Podcasts about weekly worship

Giants Must Fall Sermon Series: The Giant of AnxietyReverend Ross HenziLook back.  How many times has God carried you before?  How many prayers has he answered?  How many difficult times has he brought you through?  The God who was faithful then is faithful now.Ultimately, the answer to anxiety is not found within us.  David defeated Goliath because the Lord fought for him.  And we overcome anxiety because Jesus has already overcome our greatest enemies.  We worry about the future.  Jesus holds the future.  We worry about death.  Jesus conquered death.  We worry whether God loves us.  The cross answers that forever.  

Welcome to St. Pauls Lutheran Church's Weekly Worship podcast. As always, we're broadcasting from beautiful Grand Island, Nebraska! The following Traditional Worship Service was recorded for Sunday June 21st 2025. The sermon was delivered by Pastor Jeff Pedersen. Time: 60 minutes. Please visit us online at www.linktr.ee/stpaulsgi. You can also like us on Facebook or follow us on Instagram, and Threads: @stpaulsgi.

You may listen to the audio recording of the sermon by clicking on the small black arrow of the rectangular white audio box just above this text. You are welcome to watch the entire video recording of this weekly worship service at Our Lutheran Church (West Lafayette, IN) or view specific parts (chapters) of the service by hovering over the timeline in the video.

Giants Must Fall: The Giant of Fear(Pastor Nathan Moldenhauer)Whatever you're afraid of – whatever form the giant of fear standing down in the valley takes – it can be paralyzing. And it almost seems to grow bigger day by day. Fear does this, because we so often think we're fighting this giant alone. I believe the lie that I'm alone, so maybe like King Saul I try to use tools and weapons, the things of man to combat my fear. I believe the lie that I'm alone, so maybe I convince myself I just need to have a stronger faith. If only I trust more and pray harder, because after all, this battle is ultimately mine and up to me.No. Remember, that's only a lie. You are not alone. You don't stand before the giant of fear naked. “For the battle is the Lord's.” Your fear doesn't stand a chance. It isn't you who fight, but the Lord. The battle is his. The victory is his. You stand before and come against the giant of fear in the name of the Lord Almighty. Your fears can taunt and mock no more. Jesus has already won the ultimate victory.

Welcome to St. Pauls Lutheran Church's Weekly Worship podcast. As always, we're broadcasting from beautiful Grand Island, Nebraska! The following Traditional Worship Service was recorded for Sunday June 14th 2025. The sermon was delivered by Pastor Bill Pavuk. Time: 60 minutes. Please visit us online at www.linktr.ee/stpaulsgi. You can also like us on Facebook or follow us on Instagram, and Threads: @stpaulsgi.

Welcome to St. Pauls Lutheran Church's Weekly Worship podcast. As always, we're broadcasting from beautiful Grand Island, Nebraska! The following Traditional Worship Service was recorded for Sunday June 14th 2025. The sermon was delivered by Pastor Bill Pavuk. Time: 60 minutes. Please visit us online at www.linktr.ee/stpaulsgi. You can also like us on Facebook or follow us on Instagram, and Threads: @stpaulsgi.

Welcome to St. Pauls Lutheran Church's Weekly Worship podcast. As always, we're broadcasting from beautiful Grand Island, Nebraska! The following Traditional Worship Service was recorded for Sunday June 14th 2025. The sermon was delivered by Pastor Bill Pavuk. Time: 60 minutes. Please visit us online at www.linktr.ee/stpaulsgi. You can also like us on Facebook or follow us on Instagram, and Threads: @stpaulsgi.

You may listen to the audio recording of the sermon by clicking on the small black arrow of the rectangular white audio box just above this text. You are welcome to watch the entire video recording of this weekly worship service at Our Lutheran Church (West Lafayette, IN) or view specific parts (chapters) of the service by hovering over the timeline in the video.

