Pastor Kath DEVOTIONS FROM THE SCRIPTURE READINGS FOR THE COMING WEEK

DEVOTIONS FROM THE SCRIPTURE READINGS FOR THE COMING WEEK: EASTER 2-1st Lesson TEXT: Acts 4:32-35 TITLE: One Heart and Mind (aka-‘Gettin’ Along’)               “All believers were of one heart and mind.” Acts 4:32a Peace…the poets write about, singers sing about it, nations strive for it and yet when it comes right down to it, still no peace. Like the old…

Devotions from Missionary Pastor Kath

EASTER (1)-OT TEXT: Jer. 31:1-6 TITLE: The Family of God                         “At that time,” declares the Lord, “I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they will be my people.” Jer. 31:1 Christianity is all about families. God recognizes its importance in the verse above. On the one hand, because of sin that dwells in all…

PEARLS: 3/30/20

    From: Lyle & Jody Kath <ljkath@midco.net&gt; Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2020 9:09 PM To: ; Subject: PEARLS: 3/30/20   PEARLS: 3/30/20   REAL: Shall we accept only good from God, and not adversity?  Job 2:10   CULTURED: It is the crushed grape that yields the wine. Author Unknown   Knock knock! Who’s there? Mustache! Mustache who? I mustache…

PEARLS: 3/29/20

    From: Lyle & Jody Kath <ljkath@midco.net&gt; Sent: Saturday, March 28, 2020 9:22 PM To: ; Subject: PEARLS: 3/29/20   PEARLS: 3/29/20   REAL: Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life.[d] Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, 26 and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do…

Weekly devotions to post this day from Missionary Pastor Lyle Kath

  From: Lyle & Jody Kath <ljkath@midco.net&gt; PALM SUNDAY-Old Testament TEXT: Isaiah 50:4-9a TITLE: “Hey, Flint Face!”   “Therefore, I have set my face like flint and I know I will not be put to shame.” Isa.50:7b   Children can be cruel. Sometimes they can be merciless with one another in calling each other names. “Hey, four eyes!” “Fatso!” “Hey…

PEARLS: 3/27/20

    From: Lyle & Jody Kath <ljkath@midco.net&gt; Sent: Friday, March 27, 2020 12:24 AM To: ; Subject: PEARLS: 3/27/20   PEARLS: 3/27/20   REAL: There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. Rom. 8:1   CULTURED:  Justification is away beyond anything that a human court of justice ever realizes. It is putting the sinner…

PEARLS: 3/28/20

    From: Lyle & Jody Kath <ljkath@midco.net&gt; Sent: Friday, March 27, 2020 9:06 PM To: ; Subject: PEARLS: 3/28/20   PEARLS: 3/28/20   REAL: There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. Rom. 8:1   CULTURED:  Justification is away beyond anything that a human court of justice ever realizes. It is putting the sinner…

PEARLS: 3/26/20

    From: Lyle & Jody Kath <ljkath@midco.net&gt; Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2020 11:05 PM To: ; Subject: PEARLS: 3/26/20   PEARLS: 3/26/20   REAL: And I will put my Spirit within you, and you shall live, and I will place you in your own land. Then you shall know that I am the LORD; I have spoken, and I…

PEARLS: 3/24/20

    From: Lyle & Jody Kath <ljkath@midco.net&gt; Sent: Monday, March 23, 2020 9:17 PM To: ; Subject: PEARLS: 3/24/20   PEARLS: 3/24/20   REAL: On that day you will be glad, even if you have to go through many hard trials for a while. Your faith will be like gold that has been tested in a fire. And these…