A Weekly Word
February 8, 2023
This Sunday, February 12, is the Sixth Sunday after the Epiphany.
Verse of the Epiphany Season:
This week’s sermon is Soft?
This week’s readings are:
Message: Lenten Prep – Daily Devotions
Luther D. Reed (1873-1972) – Pastor, Professor at Lutheran Theological Seminary in Philadelphia – Important for bringing traditional Lutheran Worship into English for American Churches.
“Private devotion is the duty and privilege of the individual. It may well be artless, that is, spontaneous and free. Public worship, on the other hand, is the privilege and responsibility of the church. It must be ordered and administered.”
Two Parts of the Life of Faith
Devotion –
Person, Family, Small, Informal – with many variations.
Public Worship – Congregation, Gathered Believers, Gottesdienst, Formal – more structured.
Both Matter
This Week –
a little about Devotion.
Next Week – a little about Midweek Lenten Services
Devotion – broad – Devotion to a particular teaching in the
Bible that leads to actions that have the effect of showing the Holy Spirit is
at work.
Bible Reading
and Prayer
Sermons/Commentary
Small Group
Service
Etc.
Lutheran Hour Ministries – Man of Sorrows, People of Joy
Follows
Matthew’s Gospel – the same we will read from for most of the year.
See Jesus
as a teacher, healer, comforter, and Savior.
Learn how Jesus’s crucifixion and resurrection make joy and true life available to us now.
You can find these devotions …
lhm.org
Podcast – Apple, Spotify, Stitcher,
etc.
Booklets from church
Lutheran Hour Ministry Devotion App
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