Giants Must Fall: The Giant of Anger (Genesis 4:1-16)Pastor Nathan MoldenhauerGod forgives you. Christ loved you and gave himself up on the cross for you. Even for the sins we committed in anger. This is how the giant of anger falls – the forgiving, pursuing, gracious work of our God. In the end, this reading from Genesis 4 isn't ultimately about Cain's anger. It's about the Lord's pursuit of sinners. The Lord continued to pursue Cain. And in Christ, God pursues and forgives you. Amen. 

Welcome to St. Pauls Lutheran Church's Weekly Worship podcast. As always, we're broadcasting from beautiful Grand Island, Nebraska! The following Traditional Worship Service was recorded for Sunday June 7th 2025. The sermon was delivered by Pastor Jeff Pedersen. Time: 60 minutes. Please visit us online at www.linktr.ee/stpaulsgi. You can also like us on Facebook or follow us on Instagram, and Threads: @stpaulsgi.

You may listen to the audio recording of the sermon by clicking on the small black arrow of the rectangular white audio box just above this text. You are welcome to watch the entire video recording of this weekly worship service at Our Lutheran Church (West Lafayette, IN) or view specific parts (chapters) of the service by hovering over the timeline in the video.

Back to the Basics: Back to Grace (Reverend Ross Henzi)God looked inside of you and me and saw that there was nothing we could do to save ourselves. There was absolutely no way we were ever going to be able to meet his demand for perfection. As a result, our eternal future didn't look very good. So, God did something about it. He took it upon himself. He sent his son. He had Jesus live the perfect life we never could. He then had his son give his life in payment for your sins and mine. As a result of Jesus' death and resurrection, the ransom has been paid. Our sins are gone! We are once more considered to be perfect in God's eyes. Again, we didn't have anything to do with it. God in his love and mercy worked out our salvation. He made it happen. That is Step 2 in the back to the basics. It is so very important that you understand both Step 1 (we are dead in sin) and Step 2 (God saved us).

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Back to the Basics: Back to WorshipPastor Nathan Moldenhauer“Come, let us sing for joy to the Lord!” God bless us as we continue to go back to the basics. God bless us as we both go back ourselves and invite others too to go back to worship. God grant it. Amen.

As we continue with our sermon series, Back to the Basics, we hear about an amazing gift we've all been given, but unfortunately it doesn't always get used, at least not the way it was intended. We don't mean that to be the case. We recognize its importance. We understand how amazing it is. But for some reason, it gets neglected more than we care to admit. The gift we've been given is prayer. It's an amazing gift! It's a wonderful gift! But can we say we put it to use as God intended? If you do - that's wonderful! Keep up the good work! But if your prayer life isn't what it could be - this is a time to go back to the basics. May God the Holy Spirit lead us to once again to appreciate the gift we've been given.

Welcome to St. Pauls Lutheran Church's Weekly Worship podcast. As always, we're broadcasting from beautiful Grand Island, Nebraska! The following Traditional Worship Service was recorded for Sunday May 17th 2025. The sermon was delivered by Pastor Jeff Pedersen. Time: 60 minutes. Please visit us online at www.linktr.ee/stpaulsgi. You can also like us on Facebook or follow us on Instagram, and Threads: @stpaulsgi.

Welcome to St. Pauls Lutheran Church's Weekly Worship podcast. As always, we're broadcasting from beautiful Grand Island, Nebraska! The following Traditional Worship Service was recorded for Sunday May 17th 2025. The sermon was delivered by Pastor Jeff Pedersen. Time: 60 minutes. Please visit us online at www.linktr.ee/stpaulsgi. You can also like us on Facebook or follow us on Instagram, and Threads: @stpaulsgi.

Welcome to St. Pauls Lutheran Church's Weekly Worship podcast. As always, we're broadcasting from beautiful Grand Island, Nebraska! The following Traditional Worship Service was recorded for Sunday May 17th 2025. The sermon was delivered by Pastor Jeff Pedersen. Time: 60 minutes. Please visit us online at www.linktr.ee/stpaulsgi. You can also like us on Facebook or follow us on Instagram, and Threads: @stpaulsgi.

