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A Congregation at Prayer – February 13-19, 2017 – Epiphany 7
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A Congregation at Prayer – February 6-12, 2017 – Epiphany 6
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A Congregation at Prayer – January 30-February 5, 2017 – Epiphany 5
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A Congregation at Prayer – January 23-29, 2017 – Epiphany 4
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"A Congregation at Prayer" has been re-formatted!
"A Congregation at Prayer" has been re-formatted to be included in the weekly service folder. This smaller, streamlined version still includes daily readings, a portion of the Small Catechism, and prayer requests, as well as the ability to be used at the family dinner table or altar. Questions on implementation or how to use this new format can be directed to Pr. Seelow.
A Congregation at Prayer – January 16-22, 2017 – Epiphany 3
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]]><![CDATA[A Congregation at Prayer ~ January 9-15, 2017 ~ The Lord's Prayer – Seventh Petition and Doxology]]>Mon, 09 Jan 2017 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.goodshepherdkearney.org/congregation-at-prayer/a-congregation-at-prayer-january-9-15-2017-the-lords-prayer-seventh-petition-and-doxologyCatechesis Notes for the Week—The Seventh Petition—“Rescue us from every evil of body and soul, possessions and reputation.” When we pray the Seventh Petition, “but deliver us from evil,” we might be tempted to conclude that we are asking that “evil” never rear its head in our lives. This misses the mark. Evil will come into our lives in the form of Satan’s attacks upon our “body and soul, possessions and reputation.” Holy Scripture makes this clear. We will not be spared from being attacked. God wills that the attacks of evil against us serve the cause of faith. “Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you and you shall glorify Me.” Therefore, in the Seventh Petition we are asking that God would preserve our faith in Christ when we are assaulted by the Evil One, and teach us to commend ourselves—body, soul, and spirit, with all that we are and have —into His gracious keeping. The Word of our Lord teaches us that He will not forsake His own. If He allows evil to enter into our lives, then He does so for His good purposes and for the exercise of faith in the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. This petition promises the Christian: “God will not allow the Evil One or any adversity to overwhelm you.” By this petition He invites you to trust this promise and to call upon Him in your need. In this way faith in Christ is active.
A Congregation at Prayer – January 9-15, 2017 – Lord's Prayer: 7th Petition & Doxology
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]]><![CDATA[A Congregation at Prayer ~ January 2-8, 2017 ~ The Lord's Prayer – The Fifth and Sixth Petitions]]>Mon, 02 Jan 2017 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.goodshepherdkearney.org/congregation-at-prayer/a-congregation-at-prayer-january-2-8-2017-the-lords-prayer-the-fifth-and-sixth-petitionsCatechesis Notes for the Week—The Fifth and Sixth Petitions—Faith in Christ’s Righteousness Brings True Freedom—Faith in Christ’s righteousness, which is a free gift of God’s grace that covers all our sin, gives true freedom. It is by the gift of Christ’s righteousness that we learn to commend our fellow sinners to God, not holding their sins against them but sincerely forgiving them and gladly doing good to them, especially when they sin against us (Fifth Petition). It is by the gift of Christ’s righteousness that we are delivered from every evil (Sixth Petition). This is why faith continues to pray that God would preserve us in His forgiveness against all evil. Satan’s desire is to tempt us away from the free gift of the righteousness of Christ. When our faith moves away from Christ’s righteousness then false belief, despair, and other great shame and vice come into our hearts and lives. So the faith that receives Christ’s righteousness is always calling upon Him in prayer to preserve us in the freedom of His righteousness.
