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You Can’t Measure the Greatness of God Date : 2023-09-12 Speaker : Steven Sippert Romans 11:33-36 Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out! “For who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has becomeRead More
2023 Chapels - We Preach Christ Crucified Date : 2023-09-11 Speaker : Mark Weis1 Corinthians 1:22-24 (NIV) Jews demand signs and Greeks look for wisdom, but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles, but to those whom God has called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God and the wisdom of God.https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2023-09/2023-09-11.mp3DownloadHymn: TLH 179 : On My Heart Imprint Thy Image Hymnary.orgOrgan Audiohttps://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/hymns/tlhmp3/179.mp3Download1. On my heart imprint Thine image,
Blessed Jesus, King of Grace,
That life’s riches, cares, and pleasures
Have no power Thee to efface.
This the superscription be:
Jesus, crucified for me,
Is my life, my hope’s Foundation,
And my Glory and Salvation.
There Is Good Ambition and Bad Ambition Date : 2023-09-07 Speaker : David Lau Jeremiah 45:1-5 The word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch the son of Neriah, when he had written these words in a book at the instruction of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, kingRead More
2023 Chapels - Our Lives Are Messy, But Our God is Compassionate Date : 2023-09-06 Speaker : Caleb Schaller1 Chronicles 21:1-19 (EHV) Satan stood up against Israel and incited David to count Israel. David said to Joab and to the officers of the army, “Go, count Israel from Beersheba to Dan. Let me know how many they are.”Joab said, “The Lord will multiply his people a hundred times. Are not all of them your servants, my lord the king? Why does my lord want to do this? Why should there be guilt upon Israel?”
But the word of the king overruled Joab.
Joab went throughout all Israel and came back to Jerusalem. He reported the total number of the people to David: In all Israel there were one million one hundred thousand men who could draw the sword, including four hundred seventy thousand from Judah who could draw the sword. He did not include Levi and Benjamin in the census because the king’s directive was offensive to Joab. This action was also evil in the eyes of God, so he struck Israel.
David said to God, “I have sinned greatly by doing this. Please forgive the guilt of your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”
The Lord said to Gad, David’s seer, “Go tell David this is what the Lord has said. I am offering you three choices. Choose one of them for yourself, and I will impose it on you.”
So Gad came to David and said to him, “This is what the Lord says. Choose one of these for yourself: either three years of famine, or three months of devastation in which you are overwhelmed by the sword of your enemies, or three days of the sword of the Lord bringing plague on the land, with the angel of the Lord causing destruction throughout all the territory of Israel. Now decide what answer I should take back to the one who sent me with this directive.”
David said to Gad, “This puts me in a difficult position. Please let me fall into the hand of the Lord, because his compassion is very great. But do not let me fall into the hands of man.”
The Lord caused a plague in Israel. Seventy thousand men from Israel fell. God sent an angel to Jerusalem to destroy it. The Lord saw the destruction, and he relented from this devastation. He said to the destroying angel, “Enough. Hold back your hand.”
The angel of the Lord was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.
David looked up and saw the angel of the Lord standing between the earth and the heavens, with his sword drawn in his hand and stretched out over Jerusalem. David and the elders, who were clothed in sackcloth, fell on their faces. David said to God, “Look, I am the one who said to count the people. I am the one who has sinned and acted very wickedly. But these sheep! What have they done, O Lord my God? Please let your hand be on me and on the house of my father. But not a plague on your people!”
The angel of the Lord told Gad to tell David to go and set up an altar to the Lord on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite. David went up according to the directive from Gad, which he had spoken in the name of the Lord.
https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2023-09/2023-09-06.mp3DownloadHymn: LSB 921 : On What Has Now Been SownHymnary.org
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On what has now been sown
Thy blessing, Lord, bestow;
The pow’r is Thine alone
To make it sprout and grow.
Do Thou in grace the harvest raise,
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To Thee our wants are known,
From Thee are all our pow’rs;
Accept what is Thine own
And pardon what is ours.
Our praises, Lord, and prayers receive,
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O grant that each of us,
Now met before Thee here,
May meet together thus
When Thou and Thine appear
And follow Thee to heav’n, our home.
E’en so, amen, Lord Jesus, come!
Press On Down the Trail Date : 2023-09-05 Speaker : David Schaller Philippians 3:14 I press toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus. Hymn: LSB 708, st. 3 : Lord, Thee I Love with All My Heart Hymnary.org 3. Lord, let at last Thine angelsRead More
Christ is the Cure for Spiritual Dehydration Date : 2023-09-01 Speaker : Stephen Sydow John 4:10-14 (EHV) Jesus answered her, “If you knew the gift of God and who it is that is saying to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.” “Sir,”Read More
2023 Chapels - The Rebuilding of the Temple
Date : 2023-08-31 Speaker : John SchierenbeckZechariah 1:1 In the eighth month of the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to Zechariah the son of Berechiah, the son of Iddo the prophet.https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2023-08/2023-08-31.mp3DownloadHymn: WS 764, st. 1-2 : God of Grace and God of GloryHymnary.org
God Helps Your Heavenly Homesickness Date : 2023-08-30 Speaker : Daniel Schierenbeck Colossians 3:1-2 If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. Hymn: TLH 660, st.Read More
Sharing in His Victory You Share in His Mission Date : 2023-08-29 Speaker : John Ude John 20:21-23 So Jesus said to them again, “Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.” And when He had said this, He breathed on them, and said to them, “Receive the HolyRead More
Jesus Has a Yoke Just for You Date : 2023-08-28 Speaker : Mark Bernthal Matthew 11:28-30 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will findRead More
God Has Solved ALL Your Problems Date : 2023-08-25 Speaker : Steven Sippert Romans 8:31-35 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with HimRead More
The One God Saves By Grace Date : 2023-08-24 Speaker : John Ude John 20:19-21 Then, the same day at evening, being the first day of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were [a]assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them,Read More
God Makes Us People-Gatherers Date : 2023-08-23 Speaker : Paul Schaller Matthew 4:18-19 And Jesus, walking by the Sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. Then He said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you fishersRead More
You Can’t Have Too Much Jesus Date : 2023-08-22 Speaker : David Schaller Joshua 1:8 (EHV) This Book of the Law must never depart from your mouth, and you are to meditate on it day and night. Hymn: TLH 346, st. 1,4-6 : Jesus! and Shall it ever Be Hymnary.org Organ Audio 1.Read More
GOD MAKES EVERYTHING NEW — A New Cleanness Date : 2023-08-21 Speaker : Paul Naumann Ezekiel 36:24-25 For I will take you from among the nations, gather you out of all countries, and bring you into your own land. Then I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean; I willRead More
2023 Chapels - In Faithfulness You Have Afflicted Me Date : 2023-05-19 Speaker : Paul AgentenPsalm 119:75 I know, O Lord, that Your judgments are right,
And that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2023-05/2023-05-19.mp3DownloadHymn: TLH 50 : Lord, Dismiss Us with Thy Blessing Hymnary.orgOrgan Audiohttps://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/hymns/tlhmp3/050.mp3Download1. Lord, dismiss us with Thy blessing,
Fill our hearts with joy and peace.
Let us each, Thy love possessing,
Triumph in redeeming grace.
Oh, refresh us, Oh, refresh us,
Traveling through this wilderness!
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Thanks we give and adoration
For Thy Gospel’s joyful sound.
May the fruits of Thy salvation
In our hearts and lives abound;
Ever faithful, Ever faithful,
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So, when’er the signal’s given
Us from earth to call away,
Borne on angels’ wings to heaven,
Glad the summons to obey,
May we ever, May we ever,
Reign with Christ in endless day!
2023 Chapels - You Shall Never Be Put to Shame
Date : 2023-05-18 Speaker : John PfeifferJoel 2:28 I am in the midst of Israel:
I am the Lord your God
And there is no other.
My people shall never be put to shame.https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2023-05/2023-05-18.mp3DownloadHymn: LSB (other) : Hymnary.org
2023 Chapels - Not “FOOL”, But “FORGIVEN” Date : 2023-05-17 Speaker : Paul SchallerLuke 12:20-21 (ESV) But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’ So is the one who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.”https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2023-05/2023-05-17.mp3DownloadHymn: TLH 179 : On My Heart Imprint Thy Image Hymnary.orgOrgan Audiohttps://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/hymns/tlhmp3/179.mp3Download1. On my heart imprint Thine image,
Blessed Jesus, King of Grace,
That life’s riches, cares, and pleasures
Have no power Thee to efface.
This the superscription be:
Jesus, crucified for me,
Is my life, my hope’s Foundation,
And my Glory and Salvation.
2023 Chapels - You Can Bank Your Treasure in Heaven With Christ Date : 2023-05-16 Speaker : Steven Sippert2 Timothy 1:12 I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard until that day what has been entrusted to me.https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2023-05/2023-05-16.mp3DownloadHymn: TLH 391 : Blessed Are the Sons of God Hymnary.orgOrgan Audiohttps://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/hymns/tlhmp3/391.mp3Download1. Blessed are the sons of God,
They are bought with Christ’s own blood;
They are ransomed from the grave,
Life eternal they shall have:
With them numbered may we be
Here and in eternity!
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They are justified by grace,
They enjoy the Savior’s peace;
All their sins are washed away,
They shall stand in God’s great Day:
With them numbered may we be
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They are lights upon the earth,
Children of a heavenly birth;
One with God, with Jesus one;
Glory is in them begun:
With them numbered may we be
Here and in eternity!
2023 Chapels - You Already Belong
Date : 2023-05-15 Speaker : Jonah Albrecht1 Corinthians 12:12-13 (ESV) For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit.https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2023-05/2023-05-15.mp3DownloadHymn: WS 751, st. 1 : God’s Own Child, I Gladly Say ItHymnary.org
2023 Chapels - The Resurrection Never Ends Date : 2023-05-12 Speaker : Mark BernthalActs 13:30-33 But God raised Him from the dead. He was seen for many days by those who came up with Him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are His witnesses to the people. And we declare to you glad tidings—that promise which was made to the fathers. God has fulfilled this for us their children, in that He has raised up Jesus. As it is also written in the second Psalm:‘You are My Son,
Today I have begotten You.’
https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2023-05/2023-05-12.mp3DownloadHymn: TLH 205, st. 1,3 : The Day of Resurrection Hymnary.orgOrgan Audiohttps://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/hymns/tlhmp3/205.mp3Download1. The day of resurrection,
Earth, tell it out abroad,
The Passover of gladness.