Psalm 73:25-28 This is the worshipful heart of a psalmist who sees God as his ultimate desire, his portion, the one in whom he takes refuge. Overwhelmed with the joy and satisfaction of knowing and communing with God, he seeks to tell of God's works. That's worship. 1. Singing: Psalm 100:1-2; Isaiah 12:5-6; Colossians 3:16 Scripture repeatedly tells us to make a joyful noise to Yahweh, to sing praises to God, and to sing spiritual songs to him. Even if you aren't a good singer, sing anyhow. It's not about you; it's about him. 2. Praying: Psalm 145:1-9; Acts 2:4, 11; 1 Corinthians 14:2 Worshiping God through our prayers is telling him who he is and what he's done. Whether we pray with our understanding or in an unknown tongue, praising God through prayer is a major part of our weekly worship service. 3. Giving: Deuteronomy 12:6-7; 2 Corinthians 9:7; Mark 12:41-44 Financial giving is an act of worship too, when done with a willing heart, happy to give back in recognition of God's blessings in your life. The amount isn't the focus, but the heart of dedication to God. 4. Serving: 1 Peter 4:10-11 There are many opportunities to serve in our weekly gathering. When done to God, even the most mundane acts of service are worship. When done in a begrudging way, even the costliest acts of service are canceled out in God's eyes. Let's serve God with zeal and gratitude!The post Practical Christianity 5: Weekly Worship first appeared on Living Hope.

BACK TO THE BASICS: BACK TO THE WORD (Reverend Ross Henzi)You and I are sinful human beings. There is nothing, absolutely nothing that we can do to contribute to or to earn our salvation. The only thing we deserve is death and damnation. Ah, but God the Father could not bear that thought. That's why he sent his Son. Jesus came to do what we could not. He lived the perfect life God demands. He then gave up his life in payment for your sins and mine - for the sins of the entire world. Because of Jesus, all those who believe in him as their Lord and Savior have once more been made perfect in God's sight. Because of Jesus, we now live with the confidence that one day, heaven will be our home.Keep it simple. When life feels overwhelming, when your faith feels crowded, when you're not sure what matters most, come back to the basics. Come back into God's word. Come back to Christ. Everything else in our lives is simply meaningless. And it has to go. May God enable us to see that and live it. In his name we pray, Amen.

Welcome to St. Pauls Lutheran Church's Weekly Worship podcast. As always, we're broadcasting from beautiful Grand Island, Nebraska! The following Traditional Worship Service was recorded for Sunday May 10th 2025. The sermon was delivered by Pastor Bill Pavuk. Time: 60 minutes. Please visit us online at www.linktr.ee/stpaulsgi. You can also like us on Facebook or follow us on Instagram, and Threads: @stpaulsgi.

Bold for the Only Name that Saves~Pastor Nathan MoldenhauerWhat Jesus promised his disciples, he promises you. Whether it's a trial before Jewish rulers and elders, or you feel like you're on trial, God the Holy Spirit speaks through you – using the very Word and name that saved you.So, let's try this again. You're at that birthday party. You're in the break room. You get coffee with your sister. “You still go to church?” “Aren't all religions the same?” “Don't I just need to be a good person?” You know what to say. And even better, you have the boldness to say it. “Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to mankind by which we must be saved.” “That name is Jesus.” God make you bold for the only name that saves! Amen.

Welcome to St. Pauls Lutheran Church's Weekly Worship podcast. As always, we're broadcasting from beautiful Grand Island, Nebraska! The following Traditional Worship Service was recorded for Sunday May 3rd 2025. The sermon was delivered by Pastor Jeff Pedersen. Time: 60 minutes. Please visit us online at www.linktr.ee/stpaulsgi. You can also like us on Facebook or follow us on Instagram, and Threads: @stpaulsgi.