A Congregation at Prayer – January 2-8, 2017 – Lord's Prayer: 5th & 6th Petitions
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]]><![CDATA[A Congregation at Prayer ~ December 26, 2016–January 1, 2017 ~ The Apostles' Creed – Third Article]]>Mon, 26 Dec 2016 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.goodshepherdkearney.org/congregation-at-prayer/a-congregation-at-prayer-december-26-2016-january-1-2017-the-creed-third-articleCatechesis Notes for the Week—“Creation and redemption are equally impossible for man to accomplish, but not for God. ‘With God nothing will be impossible,’ not even the incarnation of His Son for the salvation of His fallen world. He is the actor, the Savior, and the Lord, who descends to our human flesh and joins Himself to our weaknesses, becoming like us in every way, except without sin, so that He might take our sin to Himself. When His Word sounds forth to announce His salvation, it can only be received and believed, for it carries with it all the saving benefits it proclaims. Mary received this Word, and the life of the world was conceived in her womb. Every Christian receives this Word too, through the call of the Gospel, and it brings to us the same Christ and the same salvation who was born of Mary. Therefore, our confession of faith is the same as Mary’s, “Let it be to me according to your word.” — Excerpted from Lutheran Catechesis, p. 90
A Congregation at Prayer – Dec. 26, 2017–Jan. 1, 2017 – The Creed: Third Article
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]]><![CDATA[A Congregation at Prayer ~ December 19-25, 2016 ~ The Apostles' Creed – Second Article]]>Mon, 19 Dec 2016 06:00:00 GMThttp://www.goodshepherdkearney.org/congregation-at-prayer/a-congregation-at-prayer-december-19-25-2016-the-second-article-of-the-apostles-creedCatechesis Notes for the Week—The Genealogy of Jesus—“The first thing to be noted in the lineage of Christ is the fact that the evangelist (Matthew 1:1-17) lists in it four women who are very notorious in Scripture: Tamar, Rahab, Ruth, and Bathsheba. But nothing is said about the women of good repute: Sarah, Rebecca, Leah, and Rachel. Now [some early church writers] have been concerned about the reason why this was done. I hold that the first group was mentioned because these women were sinners and that Christ also wanted to be born into that large family in which prostitutes and fornicators are found in order to indicate what a love He bore [for] sinners. For the holier real holiness is, the closer it draws to sinners. This, then, is the reason why He thrusts and sticks Himself into a family of sinners and is not ashamed of them, nay, lets them stand in the catalog of His ancestry and lets them be sung at that altar before all the world. Had Christ been a Pharisee, He would not have boasted very much of them; nay, they would have had an evil odor to Him, and He would have turned up His nose at them. But because He was holy, [sinners], too, had to be listed among His [ancestors].” –Martin Luther
A Congregation at Prayer – December 19-25, 2016 – The Creed: Second Article
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]]><![CDATA[A Congregation at Prayer ~ December 12-18, 2016 ~ The Lord's Prayer – Fourth Petition]]>Sun, 11 Dec 2016 14:08:00 GMThttp://www.goodshepherdkearney.org/congregation-at-prayer/a-congregation-at-prayer-december-12-18-2016-the-lords-prayer-fourth-petitionCatechesis Notes for the Week—Joseph, the Guardian of Jesus, and Christian Vocation (Read Matthew 1:18-25)—Joseph, the Guardian of Jesus as he is often called, had a difficult vocation. He was called to be Mary’s husband and Jesus’ earthly father. This calling meant a life of suffering and self-denial. This is always what true faith calls us to: a life of sacrificial love in which we deny ourselves. This is the shape of our lives as Christians because our life is lived by faith in the God and Savior who lived in selfless love for us. The Child conceived in Mary’s womb was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit. Mary was not an adulteress. His name would be called “Jesus” because He is the Lord who would save His people from their sins by becoming one with them in their flesh and blood. All this was done to fulfill the Scriptures, “Behold, a virgin shall be with child and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel.” This means that God is with us in the poverty and humiliation of our human condition in order to redeem us by the sacrifice of Himself. Joseph had no strength to fulfill his vocation within himself, but he was strengthened by the Holy Spirit through the promises of the Scriptures and the message of God’s selfless love for him and for all his people. This is our strength too in our vocation. The Gospel not only saves us from our sins, but it also strengthens and keeps us in the love of Christ in the earthly vocations to which our Lord has called us.
A Congregation at Prayer – December 12-18, 2016 – Lord's Prayer: 4th Petition
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