Did you know that having Pastors is Christ's idea? Join Pastor Fraker today considering wonderful and vital words from Ephesians 4. Wonderful and vital--NOT because it mentions Pastors, but because it proclaims that pastors are used by Christ, the Head of the Church, to equip the entire Body of Christ to build one another up in the love of Jesus! What a terrific way to view our calling in Christ.

You are invited to join Pastor Fraker as we explore the first verses of Ephesians 4. Here, St. Paul urges followers of Jesus to walk in the way of Jesus. That happens as we are empowered by the very Word that enlivens and sanctifies us!

HOPE IN GOD! That is at one and the same time an exhortation and a profession of faith. Pastor Fraker encourages us to look more closely at Psalm 42 for God's strength as we meditate on this powerful song of confident trust. Then, we are encouraged once again to behold the majestic power of our awesome God--our refuge and fortress--and learn and re-learn to "be still" in His presence, peace, and power sung in Psalm 46.

SERMON: ”Why Is Life So Hard?” (Romans 8:18-27)

OPENING HYMN: "How Firm a Foundation" (LSB #728 – vv. 1-4)

HYMN OF THE DAY: "What a Friend We Have in Jesus" (LSB #770)

CLOSING HYMN: "Christ Be My Leader" (LSB #922 -- vv. 1, 2, 4)

Our walk with Christ is something of a paradox...we feebly struggle along with weakness and sin. And at the same time, by the power of the Holy Spirit, we are filled with the fullness of God! Join Pastor Fraker today, exploring the depth and width of Christ's love.

Join Pastor Fraker in this devotion as we rejoice in God's promise that hostility, animosity and division--between God and His sinfully lost creation--is GONE because of the life, death and resurrection of Jesus. There is peace, because Christ IS our peace.

Welcome to the Sermon Archive of Cross Lutheran Church, New

Braunfels, Texas.

Are you a camper? Did you know that God is!? Today we'll behold God's promise that He camps around us, no matter where we are--no matter what comes our way. By His grace, our response is to trust...delight in...and commit our way to the LORD.

Join Pastor Fraker as he begins a devotion series from the book of Ephesians. Let's grow in faith as we are fed upon God's Word and are reminded that we have been sealed with the Holy Spirit as we await going home to heaven!

Jesus tells us a parable in Luke 8:5-8. God's Word is the seed sown into our hearts and lives so that our faith grows--and is seen and shared! Join Pastor Fraker for some time with Christ, the Master Teacher.