FAITH LUTHERAN MINISTRIES
  • About Us
    • Church
    • Pastor & Staff
    • Worship
    • Discipleship
    • Outreach
    • Sermons
    • Upcoming Events
    • Ministry Interests >
      • Meaningful Worship
      • Outreach and Service
      • Conversational Discipleship
      • Faith Filling School
    • Give
  • School
    • Preschool
    • Elementary
    • School Staff
    • Ratio Christi
    • School Forms
    • Pay Tuition
  • Careers at Faith
  • Plan Your Visit
    • What to expect
    • Let us know you are coming!
    • Feedback
  • Pastor's Blog

Explore The Word With Pastor Robert Hemsath

Where We are Going

3/2/2017

0 Comments

 
Thursday, March 2, 2017

John 14:5-7: 
Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?” Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on you do know him and have seen him.”
There are so many distractions in our lives today. There are so many things that are an attempt to either keep us from getting bored, or to keep us from facing reality. There are so many things that "entertain" us and keep us calm. How many of us remember being to to watch "Barney" or "Sesame Street?" It kept us out of mom's hair while she was trying to do what she needed to do. Today it's play your game on your phone, iPad, tablet, or game console.

What unfortunately is happening is people, adults as well as children, are getting distracted away from life, and more especially, God.

And if this is something that you want to "give up for Lent," realize that there is more to just saying, "I going to quit playing my games for six weeks." It's more like, "What does God want for me?"

That's where "getting up to speed" with God is so critical. God reveals Himself to us through the Scriptures. He reveals Himself through Jesus as "the way, and the truth, and the life." Getting up to speed with God is knowing Him and knowing Jesus. Getting up to speed is spending time with Him through reading, learning, marking, and inwardly digesting the Word of God. You will be amazed when you spend time with Him how much you'll learn about yourself. Let's pray.

Dear God, thank You for Jesus and who He is and what He did. We know that distractions lead us away from You. Direct us through the Holy Spirit to focus on getting up to speed with You and Your grace through Jesus. And it is in His name we pray. And all God's children say...

0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Author

    Pastor Robert Hemsath joined Faith Lutheran Church and School as the Senior Pastor in January 2017. Pastor Hemsath comes to FLC from Christ the King Lutheran Church in Waxahachie, TX. He has also served congregations in Aberdeen, ID and Pocatello, ID. He has been a Lutheran pastor for the past 20 years.

    Archives

    November 2020
    June 2020
    May 2020
    April 2020
    March 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    March 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed


Faith Lutheran Church & School
"Where the Love of Christ Lives"

  • About Us
    • Church
    • Pastor & Staff
    • Worship
    • Discipleship
    • Outreach
    • Sermons
    • Upcoming Events
    • Ministry Interests >
      • Meaningful Worship
      • Outreach and Service
      • Conversational Discipleship
      • Faith Filling School
    • Give
  • School
    • Preschool
    • Elementary
    • School Staff
    • Ratio Christi
    • School Forms
    • Pay Tuition
  • Careers at Faith
  • Plan Your Visit
    • What to expect
    • Let us know you are coming!
    • Feedback
  • Pastor's Blog