Author: goodshepherd

The Day of the Lord is coming. It will be a day of God's judgment on all who do not believe in the Gospel, but for those who do believe it will be a day of victory. We don't know when that day will come, so all are called to be ready. Being ready means living like it will come at any moment and like it will never come--to hurry up and wait.

This Sunday we find ourselves back in the Psalms where we see David cry out to God for help and deliverance from his enemies. As we look at this honest prayer, we see how we, as poor and needy people, have the exact same need and the exact same hope. Come hear the good news of how Christ has defeated your enemies!

This Sunday we join other churches around the world for the International Day of Prayer for Persecuted Christians. We will also be opening up 1 John, chapter 3, where we will hear the encouragement that all believers need to hear - whether we are experiencing intense persecution, or just suffering the effects of living in a fallen broken world. Come hear about the great love of the Father!

This Sunday, as we celebrate Reformation Day, we find ourselves in the book of Romans. We will be looking at chapter 3, which Luther called "the chief point and the very central place of the Epistle, and of the whole Bible." Come join us as we hear the very heart of the Gospel.

This Sunday we will be back in the Psalms where we will hear about the joy of singing God's praises - both to Him and to the world around us. We'll see that the Lord deserves worship and the world needs to experience worship. Come join us in that worship this Sunday!

How many of you have made a promise to someone and then had to break that promise due to circumstances beyond your control? The good news is that we serve a God, who when he makes a promise, that promise is as good as done the moment he makes it. His promises are sure because he is sovereign and totally in control. Come hear in the book of Isaiah about three perfect promises of God that are made 'yes' in Christ.

When we face hardships in our lives, we often look to God to put things back to the way they were, we want him to restore us. Like the writer of Psalm 80, we cry out to God, seeking His face and asking Him to bring us back to where we were before. We often do not see that God has something great for us. Something we do not expect. What we need is to be restored to God…and he always does this through Christ.