Dear Trinity Family, Here is today’s WELS devotion. The LORD said, “I have indeed seen the misery of my people in Egypt. I have heard them crying out because of their slave drivers, and I am concerned about their suffering. So I have come down to rescue them from the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of …
June 23, 2020 – Forgiveness (SYNOD Devotion)
Dear Trinity Family Here is the latest WELS devotion. Jesus said, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick.” Matthew 9:12 Compared to some of the other disciples, we don’t know a whole lot about Matthew. Other than the story of Jesus calling Matthew to be his disciple, Matthew’s name is only mentioned 4 …
June 22, 2020 – Every Generation
How do you keep your family safe? We live in a dangerous world. There is so much that can hurt people. We naturally want to help the people we love navigate the dangerous shoals of a sinful world. But we’re not the only voice that’s trying to get their attention. We are competing with voices of friends, voices on the …
Bible Reading & Commentary for the Week June 22nd – June 27th 2020
Monday, June 22, Genesis 13 7 — The closest we may come to Abraham and Lot’s problem today might be an inheritance. Instead of quarreling over your inheritance, would you say to your relative, “You take the first choice”? Abraham made such a compromise because he trusted that the Lord would take care of him and the Lord did. Read …
June 19, 2020 – Lot’s of Light (WELS Devotion)
Dear Trinity family, Here’s today’s WELS Devotion. Above all, you must understand that no prophecy of Scripture came about by the prophet’s own interpretation of things. For prophecy never had its origin in the human will, but prophets, though human, spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit. But there were also false prophets among the …
June 18th, 2020 – Calling Sinners
When Jesus called Matthew, Matthew wasn’t one of the good people. He was despised by good people. He was considered a traitor. He made his living by taking money from his own people and giving it to the Romans. Then he took even more for himself. Matthew was not one of the good guys. Matthew was a tax collector. Matthew …
June 17, 2020 – God’s Amazing Servants
The apostle Paul was an amazing servant of God. He spent his life going from place to place sharing the Gospel with everyone he met. He was arrested, imprisoned, beaten, whipped, shipwrecked, and under constant pressure. He planted churches wherever he went. And he wrote almost half of the New Testament (at least 13 of the 27 books). Where does God …
June 16, 2020 – Amazing Teaching (Synod Devotion)
Dear Trinity Family, Here is today’s WELS devotion. When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were amazed at his teaching, because he taught as one who had authority, and not as their teachers of the law.Matthew 7:28,29 Some religious leaders teach a list of things that you have to do to get to heaven. At first, their teaching …
June 15, 2020 – Called by God
God called Moses into his service at the burning bush. Why Moses? Moses had already proven himself a failure at delivering God’s people. He was an exiled killer, living in the wilds of Midian after fleeing the court of Pharaoh. No wonder Moses asked, “Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh?” Moses was unworthy. Moses was unwilling. Moses …
June 13, 2020 To the Anxious
Dear Trinity family, Here is the latest devotion from Synod. The God of love and peace will be with you.2 Corinthians 13:11 Scott Stossel is a highly respected journalist. He is a graduate of Harvard. His abilities and work ethic have brought him to the point where he now serves as editor of The Atlantic magazine. Those who work with him have …