Sermons from December 2019
Joy to the World!
Psalm 98 Psalm 98 is our passage that we’ll be exploring together this morning. And we have just sang together a number of carols, a number of Christmas songs that are no doubt very familiar to you. And we’re just coming off of the Christmas holiday, the time where we celebrate the nativity of our Lord. And you will notice that the title of this sermon in your worship guide is entitled Joy to the World. which is the same…
Song of the Angels
Luke 2:1-20 Let’s hear God’s word together. In those days, a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. This was the first registration when Quirinius was governor of Syria and all went to be registered each to his own town. And Joseph also went up from Galilee from the town of Nazareth to Judea to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem because he was of the house and lineage of David. to…
Simeon’s Song
Luke 2:21-40 All right, let’s read God’s word together. This is Luke chapter two, beginning at verse 21. Actually, let’s go back a verse to the previous little paragraph. It says, at the end of eight days, when he was circumcised, he was called Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb. And when the time came for their purification, according to the law of Moses, they brought him up to Jerusalem to present…
Zechariah’s Song
Luke 1:56-80 In our study of Luke, we’re taking a break and looking at the four songs of Christmas last week. The song of Mary this morning, the song of Zechariah. Tonight, we’ll look at the song of Simeon. And on Christmas Eve, we’ll look at the song of the angels. But these are songs that have made their way into the New Testament. They’ve made their way into our hymnals and by God’s grace, they’ll make their way into…
Mary’s Song
Luke 1:26-56 You can find that reading on page 855 in the Pew Bible. Luke chapter one, verses 26 through 56. We are still in our sermons on in the gospel of Luke, but taking a break from our weekly series. We ended the Lord’s Prayer last week and today, next Sunday morning night, and also on Christmas Eve, we’ll take a peek at the four songs of Christmas, Mary, Zechariah, the angels, and Simeon. And today we read of…
My God Shall Supply All My Need
Matthew 6:9-13 Turn in your copies of the Word of God to Matthew chapter six. Our reading today will be Matthew six, nine to 13. You can find that in your pew Bible on page 811. Today is the last of our study of the Lord’s Prayer. We landed in the Lord’s Prayer because Luke chapter 11, verses one through 11 is Jesus teaching in that gospel from Luke’s perspective on prayer. We have made our way through eight studies.…
A Steadfast Heart
Psalm 108 Let’s hear God’s word together. This is Psalm 108. It says a song, a song, a Psalm of David. And these are the words of God. My heart is steadfast, O God. I will sing and make melody with all my being. Awake, O harp and lyre. I will awake the dawn. I will give thanks to you, O Lord, among the peoples. I will sing praises to you among the nations. For your steadfast love is great…
Onwards and Upwards
Luke 11:1-13 Please turn in your copy of God’s Word to Matthew, Matthew’s Gospel, chapter 6, verses 5 through 15. Some of you are probably thinking, aren’t we in Luke? And yes, we are. But Matthew’s version of the Lord’s Prayer, which you’ll find on page 811 in the Pew Bible, adds a little phrase to today’s portion of the Lord’s Prayer, which we are studying. uh… it adds a significant portion, so we want to look there for our…