St. Luke's Ev. Lutheran Church

06/12/2026

Have you ever done something wrong and wished you could go back and change it?...

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Three WELS members share how they incorporate personal time with their Savior into their daily lives. Meaningful conversations Reflecting on 16 years of fatherhood, one of my most cherished activities has been family devotions with my wife and four children. Nothing this world can offer is as fulf

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"It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick."...

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06/12/2026

Ask and it will be given to you. Our father loves to give His children gifts.

06/12/2026

Read today's devotion, One Day Closer to Home, from "Under God’s Sky," a daily devotional that focuses on spiritual truth. Take a few minutes to reflect on your relationship with God and the strength and peace found in his promises.

Why are we here on earth? What is our purpose? How long will we be here? Have you ever thought about those questions? Our lives echo with questions—serious questions.

When I was still teaching, I can remember asking myself several questions as I left for home each day. “Why am I doing this? What good am I doing? Will I live long enough to make a difference?” When I got to be 50, I began to think more and more about my own mortality. Now that I am almost 64, I find myself reading the obituaries each day to see if I am listed. That might be a little exaggeration, but not too much. Many of the people I have known over the years are gone now. Granted, many of those were from my folks’ generation, but all too many were younger than I am now when they died.

My father lived to be 56. The year I was 56, I often thought about his passing at such an early age. I experienced a certain sense of relief when I turned 57.

While pondering my future the other day, I got out my Bible and found some interesting passages. Romans 8:38,39 tells us, “I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.”

That’s God’s promise. Nothing can separate us from his love, not now or in the future.

In 1 Peter 5:7 we read, “Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.” Our all-knowing and all-powerful God cares about us. That should take away a lot of our worries. In the meantime, we have a job to do while we are here on earth—to introduce others to the God who created them and died for them. As recipients of God’s love, we can’t keep silent about the things God has done for us. Paul tells us, “Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that…he died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for him who died for them and was raised again” (2 Corinthians 5:14).

I have come to believe that life is a journey and only God knows what it will bring or how long it will last. But he has revealed to us, his children, where our trip will end. We have a new and better place waiting for us after this life. Each time we watch the sun go down, we are one day closer to home. I find that thought comforting.

One more question. Are you ready if you are called home today?

From Under God's Sky: Reflection for Christian Men, by John R. Hardison © 2006 Northwestern Publishing House. All rights reserved.

06/12/2026

Lord, we know we deserve nothing but your eternal punishment. We thank you for perfectly healing us from all we have done wrong. Strengthen our faith and move us to show mercy to others. Amen.

Excerpt from: “Meditations Daily Devotional®: May 31, 2026 – August 29, 2026.”

06/12/2026

If someone visited your church, what would they notice first?

In today’s devotion, we turn to Acts 11 and see what Barnabas noticed when he visited the church in Antioch: https://blog.nph.net/what-do-we-want-our-congregations-to-be.

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