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Lent

During the 40 days of Lent, God’s baptized people cleanse their hearts through repentance and prayer. It is a time in which we pray that we may be given the fullness of grace that belongs to the children of God.

Lent Vespers 5 – March 25

Service Folder (doc) Service Folder (pdf) Jesus foretells His own betrayal, death, and resurrection in today’s text (Mark 8:31–9:1). This shows us that the way of salvation comes only through the path the cross. It also means Jesus’ followers, baptized into Him, also have crosses. Our crosses don’t save us. Jesus’ cross does. Our crosses lead us back to our baptisms, where…

Lent 5 – March 22, 2026

Service Folder People generally desire a certain kind of cleanliness. That is evidenced by a desire for a clean environment, clean food, clean hygiene. While all of that has some value for life, it cannot get us closer to God. The defilement of our sin causes the Holy God to recoil from us. For God to come close to us, we need…

Lent Vespers 4 – March 18, 2026

Service Folder Tonight we continue with our Lenten Series For Us. We talked about angels at Lent Vespers 1. Tonight we talk about the darker side of angels: the fallen angels who rebelled against God with their leader, the devil. We will see how God delivered a man possessed by a demon and how he has delivered you and me from the…

Lent 4 – March 15, 2026

Service Folder Refreshment is needed on any long trek. The children of Israel, trekking in the wilderness, needed refreshment on the way to the Promised Land. The crowd of 5,000 in the wilderness with Jesus needed refreshment before returning home. We need refreshment, during our Lenten trek on the way to the Easter festival. This Sunday Jesus gives us that refreshment

Lent Vespers 3 – March 11, 2026

Service Folder Jesus talks all about seeking us in this week’s lessons. He does not wait passively for us to come to Him; nor does He act out of selfish gain. Praying, visiting, preaching – In all these things, Jesus is for us. This work is often overlooked because it is so ordinary. He comes in ordinary-sounding words to do his extraordinary…

Lent 3 – March 8, 2026

Service Folder As we trek through the wilderness of this world we face danger. The source of the danger is the devil. When he led the Israelites into idolatry, Moses had to stand in the breach to stay God’s anger. Moses is a type of Christ who stood in the breach to stay God’s anger against sinners. Blessed are you when you…

Lent Vespers – March 4, 2026

Service Folder Everything Jesus does, He does “for us.” This phrase will be introduced this week in the series hymn. Pro nobis, or “for us,” appears again and again in the series hymn. Jesus is baptized, fasts, is tempted, overcomes temptation, and, in doing so, begins His work of undoing the power of the devil (Mark 1:9–13). It is especially worth noting…