Messiah Lutheran Church - Wolcottville IN

09/07/2026

Happy Labor Day! As we fulfill our various vocations today and every day, we remember that we serve the Lord, not men.

09/07/2026

It's ✨ ! ✨

Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you blameless before the presence of His glory with great joy, to the only God, our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion, and authority, before all time and now and forever. (Jude 24–25)

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09/05/2026

09/05/2026

In Ephesians 4 “Paul highlights the gifts of Christ that make us His Body; as one Body, we are protected from the dangers of our times. Modern individualism and consumerism make it easy to treat the Church as “all about me.” Thanks be to God, the Church is all about Jesus, who provides for our salvation and edification."

Lord, bind us together by the truth proclaimed by Your faithful ministers. Amen.

(Excerpt From The Lutheran Study Bible notes for Ephesians 4:1-16)

09/05/2026

"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law." Hear Christ for you at kfuo.org!

Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity
One Year Lectionary

Lutheran Service Book 849

Proverbs 4:10-23
Psalm 119:9-16
Galatians 5:16-24
Luke 17:11-19

09/03/2026

We are baptized into Christ's death, thanks be to God! Hear Christ for you at kfuo.org.

Lutheran Service Book 401

1 From God the Father, virgin-born
To us the only Son came down;
By death the font to consecrate,
The faithful to regenerate.

2 Beginning from His home on high,
In human flesh He came to die;
Creation by His death restored,
And shed new joys of life abroad.

3 Glide on, O glorious Sun, and bring
The gift of healing on Your wing;
To eve'ry dull and clouded sense
The clearness of Your light dispense.

4 Abide with us, O Lord, we pray;
The gloom of darkness chase away;
Your work of healing, Lord, begin,
And take away the stain of sin.

5 Lord, once You came to earth’s domain
And, we believe, shall come again;
Be with us on the battlefield,
From ev'ry harm Your people shield.

6 To You, O Lord, all glory be
For this Your blest epiphany;
To God, whom all His hosts adore,
And Holy Spirit evermore.

09/02/2026

"Whether we spend our time trying to excuse what we’ve done wrong or whether we spend our lives working to get better, who we are and what we do revolves around our sin. But in confession and absolution, we stop making excuses. We bring the worst of what we’ve done and who we are out into the light, and God forgives us. What defines us is not what we’ve done. What defines us is that someone loves us and refuses to let us go: God, the Father of our Lord, Jesus Christ." —Rev. Joel P. Meyer

In Soundbite Theology, Rev. Joel P. Meyer equips you to think clearly about God — His character, His promises, and His unfailing provision. https://myc.ph/4gu8ugm

09/02/2026

Today the church commemorates Hannah.

Hannah, the childless but favored wife of Elkanah, prayed fervently to God for her womb to be opened. When the Lord answered her prayer and she bore Samuel, she sang the song below, and we join with her in this bold confession of faith in God's loving-kindness.

“My heart exults in the Lord;
my horn is exalted in the Lord.
My mouth derides my enemies,
because I rejoice in your salvation.
“There is none holy like the Lord:
for there is none besides you;
there is no rock like our God.
Talk no more so very proudly,
let not arrogance come from your mouth;
for the Lord is a God of knowledge,
and by him actions are weighed.
The bows of the mighty are broken,
but the feeble bind on strength.
Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread,
but those who were hungry have ceased to hunger.
The barren has borne seven,
but she who has many children is forlorn.
The Lord kills and brings to life;
he brings down to Sheol and raises up.
The Lord makes poor and makes rich;
he brings low and he exalts.
He raises up the poor from the dust;
he lifts the needy from the ash heap
to make them sit with princes
and inherit a seat of honor.
For the pillars of the earth are the Lord's,
and on them he has set the world.
“He will guard the feet of his faithful ones,
but the wicked shall be cut off in darkness,
for not by might shall a man prevail.
The adversaries of the Lord shall be broken to pieces;
against them he will thunder in heaven.
The Lord will judge the ends of the earth;
he will give strength to his king
and exalt the horn of his anointed.” (Samuel 2:1–10)

09/02/2026

Lord, help me to abandon my self-confidence and rejoice in Your grace alone. Amen.