Today’s reading is from Matthew 26:36-46. Then Jesus went with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to his disciples, “Sit here, while I go over there and pray.” And taking with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began to be sorrowful and troubled. Then he said to them, “My soul is very sorrowful, even to death;Continue reading “He Is Faithful”
Author Archives: philipmcclelland.org
Rest Your Heart With Jesus
Hello Church Family, this is Pastor Phil. The reading for this Palm Sunday, Sunday of the Passion is from John 12:12-19. The next day the large crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem. So, they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, crying out, “Hosanna! Blessed is he whoContinue reading “Rest Your Heart With Jesus”
Brave
(Please check out the end of this post for some great hymns for a time such as this) Hello Church Family, this is Pastor Phil. This week, I really appreciated it when President Trump talked about health care workers going into work with a determination on their faces like soldiers marching towards the front line.Continue reading “Brave”
Be Kind to Each Other
Hello church family, this is Pastor Phil. This past week, despite the seriousness of what we are dealing with, I’ve really appreciated a number of videos on YouTube that have tried to bring some humor and give some lightness to what everyone is going through. Laughing at YouTube or with each other, doesn’t take awayContinue reading “Be Kind to Each Other”
More Than A Label
Hello church family, this is Pastor Phil, As we’ve been watching the events of the coronavirus unfold all around us, I’ve been amazed at all of the new vocabulary and terms that seem to have become common household words in a just a weeks. Words like self-quarantine. I really can’t imagine before this week everContinue reading “More Than A Label”
Good Gifts from God
Hello Church family, this is Pastor Phil! I wanted to share with you some of the stories I heard this week talking to you on the phone and text messaging. For most of you, I heard you’re just staying in place, spending extra time with family in your home. Many of you are working fromContinue reading “Good Gifts from God”
Join us in Prayer this Sunday 3/22 from 9-10a
Hello Church Family, this is Pastor Phil, God’s Word in I Peter 2:13-17 mandates the Christian believer in how we are to consider those who God has placed in authority over us. I want to read a portion of it to you tonight. Be subject for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether itContinue reading “Join us in Prayer this Sunday 3/22 from 9-10a”
We Suffer Together
If you look at the end of the post today our Christian Education Director Tracy has provided a short message and a link for our families with young children to have devotions and bible stories at home while they are not able to go to Sunday School with their friends. Hello church family, this isContinue reading “We Suffer Together”
Anxiety Control w/ Jesus
Hello Church Family, this is Pastor Phil. Pastor Paul writes in Philippians 4:6, do not be anxious about anything. In the normal day to day of life that seems like a hard pill to swallow, let alone when a crisis has gripped our country and world. Anxiety can feel like an all-encompassing force that weContinue reading “Anxiety Control w/ Jesus”
Sermon for March 15, 2020 for Gethsemane Lutheran Church
Hello Church Family, this is Pastor Phil. Please know that you are in my prayers and I’m looking forward to speaking to each of you this week. Early this week we received news from the memory care unit where my grandfather is being cared for that his facility is closed to visitors, family, and allContinue reading “Sermon for March 15, 2020 for Gethsemane Lutheran Church”
