Cross Evangelical Lutheran Church

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Proverbs chapter 28 context: https://kjbo.org/Proverbs-Chapter-28/

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+ The Holy Trinity +

Blessèd be the Holy Trinity and the undivided Unity. Let us give glory to him because he has shown his mercy to us.

Having celebrated the greatest event in God’s history of salvation, the death and resurrection of the Son of God, we pause a bit at the Feast of the Holy Trinity to consider the essence of God. Certainly the essence of God is beyond our weak comprehension, but He has graciously revealed Himself to us as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. When we want to summarize all the Holy Scripture says about God as our Creator, Redeemer, and Sanctifier, we call Him the Holy Trinity. Even beyond the glorious summary of the persons and work of God found in the Creeds, to speak of God as the Holy Trinity says at one time all the many things that the Scriptures say about God. Our worship never ceases confessing our faith in the triune God and giving glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit; as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen. - Treasury of Daily Prayer

Almighty and everlasting God, You have given us grace to acknowledge the glory of the eternal Trinity by the confession of a true faith and to worship the Unity in the power of the Divine Majesty. Keep us steadfast in this faith and defend us from all adversities; for You, O Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, live and reign, one God, now and forever.

Come, Holy Ghost, Creator blest,
And make our hearts Your place of rest;
Come with Your grace and heav'nly aid,
And fill the hearts which You have made.

Teach us to know the Father, Son,
And You, from both, as Three in One
That we Your name may ever bless
And in our lives the truth confess.

Praise we the Father and Son,
And Holy Spirit, with them One,
And may the Son on us bestow
The gifts that from the Spirit flow!

LSB 498 1, 6-7

Shield of the Trinity

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Please pray with us!

Triune God, we praise you for the work you are doing through the Lutheran Evangelical Christian Church of Japan, including sustaining six congregations as they faithfully serve your people. We thank you for the 100 adults and 10 children you have gathered into these flocks. We rejoice with the angels in heaven over the soul brought to the waters of Holy Baptism this past year, and we thank you for the three pastors you have provided to shepherd these congregations with the pure gospel. Lord, we also marvel at how you open doors for your kingdom. Thank you for the Chinese immigrants in Tokyo and beyond who have been drawn to the LECC, including those who have been confirmed in the faith this year. We ask that you continue to use these cross-cultural connections to spread the life-giving message of Christ. Amen.

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It’s all about him and not us. How our sinful nature always wants it our way and that we need to contribute in some way by doing this or that. We get humbled so our arrogance and pride are put aside to realize it’s a gift.

05/31/2026

We believe in the triune God. He is the only true God. The festival of the Holy Trinity is a time to celebrate God revealing himself to us as one God in three persons. The triune God wants his people to teach this mystery in its biblical truth and purity. This festival of the Holy Trinity begins the second half of the Church Year with a proclamation of people being baptized and blessed in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, the only true God.

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Save the date for our annual church picnic!🍉
Saturday, June 28th | 10:30am-1:30pm