DEVOTION: When Moses went and told the people all the Lord's words and laws, they responded with one voice, "Everything the Lord has said we will do." Moses then wrote down everything the Lord had said. The Story p. 62
Have you ever gotten "zealous" for doing God's will only to very shortly afterwards realize that you have failed? Maybe you read the Ten Commandments in last week's reading and thought like the Israelites did in the passage above that you could do them. You got very pious, started to pray five or ten times a day, read your Bible constantly, and did everything just right, and then you woke up from your dream.....
We all would like to be better, to do all the right things, to keep from sinning, to live completely according to God's will.
At the same time, maybe you see the real truth behind this passage, especially when you read about one failing after another among the Israelites or how they continually seem to be grumbling against the Lord, Moses, and Aaron, and you realize just how impossible it is to do all the law of the Lord. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE.
That is why God sent His Son Jesus to die on that cross for you. He knew you couldn't fulfill the law perfectly. The biggest use of the law is to show us our sins. Once you get that straight and acknowledge your inability to keep the law you are finally on the right track. Then you can truly fall at the feet of the Lord and repent of your sinfulness, of your self righteousness, and of your pride and truly begin to lead a truly humble, repentant, and peace filled life.
I urge you today to take the lesson God has shown us through the story of the Israelites and plead with God to forgive you of your sins for Jesus' sake, knowing that what He has promised, He has done!
Let us pray: Lord God, help us all to get off our high horse, to quit judging others for the same sins we commit, and to humbly fall before you and receive Your forgiveness. Amen.
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TUESDAY'S QUIZ: What is the fifth commandment? (Depends on how you number them.) It is either "Honor your father and mother" or "You shall not murder."
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WEDNESDAY'S QUIZ: If you number the commandments differently than you do in our Lutheran catechism, what would the second commandment be? (Many other Christian denominations have a different way of listing and numbering the ten commandments.)
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CALENDAR:
Wed- Choir 7pm
Fri- Youth set up for Steak Dinner and Auction starting at 3pm; Bible Study at Hendershot's 7pm
Sat- Youth set up for Steak Dinner and Auction at 9am; Steak Dinner and Auction (doors open at 5pm); worship 5pm NO BIBLE CLASS
Sun- worship 8:30 and 11; Sunday school (The Story Chapter 6); VOTER'S MEETING 9:45
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WORSHIP WORKERS FOR THIS COMING WEEKEND
Acolytes- 8:30- Devin Miller; 11- Cara Klaustermeier
Altar guild- Set up- Ruth Walters; Clean up- Terry McKenzie
Greeters- 8:30- Paul and Cindy Klover; 11- Mike and Naomi Johnson
Communion Assistants- Sat- Dave Winter; 8:30- Steve Robine; 11- Jim Rahn
Lay Readers- Sat- Kathy Fischer; Sun- Steve Robine; 11am- Austin Heitgerd
Sat. Pianist- Tim Sherman
8:30 Ushers- George Hoelscher, Brent Davis, Gary Hoelscher, Walt Schirr
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
NEWS:
THIS WEEK: THE STORY: CHAPTER 6 "Wandering"
Since there is a Steak Dinner Saturday night and a Voter's Meeting Sunday morning there will not be any adult Bible class this week. There will still be Sunday school for the kids!
Be on the look out in the days ahead for questions that you can use for your own Bible study time at home!
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
STEAK DINNER AND AUCTION THIS SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15 BEGINNING AT 6PM!!
Tickets are on sale in the narthex before and after worship or you can call the church office during the week to get yours! Come and enjoy a wonderful time, wonderful food, and get lots of good deals and on stuff that you will really use and need!!
_________________________________________________________________________________________
QUARTERLY VOTER'S MEETING
The big item is that we will be voting on whether or not to pay off the Good Shepherd mortgage to free up income for our DCE intern.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________
LITTLE LAMBS ENROLLMENT WILL OPEN FOR ST. JOHN'S MEMBERS AND FAMILIES ON MARCH 1ST!