"The Making of a Bold and Confident Confession"Reverend Ross HenziTo you who are beginning your spiritual journey - as well as to those of you who have been on it for some time - keep holding onto your faith...keep living your faith...and keep sharing your faith. And when that journey proves to be tiresome or difficult (because it will), be that little engine that could. I think I can.      I know I can.     And I will.

Welcome to St. Pauls Lutheran Church's Weekly Worship podcast. As always, we're broadcasting from beautiful Grand Island, Nebraska! The following Traditional Worship Service was recorded for Sunday April 26th 2025. The sermon was delivered by Pastor Bill Pavuk. Time: 60 minutes. Please visit us online at www.linktr.ee/stpaulsgi. You can also like us on Facebook or follow us on Instagram, and Threads: @stpaulsgi.

Friends, this is still how it works. Our living Jesus hides in plain sight and takes us from yearning to burning. From disappointment and despair to joy and peace. He doesn't do it with a grand gesture. He doesn't show up and perform a great miracle. He opens the Scriptures to us. Jesus leads us to see all he has won and accomplished at the cross and the empty tomb. He has redeemed us from sin and death. He has set us free from hell. He has crushed Satan's head. And he still comes to us – right here. He strengthens us by Word and Sacrament. He causes us to believe and trust all he has done, and all he has promised. He promises to forgive sins. He promises life after death. He promises to be with us in suffering. He promises to strengthen us in trial. He promises to work all things for our eternal good.

Welcome to St. Pauls Lutheran Church's Weekly Worship podcast. As always, we're broadcasting from beautiful Grand Island, Nebraska! The following Traditional Worship Service was recorded for Sunday April 19th 2025. The sermon was delivered by Pastor Jeff Pedersen. Time: 60 minutes. Please visit us online at www.linktr.ee/stpaulsgi. You can also like us on Facebook or follow us on Instagram, and Threads: @stpaulsgi.

Jesus Lives to Give You Proof and Peace - Pastor Nathan MoldenhauerWill even Christians, will even believers struggle and wrestle? Sure, sometimes. Yet because our living Jesus still shows up –still speaking peace, still providing proof – you are always blessed. Amen.“These are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in his name.” Amen.

Welcome to St. Pauls Lutheran Church's Weekly Worship podcast. As always, we're broadcasting from beautiful Grand Island, Nebraska! The following Traditional Worship Service was recorded for Sunday April 12th 2025. The sermon was delivered by Pastor Bill Pavuk. Time: 60 minutes. Please visit us online at www.linktr.ee/stpaulsgi. You can also like us on Facebook or follow us on Instagram, and Threads: @stpaulsgi.

Our Mourning and Fasting Gives Way to FeastingEaster Sunday Sermon: Reverend Ross Henzi

Welcome to St. Pauls Lutheran Church's Weekly Worship podcast. As always, we're broadcasting from beautiful Grand Island, Nebraska! The following Traditional Worship Service was recorded for Easter Sunday, April 5th 2025. The sermon was delivered by Pastor Jeff Pedersen. Time: 60 minutes. Please visit us online at www.linktr.ee/stpaulsgi. You can also like us on Facebook or follow us on Instagram, and Threads: @stpaulsgi.

Palm Sunday sermon by Pastor Nathan Moldenhauer.

Welcome to St. Pauls Lutheran Church's Weekly Worship podcast. As always, we're broadcasting from beautiful Grand Island, Nebraska! The following Traditional Worship Service was recorded for Sunday March 22nd 2025. The sermon was delivered by Pastor Bill Pavuk. Time: 60 minutes. Please visit us online at www.linktr.ee/stpaulsgi. You can also like us on Facebook or follow us on Instagram, and Threads: @stpaulsgi.

Welcome to St. Pauls Lutheran Church's Weekly Worship podcast. As always, we're broadcasting from beautiful Grand Island, Nebraska! The following Traditional Worship Service was recorded for Sunday March 22nd 2025. The sermon was delivered by Pastor Jeff Pedersen. Time: 60 minutes. Please visit us online at www.linktr.ee/stpaulsgi. You can also like us on Facebook or follow us on Instagram, and Threads: @stpaulsgi.

