Timberland Free Lutheran Church

Timberland Free Lutheran Church We believe in: the Triune God; the Apostle's Creed; the divinely inspired inerrant Word of God. Member aflc.org. Join us for worship Sundays at 9:30 am.

Pastor Tim Carlson

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05/17/2026

Happy birthday Pastor Tim (70) and Bay (1)

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05/17/2026

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Timberland-Ringebu Free Lutheran ChurchOther scriptures: Ezek. 36:25-27, Acts 1:12-14

05/10/2026

Thankful for mothers today!

Shhh!! It’s a little birthday surprise for Pastor Tim. Join us after 9:30 worship, Sunday May 17, at Timberland for an ...
04/26/2026

Shhh!! It’s a little birthday surprise for Pastor Tim. Join us after 9:30 worship, Sunday May 17, at Timberland for an ice cream party. Please no gifts EXCEPT a note expressing how Tim has blessed your life.

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04/21/2026

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Why does God answer our prayers? Because we say the right words? Because we are good, obedient, faithful, or sincere? Absolutely not.

Then why?

The answer is given to us in Daniel 9:18, one of the chapters we read today in Bible in One Year. In fact, we could attach this verse to every prayer we pray.

Daniel 9 is a long confession. Daniel is confessing the sins and rebellions of his people, sins that led to devastation and exile. And at the very end of that prayer, he says this to God: “We do not present our supplications before you because of our righteousness, but because of your great mercy.”

That is the heart of it: “Because of your great mercy.”

We do not come to God because we deserve to be heard. We do not pray because we have earned an answer. We do not present our requests because we are righteous.

We come because he is merciful.

Our prayers rest not on who we are, but on who he is. He is merciful, gracious, and loving toward us in Jesus Christ. Because of that, we pray. And because of that, he hears.

God has an open ear, an open heart, and open hands toward us, not because of our worthiness, but because of his mercy given to us in Christ.

So every prayer we pray stands on this foundation: not our righteousness, but his great mercy.
And for that reason, he hears and answers our prayers.

As I expressed it in one of my hymns:

Jesus, Advocate on high,
Sacrificed on Calv’ry’s altar,
Through Your priestly blood we cry:
Hear our prayers, though they may falter;
Place them on Your Father’s throne
As Your own.

(“Hear Us, Father, When We Pray”)

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20805 Co. Road H
Barronett, WI
54813

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Wednesday 9:30am - 10:30am
6pm - 7pm
Sunday 8:15am - 9:15am
9:30am - 10:30am

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