The Passover of God.
From death to life eternal,
From this world to the sky,
Our Christ hath brought us over
With hymns of victory.
- Now let the heavens be joyful,
Let earth her song begin,
Let all the world keep triumph
And all that is therein.
Let all things, seen and unseen,
Their notes of gladness blend;
For Christ the Lord hath risen,–
Our joy, that hath no end.
2023 Chapels - What It Means to Wait on the Lord Date : 2023-05-11 Speaker : Daniel SchierenbeckLamentations 3:25-26 The Lord is good to those who wait for Him,
To the soul who seeks Him.
It is good that one should hope and wait quietly
For the salvation of the Lord.https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2023-05/2023-05-11.mp3DownloadHymn: TLH 496, st. 2-4 : Hark! the Voice of Jesus Crying Hymnary.orgOrgan Audiohttps://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/hymns/tlhmp3/469.mp3Download2. If you cannot speak like angels,
If you cannot preach like Paul,
You can tell the love of Jesus,
You can say He died for all.
If you cannot rouse the wicked
With the Judgement’s dread alarms,
You can lead the little children
To the Savior’s waiting arms.
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If you cannot be a watchman,
Standing high on Zion’s wall,
Pointing out the path to heaven,
Offering life and peace to all,
With your prayers and with your bounties
You can do what God demands;
You can be like faithful Aaron,
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Let none hear you idly saying,
“There is nothing I can do,”
While the souls of men are dying
And the Master calls for you.
Take the task He gives you gladly,
Let His work your pleasure be;
Answer quickly when He calleth,
“Here am I, send me, send me!”
2023 Chapels - BIG QUESTIONS: Why Do You Stand Looking Up Into Heaven? Date : 2023-05-10 Speaker : John SchierenbeckActs 1:9-11 9 After he had said this, he was taken up as they were watching, and a cloud took him out of their sight. 10 While he was going, they were gazing into heaven, and suddenly two men in white clothes stood by them. 11 They said, “Men of Galilee, why do you stand looking up into heaven? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come in the same way that you have seen him going into heaven.”https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2023-05/2023-05-10.mp3DownloadHymn: WS 770, st. 2,3,4 : I Hear the Savior CallingHymnary.org
2023 Chapels - The Boundary Lines Have Fallen For Me in Pleasant Places
Date : 2023-05-09 Speaker : David SchallerPsalm 16:5-6 (CSB) Lord, you are my portion
and my cup of blessing;
you hold my future.
The boundary lines have fallen for me
in pleasant places;
indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2023-05/2023-05-09.mp3DownloadHymn: WS 784 : Lord, Take My Hand and Lead MeHymnary.org
2023 Chapels - The Risen Christ is the Perfect Partner for the Path Ahead Date : 2023-05-08 Speaker : Paul NaumannLuke 24:28-32 Then they drew near to the village where they were going, and He indicated that He would have gone farther. But they constrained Him, saying, “Abide with us, for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent.” And He went in to stay with them.Now it came to pass, as He sat at the table with them, that He took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them. Then their eyes were opened and they knew Him; and He vanished from their sight.
And they said to one another, “Did not our heart burn within us while He talked with us on the road, and while He opened the Scriptures to us?”
https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2023-05/2023-05-08.mp3DownloadHymn: TLH 410, st. 1 : Jesus, Lead Thou On Hymnary.orgOrgan Audiohttps://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/hymns/tlhmp3/410.mp3Download1. Jesus, lead Thou on
Till our rest is won;
And although the way be cheerless,
We will follow calm and fearless.
Guide us by Thy hand
To our fatherland.
2023 Chapels - When Things Get Hard, the Believer Goes to God’s Word Date : 2023-05-05 Speaker : Stephen SydowJohn 6:60,66 (ESV) When many of his disciples heard it, they said, “This is a hard saying; who can listen to it?”After this many of his disciples turned back and no longer walked with him.
https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2023-05/2023-05-05.mp3DownloadHymn: TLH 424, st. 1,4,6 : My God, My Father, Make me Strong Hymnary.orgOrgan Audiohttps://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/hymns/tlhmp3/424.mp3Download
2023 Chapels - Your Recharging Stations Are Powered by the Son Date : 2023-05-04 Speaker : John PfeifferPsalm 1:1-2 Blessed is the man
Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly,
Nor stands in the path of sinners,
Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;
But his delight is in the law of the Lord,
And in His law he meditates day and night.https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2023-05/2023-05-04.mp3DownloadHymn: TLH 417, st. 5-6 : How Can I Thank Thee, Lord Hymnary.orgOrgan Audiohttps://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/hymns/tlhmp3/417.mp3Download5. Grant that Thy Spirit’s help
To me be always given
Lest I should fall again
And lose the way to heaven;
That He may give me strength
In mine infirmity
And e’er renew my heart
To serve Thee willingly.
- Oh, guide and lead me, Lord,
While here below I wander
That I may follow Thee
Till I shall see Thee yonder.
For if I led myself,
I soon would go astray;
But if Thou leadest me,
I keep the narrow way.
2023 Chapels - Gone Fishing Date : 2023-05-02 Speaker : Mark WeisJohn 21:1-14 After these things Jesus showed Himself again to the disciples at the Sea of Tiberias, and in this way He showed Himself: Simon Peter, Thomas called the Twin, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons of Zebedee, and two others of His disciples were together. Simon Peter said to them, “I am going fishing.”They said to him, “We are going with you also.” They went out and immediately got into the boat, and that night they caught nothing. But when the morning had now come, Jesus stood on the shore; yet the disciples did not know that it was Jesus. Then Jesus said to them, “Children, have you any food?”
They answered Him, “No.”
And He said to them, “Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some.” So they cast, and now they were not able to draw it in because of the multitude of fish.
Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, “It is the Lord!” Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he put on his outer garment (for he had removed it), and plunged into the sea. But the other disciples came in the little boat (for they were not far from land, but about two hundred cubits), dragging the net with fish. Then, as soon as they had come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid on it, and bread. Jesus said to them, “Bring some of the fish which you have just caught.”
Simon Peter went up and dragged the net to land, full of large fish, one hundred and fifty-three; and although there were so many, the net was not broken. Jesus said to them, “Come and eat breakfast.” Yet none of the disciples dared ask Him, “Who are You?”—knowing that it was the Lord. Jesus then came and took the bread and gave it to them, and likewise the fish.
This is now the third time Jesus showed Himself to His disciples after He was raised from the dead.
https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2023-05/2023-05-02.mp3DownloadHymn: TLH 540, st. 1,4,5 : With the Lord Begin Thy Task Hymnary.orgOrgan Audiohttps://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/hymns/tlhmp3/540.mp3Download
2023 Chapels - Chief of Sinners Though I Be, Jesus Shed His Blood For Me Date : 2023-05-01 Speaker : John UdeJonah 4:1-4 But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he became angry. So he prayed to the Lord, and said, “Ah, Lord, was not this what I said when I was still in my country? Therefore I fled previously to Tarshish; for I know that You are a gracious and merciful God, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, One who relents from doing harm. Therefore now, O Lord, please take my life from me, for it is better for me to die than to live!”Then the Lord said, “Is it right for you to be angry?”
https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2023-05/2023-05-01.mp3DownloadHymn: TLH 342, st. 1,5 : Chief of Sinners, Though I Be Hymnary.orgOrgan Audiohttps://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/hymns/tlhmp3/342.mp3Download1. Chief of sinners though I be,
Jesus shed His blood for me;
Died that I might live on high,
Lived that I might never die,
As the branch is to the vine,
I am His, and He is mine.
- O my Savior, help afford
By Thy Spirit and Thy Word!
When my wayward heart would stray,
Keep me in the narrow way;
Grace in time of need supply
While I live and when I die.
2023 Chapels - You Have Access to God in Christ Date : 2023-04-28 Speaker : Jonah AlbrechtRomans 5:1-2 (ESV) Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2023-04/2023-04-28.mp3DownloadHymn: TLH 644 : Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow Hymnary.orgOrgan Audiohttps://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/hymns/tlhmp3/644.mp3Download1. Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;
Praise Him, all creatures here below;
Praise Him above, ye heav’nly host:
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
2023 Chapels - “I Have Come to Bring Fire” Date : 2023-04-26 Speaker : Paul SchallerLuke 12:49-50 (NIV84) “I have come to bring fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled! But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is completed!”https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2023-04/2023-04-26.mp3DownloadHymn: TLH 349, st. 1,4 : Jesus, Thy Boundless Love to Me Hymnary.orgOrgan Audiohttps://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/hymns/tlhmp3/349.mp3Download1. Jesus, Thy boundless love to me
No thought can reach, no tongue declare;
Unite my thankful heart to Thee
And reign without a rival there.
To Thee alone, dear Lord, I live;
Myself to Thee, dear Lord, I give.
- This love unwearied I pursue
And dauntlessly to Thee aspire.
Oh, may Thy love my hope renew,
Burn in my soul like heavenly fire!
And day and night be all my care
To guard this sacred treasure there.
2023 Chapels - Not “If” But “When” Date : 2023-04-25 Speaker : Steven Sippert1 Corinthians 15:12-20 Now if Christ is preached that He has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ is not risen. And if Christ is not risen, then our preaching is empty and your faith is also empty. Yes, and we are found false witnesses of God, because we have testified of God that He raised up Christ, whom He did not raise up—if in fact the dead do not rise. For if the dead do not rise, then Christ is not risen. And if Christ is not risen, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins! Then also those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men the most pitiable.But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2023-04/2023-04-25.mp3DownloadHymn: TLH 207, st. 2,4 : Like the Golden Sun Ascending Hymnary.orgOrgan Audiohttps://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/hymns/tlhmp3/207.mp3Download2. Thanks to Thee, O Christ victorious!
