Thursday Psalms: God's Steadfast Love

 

Blessed Thursday to each of you, in the name of Jesus Christ, your Savior!

Today we have several verses from a beautiful psalm proclaiming God's mercy and love for you!  God is your refuge and gives you purpose!

Psalm 57 

¹  Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me,

      for in You my soul takes refuge;

   in the shadow of Your wings I will take refuge,

      till the storms of destruction pass by.

²  I cry out to God Most High,

      to God who fulfills His purpose for me.

³  He will send from heaven and save me;

      He will put to shame him who tramples on me. 

   God will send out His steadfast love and His faithfulness!

⁹  I will give thanks to You, O Lord, among the peoples;

      I will sing praises to You among the nations.

¹⁰ For Your steadfast love is great to the heavens,

      Your faithfulness to the clouds.

¹¹ Be exalted, O God, above the heavens!

      Let Your glory be over all the earth!

Look at verse three especially.  God does not always save you or me in the ways we ask Him to.  But God does save you in the most important way.  God the Father did already send from heaven His only Son, Jesus Christ to save you!  You and I deserve nothing but punishment from God for our sinfulness and our sins.  But Jesus Christ, Son of God, took your punishment on Himself and God forgives your every mistake, your every sin, your every failure!  Jesus IS God's steadfast love and faithfulness to you!

Pause for a moment and lift up a prayer of thanks to God, sing praise to God, for His steadfast love and faithfulness to you!

Your servant in Christ,

Pastor Mark

Pilgrim Lutheran Church, LCMS    Burton, Michigan

office:  810.744.1188 

We are Pilgrims with a Purpose:  

     Sharing God’s Love & Mercy with Each Other & the World.

Pilgrim Website       Pilgrim Facebook page

Soli Deo Gloria

"The LORD is a stronghold in times of trouble."  Psalm 9:9

Pilgrim Worship Sunday May 3, 2026

 

Pilgrim Lutheran Church

The Fifth Sunday of Easter

May 3, 2026

We're thankful you've come here to watch our service and to worship the one true God!

This was another exciting Sunday at Pilgrim Lutheran Church!  Our usual Sunday schedule starts with Adult Bible class at 9:15 am and then our 10:30 am Worship service.  Afterward, we gathered for food and conversations, while the children enjoyed Sunday School.  These classes are full of activities and teaching, so the children learn how much God loves them!

If you live in the Burton area, please consider joining us on Sunday mornings!  Anyone can watch our services live on Facebook or on Pilgrim's website.

Here is information about this worship service:

SCRIPTURE READINGS

  First Reading:  Acts 6:1–9, 7:2a, 51–60

             Psalm:  Psalm 146

            Epistle:  1 Peter 2:2–10

            Gospel:  John 14:1–14

THEME FOR WORSHIP

The night before Jesus died on Calvary’s cross, He was with His disciples in the upper room.  They knew Jesus was leaving them, and soon.  What would their futures look like?  They could not yet see God’s bigger picture and so their hearts were troubled, full of fear and worry.

When your hearts are troubled, and you can’t see the way forward, Jesus has the cure for your troubled heart.  Jesus is the Way, the Truth and the Life!  

To watch the video of today's service, please click HERE.

Your servant in Christ,

Pastor Mark

Pilgrim Lutheran Church, LCMS    Burton, Michigan

office:  810.744.1188   

We are Pilgrims with a Purpose:  

       Sharing God’s Love & Mercy with Each Other & the World.

Pilgrim Website           Pilgrim Facebook page

Soli Deo Gloria

"The LORD is a stronghold in times of trouble."  Psalm 9:9

Thursday Psalms: God Sets You Free!

Blessed Thursday to each of you, in the name of Jesus Christ, your Savior!

Today's psalm is Psalm 146, most certainly a psalm of praise to and for the Lord.  Besides praising the Lord for all His power & blessings, there are other uplifting and important encouragements for you in this psalm.  Verses 3-5 remind us to trust in God rather than man or any earthly thing.  Verse six points us to God the Creator; we should always praise and trust Him above all things.  Verses 8 & 9 remind us of God's love & care for all people, including widows, anyone fatherless, travelers, anyone blinded in sight or by sin, and those who are bowed down.  These are all great & valuable gifts from this psalm, but let's focus on perhaps the best action of all, seen in verse 7b.

Psalm  146

¹ Praise the Lord!

     Praise the Lord, O my soul!

² I will praise the Lord as long as I live;

     I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.

³ Put not your trust in princes,

     in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation.

⁴ When his breath departs, he returns to the earth;

     on that very day his plans perish.

⁵ Blessed is he whose help is the God of Jacob,

     whose hope is in the Lord his God,

⁶ who made heaven and earth,

     the sea, and all that is in them,

         who keeps faith forever;

⁷ who executes justice for the oppressed,

     who gives food to the hungry.

         The Lord sets the prisoners free;

⁸ the Lord opens the eyes of the blind.

     The Lord lifts up those who are bowed down;

         the Lord loves the righteous.

⁹ The Lord watches over the sojourners;

     He upholds the widow and the fatherless,

         but the way of the wicked He brings to ruin.

¹⁰ The Lord will reign forever,

     your God, O Zion, to all generations.

         Praise the Lord! 

You, I and all people are prisoners of sin; we can't stop sinning, we can't avoid temptations longer than perhaps for a minute or two, we just can't stop.  We're both sinful by our natures, and we sin by our actions.  The devil makes us prisoners by tempting us to sin, and we can't avoid giving in.  By ourselves, we're simply and truly hopeless.  

But God loves you so much, He just can't leave you a prisoner in your hopeless sin!  God tells you in John 3:16 that He loved the world (including you!) so much that He sent His only Son, that whoever believes in Him will NOT die, but have everlasting life!  Confess your sins and the Lord sets you free in His forgiveness!  

Your servant in Christ,

Pastor Mark

Pilgrim Lutheran Church, LCMS    Burton, Michigan

office:  810.744.1188 

We are Pilgrims with a Purpose:  

     Sharing God’s Love & Mercy with Each Other & the World.

Pilgrim Website       Pilgrim Facebook page

Soli Deo Gloria

"The LORD is a stronghold in times of trouble."  Psalm 9:9