Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church

Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church At Zion we gather around the Word of God so that our own faith is fed, and we are prepared to share the Good News of Christ crucified with the world around us

09/12/2026

Devotion – by P. Schaller
for Saturday – September 12 – Psalm 119:105-112
God’s words mean life for us and His words mean light for us. They show us the snares which the wicked have set for us. No wonder they are the joy of our hearts right to the end (v111-112).
Bible reading – Psalm 119:105-112
105 Your word is a lamp to my feet
And a light to my path.
106 I have sworn and confirmed
That I will keep Your righteous judgments.
107 I am afflicted very much;
Revive me, O Lord, according to Your word.
108 Accept, I pray, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O Lord,
And teach me Your judgments.
109 My life is continually in my hand,
Yet I do not forget Your law.
110 The wicked have laid a snare for me,
Yet I have not strayed from Your precepts.
111 Your testimonies I have taken as a heritage forever,
For they are the rejoicing of my heart.
112 I have inclined my heart to perform Your statutes
Forever, to the very end.

09/11/2026

Devotion – by P. Schaller
for Friday – September 11 – Psalm 66:13-20
God’s people honor and thank Him with words and deeds, with offerings and utterances, telling what He has done to save our life (v16). He has heard our prayer and shown us mercy.
Bible reading – Psalm 66:13-20
13 I will go into Your house with burnt offerings;
I will pay You my vows,
14 Which my lips have uttered
And my mouth has spoken when I was in trouble.
15 I will offer You burnt sacrifices of fat animals,
With the sweet aroma of rams;
I will offer bulls with goats. Selah
16 Come and hear, all you who fear God,
And I will declare what He has done for my soul.
17 I cried to Him with my mouth,
And He was extolled with my tongue.
18 If I regard iniquity in my heart,
The Lord will not hear.
19 But certainly God has heard me;
He has attended to the voice of my prayer.
20 Blessed be God,
Who has not turned away my prayer,
Nor His mercy from me!

09/10/2026

Devotion – by P. Schaller
for Thursday – September 10 – Psalm 66:1-12
God deserves our praise for His glorious power. We see it in His triumph over His enemies. We see it in His ruling over creation. And we see it in His preserving His people thru fire and flood.
Bible reading – Psalm 66:1-12
1 Make a joyful shout to God, all the earth!
2 Sing out the honor of His name;
Make His praise glorious.
3 Say to God,
“How awesome are Your works!
Through the greatness of Your power
Your enemies shall submit themselves to You.
4 All the earth shall worship You
And sing praises to You;
They shall sing praises to Your name.” Selah
5 Come and see the works of God;
He is awesome in His doing toward the sons of men.
6 He turned the sea into dry land;
They went through the river on foot.
There we will rejoice in Him.
7 He rules by His power forever;
His eyes observe the nations;
Do not let the rebellious exalt themselves. Selah
8 Oh, bless our God, you peoples!
And make the voice of His praise to be heard,
9 Who keeps our soul among the living,
And does not allow our feet to be moved.
10 For You, O God, have tested us;
You have refined us as silver is refined.
11 You brought us into the net;
You laid affliction on our backs.
12 You have caused men to ride over our heads;
We went through fire and through water;
But You brought us out to rich fulfillment.

09/09/2026

Devotion – by P. Schaller
for Wednesday – September 9 – Jeremiah 17:13-14
To forsake the Lord is to forsake the Hope of Israel. This is not a threat, but an observation. It is the Lord who must heal us; it is the Lord who must save us. Hallelujah!
Bible reading – Jeremiah 17:13-14
13 O Lord, the hope of Israel,
All who forsake You shall be ashamed.
“Those who depart from Me
Shall be written in the earth,
Because they have forsaken the Lord,
The fountain of living waters.”
14 Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed;
Save me, and I shall be saved,
For You are my praise.