Thanks to Thee, O Lord of Life!
Death hath now no power o’er us,
Thou hast conquered in the strife.
Thanks because Thou didst arise
And hast opened Paradise!
None can fully sing the glory
Of the resurrection story.
- Thou hast died for my transgression,
All my sins on Thee were laid;
Thou hast won for me salvation,
On the cross my debt was paid.
From the grave I shall arise
And shall meet Thee in the skies.
Death itself is transitory;
I shall lift my head in glory.
2023 Chapels - The Lord God Has Much to Say to Us Date : 2023-04-24 Speaker : Paul AgentenJoshua 3:9 So Joshua said to the children of Israel, “Come here, and hear the words of the Lord your God.”https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2023-04/2023-04-24.mp3DownloadHymn: TLH 392 : Blest Is the Man Forever Blest Hymnary.orgOrgan Audiohttps://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/hymns/tlhmp3/392.mp3Download1. Blest is the man, forever blest,
Whose guilt is pardoned by his God,
Whose sins with sorrow are confessed
And covered with his Savior’s blood.
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Blest is the man to whom the Lord
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From guile his heart and lips are free;
His humble joy, his holy fear,
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How glorious is that righteousness
That hides and cancels all his sins,
While bright the evidence of grace
Thro’ all his life appears and shines!
2023 Chapels - Beware Lest Anyone Cheat You Date : 2023-04-21 Speaker : Chad SeybtColossians 2:8-10 Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ. For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power.https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2023-04/2023-04-21.mp3DownloadHymn: TLH 430, st. 3,5,6,8 : What Is the World to Me Hymnary.orgOrgan Audiohttps://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/hymns/tlhmp3/430.mp3Download3. The world seeks to be praised
And honored by the mighty,
Yet never once reflects
That they are frail and flighty.
But what I truly prize
Above all things is He,
My Jesus, He alone,-
What is the world to me!
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The world is sorely grieved
Whenever it is slighted
Or when its hollow fame
And honor have been blighted.
Christ, Thy reproach I bear
Long as it pleaseth Thee;
I’m honored by my Lord,-
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The world with wanton pride
Exalts its sinful pleasures
And for them foolishly
Gives up the heavenly treasures.
Let others love the world
With all its vanity;
I love the Lord, my God,-
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What is the world to me!
My Jesus is my Treasure,
My Life, my Health, my Wealth,
My Friend, my Love, my Pleasure,
My Joy, my Crown, my All,
My Bliss eternally.
Once more, then, I declare:
What is the world to me!
2023 Chapels - Four Fundamental Changes Date : 2023-04-20 Speaker : John PfeifferGalatians 6:7-8 Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap. 8 For he who sows to his flesh will of the flesh reap corruption, but he who sows to the Spirit will of the Spirit reap everlasting life.https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2023-04/2023-04-20.mp3DownloadHymn: TLH 660, st. 1,3 : I’m But a Stranger Here Hymnary.orgOrgan Audiohttps://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/hymns/tlhmp3/660.mp3Download1. I’m but a stranger here,
Heav’n is my home;
Earth is a desert drear,
Heav’n is my home.
Danger and sorrow stand
Round me on every hand;
Heav’n is my fatherland,
Heav’n is my home.
- There at my Savior’s side
Heav’n is my home;
I shall be glorified,
Heav’n is my home;
There are the good and blest,
Those I love most and best;
And there I, too, shall rest,
Heav’n is my home.
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. – Colossians 3:16
| Week 4 | Lunch/Supper | | Wednesday | Spaghetti Pizza/Hamburgers | | Thursday | French Dip/Tater Tot Hotdish | | Friday | Chicken Italiano/Leftovers | | Link to Google Classroom Link to Athletics Schedule Audio SB and BB Broadcasts |
Spring Sports Photos will be taken today beginning at 3:00pm behind the gym. Please arrive promptly in your uniform and have your individual and team poses ready to go. You can order online at mylifetouch.com using Picture Day ID EVTVWHPXJ, or use a paper form from the credenza outside the office.
Ruth’s Retreat Bible study and fellowship hour meets this evening in the library from 8:00pm to 9:00pm. We’ll have a Bible study topic, food, music, and discussion. Come and bring a friend!
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Chapel Speaker – Pastor D. Frank Gantt is our guest speaker for chapel today. He has served as pastor in a number of our CLC congregations. He is currently Pastor at Zion Evangelical Lutheran at Loganville, near Atlanta GA. He is a member of the CLC Board of Doctrine which is meeting this week in connection with the meeting of the CLC Coordinating Council. We thank him for sharing God’s word with us.
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SB & BB Schedules
Practice
Games (rSchool)
Games (with leave times): VBB ~ JVBB ~ SB
Track & Field Schedule
| Wed, 4/19 | 3:00 pics, practice after | | Thur, 4/20 | AugustaLv. 3:00 | | Fri, 4/21 | Off | | Sat, 4/22 | 8:00-10:00 Memorial HS | | Sun, 4/23 | 5:30-7:00 Memorial HS |
The Westing Game Rehearsal Schedule
| Date | Time | What | Who | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Wed, 4/19 | 8:00-9:30 | Act 2 | Everyone | | Thur, 4/20 | 8:00-9:30 | Act 1 | Everyone | | Sun, 4/23 | 7:30-9:30 | Everything | Everyone |
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2023 Chapels - “Child of God” is the Best Surname Date : 2023-04-17 Speaker : Andrew Schaller1 John 3:1 (EHV) See the kind of love the Father has given us that we should be called children of God, and that is what we are!https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2023-04/2023-04-17.mp3DownloadHymn: TLH 334, st. 1-2 : Let Me be Yours Forever Hymnary.orgOrgan Audiohttps://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/hymns/tlhmp3/334.mp3Download1. Let me be Thine forever,
Thou faithful God and Lord;
Let me forsake Thee never
Nor wander from Thy Word.
Lord, do not let me waver,
But give me steadfastness,
And for such grace forever
Thy holy name I’ll bless.
- Lord Jesus, my Salvation,
My Light, my Life divine,
My only Consolation,
Oh, make me wholly Thine!
For Thou hast dearly bought me
With blood and bitter pain.
Let me, since Thou hast sought me,
Eternal life obtain.
2023 Chapels - A Calloused Heart is a Dangerous Thing Date : 2023-04-14 Speaker : Stephen SydowEphesians 4:17-24 (ESV) Now this I say and testify in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds. They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart. They have become callous and have given themselves up to sensuality, greedy to practice every kind of impurity. But that is not the way you learned Christ!— assuming that you have heard about him and were taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus, to put off your old self, which belongs to your former manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful desires, and to be renewed in the spirit of your minds, and to put on the new self, created after the likeness of God in true righteousness and holiness.https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2023-04/2023-04-14.mp3DownloadHymn: TLH 153, st. 3-4 : Stricken, Smitten and Afflicted Hymnary.orgOrgan Audiohttps://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/hymns/tlhmp3/153.mp3Download3. Ye who think of sin but lightly
Nor suppose the evil great
Here may view its nature rightly,
Here its guilt may estimate.
Mark the Sacrifice appointed,
See who bears the awful load;
‘Tis the WORD, the LORD’S ANOINTED,
Son of Man and Son of God.
- Here we have a firm foundation;
Here the refuge of the lost;
Christ’s the Rock of our salvation,
His the name of which we boast.
Lamb of God, for sinners wounded,
Sacrifice to cancel guilt!
None shall ever be confounded
Who on Him their hope have built.
2023 Chapels - The Resurrection Is a Unique Message Date : 2023-04-13 Speaker : Mark BernthalActs 2:24-32 whom God raised up, having loosed the pains of death, because it was not possible that He should be held by it. For David says concerning Him:‘I foresaw the Lord always before my face,
For He is at my right hand, that I may not be shaken.
Therefore my heart rejoiced, and my tongue was glad;
Moreover my flesh also will rest in hope.
For You will not leave my soul in Hades,
Nor will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption.
You have made known to me the ways of life;
You will make me full of joy in Your presence.’
“Men and brethren, let me speak freely to you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. Therefore, being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his body, according to the flesh, He would raise up the Christ to sit on his throne, he, foreseeing this, spoke concerning the resurrection of the Christ, that His soul was not left in Hades, nor did His flesh see corruption. This Jesus God has raised up, of which we are all witnesses.
https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2023-04/2023-04-13.mp3DownloadHymn: TLH 203 : Morning Breaks upon the Tomb Hymnary.orgOrgan Audiohttps://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/hymns/tlhmp3/203.mp3Download1. Morning breaks upon the tomb;
Jesus scatters all its gloom.
Day of triumph through the skies;
See the glorious Savior rise.
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Ye who are of death afraid
Triumph in the scattered shade.
Drive your anxious cares away;
See the place where Jesus lay. -
Christians, dry your flowing tears
Chase your unbelieving fears;
Look on His deserted grave,
Doubt no more His power to save.
2023 Chapels - The Language of Scripture Is a Model of Clarity and Truth Date : 2023-04-12 Speaker : Daniel SchierenbeckJohn 17:17 Sanctify them by Your truth. Your word is truth.https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2023-04/2023-04-12.mp3DownloadHymn: TLH 289, st. 1-3 : The Law Commands and Makes Us Know Hymnary.orgOrgan Audiohttps://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/hymns/tlhmp3/289.mp3Download1. The Law commands and makes us know
What duties to our God we owe;
But ’tis the Gospel must reveal
Where lies our strength to do his will.
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The Law discovers guilt and sin
And shows how vile our hearts have been;
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What curses doth the Law denounce
Against the man who fails but once!
But in the Gospel Christ appears,
Pardoning the guilt of numerous years.
