Southern Cross Reformer: No Ladder Required!

Hi All,
Welcome to Reformation Sunday! Join in with us and listen to Pastor John talk about the truths, rediscovered by Martin Luther, that lead us to realise what we do in our Lutheran faith: we wait for God to come to us.
Breathing new life into our fallen selves, God, through Jesus Christ and His work, makes us realize that we can never be good enough to work our way to Him through good works/false humility/mortification, indeed by anything that we could do. God always comes down to us!

Click to listen or download: No Ladder Required!

Illawarra Lutheran Parish
29th October 2006
Reformation Sunday

Prayer of the Day

Almighty God, you have build your church on the foundation of the apostles and prophets. Join us together in one spirit by their teaching, and make us into a holy temple pleasing to you. We ask this through your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen.

Prayer Points.

Give thanks for the Reformation and the reemphasis that we are saved by grace alone through faith alone.
Pray that this would be the message in Christian churches throughout the world.
Give thanks for the work of the Holy Spirit in all different Christian denominations.
Pray that the Lutheran Church of Australia would know how to reach this generation with the good news in a way which speaks to them.
Give thanks for the work of the Holy Spirit in the life of Andrew D. that brought him to the waters of baptism this morning.
Give thanks as we welcome two other members into God’s family as Benjamin S. is baptized at Holy Cross and Abbey M. is baptized at St John’s.
Pray for Wolfgang G. who remains in Intensive Care in an induced coma.
Pray for others in our community who are suffering illness: Linda F., Fritz T., Christine F., Horst M., Max C., Harold M., Hardy B.
Pray for the Lutheran Churches in Wagga Wagga and their pastors Mark Lieschke and John Guilfoyle.