March 2012
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Never Think You Have No Hope!
Jesus, the name above all names, is upon you. Rejoice in that, in this new year! IDENTIFY yourself properly, and rejoice! Never be in dismay. Never think you are worthless. Never think you have no hope. For the name of Jesus is upon you.
Meditate on that.
-Aj Neugebauer LCMS pastor
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Prayer For Everyone To Know Jesus
O God, whose glory it is always to have mercy, be gracious to all who have gone astray from Your ways and bring them again with penitent hearts and steadfast faith to embrace and hold fast to the unchangeable truth of Your Word; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever.
Amen.
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Saturday Devotion: Christ is ON you!
In your baptism you have been give the forgiveness of sins, the Spirit of God, and eternal life, as it united you to the cross! How can water do such things? Luther says in a teaching way in the small catechism.
“It is not mere water that does these things but the WORD OF GOD.”
And what Word of God is there at baptism?
It is the name of God. “In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of...
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Prayer For Peace
Let us pray for the peace of the whole world, for the well-being of the Church of God, and for the unity of all, let us pray to the Lord.
Lord, have mercy.
Amen.
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Thursday Devotion: Dust You Are, And Dust You...
For Lent is the story that is summed in “dust you are, and to dust you shall return”. But that’s not your whole story, just as Lent is only a story that has not ended. For it is more proper for us to say, “dust you are, and dust you shall return. UNTIL THE DAY CHRIST COMES BACK, and at that time, you will again be the being God intended for you to be.”
You see…there’s Easter. There is ALWAYS...
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Stop Michael Bay From Turning TMNT Into Aliens!!
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Easter Is Almost Here!
START YOUR DAY, every day, being reminded of that moment of glory to come; the moment of the FULFILMENT of the story of Easter; the moment that Jesus, in his love for us, raises US from the dead, and death is NO MORE.
-Aj Neugebauer LCMS pastor
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Pro-life 'October Baby' rejected by major... →
Busy this weekend? Even if you are, make time to see the well-done and thoroughly pro-life film “October Baby,” which critics have dismissed as “pro-life propaganda.” And be sure you stay tuned for a commentary from Edward Szeto, LCMS Life Ministries coordinator, which will be posted tomorrow on lcms.witness.org.
-Adriane A Dorr
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Wednesday Devotion: Let Us Not Say To Jesus...
Let us not say to Jesus that he can be our SOMETHING but not our EVERYTHING.
Let us not say to him that he is our HOPE but not our comfort, and CERTAINLY not our joy; those things come from this world.
And then, let us look at what the TRUTH of the promises are. NOT metaphoric. NOT for this world. NOT for this life. NOT for the self indulgent culture that seeks only those things that relate...
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Tuesday Devotion: You Will Lose Your Life, But...
You see, we hear all the time about how we have a “new life” in Jesus Christ. Even today, in Romans, we hear about being united to Christ, in order that we might DIE with him, then consequently, so that we might RISE, like he rose.
A lot of times we take that idea of our old self “dying” and think of it too metaphorically.
Facebook status updates: “a new start”.
We internalize it. We...
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3 Common Traits of Youth Who Don't Leave the... →
Hmm. Soooo … youth who end up not leaving the church do so because they weren’t entertained and were instead given the Gospel. Interesting. Verrrrry interesting.
-Adriane A Dorr
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Christianity In America
We have heard of the progressions of the church in the places where Satan fights hardest against it. We have heard of the spreading of Christianity in places like China, where for so long faith in Christ was suppressed by totalitarian communist rule. We hear what the Holy Spirit is doing in Africa, where becoming a follower of Jesus makes you the target of radical Islamic groups.
Imagine...
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Prayer For Employment
Let us pray to our Father in heaven for all who call out to Him in Christ’s Name and for all people according to their needs:
For those who provide meaningful employment, those who raise crops and herds to feed the hungry around the world, and those who provide relief for others in desperate need, we pray to the Lord. Lord of all, provide opportunity for investors and managers to they may...
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Sunday Devotion: In YOU, O Lord, is our...
We will trust, O Lord, in you! In YOU, we will have our confidence! Satan prowls like a roaring lion, but the Lion of Judah is greater! In YOU, O Lord, is our confidence!
-Aj Neugebauer LCMS pastor
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Prayer For The Church
Grant to the Body of Christ, the Church, faithful and bold pastors and lay leaders to be His hands and feet to proclaim that Gospel good news here and around the World.
Lord, in Your mercy,
Hear our prayer.
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Prayer For Those Who Do Not Know Jesus
Dear Heavenly Father,
We pray for those who have strayed from the truth and all who are unaware of the complete forgiveness won for them by the sacrifice of Christ for the sins of the whole world, we pray to the Lord. Through Your Word and Spirit, bring them to repentance and to see You as their loving Father, ready to welcome them.
Lord, in Your mercy,
Hear our prayer.