2023 Chapels - He Calls To You By Name Date : 2023-04-11 Speaker : David SchallerJohn 20:11-16 (NIV) Now Mary stood outside the tomb crying. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb and saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus’ body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot.They asked her, “Woman, why are you crying?”
“They have taken my Lord away,” she said, “and I don’t know where they have put him.” At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus.
He asked her, “Woman, why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?”
Thinking he was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him.”
Jesus said to her, “Mary.”
She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic, “Rabboni!” (which means “Teacher”).
https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2023-04/2023-04-11.mp3DownloadHymn: TLH 648 : I Am Jesus’ Little Lamb Hymnary.orgOrgan Audiohttps://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/hymns/tlhmp3/648.mp3Download1. I am Jesus’ little lamb,
Ever glad at heart I am;
For my Shepherd gently guides me,
Knows my need, and well provides me,
Loves me every day the same,
Even calls me by my name.
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Day by day, at home, away,
Jesus is my Staff and Stay.
When I hunger, Jesus feeds me,
Into pleasant pastures leads me;
When I thirst, He bids me go
Where the quiet waters flow. -
Who so happy as I am,
Even now the Shepherd’s lamb?
And when my short life is ended,
By His angel host attended,
He shall fold me to His breast,
There within His arms to rest.
2023 Chapels - Jesus Tells the Truth Date : 2023-04-06 Speaker : John PfeifferJohn 18:37-38 Pilate therefore said to Him, “Are You a king then?”Jesus answered, “You say rightly that I am a king. For this cause I was born, and for this cause I have come into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth hears My voice.”
Pilate said to Him, “What is truth?”
https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2023-04/2023-04-06.mp3DownloadHymn: TLH 433, st. 1-2 : Jesus, my Truth, my Way Hymnary.orgOrgan Audiohttps://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/hymns/tlhmp3/274.mp3Download1. Jesus, my Truth, my Way,
My sure, unerring Light,
On Thee my feeble soul I stay,
Which Thou wilt lead aright.
- My Wisdom and my Guide,
My Counselor Thou art;
Oh, let me never leave Thy side
Nor from Thy paths depart!
2023 Chapels - Where Sin Abounded, There Grace Abounded Much More Date : 2023-04-05 Speaker : David LauJeremiah 35:1-16 The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying, “Go to the house of the Rechabites, speak to them, and bring them into the house of the Lord, into one of the chambers, and give them wine to drink.”Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah, the son of Habazziniah, his brothers and all his sons, and the whole house of the Rechabites, and I brought them into the house of the Lord, into the chamber of the sons of Hanan the son of Igdaliah, a man of God, which was by the chamber of the princes, above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the door. Then I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites bowls full of wine, and cups; and I said to them, “Drink wine.”
But they said, “We will drink no wine, for Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, commanded us, saying, ‘You shall drink no wine, you nor your sons, forever. You shall not build a house, sow seed, plant a vineyard, nor have any of these; but all your days you shall dwell in tents, that you may live many days in the land where you are sojourners.’ Thus we have obeyed the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, in all that he charged us, to drink no wine all our days, we, our wives, our sons, or our daughters, nor to build ourselves houses to dwell in; nor do we have vineyard, field, or seed. But we have dwelt in tents, and have obeyed and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us. But it came to pass, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up into the land, that we said, ‘Come, let us go to Jerusalem for fear of the army of the Chaldeans and for fear of the army of the Syrians.’ So we dwell at Jerusalem.”
Then came the word of the Lord to Jeremiah, saying, “Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: ‘Go and tell the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, “Will you not receive instruction to obey My words?” says the Lord. “The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, which he commanded his sons, not to drink wine, are performed; for to this day they drink none, and obey their father’s commandment. But although I have spoken to you, rising early and speaking, you did not obey Me. I have also sent to you all My servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, ‘Turn now everyone from his evil way, amend your doings, and do not go after other gods to serve them; then you will dwell in the land which I have given you and your fathers.’ But you have not inclined your ear, nor obeyed Me. Surely the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed the commandment of their father, which he commanded them, but this people has not obeyed Me.” ’
https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2023-04/2023-04-05.mp3DownloadHymn: LSB 561, st. 2-3 : The Tree of LifeHymnary.org
2023 Chapels - O Sacred Head Now Wounded Date : 2023-04-04 Speaker : Paul NaumannJohn 19:5 Then Jesus came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe. And Pilate said to them, “Behold the Man!”https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2023-04/2023-04-04.mp3DownloadHymn: TLH 172, st. 4,8 : O Sacred Head Now Wounded Hymnary.orgOrgan Audiohttps://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/hymns/tlhmp3/172.mp3Download4. My burden in Thy Passion,
Lord, Thou hast borne for me,
For it was my transgression
Which brought this woe on thee.
I cast me down before Thee,
Wrath were my rightful lot;
Have mercy, I implore Thee;
Redeemer, spurn me not!
- What language shall I borrow
To thank Thee, dearest Friend,
For this, Thy dying sorrow,
Thy pity without end?
Oh, make me thine forever!
And should I fainting be,
Lord, let me never, never,
Outlive my love for Thee.
2023 Chapels - Healing In His Wounds Date : 2023-04-03 Speaker : Mark WeisIsaiah 53:5 By His stripes we are healed.https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2023-04/2023-04-03.mp3DownloadHymn: TLH 144, st. 1,4 : Jesus, Grant that Balm and Hearing Hymnary.orgOrgan Audiohttps://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/hymns/tlhmp3/144.mp3Download1. Jesus, grant that balm and healing
In Thy holy wounds I find,
Every hour that I am feeling
Pains of body and of mind.
Should some evil thought within
Tempt my treacherous heart to sin,
Show the peril, and from sinning
Keep me ere its first beginning.
- Every wound that pains or grieves me,
By Thy stripes, Lord is made whole;
When I’m faint, Thy Cross revives me,
Granting new life to my soul.
Yea, Thy comfort renders sweet
Every bitter cup I meet;
For Thy all-atoning Passion
Has procured my soul’s salvation.
2023 Chapels - Christ’s Silence Fulfilled Our Deliverance Date : 2023-03-31 Speaker : Paul AgentenMathew 26:54 How then could the Scriptures be fulfilled, that it must happen thus?”https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2023-03/2023-03-31.mp3DownloadHymn: TLH 364, st. 1,2,3,5,7 : How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds Hymnary.orgOrgan Audiohttps://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/hymns/tlhmp3/364.mp3Download1. How sweet the name of Jesus sounds
In a believer’s ear!
It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds,
And drives away his fear.
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It makes the wounded spirit whole
And calms the troubled breast;
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Dear name! The Rock on which I build,
My Shield and Hiding-place;
My never-failing Treasury filled
With boundless stores of grace. -
Jesus, my Shepherd, Guardian, Friend,
My Prophet, Priest, and King,
My Lord, my Life, my Way, my End,
Accept the praise I bring. -
Till then I would Thy love proclaim
With every fleeting breath;
And may the music of Thy name
Refresh my soul in death.
2023 Chapels - BIG QUESTIONS: You Aren’t One of This Man’s Disciples Too, Are You? Date : 2023-03-30 Speaker : John SchierenbeckJohn 18:17 (NIV84) “You aren’t one of this man’s disciples too, are you?” she asked Peter. He replied, “I am not.”https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2023-03/2023-03-30.mp3DownloadHymn: TLH 516, st. 1 : In the Hour of Trial Hymnary.orgOrgan Audiohttps://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/hymns/tlhmp3/516.mp3Download1. In the hour of trial,
Jesus, plead for me
Lest by base denial
I depart from Thee.
When Thou see’st me waver,
With a look recall
Nor for fear or favor
Suffer me to fall.
2023 Chapels - Date : 2023-03-29 Speaker : Paul SchallerMatthew 26:49, 27:3-5 (NIV) Going at once to Jesus, Judas said, “Greetings, Rabbi!” and kissed him.. . . When Judas, who had betrayed him, saw that Jesus was condemned, he was seized with remorse and returned the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders. “I have sinned,” he said, “for I have betrayed innocent blood.”
“What is that to us?” they replied. “That’s your responsibility.”
So Judas threw the money into the temple and left. Then he went away and hanged himself.
https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2023-03/2023-03-29.mp3DownloadHymn: TLH 552, st. 2 : Abide With Me Hymnary.orgOrgan Audiohttps://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/hymns/tlhmp3/552.mp3Download2. Swift to its close ebbs out life’s little day;
Earth’s joys grow dim, its glories pass away;
Change and decay in all around I see.
O Thou, who changest not, abide with me!
2023 Chapels - Needles and Nails, Yet Never a Complaint Date : 2023-03-28 Speaker : Peter ReimMatthew 20:28 The Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2023-03/2023-03-28.mp3DownloadHymn: TLH 153, st. 3-4 : Stricken, Smitten and Afflicted Hymnary.orgOrgan Audiohttps://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/hymns/tlhmp3/153.mp3Download3. Ye who think of sin but lightly
Nor suppose the evil great
Here may view its nature rightly,
Here its guilt may estimate.
Mark the Sacrifice appointed,
See who bears the awful load;
‘Tis the WORD, the LORD’S ANOINTED,
Son of Man and Son of God.
- Here we have a firm foundation;
Here the refuge of the lost;
Christ’s the Rock of our salvation,
His the name of which we boast.
Lamb of God, for sinners wounded,
Sacrifice to cancel guilt!
None shall ever be confounded
Who on Him their hope have built.
2023 Chapels - Glorify, “Jesus Sinners Doth Receive” Date : 2023-03-27 Speaker : John UdeJonah 3:1-2 Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the second time, saying, “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and preach to it the message that I tell you.”https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2023-03/2023-03-27.mp3DownloadHymn: TLH 324, st. 4,6 : Jesus Sinners Doth Receive Hymnary.orgOrgan Audiohttps://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/hymns/tlhmp3/324.mp3Download4. Come, ye sinners, one and all,
Come, accept His invitation;
Come, obey His gracious call,
Come and take His free salvation!
Firmly in these words believe:
Jesus sinners doth receive.
