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Family Devotions for the Week of August 9, 2026

Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving.” Colossians 2:6-7 ESV DEVOTION: THEME: Rooted in Christ Imagine a great, majestic tree with wide, sprawling branches and lush leaves. Did you know that the Bible uses this very image to describe you, dear child of God? In Psalm 1, we read that the one who delights in God…

8/9/26 – 11th Sun after Pentecost

8/9/26 – 11th Sun after Pentecost ELEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST (9 August 2026) Job 38:4–18, Romans 10, Matthew 14:22–33 Christ the Crucified Comes to Save Us by the Word of Faith The Lord who “laid the foundation of the earth” (Job 38:4) is the Author and Giver of life who governs all things by His Word. His wisdom and power are beyond our understanding, except as He reveals Himself in the incarnate Word, Christ Jesus. He has “entered into the…

8/2/26 – 10th Sun after Pentecost

8/2/26 – 10th Sun after Pentecost TENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST (2 August 2026) Isaiah 55:1–5, Romans 9, Matthew 14:13–21 Christ Jesus, the Living Bread from Heaven, Feeds the Children of God By the Gospel of “the Christ, who is God over all, blessed forever” (Rom. 9:5), we are “the children of God” (Rom. 9:8), “not because of works but because of him who calls” (Rom. 9:11). Therefore, “listen diligently” and “hear, that your soul may live.” By His sacrificial death in…

7/26/26 – 9th Sun after Pentecost

7/26/26 – 9th Sun after Pentecost NINTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST (26 July 2026) Readings: Deuteronomy 7:6–9, Romans 8, Matthew 13:44–52 The Son of God Has Redeemed Us for Himself with His Holy and Precious Blood The Lord our God has chosen us to be “his treasured possession,” not because of any strength in us, but solely “because the LORD loves” us (Deut. 7:6–8). He is faithful, and He “keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his…

7/19/26 – 8th Sun after Pentecost

7/19/26 – 8th Sun after Pentecost EIGHTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST (19 July 2026) Readings: Isaiah 44:6–8, Romans 7, Matthew 13:24–30, 36–43 The Word of the Gospel Bestows the Righteousness of Christ and Brings Forth Faith The good Seed, which is “the Son of Man,” Jesus Himself (Matt. 13:37), brings forth a harvest of faith and bears good fruits in “the sons of the kingdom” (Matt. 13:38). Whatever is sown apart from His Word is of the devil, who plants the weeds of…

7/12/26 – 7th Sun after Pentecost

7/12/2026 – 7th Sun after Pentecost SEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST (12 July 2026) The Preaching of the Word of Christ Bears the Good Fruits of Faith and Love As “the rain and the snow come down from heaven” and “water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout” (Is. 55:10), so the Word of God accomplishes the purpose for which He speaks it, granting joy and peace through the forgiveness of sins and producing the fruits of faith and love in…

7/5/26 – 6th Sun after Pentecost

Bulletin – 6th Sunday after Pentecost 2026 SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST (5 July 2026) Jesus Christ, Our Savior, Is Our True Peace and Sabbath Rest Though we have died with Christ in Holy Baptism, and we are raised to new life in Him, we find “another law waging war” in our body and life, that is, between our old Adam and the new man (Rom. 7:23). By the Spirit of Christ, we “desire to do what is right,” but we are…

6/28/2026 – 5th Sun After Pentecost

Bulletin – 5th Sunday after Pentecost FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST (28 June 2026) The Lord Jesus Brings Division on Earth for the Sake of Peace with God in Heaven False prophets preach what their hearers want to hear, promising peace even when the Lord has spoken “war, famine, and pestilence” (Jer. 28:8). But if “the LORD has truly sent the prophet,” he speaks what the Lord has spoken, and “the word of that prophet comes to pass” (Jer. 28:9). The…

6/21/2026 – 4th Sun after Pentecost

Bulletin – Fourth Sunday After Pentecost 2026 FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST (21 June 2026) Delivered from Sin and Death, You Now Live before God in the Righteousness of Christ The outcome of sin is death, “but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord” (Rom. 6:23). He has set you free from the slavery of sin and has brought you “from death to life” (Rom. 6:13). No longer are you under the condemnation of the Law,…

6/14/2026 – 3rd Sun after Pentecost

Bulletin – Third Sunday after Pentecost 2026 THIRD SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST (14 June 2026) The Lord Our God Saves Us in Love and Cares for Us by the Ministry of His Gospel The holy Triune God “shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners,” ungodly and at enmity with Him, “Christ died for us” (Rom. 5:8). The incarnate Son has justified us by His blood and reconciled us to His God and Father (Rom. 5:9–10). Whereas…

6/7/2026 – 2nd Sun after Pentecost

SECOND SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST (7 June 2026) Jesus Calls Sinners to Repentance and Newness of Life in Accordance with His Mercy In calling Matthew the tax collector to follow Him, Jesus demonstrates that He has come “not to call the righteous, but sinners” (Matt. 9:9, 13). As a good physician, He comes not to confirm them in their sins, but to heal them with His grace, calling them to repentance, faith and newness of life (Matt. 9:12). He puts them…

05/31/2026 – Holy Trinity Sunday

Click Here for Bulletin THE HOLY TRINITY (May 31, 2026) The Holy Triune God Recreates Us in the Image and Likeness of Christ Jesus The holy Triune God “created the heavens and the earth,” and “behold, it was very good” (Gen. 1:1, 31). However, after Adam and Eve fell into sin and plunged God’s good creation into decay and death, the Son of God would be “delivered up according to the definite plan and foreknowledge of God” to be “crucified and…

05/24/2026: The Day of Pentecost

Click Here for Bulletin THE DAY OF PENTECOST (May 24, 2026) The Risen Lord Jesus Pours Out the Holy Spirit The Lord took “some of the Spirit” that was on Moses “and put it on the seventy elders” of Israel (Num. 11:25), and they “prophesied in the camp” (Num. 11:26). In the same way, our risen Lord Jesus poured out His Holy Spirit at the Feast of Pentecost — the 50th day and the “Eighth Sunday” of Easter. When “a sound…

05/17/26: The 7th Sunday of Easter

Click Here for Bulletin SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER (May 17, 2026) Our Lord Jesus Is with Us in the Upper Room of His Church on Earth On the night when He was betrayed, our Lord Jesus prayed for His apostles and His Church on earth. “The hour” had come when the Father would glorify His Son by the cross (John 17:1). Through the shedding of His blood, He would bring forgiveness for the sins of the world, and in His resurrection and…