Resurrection Lutheran Church

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We have one service each Sunday at 10:15.

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Thought for June 24, 2026 – “Doing everything by myself is a bad idea”Exodus 18:17-18 - Moses’ father-in-law replied, “W...
06/24/2026

Thought for June 24, 2026 – “Doing everything by myself is a bad idea”

Exodus 18:17-18 - Moses’ father-in-law replied, “What you are doing is not good. You and these people who come to you will only wear yourselves out. The work is too heavy for you; you cannot handle it alone.”

Where am I doing things I ought not be doing, preventing me from doing what I am really called to do?

In Exodus 18, the people of Israel come to Mt Horeb (where Moses will receive the ten commandments). Moses' father-in-law brings his wife and sons to rejoin him and the Israelite community. While there, Moses’ father-in-law observes Moses meeting with people from morning to evening to adjudicate their cases and tells him to get others to do that so he can do the things he is really callto do.

The greatest gift I can give people is to fully engage in what God has called me to do. When I use my time, energy and attention for things that are not part of my calling, both I and the people my life is meant to serve are hurt.

Father, I know it is not good for me to fill my day with busywork so that I have little bandwidth left to focus on my primary callings. Show me what I need to say no to today. Show me who I need to empower today to multiply leaders. Teach me to live a life of clarity and focus on my calling and raising up others into their callings so everyone can be blessed. AMEN

Thought for June 23, 2026 – “We need others to hold up our arms in the battle”Exodus 17:11-13 - As long as Moses held u...
06/23/2026

Thought for June 23, 2026 – “We need others to hold up our arms in the battle”
Exodus 17:11-13 - As long as Moses held up his hands, the Israelites were winning, but whenever he lowered his hands, the Amalekites were winning. When Moses’ hands grew tired, they took a stone and put it under him and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held his hands up—one on one side, one on the other—so that his hands remained steady till sunset. So Joshua overcame the Amalekite army with the sword.

We were not designed to successfully navigate life alone. When we fail to surround ourselves with community, we not only hurt ourselves, but we cheat those our lives were meant to bless.

After the challenge of finding food in the wilderness in Exodus 16, chapter 17 begins with the people complaining to Moses about water. Once again, God provides in a miraculous way as water flows out of a rock. Yet, as soon as the water issue is resolved, another major challenge arises as the Amalekites attack the Israelites.

Moses goes up the mountain to intercede for Israel as Joshua leads the Israelites in battle. When Moses is able to hold up his hands, the Israelites prevail, and when his hand drop, the Amalekites prevail. The victory that day will be due to the fact Moses wasn’t alone. Aaron and Hur held his hands up when Moses could not do it on his own, and Israel prevailed.

I have a bad habit of fighting my battles alone. When I get tired, I give up, and I surrender the battle God sent me to fight. The sad thing is that I am not the only one who loses when that happens. The ones God has sent me to battle for also lose.

I have been learning in my old age that I need allies in the battle. When others hold up my hands, not only do I win, but the ones God sent me to bless also win.

Father, forgive me for the times I've given up and surrendered battles you sent me to fight because I tried to fight alone. May I never fight alone again but always have allies who will lift my arms when I can’t hold them up for myself. Use me to hold up the arms of others when they are ready to give up on their fight. AMEN

Thought for June 22, 2026 – “Enough for each day and enough to rest”Exodus 16:18 - But when they measured it out, everyo...
06/22/2026

Thought for June 22, 2026 – “Enough for each day and enough to rest”

Exodus 16:18 - But when they measured it out, everyone had just enough. Those who gathered a lot had nothing left over, and those who gathered only a little had enough. Each family had just what it needed.

God knows what we need, and we can trust him to provide our daily bread. God knows one thing we need is rest, so he provides enough in six days to allow us to rest on the seventh.

As the Israelites head into the wilderness, they soon begin complaining to Moses and Aaron about a lack of food. They regret leaving Egypt, because they had enough food to eat there. God hears their cries and sends them quail for meat and manna for bread. The Israelites will live on manna daily for 40 years.

The instructions regarding the manna are to collect just what you will eat each day because it will spoil if you try to keep today’s manna for tomorrow. But there is one day Moses says they can collect more than enough for one day. The day before the Sabbath they are to collect enough for two days, because it will not spoil, and they will be able to rest rather than working to collect more manna.

When I pray “give us this day our daily bread” do I really trust God to be faithful to do it each day, or do I feel the need to stock up for tomorrow just to be safe?

Am I faithful to keep a Sabbath day each week where I learn to trust that God will take the work of my previous six days and make it enough for seven?

Soldiers are not meant to need to find their own supplies and rations each day. They are meant to fight battles. It is the Quartermaster who makes sure they have all they need to succeed in fighting the battle. Do I trust God is my Quartermaster so I can focus on fighting the battle he is sending me into, or do I spend much of my time and energy trying to meet my daily needs on my own so I have little time or energy left to fight the battle?