- Oh, how blest it is to know;
Were as scarlet my transgression,
It shall be as white as snow
By Thy blood and bitter Passion:
For these words I now believe:
Jesus sinners doth receive.
2023 Chapels - Jesus Is The Greatest Champion Date : 2023-03-24 Speaker : Steven SippertColossians 1:15-18 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist. And He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence.https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2023-03/2023-03-24.mp3DownloadHymn: WS 744, st. 1,3,4 : How Great Thou ArtHymnary.org
2023 Chapels - The Blesséd Man Date : 2023-03-23 Speaker : John PfeifferPsalm 1:1-2 Blessed is the man
Who walks not in the counsel of the [a]ungodly,
Nor stands in the path of sinners,
Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;
2 But his delight is in the law of the Lord,
And in His law he meditates day and night.https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2023-03/2023-03-23.mp3DownloadHymn: TLH 223, st. 3,5 : We Thank Thee, Jesus, Dearest Friend Hymnary.orgOrgan Audiohttps://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/hymns/tlhmp3/223.mp3Download3. The man who trusts in Him is blest
And finds in Him eternal rest;
This world’s allurements we despise
And fix on Christ alone our eyes.
Hallelujah!
- Through Him we heirs of heaven are made;
O Brother, Christ, extend Thine aid
That we may firmly trust in Thee
And through Thee live eternally.
Hallelujah!
2023 Chapels - Hallelujah! Date : 2023-03-22 Speaker : David SchallerPsalm 113 (CSB)1 Hallelujah!
Give praise, servants of the Lord;
praise the name of the Lord.
2 Let the name of the Lord be blessed
both now and forever.
3 From the rising of the sun to its setting,
let the name of the Lord be praised.4 The Lord is exalted above all the nations,
his glory above the heavens.
5 Who is like the Lord our God—
the one enthroned on high,
6 who stoops down to look
on the heavens and the earth?
7 He raises the poor from the dust
and lifts the needy from the trash heap
8 in order to seat them with nobles—
with the nobles of his people.
9 He gives the childless woman a household,
making her the joyful mother of children.
Hallelujah!
https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2023-03/2023-03-22.mp3DownloadHymn: TLH 26, st. 1-3 : Praise the Almighty, my Soul Hymnary.orgOrgan Audiohttps://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/hymns/tlhmp3/026.mp3Download1. Praise the Almighty, my soul, adore Him!
Yea, I will laud Him until death.
With songs and anthems I’ll come before Him
As long as He doth give me breath.
From Him my life and all things came;
Bless, O my soul, His holy name.
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
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Trust not in princes, they are but mortal;
Earth-born they are and soon decay.
Naught are their counsels at life’s last portal,
When the dark grave doth claim its prey.
Since, then, no man can help afford,
Trust ye in Christ, our God and Lord.
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Blessed, yea, blessed is he forever
Whose help is in the Lord most high,
Whom from the saving faith naught can sever
And who in hope to Christ draws nigh.
To all who trust in Him, our Lord,
Counsel and aid He doth afford.
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
2023 Chapels - The Cross is Your Only Glory Date : 2023-03-21 Speaker : Paul NaumannGalatians 6:14 (KJV) But God forbid that I should glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom the world is crucified unto me, and I unto the world.https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2023-03/2023-03-21.mp3DownloadHymn: TLH 175, st. 1-2 : When I Survey the Wondrous Cross Hymnary.orgOrgan Audiohttps://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/hymns/tlhmp3/175.mp3Download1. When I survey the wondrous cross
On which the Prince of glory died,
My richest gain I count but loss
And pour contempt on all my pride.
- Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast
Save in the death of Christ, my God;
All the vain things that harm me most,
I sacrifice them to His blood.
2023 Chapels - The Message of the Cross Date : 2023-03-10 Speaker : Mark Weis1 Corinthians 1:18 For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2023-03/2023-03-10.mp3DownloadHymn: TLH 376, st. 1,3 : Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me Hymnary.orgOrgan Audiohttps://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/hymns/tlhmp3/376.mp3Download1. Rock of Ages, cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in Thee;
Let the water and the blood
From Thy riven side which flowed
Be of sin the double cure,
Cleanse me from its guilt and power.
- Nothing in my hand I bring,
Simply to Thy cross I cling;
Naked, come to Thee for dress;
Helplees, look to Thee for grace;
Foul, I to the fountain fly,–
Wash me, Savior, or I die!
2023 Chapels - Brotherly Love is the Badge of True Discipleship Date : 2023-03-09 Speaker : Mark BernthalJohn 13:33-35 “Little children, I shall be with you a little while longer. You will seek Me; and as I said to the Jews, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come,’ so now I say to you. A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2023-03/2023-03-09.mp3DownloadHymn: TLH 464, st. 1,3,4,6 : Blest Be the Tie That Binds Hymnary.orgOrgan Audiohttps://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/hymns/tlhmp3/464.mp3Download1. Blest be the tie that binds
Our hearts in Christian love;
The fellowship of kindred minds
Is like to that above.
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We share our mutual woes,
Our mutual burdens bear,
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When here our pathways part,
We suffer bitter pain;
Yet, one in Christ and one in heart,
We hope to meet again. -
From sorrow, toil, and pain,
And sin we shall be free
And perfect love and friendship reign
Through all eternity.
2023 Chapels - Jonah’s Distress Call On the Sea of Life Date : 2023-03-07 Speaker : John UdeJonah 2:1-2 Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the stomach of the fish, and he said,“I called out of my distress to the Lord,
And He answered me.
I cried for help from the depth of Sheol;
You heard my voice.”
https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2023-03/2023-03-07.mp3DownloadHymn: TLH 456, st. 1,3,5 : Approach, my Soul, the Mercy Seat Hymnary.orgOrgan Audiohttps://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/hymns/tlhmp3/456.mp3Download1. Approach, my soul, the mercy-seat
Where Jesus answers prayer;
There humbly fall before His feet,
For none can perish there.
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Bowed down beneath a load of sin,
By Satan sorely pressed,
By wars without and fears within,
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O wondrous Love, to bleed and die,
To bear the cross and shame,
That guilty sinners such as I
Might plead Thy gracious name!
2023 Chapels - The Buck Stops Here Date : 2023-03-06 Speaker : Jonah AlbrechtRomans 5:6-8 (NASB) For while we were still helpless, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For one will hardly die for a righteous man; though perhaps for the good man someone would dare even to die. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2023-03/2023-03-06.mp3DownloadHymn: TLH 142, st. 1 : A Lamb Goes Uncomplaining Forth Hymnary.orgOrgan Audiohttps://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/hymns/tlhmp3/142.mp3Download1. A Lamb goes uncomplaining forth,
The guilt of all men bearing;
And laden with the sins of earth,
None else the burden sharing!
Goes patient on, grows weak and faint,
To slaughter led without complaint,
That spotless life to offer;
Bears shame and stripes, and wounds and death,
Anguish and mockery, and saith,
“Willing all this I suffer.”
2023 Chapels - God Has a Purpose in Sending Storms Date : 2023-03-03 Speaker : Stephen SydowJohn 16:33 (NIV) ” In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world.”https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2023-03/2023-03-03.mp3DownloadHymn: TLH 568, st. 2-3 : We Praise Thee, O God, Our Redeemer, Creator Hymnary.orgOrgan Audiohttps://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/hymns/tlhmp3/568.mp3Download2. We worship Thee, God of our fathers, we bless Thee;
Through life’s storm and tempest our Guide hast Thou been;
When perils o’ertake us, Escape Thou wilt make us,
And with Thy help, O Lord, our battles we win.
- With voices united our praises we offer,
To Thee, great Jehovah, glad anthems we raise.
Thy strong arm will guide us, Our God is beside us,
To Thee, our great Redeemer, fore’er be praise.
2023 Chapels - Believers Have Esteem For Others Date : 2023-03-02 Speaker : John PfeifferPhilippians 2:3-4 Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than himself. Let each of you look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others.https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2023-03/2023-03-02.mp3DownloadHymn: TLH 439, st. 1-4 : O God of Mercy, God of Might Hymnary.orgOrgan Audiohttps://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/hymns/tlhmp3/439.mp3Download1. O God of mercy, God of might,
In love and pity infinite,
Teach us, as ever, in Thy sight,
To live our life to Thee.
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And Thou, who cam’st on earth to die
That fallen man might live thereby,
Oh, hear us; for to Thee we cry,
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Teach us the lesson Thou hast taught,
To feel for those Thy blood hath bought
That every word and deed and thought
May work a work for Thee. -
All are redeemed, both far and wide,
Since Thou, O Lord, for all hast died.
Oh, teach us, whatsoe’er betide,
To love them all in Thee!
2023 Chapels - Even Godless Rulers Are Servants of God Date : 2023-03-01 Speaker : David LauJeremiah 25:1-11 The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah (which was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon), which Jeremiah the prophet spoke to all the people of Judah and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying: “From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, even to this day, this is the twenty-third year in which the word of the Lord has come to me; and I have spoken to you, rising early and speaking, but you have not listened. And the Lord has sent to you all His servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, but you have not listened nor inclined your ear to hear. They said, ‘Repent now everyone of his evil way and his evil doings, and dwell in the land that the Lord has given to you and your fathers forever and ever. Do not go after other gods to serve them and worship them, and do not provoke Me to anger with the works of your hands; and I will not harm you.’ Yet you have not listened to Me,” says the Lord, “that you might provoke Me to anger with the works of your hands to your own hurt.“Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts: ‘Because you have not heard My words, behold, I will send and take all the families of the north,’ says the Lord, ‘and Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, My servant, and will bring them against this land, against its inhabitants, and against these nations all around, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, a hissing, and perpetual desolations. Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones and the light of the lamp. And this whole land shall be a desolation and an astonishment, and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2023-03/2023-03-01.mp3DownloadHymn: LSB 798, st. 1,3,7 : The God of Abraham PraiseHymnary.org
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The God of Abr’ham praise,
Who reigns enthroned above;
Ancient of everlasting days
And God of love.
