Announcing...Hearts For Jesus Dinner for more information visit our events page
Hosanna The Lord's Church
13485 West River Rd
Columbia Station, OH 44028 Rev. Gary L. Richard, Pastor e-mail:revgrichard@yahoo.com Church Phone: 440-236-8900 e-mail:hosannalutheran1@windstream.net Prayer Chain: gwenrichard@gmail.com 9:15am Adult & Kids Sunday School 10:30am Worship Other Upcoming Hosanna Events
March 2 - 3, 2012 at Hosanna Lutheran Click here for more information. Easter Lunch at HosannaMarch 25, 2012 Click here for more information
Pictures from hosanna's cruise-insReturning on Tuesday's this Spring, 5pm-9pm.
| Today's Daily Bible VerseStewardship Minute:Present Yourself in the TempleThe trip to Bethlehem has been made. The Child has been born. The night skies are again lit only by the moon and stars, the angels having departed from the
shepherds. The shepherds, too, have gone back to their fields, going back to the business of shepherding their flocks. Routine has returned, although, of course, nothing will ever be the same – certainly not for the shepherds and certainly not for Joseph and Mary. The new family makes its way to Jerusalem. “When the time came…according to the Law of Moses, they brought [their newborn baby, Jesus] up to Jerusalem to present Him to the Lord” (Luke 2:22). Holding the Son of God in their arms, they brought their “sacrifice according to what is said in the Law of the Lord, a ‘pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons’ ” (Luke 2:24). And there in the temple they received God’s blessings. There waited “righteous and devout” Simeon. He waited because “it had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not see death before he had seen the Lord’s Christ” (Luke 2:26). We all know Simeon’s prayer as he held God’s Son and blessed God with his thanks and praise as he himself is blessed by the fulfillment of God’s Word to him. And he blesses the holy family as he himself is blessed by the Child. Blessings all around! That’s what we can expect when we present ourselves to the Lord in His house. We bless Him with our songs of praise and thanksgiving and our tithes and offerings. We bless each other by our presence and by our words of encouragement in the faith. The greatest blessings, however, are those God pours out upon us as He showers us with His Law and Gospel, as He seals us as His very own children in the Sacrament of Baptism, and as He gives us forgiveness of sins, life, and salvation in the Sacrament of the Altar. Why not make it a priority each week to present yourself to the Lord in His house? |