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SAVE THE NINJA TURTLES FROM BEING TURNED INTO...
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Morning Devotion: We Will See The Kingdom!
God’s promises WILL come true. A Kingdom is Coming. A KING returns. He will break the will of the evil forces of this world. He will heal where sickness and death lay. He will lift up all those who have fallen because of sin.
He will, with love and power; be God revealed; God SHOWING himself; and on that day, it will all make sense. WE WILL SEE THE KINGDOM; and it will all be made right.
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Prayer For Farmers
Dear Lord, give to farmers and herders the favorable weather they need and the wisdom to use their resources wisely. Open avenues of distribution so that the plenty You provide reaches those who are hungry and thirsty. Raise up individuals and organizations to work for the relief of all who are in need of food, clothing, and shelter so that many may give You the praise for Your mercy and love.
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SAVE THE NINJA TURTLES!
Please “Like” this facebook page http://www.facebook.com/StopMichaelBayRuiningTMNT and help us stop Michael Bay from turning the Ninja Turtles into Aliens! Thank you!
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Afternoon Devotion: Nothing Can Steal Our Faith!
God can only be trusted “no matter what”. NO MATTER WHAT. And this is the greatest thing: for now NOTHING can steal our faith: NOTHING can take away our HOPE! The world, and Satan, all he can do is try and dissuade us; try and TRICK us; try and distract us. He cannot steal the promises of Jesus away from us. HE CANNOT TAKE OUR CONFIDENCE!
-Aj Neugebauer LCMS pastor
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“If Christianity was something we were making up, of course we could make it...”
– C.S. Lewis
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Morning Devotion: You Have Hope!
You see, bad things happen in this world. The TERRIBLE happens. And then there’s death, which gives a finality to it all that makes us wonder how ANYONE EVER could have a happy ending in the world. Where is Snow White now and her prince? Dead. Is THAT happily ever after? What hope is there in the world?
But YOU have an answer. And therefore, YOU have hope. YOU have something to confront...
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Happiness is the point of life like cookies are the point of the cross.
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Morning Devotion: Be Lifited Up!
Do we wallow in despair? Do we live like we do not have hope? Do we live like people who will NOT be resurrected?
Be lifted up.
Why?
Because JESUS was lifted up.
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Pepsi’s use of aborted fetal cells →
Not drinking Pepsi anymore.
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Tuesday Devotion: If God Was Around Now...
In a great many ways, it seems as though many have the sort of unspoken mentality that says something like “Well, if God was around now, instead of being around at the time of Noah and Moses and stuff, then he’d know what we know, and he’d think like we’d think, and he’d see things the way we see them.”
Same thing, of course, goes for those through whom the Lord spoke....
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The Scriptures don’t always agree with us. If they did, well; then we would be God.
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Yes, troubles will come. The fiery serpents will continue to come. But they will not destroy you.
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“The scars of Christ point us to a gracious and forgiving God who goes to great lengths to touch our disfigured world and scarred souls with His holy hands.”
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Monday Devotion: KNOW HIS PROMISE!
So often people talk about “trusting” in God like they trust in a good doctor or a good plumber or a good restaurant or a good socket wrench. In other words, it is something that they can go to to get a desired result. It’s a tool or a resource; something where we pay our dues or twist it the right way and get the results we want.
But God’s not like that. God is GOD. He is not at...
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Even if you picked Mizzou and Duke in the final four, Jesus STILL loves you!
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“We should reflect on our need, which ought to drive and compel us to pray...”
– Martin Luther
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Evening Devotion: Be Lifted Up!
For Jesus Christ was lifted up for you. Allow yourself to be picked up by this message. Allow yourself to have the hope that Jesus has one for you. As he reaches for you, fall into his arms, and feel the comfort of the love of God: God, Jesus of Nazareth, who died to take the sins of the world away.
-Aj Neugebauer LCMS pastor
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Morning Devotion: He Taught. He Healed. He Lived....
You see, for all those who clamor to be shown exactly what God is doing and exactly why God is doing it; and for all those who clamor for God to stop with all the mystery and “show himself”, one of the things that that fails to realize is our relationship.
In other words, what we often fail to look at is this:
God is God. We are not. Does a king explain himself to his subjects? Does the clay pot...
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Saturday Devotion: You Are Loved!
God the Father loves you. Jesus Christ loves you. The Holy Spirit loves you. More than anything in the world.
-Aj Neugebauer LCMS pastor
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Wednesday Devotion: God Is God. And You Are Not.
The Scriptures don’t always agree with us. If they did, well; then we would be God. And as we talked about on Wednesday night, one of the recurring themes of the Scriptures, and one of the things that he wants to make sure we understand, and, REALLY, one of the most important aspects of FAITH ITSELF, is simply this tenant:
God is God. And you are not.
-Aj Neugebauer LCMS pastor
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Where your purse strings are, your heart will be also.