Jehovah, great I AM!
By earth and heav’n confessed;
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The God of Abr’ham praise,
Whose all-sufficient grace
Shall guide me all my pilgrim days
In all my ways.
He deigns to call me friend;
He calls Himself my God.
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There dwells the Lord our king,
The Lord our righteousness,
Triumphant o’er the world and sin,
The Prince of Peace.
On Zion’s sacred height
His kingdom He maintains
And glorious with His saints in light
Forever reigns.
2023 Chapels - I Need Thy Presence Every Passing Hour Date : 2023-02-27 Speaker : David SchallerLuke 24:29 (EHV) But they urged him strongly, saying, “Stay with us, since it is almost evening, and the day is almost over.”So he went in to stay with them.
https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2023-02/2023-02-27.mp3DownloadHymn: TLH 552, st. 6,8 : Abide With Me Hymnary.orgOrgan Audiohttps://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/hymns/tlhmp3/552.mp3Download6. I need Thy presence every passing hour;
What but Thy grace can foil the Tempter’s power?
Who like Thyself my guide and stay can be?
Through cloud and sunshine, oh, abide with me!
- Hold Thou Thy cross before my closing eyes,
Shine through the gloom, and point me to the skies.
Heaven’s morning breaks, and earth’s vain shadows flee;
In life, in death, O Lord, abide with me!
2023 Chapels - What Then Shall I Do With Jesus? Date : 2023-02-24 Speaker : Paul NaumannMatthew 27:21-22 The governor answered and said to them, “Which of the two do you want me to release to you?”They said, “Barabbas!”
Pilate said to them, “What then shall I do with Jesus who is called Christ?”
They all said to him, “Let Him be crucified!”
https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2023-02/2023-02-24.mp3DownloadHymn: LSB 550 : Lamb O GodHymnary.org
2023 Chapels - We Have a Gladness That Herod Didn’t Have Date : 2023-02-22 Speaker : Paul SchallerLuke 23:8 (ESV) When Herod saw Jesus, he was very glad, for he had long desired to see him, because he had heard about him, and he was hoping to see some sign done by him.https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2023-02/2023-02-22.mp3DownloadHymn: TLH 155, st. 1-2 : Sweet the Moments Rich in Blessing Hymnary.orgOrgan Audiohttps://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/hymns/tlhmp3/155.mp3Download1. Sweet the moments, rich in blessing,
Which before the cross we spend,
Life and health and peace possessing
From the sinner’s dying Friend.
- Here we rest in wonder, viewing
All our sins on Jesus laid;
Here we see redemption flowing
From the sacrifice He made.
2023 Chapels - You Don’t “Fall” In Love, You “Grow” In It Date : 2023-02-21 Speaker : David Schaller2 Thessalonians 1:3 (CSB) We ought to thank God always for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, since your faith is flourishing and the love each one of you has for one another is increasing.https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2023-02/2023-02-21.mp3DownloadHymn: WS 709 : God Loves Me DearlyHymnary.org
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God loves me dearly,
Grants me salvation,
God loves me dearly,
Loves even me.
Therefore I’ll say again:
God loves me dearly,
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I was in bondage,
Sin, death, and darkness;
God’s love was working
To make me free.
Therefore I’ll say again:
God loves me dearly,
God loves me dearly,
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He sent forth Jesus,
My dear Redeemer,
He sent forth Jesus
And set me free.
Therefore I’ll say again:
God loves me dearly,
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Jesus, my Savior,
Himself did offer;
Jesus, my Savior,
Paid all I owed.
Therefore I’ll say again:
God loves me dearly,
God loves me dearly,
Loves even me.
2023 Chapels - God is Still Working to Deliver You Date : 2023-02-17 Speaker : Jonah AlbrechtIsaiah 43:18-21 (ESV) “Remember not the former things,
nor consider the things of old.
Behold, I am doing a new thing;
now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?
I will make a way in the wilderness
and rivers in the desert.
The wild beasts will honor me,
the jackals and the ostriches,
for I give water in the wilderness,
rivers in the desert,
to give drink to my chosen people,
the people whom I formed for myself
that they might declare my praise.”https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2023-02/2023-02-17.mp3DownloadHymn: TLH 149, st. 1,4 : Come to Calvary’s Holy Mountain Hymnary.orgOrgan Audiohttps://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/hymns/tlhmp3/149.mp3Download1. Come to Calvary’s holy mountain,
Sinners, ruined by the Fall;
Here a pure and healing fountain
Flows to you, to me, to all,
In a full, perpetual tide,
Opened when our Savior died.
- He that drinks shall live forever;
Tis a soul-renewing flood.
God is faithful; God will never
Break His covenant of blood,
Signed when our Redeemer died,
Sealed when He was glorified.
2023 Chapels - The Word is Better Than Experience and Emotion Date : 2023-02-16 Speaker : John Pfeiffer2 Peter 1:16-21 (ESV) For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty. For when he received honor and glory from God the Father, and the voice was borne to him by the Majestic Glory, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased,” we ourselves heard this very voice borne from heaven, for we were with him on the holy mountain. And we have the prophetic word more fully confirmed, to which you will do well to pay attention as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts, knowing this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture comes from someone’s own interpretation. For no prophecy was ever produced by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2023-02/2023-02-16.mp3DownloadHymn: LSB 416, st. 1-2 : Swiftly Pass the Clouds of GloryHymnary.org
2023 Chapels - Christian Education is Worth It Date : 2023-02-15 Speaker : Steven SippertPsalm 1:1-3 Blessed is the man
Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly,
Nor stands in the path of sinners,
Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;
But his delight is in the law of the Lord,
And in His law he meditates day and night.
He shall be like a tree
Planted by the rivers of water,
That brings forth its fruit in its season,
Whose leaf also shall not wither;
And whatever he does shall prosper.https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2023-02/2023-02-15.mp3DownloadHymn: TLH 296, st. 2,3,4 : Speak, O Lord, Thy Servant Heareth Hymnary.orgOrgan Audiohttps://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/hymns/tlhmp3/296.mp3Download2. Oh, what blessing to be near Thee
And to hearken to Thy voice!
May I ever love and fear Thee
That Thy Word may be my choice!
Oft were hardened sinners, Lord,
Struck with terror by Thy Word;
But to him who for sin grieveth
Comfort sweet and hope it giveth.
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Lord, Thy words are waters living
Where I quench my thirsty need;
Lord, Thy words are bread life-giving,
On Thy words my Soul doth feed.
Lord, Thy words shall be my light
Through death’s vale and dreary night;
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Precious Jesus, I beseech Thee,
May Thy words take root in me;
May this gift from heaven enrich me
So that I bear fruit for Thee!
Take them never from my heart
Till I see Thee as Thou art,
When in heavenly bliss and glory
I shall greet Thee and adore Thee.
2023 Chapels - There Is No Jerusalem Bypass Date : 2023-02-13 Speaker : Paul NaumannMatthew 16:21-23 From that time Jesus began to show to His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised the third day.Then Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him, saying, “Far be it from You, Lord; this shall not happen to You!”
But He turned and said to Peter, “Get behind Me, Satan! You are an offense to Me, for you are not mindful of the things of God, but the things of men.”
https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2023-02/2023-02-13.mp3DownloadHymn: TLH 151, st. 1,6 : Christ, the Life of All the Living Hymnary.orgOrgan Audiohttps://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/hymns/tlhmp3/151.mp3Download1. Christ, the Life of all the living,
Christ, the Death of death, our foe,
Who, Thyself for me once giving
To the darkest depths of woe,–
Through thy sufferings, death, and merit
I eternal life inherit:
Thousand, thousand thanks shall be,
Dearest Jesus, unto Thee.
- Thou hast suffered great affliction
And hast borne it patiently,
Even death by crucifixion,
Fully to atone for me;
Thou didst choose to be tormented
That my doom should be prevented.
Thousand, thousand thanks shall be,
Dearest Jesus, unto Thee.
2023 Chapels - God Makes Your Wishes Come True Date : 2023-02-10 Speaker : Stephen Sydow1 John 5:14-15 (EHV) This is the confidence that we have before him: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we also know that we receive the things we have asked from him.https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2023-02/2023-02-10.mp3DownloadHymn: LSB 760, st. 1-2 : What God Ordains Is Always GoodHymnary.org
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What God ordains is always good:
His will is just and holy.
As He directs my life for me,
I follow meek and lowly.
My God indeed
In ev’ry need
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What God ordains is always good:
He never will deceive me;
He leads me in His righteous way,
And never will He leave me.
I take content
What He has sent;
His hand that sends me sadness
Will turn my tears to gladness.
2023 Chapels - “I’m Dying — Thank God!” Date : 2023-02-09 Speaker : Mark BernthalPhilippians 1:21 For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2023-02/2023-02-09.mp3DownloadHymn: TLH 597, st. 1,2,3,7 : For me to Live is Jesus Hymnary.orgOrgan Audiohttps://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/hymns/tlhmp3/597.mp3Download1. For me to live Is Jesus.
To die is gain for me;
Then, whensoe’er He pleases,
I meet death willingly.
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For Christ, my Lord and Brother,
I leave this world so dim
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My woes are nearly over,
Though long and dark the road;
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And so to Thee still cleaving
Through all death’s agony,
To fall asleep believing
And wake in heaven with Thee.
8.Amen! Thou, Christ, my Savior.
Wilt grant this unto me.
Thy Spirit lead me ever
That I fare happily.
2023 Chapels - Faith Turns Sunday From Scary to Super Date : 2023-02-08 Speaker : Daniel SchierenbeckPsalm 84:1-2 (ESV) How lovely is your dwelling place,
O Lord of hosts!
My soul longs, yes, faints
for the courts of the Lord;
my heart and flesh sing for joy
to the living God.https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2023-02/2023-02-08.mp3DownloadHymn: TLH 2, st. 1,2,6 : To Thy Temple I Repair Hymnary.orgOrgan Audiohttps://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/hymns/tlhmp3/002.mp3Download1. To Thy temple I repair;
Lord, I love to worship there
When within the veil I meet
Christ before the mercy-seat.