Welcome to St. Pauls Lutheran Church's Weekly Worship podcast. As always, we're broadcasting from beautiful Grand Island, Nebraska! The following Traditional Worship Service was recorded for Sunday March 22nd 2025. The sermon was delivered by Pastor Jeff Pedersen. Time: 60 minutes. Please visit us online at www.linktr.ee/stpaulsgi. You can also like us on Facebook or follow us on Instagram, and Threads: @stpaulsgi.

We continue with our sermon series, Exactly What We Need, with this week's sermon by Reverend Ross Henzi. Exactly What We Need - SightWe are by nature spiritually blind.God is the One who leads us to see.

Welcome to St. Pauls Lutheran Church's Weekly Worship podcast. As always, we're broadcasting from beautiful Grand Island, Nebraska! The following Traditional Worship Service was recorded for Sunday March 15th 2025. The sermon was delivered by Pastor Bill Pavuk. Time: 60 minutes. Please visit us online at www.linktr.ee/stpaulsgi. You can also like us on Facebook or follow us on Instagram, and Threads: @stpaulsgi.

Jesus Quenches Our Thirsty Souls with Living Water(Pastor Nathan Moldenhauer)Christian brothers and sisters, when our sin and guilt is out in the open, when we're honest about it, when we're done hiding it and trying to self-treat it, Jesus quenches our thirsty souls with living water. This is what it is “to worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth.” Jesus offers the Samaritan woman living water. Jesus cuts with the law to reveal her great need and thirst for it. Then when her sin is out there on the table, the answer and remedy isn't to go through certain spiritual rituals or to worship on this mountain or that mountain. He doesn't give her a to do list. He says: “Worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth.” “Worship the Father in the Spirit and in truth.” This is a life of repentance. An ongoing recognition and sorrow over our sin, a turning away from our sin and trusting in God for forgiveness. We're honest about what's going on with us, with our true need and thirst. This is the life to which Jesus now calls us. We confess our sins and drink up Jesus' soul-quenching living water.And the truth is we will still have these problems. Sin and spiritual thirst are still part of our lives. We will face the same temptations, and at times we will give into them. But we no longer look to the wrong solution. We're done grabbing for the spiritual sea water. As God's forgiven children, we worship him in the Spirit and in truth. We go to Jesus, and he quenches our thirsty souls with living water. Amen.

Welcome to St. Pauls Lutheran Church's Weekly Worship podcast. As always, we're broadcasting from beautiful Grand Island, Nebraska! The following Traditional Worship Service was recorded for Sunday March 8th 2025. The sermon was delivered by Pastor Bill Pavuk. Time: 60 minutes. Please visit us online at www.linktr.ee/stpaulsgi. You can also like us on Facebook or follow us on Instagram, and Threads: @stpaulsgi.

A Plan Set in Motion (Reverend Ross Henzi)1. God gives promises2. Promises create faith3. Faith compels actionA long time ago, a plan was set in motion. God made plans to bring us exactly what we needed. His plan was to bring a Savior into the world. God used his people to carry out that plan. And now he's using us. God is using us to tell others about the Savior who has come. May we be found up to the task, for the plan only ends when Jesus comes again.Amen.From this altar to the mission field beyond these walls, may we take the name of Jesus with us wherever we go. In his name we pray. Amen.

Welcome to St. Pauls Lutheran Church's Weekly Worship podcast. As always, we're broadcasting from beautiful Grand Island, Nebraska! The following Traditional Worship Service was recorded for Sunday March 1st 2025. The sermon was delivered by Pastor Jeff Pedersen. Time: 60 minutes. Please visit us online at www.linktr.ee/stpaulsgi. You can also like us on Facebook or follow us on Instagram, and Threads: @stpaulsgi.

