Sermons from September 2022

The Lord is compassionate and gracious,    slow to anger, abounding in love.He will not always accuse,    nor will he harbor his anger forever;he does not treat us as our sins deserve    or repay us according to our iniquities.For as high as the heavens are above the earth,    so great is his love for those who fear him;as far as the east is from the west,    so far has he removed our transgressions from us. As a father has compassion on his children,    so the Lord has compassion on those who fear him;for he…

Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me.  For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it.  What good is it for someone to gain the whole world, and yet lose or forfeit their very self?  Whoever is ashamed of me and my words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of them when he comes in his…

For I know my transgressions,    and my sin is always before me.Against you, you only, have I sinned    and done what is evil in your sight; … Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean;    wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.Let me hear joy and gladness;    let the bones you have crushed rejoice.Hide your face from my sins    and blot out all my iniquity. Create in me a pure heart, O God,    and renew a steadfast spirit within me.Do not cast me from your presence    or take your Holy…

This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all.  If we claim to have fellowship with him and yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live out the truth.  But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin. If we claim to be without sin, we deceive ourselves…