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I through Him am reconciled,
I through Him become Thy child.
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While Thy ministers proclaim
Peace and pardon in Thy name,
Through their voice, by faith, may I
Hear Thee speaking from the sky.
2023 Chapels - Who Are You Going to Call? The Lord Says, “Turn To Me” Date : 2023-02-07 Speaker : John UdeJoel 2:12 “Now, therefore,” says the Lord,
“Turn to Me with all your heart,
With fasting, with weeping, and with mourning.”https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2023-02/2023-02-07.mp3DownloadHymn: TLH 323, st. 1-2 : With Broken Heart and Contrite Sigh Hymnary.orgOrgan Audiohttps://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/hymns/tlhmp3/323.mp3Download1. With broken heart and contrite sigh,
A trembling sinner, Lord, I cry.
Thy pardoning grace is rich and free,–
O God, be merciful to me!
- I smite upon my troubled breast,
With deep and conscious guilt opprest:
Christ and His cross my only plea,–
O God, be merciful to me!
2023 Chapels - The Milk of God’s Word Sanctifies Our Lives Date : 2023-02-06 Speaker : Paul Agenten1 Peter 2:1-3 Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking, as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby, if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious.https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2023-02/2023-02-06.mp3DownloadHymn: TLH 361, st. 1,3,5 : O Jesus, King Most Wonderful Hymnary.orgOrgan Audiohttps://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/hymns/tlhmp3/361.mp3Download1. O Jesus, King most wonderful,
Thou Conqueror renowned,
Thou Sweetness most ineffable,
In whom all joys are found!
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Thou Fount of life and fire,
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Thee may our tongues forever bless,
Thee may we love alone,
And ever in our lives express
The image of Thine own!
2023 Chapels - The Dwelling Place Date : 2023-02-03 Speaker : Mark WeisPsalm 90:1 Lord, You have been our dwelling place in all generations.https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2023-02/2023-02-03.mp3DownloadHymn: TLH 50, st. 1-2 : Lord, Dismiss Us with Thy Blessing Hymnary.orgOrgan Audiohttps://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/hymns/tlhmp3/050.mp3Download1. Lord, dismiss us with Thy blessing,
Fill our hearts with joy and peace.
Let us each, Thy love possessing,
Triumph in redeeming grace.
Oh, refresh us, Oh, refresh us,
Traveling through this wilderness!
- Thanks we give and adoration
For Thy Gospel’s joyful sound.
May the fruits of Thy salvation
In our hearts and lives abound;
Ever faithful, Ever faithful,
To the Truth may we be found!
2023 Chapels - A New Year’s Resolution to Serve Date : 2023-02-02 Speaker : John PfeifferMatthew 20:26-28 Whoever desires to become great among you, let him be your servant. And whoever desires to be first among you, let him be your slave— just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life a ransom for many.https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2023-02/2023-02-02.mp3DownloadHymn: TLH 235, st. 3 : O Holy Spirit, Enter In Hymnary.orgOrgan Audiohttps://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/hymns/tlhmp3/235.mp3Download3. Thou fountain whence all wisdom flows
Which God on pious hearts bestows,
Grant us Thy consolation
That in our pure faith’s unity
We faithful witnesses may be
Of grace that brings salvation.
Hear us, Cheer us
By Thy teaching; Let our preaching
And our labor
Praise Thee, Lord, and serve our neighbor.
2023 Chapels - God’s Word is Your Guide Through Life’s Highs and Lows Date : 2023-02-01 Speaker : David LauJeremiah 20:7-13 I am in derision daily;
Everyone mocks me.
For when I spoke, I cried out;
I shouted, “Violence and plunder!”
Because the word of the Lord was made to me
A reproach and a derision daily.
Then I said, “I will not make mention of Him,
Nor speak anymore in His name.”
But His word was in my heart like a burning fire
Shut up in my bones;
I was weary of holding it back,
And I could not.
For I heard many mocking:
“Fear on every side!”
“Report,” they say, “and we will report it!”
All my acquaintances watched for my stumbling, saying,
“Perhaps he can be induced;
Then we will prevail against him,
And we will take our revenge on him.”But the Lord is with me as a mighty, awesome One.
Therefore my persecutors will stumble, and will not prevail.
They will be greatly ashamed, for they will not prosper.
Their everlasting confusion will never be forgotten.
But, O Lord of hosts,
You who test the righteous,
And see the mind and heart,
Let me see Your vengeance on them;
For I have pleaded my cause before You.
Sing to the Lord! Praise the Lord!
For He has delivered the life of the poor
From the hand of evildoers.
https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2023-02/2023-02-01.mp3DownloadHymn: LSB 750, st. 1,2,7 : If Thou But Trust in God to Guide TheeHymnary.org
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If thou but trust in God to guide thee
And hope in Him through all thy ways,
He’ll give thee strength, whate’er betide thee,
And bear thee through the evil days.
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What can these anxious cares avail thee,
These never-ceasing moans and sighs?
What can it help if thou bewail thee
O’er each dark moment as it flies?
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Sing, pray, and keep His ways unswerving,
Perform thy duties faithfully,
And trust His Word; though undeserving,
Thou yet shalt find it true for thee.
God never yet forsook in need
The soul that trusted Him indeed.
2023 Chapels - The New Kid In Town Date : 2023-01-31 Speaker : Peter ReimMatthew 5:20 For I say to you, that unless your righteousness exceeds the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven.https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2023-01/2023-01-31.mp3DownloadHymn: TLH 373, st. 1,2,5 : By Grace I’m Saved, Grace Free and Boundless Hymnary.orgOrgan Audiohttps://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/hymns/tlhmp3/373.mp3Download1. By grace I’m saved, grace free and boundless;
My soul, believe and doubt it not.
Why stagger at this word of promise?
Hath Scripture ever falsehood taught?
Nay; then this word must true remain;
By grace thou, too, shalt heav’n obtain.
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By grace! None dare lay claim to merit;
Our works and conduct have no worth.
God in His love sent our Redeemer,
Christ Jesus, to this sinful earth;
His death did for our sins atone,
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By grace! This ground of faith is certain;
So long as God is true, it stands.
What saints have penned by inspiration,
What in His Word our God commands,
What our whole faith must rest upon,
Is Grace alone, grace in His Son.
2023 Chapels - Scripture Reveals the Rest of the Story Date : 2023-01-30 Speaker : Jonah Albrecht1 Corinthians 2:12-14 (ESV) Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God. And we impart this in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual.The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.
https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2023-01/2023-01-30.mp3DownloadHymn: WS 739, st. 3 : Holy Spirit, Ever DwellingHymnary.org
- Holy Spirit, ever working
Through the Church’s ministry;
Quick’ning, strength’ning, and absolving,
Setting captive sinners free;
Holy Spirit, ever binding
Age to age and soul to soul
In communion never ending,
You we worship and extol.
2023 Chapels - Jesus is the Lord of You Date : 2023-01-27 Speaker : Steven SippertRomans 14:7-9 For none of us lives to himself, and no one dies to himself. For if we live, we live to the Lord; and if we die, we die to the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s. For to this end Christ died and rose and lived again, that He might be Lord of both the dead and the living.https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2023-01/2023-01-27.mp3DownloadHymn: TLH 338, st. 3-5 : Thine Forever, God of Love Hymnary.orgOrgan Audiohttps://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/hymns/tlhmp3/338.mp3Download3. Thine forever, Lord of Life!
Shield us through our earthly strife.
Thou, the Life, the Truth, the Way,
Guide us to the realms of day.
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Thine forever! Shepherd, keep
These Thy frail and trembling sheep
Safe alone beneath Thy care,
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Thine forever! Thou our Guide,
All our wants by Thee supplied,
All our sins by Thee forgiven;
Lead us, Lord, from earth to heaven.
2023 Chapels - BIG QUESTIONS: Where Is He Who Is Born King of the Jews? Date : 2023-01-26 Speaker : John SchierenbeckMatthew 2:1-2 Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, saying, “Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we have seen His star in the East and have come to worship Him.”https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2023-01/2023-01-26.mp3DownloadHymn: WS 717, st. 2,5 : Bright and Glorious is the SkyHymnary.org
2023 Chapels - The Lord is Glorified Before Us Date : 2023-01-25 Speaker : Paul SchallerLuke 9:29-30 (NIV) As he was praying, the appearance of his face changed, and his clothes became as bright as a flash of lightning. Two men, Moses and Elijah, appeared in glorious splendor, talking with Jesus.https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2023-01/2023-01-25.mp3DownloadHymn: WS 720, st. 3-4 : Oh, Wondrous Type! Oh, Vision FairHymnary.org
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With shining face and bright array,
Christ deigns to manifest today
what glory shall be theirs above
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And faithful hearts are raised on high
by this great vision’s mystery;
for which in joyful strains we raise
the voice of prayer, the hymns of praise.
2023 Chapels - The Answer For “What If?” Date : 2023-01-24 Speaker : David SchallerPsalm 27:10 (ESV) For my father and my mother have forsaken me,
but the Lord will take me in.https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2023-01/2023-01-24.mp3DownloadHymn: TLH 523, st. 7-8 : Why Should Cross and Trial Grieve me Hymnary.orgOrgan Audiohttps://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/hymns/tlhmp3/523.mp3Download7. Lord, my Shepherd, take me to Thee.
Thou art mine; I was Thine,
Even e’er I knew Thee.
I am Thine, for Thou hast bought me;
Lost I stood, But Thy blood
Free salvation brought me.
- Thou art mine; I love and own Thee.
Light of Joy, Ne’er shall I
From my heart dethrone Thee.
Savior, let me soon behold Thee
Face to face, -May Thy grace
Evermore enfold me!