There is a $30 nonrefundable registration fee. Students must be 3 or 4 years old by Aug 1. Enrollment for the community will be gin April 1. For more info call Lisa Rausch or Karin Klaustermeier.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
HELP FOR PARENTS TO GUIDE THEIR CHILDREN THROUGH THE STORY
A big part of The Story experience is that the whole family grows together in it as each person in the family reads it, you will all literally be on the same page. yet, it may be hard to get discussion going or to help you get started together. Are you looking for a way to connect with your kids as they and you read The Story together? There's help!
If you click the link below you will find parent pages for all age groups that you can use to connect with your kids at least once a week. Whenever your "together" time is, make it productive. It is a .pdf file of parent pages that goes from lesson one all the way through 31. Check it out and tell me what you think. I think they are excellent!!
https://assets1.mytrainsite.com/501196/the_story_parentpages_weeks1_31.pdf?r=1438
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
NEW BIBLE STUDY DAY AND TIME ADDED TO THE SCHEDULE
In order to give everyone a chance to participate fully in The Story we have added a Saturday afternoon Bible study at 4pm. This is especially good for those who normally attend worship on Saturday evening, but is for EVERYONE who wants to attend!!
___________________________________________________________________________________________
PRAYER REQUESTS: (If you have a prayer request please reply to this email or call me at 636-359-1061)
THOSE WITH CANCER, the many among our family and friends who are struggling with cancer.
MARY AUBUCHON AND FAMILY as they are mourning the loss of her brother Floyd.
Sandy Robine's friend Patrice who is recovering from hip replacement surgery.
JAYME VESSEL, an "almost" member of St. John's who is due to have a baby girl on the 17th, but it may come sooner due to frequent contractions.
COUGAR CLIFFORD, 15 year old who had an accident playing in the snow on Jan 7 and broke his neck. He has undergone extensive surgery and is recovering but is still unable to move his legs.
Terry McKenzie's cousin's sister-in-law who has a bad brain injury.
JONAS BORCHERT, grandson of Don Nolte, as he continues to deal with cancer in his lungs.
DONNA HEITGERD recovering at Scott and Lani Heitgerd's from a broken hip.
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Have you ever gotten "zealous" for doing God's will only to very shortly afterwards realize that you have failed? Maybe you read the Ten Commandments in last week's reading and thought like the Israelites did in the passage above that you could do them. You got very pious, started to pray five or ten times a day, read your Bible constantly, and did everything just right, and then you woke up from your dream.....
We all would like to be better, to do all the right things, to keep from sinning, to live completely according to God's will.
At the same time, maybe you see the real truth behind this passage, especially when you read about one failing after another among the Israelites or how they continually seem to be grumbling against the Lord, Moses, and Aaron, and you realize just how impossible it is to do all the law of the Lord. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE.
That is why God sent His Son Jesus to die on that cross for you. He knew you couldn't fulfill the law perfectly. The biggest use of the law is to show us our sins. Once you get that straight and acknowledge your inability to keep the law you are finally on the right track. Then you can truly fall at the feet of the Lord and repent of your sinfulness, of your self righteousness, and of your pride and truly begin to lead a truly humble, repentant, and peace filled life.
I urge you today to take the lesson God has shown us through the story of the Israelites and plead with God to forgive you of your sins for Jesus' sake, knowing that what He has promised, He has done!
Let us pray: Lord God, help us all to get off our high horse, to quit judging others for the same sins we commit, and to humbly fall before you and receive Your forgiveness. Amen.
___________________________________________________________________________________________________
TUESDAY'S QUIZ: What is the fifth commandment? (Depends on how you number them.) It is either "Honor your father and mother" or "You shall not murder."
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
WEDNESDAY'S QUIZ: If you number the commandments differently than you do in our Lutheran catechism, what would the second commandment be? (Many other Christian denominations have a different way of listing and numbering the ten commandments.)