Jesus Rewrites the Script by Pastor Nathan MoldenhauerDoes it ever feel like the script has already been written? Are you familiar with that phraseology and idea? “The script has already been written?” Your car breaks down. The garage tells you it is going to cost this much to fix. You go home and open your mail, and there is a check for that exact amount. You have your mind and heart set on a certain career path. This is what you have always wanted to do. But that door keeps closing, time after time. And the job you said you would never do, always seems to be available. You're sitting in the coffee shop, and you suddenly know exactly what the person at the next table is going to say, what song will be on the radio and that the barista is about to drop a spoon. And it feels like the script has already been written. Is that true spiritually?Join us for this week's sermon....

Welcome to St. Pauls Lutheran Church's Weekly Worship podcast. As always, we're broadcasting from beautiful Grand Island, Nebraska! The following Traditional Worship Service was recorded for Sunday February 22nd 2025. The sermon was delivered by Pastor Bill Pavuk. Time: 60 minutes. Please visit us online at www.linktr.ee/stpaulsgi. You can also like us on Facebook or follow us on Instagram, and Threads: @stpaulsgi.

Welcome to St. Pauls Lutheran Church's Weekly Worship podcast. As always, we're broadcasting from beautiful Grand Island, Nebraska! The following Traditional Worship Service was recorded for Sunday February 22nd 2025. The sermon was delivered by Pastor Bill Pavuk. Time: 60 minutes. Please visit us online at www.linktr.ee/stpaulsgi. You can also like us on Facebook or follow us on Instagram, and Threads: @stpaulsgi.

It is Good for Us to Be Here! (Reverend Ross Henzi)1- To witness Jesus' glory2- To remember his mission3- To listen to his word

Welcome to St. Pauls Lutheran Church's Weekly Worship podcast. As always, we're broadcasting from beautiful Grand Island, Nebraska! The following Traditional Worship Service was recorded for Sunday February 15th 2025. The sermon was delivered by Pastor Jeff Pedersen. Time: 60 minutes. Please visit us online at www.linktr.ee/stpaulsgi. You can also like us on Facebook or follow us on Instagram, and Threads: @stpaulsgi.

Oh, Teach Me, Lord, To Trust You! (Pastor Nathan Moldenhauer)Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called. Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth.But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things ~ and the things that are not ~ to nullify the things that are, so that no one may boast before Him."It is because of Him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God ~ that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption. Therefore, as it is written: "Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord."1 Corinthians 1:26-31

What Were You Made To Do?(Pastor Nathan Moldenhauer) Now to be clear, I'm not talking about your occupation or career. I'm not asking about a hobby you really enjoy, a sport you have always excelled at. I'm not even talking about being a mom or dad, a wife, husband, son, daughter, brother, sister, grandparent. Rather, you and I are Christians. We believe and trust in Jesus as our only Savior from sin, death, and hell. We are Jesus' disciples. You are a Jesus follower. And if you are a guest today, or someone brought you along this morning and you're not so sure you would call yourself that, you're at least curious about what that means or what that would like for you. So what does that mean? What does it mean to be a follower of Jesus? What is the fulfilling function or action of a Christian? Again, a guitar makes music; a lamp shines light. What were we made to do?You are salt and light because that is what Jesus has made you. You have his righteousness and perfection by your baptism and through faith. You will enter the kingdom of heaven because he is your righteousness. Now be who Jesus made you. Preserve. Shine. Let your good deeds point others to your Father's glory. God grant it. Amen.

Welcome to St. Pauls Lutheran Church's Weekly Worship podcast. As always, we're broadcasting from beautiful Grand Island, Nebraska! The following Traditional Worship Service was recorded for Sunday February 8th 2025. The sermon was delivered by Pastor Bill Pavuk. Time: 60 minutes. Please visit us online at www.linktr.ee/stpaulsgi. You can also like us on Facebook or follow us on Instagram, and Threads: @stpaulsgi.