Today—the Feast of Saint Michael and All Angels—is the ninth anniversary of my installation as pastor of Divine Shepherd Lutheran Church. God has blessed me with a wonderful flock to serve. The sheep entrusted to my care are repentant sinners who rejoice in Christ’s atoning sacrifice for them, faithful hearers who live from every Word that proceeds from the mouth of God, frequent partakers of our Lord’s holy body and precious blood for the forgiveness of their sins, and beloved brothers and sisters in Christ. Thank you, members of Divine Shepherd, for your faithfulness in clinging by faith to Christ, for your love of one another, for honoring and supporting the Office of the Ministry by which our Lord Jesus feeds us, and for your friendship and support. Lori and the boys join me in giving thanks to God for all of you!
I give thanks to my God always for you because of the grace of God that was given you in Christ Jesus, that in every way you were enriched in Him in all speech and all knowledge—even as the testimony about Christ was confirmed among you—so that you are not lacking in any spiritual gift, as you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ, who will sustain you to the end, guiltless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. [1 Corinthians 1:4-9]
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