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________
CALENDAR:
Wed- Choir 7pm
Fri- Youth set up for Steak Dinner and Auction starting at 3pm; Bible Study at Hendershot's 7pm
Sat- Youth set up for Steak Dinner and Auction at 9am; Steak Dinner and Auction (doors open at 5pm); worship 5pm NO BIBLE CLASS
Sun- worship 8:30 and 11; Sunday school (The Story Chapter 6); VOTER'S MEETING 9:45
__________________________________________________________________________________________________
WORSHIP WORKERS FOR THIS COMING WEEKEND
Acolytes- 8:30- Devin Miller; 11- Cara Klaustermeier
Altar guild- Set up- Ruth Walters; Clean up- Terry McKenzie
Greeters- 8:30- Paul and Cindy Klover; 11- Mike and Naomi Johnson
Communion Assistants- Sat- Dave Winter; 8:30- Steve Robine; 11- Jim Rahn
Lay Readers- Sat- Kathy Fischer; Sun- Steve Robine; 11am- Austin Heitgerd
Sat. Pianist- Tim Sherman
8:30 Ushers- George Hoelscher, Brent Davis, Gary Hoelscher, Walt Schirr
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
NEWS:
THIS WEEK: THE STORY: CHAPTER 6 "Wandering"
Since there is a Steak Dinner Saturday night and a Voter's Meeting Sunday morning there will not be any adult Bible class this week. There will still be Sunday school for the kids!
Be on the look out in the days ahead for questions that you can use for your own Bible study time at home!
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
STEAK DINNER AND AUCTION THIS SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15 BEGINNING AT 6PM!!
Tickets are on sale in the narthex before and after worship or you can call the church office during the week to get yours! Come and enjoy a wonderful time, wonderful food, and get lots of good deals and on stuff that you will really use and need!!
_________________________________________________________________________________________
QUARTERLY VOTER'S MEETING
The big item is that we will be voting on whether or not to pay off the Good Shepherd mortgage to free up income for our DCE intern.
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________
LITTLE LAMBS ENROLLMENT WILL OPEN FOR ST. JOHN'S MEMBERS AND FAMILIES ON MARCH 1ST!
There is a $30 nonrefundable registration fee. Students must be 3 or 4 years old by Aug 1. Enrollment for the community will be gin April 1. For more info call Lisa Rausch or Karin Klaustermeier.
_____________________________________________________________________________________________
HELP FOR PARENTS TO GUIDE THEIR CHILDREN THROUGH THE STORY
A big part of The Story experience is that the whole family grows together in it as each person in the family reads it, you will all literally be on the same page. yet, it may be hard to get discussion going or to help you get started together. Are you looking for a way to connect with your kids as they and you read The Story together? There's help!
If you click the link below you will find parent pages for all age groups that you can use to connect with your kids at least once a week. Whenever your "together" time is, make it productive. It is a .pdf file of parent pages that goes from lesson one all the way through 31. Check it out and tell me what you think. I think they are excellent!!
https://assets1.mytrainsite.com/501196/the_story_parentpages_weeks1_31.pdf?r=1438
____________________________________________________________________________________________________
NEW BIBLE STUDY DAY AND TIME ADDED TO THE SCHEDULE
In order to give everyone a chance to participate fully in The Story we have added a Saturday afternoon Bible study at 4pm. This is especially good for those who normally attend worship on Saturday evening, but is for EVERYONE who wants to attend!!
___________________________________________________________________________________________
PRAYER REQUESTS: (If you have a prayer request please reply to this email or call me at 636-359-1061)
THOSE WITH CANCER, the many among our family and friends who are struggling with cancer.
MARY AUBUCHON AND FAMILY as they are mourning the loss of her brother Floyd.
Sandy Robine's friend Patrice who is recovering from hip replacement surgery.
JAYME VESSEL, an "almost" member of St. John's who is due to have a baby girl on the 17th, but it may come sooner due to frequent contractions.
COUGAR CLIFFORD, 15 year old who had an accident playing in the snow on Jan 7 and broke his neck. He has undergone extensive surgery and is recovering but is still unable to move his legs.
Terry McKenzie's cousin's sister-in-law who has a bad brain injury.
JONAS BORCHERT, grandson of Don Nolte, as he continues to deal with cancer in his lungs.
DONNA HEITGERD recovering at Scott and Lani Heitgerd's from a broken hip.
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