Father, teach me the rhythm of daily bread where I always know I will have enough for today and don’t need to worry about tomorrow. Teach me the rhythm of Sabbath where I become so confident that you can do through me in six days enough to allow me to rest on the seventh. AMEN

06/21/2026

Sunday service

Thought for June 21 – “Seeing and Praising God in the Extraordinary and the Common”Exodus 15:11 - Who among the gods ...
06/21/2026

Thought for June 21 – “Seeing and Praising God in the Extraordinary and the Common”

Exodus 15:11 - Who among the gods
is like you, Lord?
Who is like you—
majestic in holiness,
awesome in glory,
working wonders?

It’s easy to praise God when miracles happen where the only explanation is God. It is really fun to praise God for the miracles. But, if we only see God in the miraculous, we are likely to miss out on the daily opportunities to praise God in his more ordinary blessings.

Exodus 15 is the story of praise and singing as the Israelites worshiped God for his amazing deliverance through the Red Sea. With their own eyes they saw the sea parted as they walked through on dry ground. With their own eyes they saw the sea come back down upon the pursuing Egyptians to defeat their enemies.

It’s easy to sing praise during the miraculous. But much of life is miraculous when you take time to really look.

Today, I thank God for three miracles (actually 4) which would be easy to take for granted. Those miracles are my sons Nathan, Andrew and Peter and my grandson Theo. So often we fail to appreciate the gifts of common things like family. Yet, there are few things in my life through which God has blessed me and made me into a better person than my family.

I’ve seen miracles, and I hope to see many more and praise God for those miracles many more times. But my greater desire is to have my eyes opened to seeing the miracles of daily life and living a life of praise for those miracles as well.

Father, on this Father’s Day, I thank you for the gift of being a father and grandfather. I have seen miracles in my life which have made it easy to praise you, but some of the greatest miracles have come in the midst of daily life, and those miracles are named Nathan, Andrew, Peter and Theo. May I praise you for those miracles and the many other "ordinary" miracles every day. AMEN

06/21/2026

Sunday service

06/21/2026

Sunday service

Thought for June 20, 2026 – “We can retreat to what is familiar or trust God to lead us into something new”Exodus 14:13 ...
06/20/2026

Thought for June 20, 2026 – “We can retreat to what is familiar or trust God to lead us into something new”

Exodus 14:13 – Moses answered the people, “Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today. The Egyptians you see today you will never see again.

God is at work leading us into something better than where we have come from, but the Enemy is constantly trying to convince us to go back to where we came from.

In Genesis 14, the Israelites camp next to the Red Sea. About that time, Pharaoh and his officials start regretting their decision to let Isreal go and pursue them with 600 chariots. When the Israelites see their situation – the Red Sea on one side and the Egyptian army on the other - they lose hope. The complain to Moses that they should have stayed in Egypt rather than dying in the wilderness. As they despair, Moses tells them to trust God to deliver them from the Egyptians.

When things get tough, is my habit to cut my losses and go back to where I came from, or is it to trust God to lead me through to the other side?

When the loss of a job, health or a relationship arises, do I despair and give up, or do I press into God to show me what he has on the other side?

When I take a risk to do what God is leading me to do and an obstacle arises, do I abandon what I am doing and assume I made a mistake, or do I press into God to lead me to the other side of the obstacle into his purposes for me?

Father, I know your plans for me are so much greater than what I would settle for on my own. When challenges arise, may I not retreat to the safety of my small plans, but instead trust you to lead me through the challenges to your big plans. AMEN

Thought for June 19, 2026 – “Designed to have God with Me”Exodus 13:21-22 - By day the Lord went ahead of them in a pill...
06/19/2026

Thought for June 19, 2026 – “Designed to have God with Me”

Exodus 13:21-22 - By day the Lord went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud to guide them on their way and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, so that they could travel by day or night. Neither the pillar of cloud by day nor the pillar of fire by night left its place in front of the people.

When Jesus came to be God with us and the Holy Spirit was given to live in us, it didn’t signal a new strategy for God. His plan for us was always to be with us and not just watch from a distance.

In Exodus 13, the people leave Egypt. Where is God in all of this? He is there with them, leading them with a pillar of cloud by day and fire by night. His presence would lead them, provide for them and protect them.
At the beginning of Genesis, God created Adam and Eve to walk and talk with Him. At the end of Revelation, God comes to dwell with his people. In between, God’s desire is to live with his people and not watch from a distance.

Do I trust that God is with me to lead me today?
Do I trust that God is with me to provide for me today?
Do I trust that God is with me to protect me today?

Jesus didn’t just become flesh and blood for three years to give us a taste of God being with us in the midst of the world. He came to make visible the reality that God is always with us.

If my life is not working very well, maybe a good place to start is to see how fully I am living according to my design. My design is live in God's presence, and when I live as though I am on my own while God watches from a distance, it is contrary to the way God designed me.

Father, may I live according to my design today as I practice living in your presence rather than erroneously thinking I am on my own while you watch me from a distance. AMEN

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