Month: July 2018

      So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are citizens with the saints and members of the household of God.

Ephesians 2:19

Join us for Vacation Bible School at St. Timothy Lutheran Church

 

When:                                                              

Saturday, August 4th                                                 FREE!!!!

9:30 am- 2:30 pm                                                   FREE!!!!

Sunday, August 5th                                                    FREE!!!!

9 am – 12 noon                                                      FREE!!!!

Who:

All Children Ages 4-10 years

LIGHT BRUNCHES SATURDAY AND SUNDAY

LUNCH SATUDAY

—-BIBLE STORIES—–CRAFTS——-MUSIC—–AND MORE—-

                       LOTS OF SILLINESS WHILE YOU LEARN MORE ABOUT GOD!!!

 

 

    King Herod heard about this, for Jesus’ name had become well known. Some were saying, “John the Baptist has been raised from the dead, and that is why miraculous powers are at work in him.”

     Others said, “He is Elijah.”

     And still others claimed, “He is a prophet, like one of the prophets of long ago”

      But when Herod heard this, he said, “John, the man I beheaded, has been raised from the dead!”

     For Herod himself had given orders to have John arrested, and he had him bound and put in prison. He did this because of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife, whom he had married. For John had been saying to Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife.” So Herodias nursed a grudge against John and wanted to kill him. But she was not able to, because Herod feared John and protected him, knowing him to be a righteous and holy man. When Herod heard John, he was greatly puzzled; yet he liked to listen to him.

    Finally the opportune time came. On his birthday Herod gave a banquet for his high officials and military commanders and the leading mn of Galilee. When the daughter of Herodias came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his dinner guests.

     The king said to the girl, “Ask me for anything you want, and I’ll give it to you.” And he promised her with an oath, “Whatever you ask I will give to you, up to half my kingdom.”

     She went out and said to her mother, “What shall I ask for?”

    “The head of John the Baptist,” she answered.

    At once  the girl hurried in to the king with the request: “I want you to give me right now the head of John the Baptist on a platter.”

    The king was greatly distressed, but because of his oaths and his dinner guests, he did not want to refuse her. So he immediately sent an executioner with orders to bring John’s head. The man went, beheaded John in the prison, and brought back his head on a platter. He presented it to the girl, and she gave it to her mother. On hearing of this, John’s disciples came and took his body and laid it in a tomb.

Mark 6:14-29

     Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. For he chose us in himbefore the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love he predestined us to to be adopted as his sons through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will — to the praise of his glorious grace which he has freely given us in the One he loves. In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace that he lavished on us with all wisdom and understanding. And he made known to us the mystery of his will according to his good pleasure, which he purposed in Christ, to be put into effect fillment — to ring all things in heaven and on earth together under one head, even Christ.

    In him we were also chosen, having been predestined according to the plan of him who works out everything in conformity with the purpose of his will, in order that we, who were the first to hope in Christ, might be for the praise of his glory. And you also were included in Christ when you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation. Having believed, you were makred in him with a seal, the promised Holy Spirit, who is a deposit guaranteeing our inheritance until the redemption of those who are God’s possession — to the praise of his glory.

Ephesians 1:3-14

     I will listen to what God the Lord will say; he promises peace to his people, his saints — but let them not return to folly.

     Surely his salvation is near those who fear him, that his glory may dwell in our land.

     Love and faithfulness meet together; righteousness and peace kiss each other.

     Faithfulness springs forth from the earth, and righteousness looks down from heaven.

     The Lord will indeed give what is good, and our land will yield its harvest. Righteousness goes before him and prepares the way for his steps.

Psalm 85:8-13

      This is what he showed me: The Lord was standing by a wall that had been built true to plumb, with a plumb line in his hand. And the Lord asked me, “What do you see, Amos?”

“A plumb line,” I replied.

Then the Lord said, “Look, I am setting a plumb line among my people Israel; I will spare them no longer.

     “The high places of Isaac will be destroyed and the sanctuaries of Israel will be ruined; with my sword I will rise against the house of Jeroboam.

      Then Amazian the priest of Bethel sent a message to Jeroboam king of Israel: “Amos is raising a conspiracy against you in the very heart of Israel. The land cannot bear all his words. For this is what Amos is saying:

     “‘Jeroboam will die by the sword and Israel will surely go into exile, away from their native land.'”

     Then Amaziah said to Amos, “Get out, you seer! Go back to the land of Judah. Earn your bread there and do your prophesying there. Don’t prophesy anymore at Bethel, because this is the king’s sanctuary and the temple of the kingdom. Amos answered Amazian, “I was neither a prophet nor a prophet’s son, but I was a shepherd, and I also took care of sycamore-fig trees. But the Lord took me from tending the flock and said to me, ‘Go prophesy to my people Israel.

Amos 7:7-15

     Surely God’s salvation is at hand for those that fear him, that his glory may dwell in our land.

Psalm 85:9

    “Be careful not to do your ‘acts of righteousness’ before men, to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven. “So when you give to the needy, do not announce it with trumpets, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and on the streets, to be honored by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, so that your giving may be in secret. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret will reward you.

    And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. And when you pray , do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

“This, then , is how you should pray:

“‘Our Father in heaven,

hallowed be your name,

your kingdom come,

your will be done

on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us today our daily bread.

Forgive us our debts,

as we also have forgiven our debtors.

And lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from the evil one.’

Matthew 6:1-13

      I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven. Whether it was in the body or out of the body I do not know — God knows. And I know that this man — whether in the body or apart from the body I do not know, but God knows — was caught up to paradise. He heard in expressible things, things that man is not permitted to tell. I will boast about a man like that, but I will not boast about myself, except about my weaknesses. Even if I should choose to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain, so no one will think more of me than is warranted by what I do or say.

    To keep me from becoming conceited because of these surpassingly great revelations, there was given me a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you , for  my power is made perfect in weakness.’ Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, I am strong.

2 Corinthians 12:2-10

     I lift up my eyes up to you, to you whose throne is in heaven

     As the eyes of slaves look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maid look to the hand of her mistress so our eyes look to the Lord our God, till he shows us his mercy.

      Have mercy on us, O Lord, have mercy on us, for we have endured much contempt.

      We have endured much ridicule from the proud, much contempt from the arrogant.

Psalm 123