09/08/2026

Devotion – by P. Schaller
for Tuesday – September 8 – Galatians 5:16-24
Walking according to our sinful flesh produces harmful and destructive works, but walking according to the Spirit, given by God, produces fruits which are sought by many as blessings.
Bible reading – Galatians 5:16-24
16 I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. 17 For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish. 18 But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.
19 Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, 20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, 21 envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. 24 And those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

09/07/2026

Devotion – by P. Schaller
for Monday – September 7 – Luke 17:11-19
Jesus miraculously heals ten men afflicted with the dread disease of leprosy. Only one of them, an outsider to the people of Israel, returned to give glory to God. A foreigner too can have faith.
Bible reading – Luke 17:11-19
11 Now it happened as He went to Jerusalem that He passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee. 12 Then as He entered a certain village, there met Him ten men who were lepers, who stood afar off. 13 And they lifted up their voices and said, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”
14 So when He saw them, He said to them, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And so it was that as they went, they were cleansed.
15 And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, returned, and with a loud voice glorified God, 16 and fell down on his face at His feet, giving Him thanks. And he was a Samaritan.
17 So Jesus answered and said, “Were there not ten cleansed? But where are the nine? 18 Were there not any found who returned to give glory to God except this foreigner?” 19 And He said to him, “Arise, go your way. Your faith has made you well.”

09/05/2026

Devotion – by P. Schaller
for Saturday – September 5 – Psalm 119:97-104
The Lord’s Word makes us wiser than our enemies, wiser than our teachers, more understanding than the elders. Keeping to His words gives sweet blessing and guidance for our daily walk.
Bible reading – Psalm 119:97-104
97 Oh, how I love Your law!
It is my meditation all the day.
98 You, through Your commandments, make me wiser than my enemies;
For they are ever with me.
99 I have more understanding than all my teachers,
For Your testimonies are my meditation.
100 I understand more than the ancients,
Because I keep Your precepts.
101 I have restrained my feet from every evil way,
That I may keep Your word.
102 I have not departed from Your judgments,
For You Yourself have taught me.
103 How sweet are Your words to my taste,
Sweeter than honey to my mouth!
104 Through Your precepts I get understanding;
Therefore I hate every false way.

09/04/2026

Devotion – by P. Schaller
for Friday – September 4 – Psalm 84:8-12
O Lord, hear us, look upon us, and bring us into Your presence. God blesses us with light and warmth like the sun, and shields us from harm. How blessed is everyone who trusts in Him!
Bible reading – Psalm 84:8-12
8 O Lord God of hosts, hear my prayer;
Give ear, O God of Jacob! Selah
9 O God, behold our shield,
And look upon the face of Your anointed.
10 For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand.
I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God
Than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
11 For the Lord God is a sun and shield;
The Lord will give grace and glory;
No good thing will He withhold
From those who walk uprightly.
12 O Lord of hosts,
Blessed is the man who trusts in You!

09/03/2026

Devotion – by P. Schaller
for Thursday – September 3 – Psalm 84:1-7
We long for the house of the Lord, not because of its construction materials, but because the Lord is there, the God who takes care of even the small sparrow and brings us to Himself!
Bible reading – Psalm 84:1-7
1 How lovely is Your tabernacle,
O Lord of hosts!
2 My soul longs, yes, even faints
For the courts of the Lord;
My heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
3 Even the sparrow has found a home,
And the swallow a nest for herself,
Where she may lay her young—
Even Your altars, O Lord of hosts,
My King and my God.
4 Blessed are those who dwell in Your house;
They will still be praising You. Selah
5 Blessed is the man whose strength is in You,
Whose heart is set on pilgrimage.
6 As they pass through the Valley of Baca,
They make it a spring;
The rain also covers it with pools.
7 They go from strength to strength;
Each one appears before God in Zion.

09/02/2026

Devotion – by P. Schaller
for Wednesday – September 2 – Leviticus 18:1-5
Loving God with all one’s heart and soul and strength means not following the religions of the Egyptians behind them or the Canaanites ahead of them on the Israelites’ journey home.
Bible reading – Leviticus 18:1-5
1 Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 2 “Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them: ‘I am the Lord your God. 3 According to the doings of the land of Egypt, where you dwelt, you shall not do; and according to the doings of the land of Canaan, where I am bringing you, you shall not do; nor shall you walk in their ordinances. 4 You shall observe My judgments and keep My ordinances, to walk in them: I am the Lord your God. 5 You shall therefore keep My statutes and My judgments, which if a man does, he shall live by them: I am the Lord.

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