Pilgrim Worship Sunday September 3, 2023

  Pilgrim Lutheran Church

The Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost

September 3, 2023

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!  Once again, we had lots of great activities going on, starting with our 9:30 am Worship Service.  Afterward, we gathered for food, conversations, and Adult Bible study, 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 later on Pilgrim's website.

Here is information about today's worship service:

BIBLE READINGS FOR SUNDAY

  Old Testament:  Jeremiah 15:15-21

               Psalm:  Psalm 26
              Epistle:   Romans 12:9-21
              Gospel:  Matthew 16:21-28

OUR THEME FOR WORSHIP
Life as one of Jesus’ disciples is a life of tension.  One of the love / hate battles we experience involves suffering.  In the Gospel readings from last Sunday and today, we see Peter struggling with this tension.  We love that Jesus suffered for us, but we despise the necessity of our own suffering for Christ.  We desire to follow Jesus, but we resist the heavy lifting of our own crosses.  We prefer self-centered glory and comfort over humble obedience and suffering.  Can these tensions be resolved?  Is there hope in all of this?

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

Peace in Christ, your Savior,

Pastor Mark

Pilgrim Lutheran Church, LCMS    Burton, Michigan

office:  810.744.1188     mobile:  248.881.7627

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 your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save"  Zephaniah 3:17         

Thursday Psalms: Walking in God's Faithfullness!

In our Psalm for today, David speaks a lot about how he has walked his daily life.  Of course, neither David nor any of us walk perfectly, but David highlights what is God-pleasing.  His list includes walking with integrity, trusting in the Lord, being tried and tested by God, and others.  David also encourages us to avoid sinfulness in verses four and five.  All of us join David, trying to walk in God-pleasing ways every day.

PSALM 26   Of David.

¹ Vindicate me, O Lord, for I have walked in my integrity,

      and I have trusted in the Lord without wavering.

² Prove me, O Lord, and try me;

      test my heart and my mind.

³ For Your steadfast love is before my eyes,

      and I walk in Your faithfulness.

⁴ I do not sit with men of falsehood,

      nor do I consort with hypocrites.

⁵ I hate the assembly of evildoers,

      and I will not sit with the wicked.

⁶ I wash my hands in innocence and go around Your altar, O Lord,

    ⁷ proclaiming thanksgiving aloud, and telling all Your wondrous deeds.

⁸ O Lord, I love the habitation of Your house

      and the place where Your glory dwells.

⁹ Do not sweep my soul away with sinners,

      nor my life with bloodthirsty men,

¹⁰ in whose hands are evil devices,

      and whose right hands are full of bribes.

¹¹ But as for me, I shall walk in my integrity;

      redeem me, and be gracious to me.

¹² My foot stands on level ground;

      in the great assembly I will bless the Lord. 

But our most important walking is not found in the choices we make, what we do, nor where we walk.  Verse three tells us about this walking, but what does it mean for us to walk in God's faithfulness?  

Because God loves you, me, and all of His creation far more than we can understand, God is faithful to Himself and all His promises.  God's most important promise was made to Adam & Eve just after their first sin.  God promised to send a Savior, to redeem all people from the sins we inherit and those we commit ourselves.  Jesus, God's only Son, was born a human baby and lived a sinless life on this earth.  Furthermore, Jesus allowed Himself to suffer and be killed, so He could be faithful to His Father's will and take the sin punishment you and I daily deserve.  That's faithfulness beyond what we can even imagine!

In verse eleven, David was looking forward to the promised Savior as he prayed that God would redeem him and be gracious to him.  You and I are even more blessed, that we can look back in time and point to Jesus, our Savior.  God HAS redeemed you!  God HAS been gracious to you, and still is gracious and loving and forgiving to you every day of your life!

Today, let's join David in God-pleasing walking, to the best of our abilities.  Best of all, since God was and continues to be faithful, we walk everyday in His faithfulness, His love and His forgiveness!

Peace in Christ,

Pastor Mark

Pilgrim Lutheran Church, LCMS    Burton, Michigan

office:  810.744.1188

mobile:  248.881.7627

     We are Pilgrims with a Purpose:  

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

Pilgrim Website

Pilgrim Facebook page

Soli Deo Gloria

“You are my hiding place and my shield; I hope in Your Word." Psalm 119:114   

Pilgrim Worship Sunday August 27, 2023

  Pilgrim Lutheran Church

The Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost

August 27, 2023

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!  Once again, we had lots of great activities going on, starting with our 9:30 am Worship Service.  Afterward, we gathered for food, conversations, and Adult Bible study, 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 later on Pilgrim's website.

Here is information about today's worship service:

BIBLE READINGS FOR TODAY'S WORSHIP

   Old Testament:  Isaiah 51:1–6

                Psalm:  Psalm 138
               Epistle:  Romans 11:33–12:8
               Gospel:  Matthew 16:13–20

OUR THEME FOR WORSHIP
The disciples had been with Jesus for over two years when the conversation in today’s Gospel text takes place.  Jesus has led them to an area in which there were many idols of false gods, and then posed two questions to them.  The more important question was:  “But, who do you say that I am?”  This is the most important question you and I can ever be asked, and by God’s mercy we can join Peter in responding “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

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

Peace in Christ, your Savior,

Pastor Mark

Pilgrim Lutheran Church, LCMS    Burton, Michigan

office:  810.744.1188     mobile:  248.881.7627

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 your God is in your midst, a mighty one who will save"  Zephaniah 3:17