2023 Chapels - Jesus Was ANOINTED — To Reverse Our Suffering Date : 2023-01-23 Speaker : Paul NaumannIsaiah 61:1-3 “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon Me,
Because the Lord has anointed Me
To preach good tidings to the poor;
He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted,
To proclaim liberty to the captives,
And the opening of the prison to those who are bound;
To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord,
And the day of vengeance of our God;
To comfort all who mourn,
To console those who mourn in Zion,
To give them beauty for ashes,
The oil of joy for mourning,
The garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness;
That they may be called trees of righteousness,
The planting of the Lord, that He may be glorified.”https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2023-01/2023-01-23.mp3DownloadHymn: TLH 59, st. 1-2 : Hail to the Lord’s Annointed Hymnary.orgOrgan Audiohttps://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/hymns/tlhmp3/059.mp3Download1. Hail to the Lord’s Anointed,
Great David’s greater Son!
Hail, in the time appointed,
His reign on earth begun!
He comes to break oppression,
To set the captive free,
To take away transgression,
And rule in equity.
- He comes with succor speedy
To those who suffer wrong;
To help the poor and needy
And bid the weak be strong;
To give them songs for sighing,
Their darkness turn to light,
Whose souls, condemned and dying,
Were precious in His sight.
2023 Chapels - A Matter of Identity Date : 2023-01-20 Speaker : Mark WeisJohn 3:35 By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2023-01/2023-01-20.mp3DownloadHymn: TLH 351, st. 1,4 : Love Divine, all Love Excelling Hymnary.orgOrgan Audiohttps://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/hymns/tlhmp3/351.mp3Download1. Love Divine, all love excelling,
Joy of heaven, to earth come down,
Fix in us Thy humble dwelling,
All Thy faithful mercies crown.
Jesus, Thou art all compassion,
Pure, unbounded love Thou art;
Visit us with Thy salvation,
Enter every trembling heart.
- Finish, then, Thy new creation;
Pure and spotless let us be.
Let us see Thy great salvation
Perfectly restored in Thee,
Changed from glory into glory,
Till in heaven we take our place,
Till we cast our crowns before Thee,
Lost in wonder, love, and praise.
2023 Chapels - Jesus’ “Manifesting” Really Works Date : 2023-01-18 Speaker : Daniel Schierenbeck2 Timothy 1:8-10 Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me His prisoner, but share with me in the sufferings for the gospel according to the power of God, 9 who has saved us and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to His own purpose and grace which was given to us in Christ Jesus before time began, 10 but has now been revealed by the appearing of our Savior Jesus Christ, who has abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel.https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2023-01/2023-01-18.mp3DownloadHymn: TLH 134, st. 1-3 : Songs of Thankfulness and Praise Hymnary.orgOrgan Audiohttps://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/hymns/tlhmp3/134.mp3Download1. Songs of thankfulness and praise,
Jesus, Lord, to Thee we raise,
Manifested by the star
To the sages from afar,
Branch of royal David’s stem,
In Thy birth at Bethlehem.
Anthems be to Thee addressed
God in man made manifest.
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Manifest at Jordan’s stream,
Prophet, Priest, and King supreme,
And at Cana, Wedding-guest,
In Thy Godhead manifest;
Manifest in power divine,
Changing water into wine.
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Manifest in making whole
Palsied limbs and fainting soul;
Manifest in valiant fight,
Quelling all the devil’s might;
Manifest in gracious will,
Ever bringing good from ill.
Anthems be to Thee addressed,
God in man made manifest.
2023 Chapels - In This Year Be People of Vision Date : 2023-01-17 Speaker : John UdeJoel 2:28-32 “And it shall come to pass afterward
That I will pour out My Spirit on all flesh;
Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
Your old men shall dream dreams,
Your young men shall see visions.
And also on My menservants and on My maidservants
I will pour out My Spirit in those days.“And I will show wonders in the heavens and in the earth:
Blood and fire and pillars of smoke.
The sun shall be turned into darkness,
And the moon into blood,
Before the coming of the great and awesome day of the Lord.
And it shall come to pass
That whoever calls on the name of the Lord
Shall be saved.
For in Mount Zion and in Jerusalem there shall be deliverance,
As the Lord has said,
Among the remnant whom the Lord calls.
https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2023-01/2023-01-17.mp3DownloadHymn: TLH 226, st. 1,7 : Come, Oh Come, Thou Quickening Spirit Hymnary.orgOrgan Audiohttps://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/hymns/tlhmp3/226.mp3Download1. Come, oh, come, Thou quickening Spirit,
God from all eternity!
May Thy power never fail us;
Dwell within us constantly.
Then shall truth and life and light
Banish all the gloom of night.
- Holy Spirit, strong and mighty.
Thou who makest all things new,
Make Thy work within us perfect
And the evil Foe subdue.
Grant us weapons for the strife
And with victory crown our life.
2023 Chapels - The Red Letter Words of the Good Shepherd Date : 2023-01-16 Speaker : Steven SippertJohn 10:27-28 My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me. And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand.https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2023-01/2023-01-16.mp3DownloadHymn: TLH 296, st. 1-3 : Speak, O Lord, Thy Servant Heareth Hymnary.orgOrgan Audiohttps://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/hymns/tlhmp3/296.mp3Download1. Speak, O Lord, Thy servant heareth,
To Thy Word I now give heed;
Life and spirit Thy Word beareth,
All Thy Word is true indeed.
Death’s dread power in me is rife;
Jesus, may Thy Word of Life
Fill my soul with love’s strong fervor
That I cling to Thee forever.
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Oh, what blessing to be near Thee
And to hearken to Thy voice!
May I ever love and fear Thee
That Thy Word may be my choice!
Oft were hardened sinners, Lord,
Struck with terror by Thy Word;
But to him who for sin grieveth
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Lord, Thy words are waters living
Where I quench my thirsty need;
Lord, Thy words are bread life-giving,
On Thy words my Soul doth feed.
Lord, Thy words shall be my light
Through death’s vale and dreary night;
Yea, they are my sword prevailing
And my cup of joy unfailing.
2023 Chapels - Winter Teaches Us About God Date : 2023-01-13 Speaker : Stephen SydowEcclesiastes 3:1 To everything there is a season,
A time for every purpose under heaven.https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2023-01/2023-01-13.mp3DownloadHymn: LSB 809, st. 1,2 : Great Is Thy FaithfulnessHymnary.org
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Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father;
There is no shadow of turning with Thee.
Thou changest not: Thy compassions, they fail not;
As Thou hast been, Thou forever wilt be.
Refrain:
Great is Thy faithfulness!
Great is Thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see;
All I have needed Thy hand hath provided;
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Summer and winter and springtime and harvest,
Sun, moon and stars in their courses above
Join with all nature in manifold witness
To Thy great faithfulness, mercy and love. [Refrain]
2023 Chapels - God is Training You to Do Spiritual CPR Date : 2023-01-12 Speaker : Mark BernthalPhilippians 3:1 Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. For me to write the same things to you is not tedious, but for you it is safe.https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2023-01/2023-01-12.mp3DownloadHymn: TLH 655 : I Pray Thee, Dear Lord Jesus Hymnary.orgOrgan Audiohttps://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/hymns/tlhmp3/655.mp3Download1. I pray Thee, dear Lord Jesus,
My heart to keep and train
That I Thy holy temple
From youth to age remain.
Turn Thou my thoughts forever
From worldly wisdom’s lore;
If I but learn to know Thee,
I shall not want for more.
2023 Chapels - Love Matters More Date : 2023-01-10 Speaker : David Schaller1 Corinthians 13:1-7 (ESV) If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing.Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2023-01/2023-01-10.mp3DownloadHymn: LSB 847, st. 1,4 : Christ, Our Human Likeness SharingHymnary.org
2022 Chapels - We Have MEANS, MOTIVE & OPPORTUNITY to Share the Gospel Date : 2022-12-16 Speaker : Daniel SchierenbeckLuke 2:15,18,20 When the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.”18 And all who heard it wondered at what the shepherds told them.
20 And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, as it had been told them.
https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2022-12/2022-12-16.mp3DownloadHymn: TLH 85, st. 14-15 :
From Heaven Above to Earth I Come Hymnary.orgOrgan Audiohttps://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/hymns/tlhmp3/085.mp3Download14. My heart for very joy doth leap,
My lips no more can silence keep;
I, too, must sing with joyful tongue
That sweetest ancient cradle-song:
- Glory to God in highest heaven,
Who unto us His Son hath given!
While angels sing with pious mirth
A glad new year to all the earth.
2022 Chapels - BIG QUESTIONS: How Can This Be? Date : 2022-12-15 Speaker : John SchierenbeckLuke 1:26-38 Now in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, 27 to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David. The virgin’s name was Mary. 28 And having come in, the angel said to her, “Rejoice, highly favored one, the Lord is with you; [a]blessed are you among women!”29 But [b]when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and considered what manner of greeting this was. 30 Then the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God. 31 And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son, and shall call His name Jesus. 32 He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David. 33 And He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of His kingdom there will be no end.”
34 Then Mary said to the angel, “How can this be, since I [c]do not know a man?”
35 And the angel answered and said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be born will be called the Son of God. 36 Now indeed, Elizabeth your relative has also conceived a son in her old age; and this is now the sixth month for her who was called barren. 37 For with God nothing will be impossible.”
38 Then Mary said, “Behold the maidservant of the Lord! Let it be to me according to your word.” And the angel departed from her.
https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2022-12/2022-12-15.mp3DownloadHymn: LSB 384, st. 1-2 :
Of the Father’s Love BegottenHymnary.org
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Of the Father’s love begotten
Ere the worlds began to be,
He is Alpha and Omega,
He the source, the ending He,
Of the things that are, that have been,
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Oh, that birth forever blessed,
When the virgin, full of grace,
By the Holy Ghost conceiving,
Bore the Savior of our race,
And the babe, the world’s Redeemer,
First revealed His sacred face
Evermore and evermore.
2022 Chapels - The Christmas Story Date : 2022-12-14 Speaker : Paul SchallerLuke 2, Revelation 19, 21 (M. Sydow translation) Luke 2: 1-20 At that time the Roman emperor, Augustus, decreed that a census should be taken throughout the Roman Empire. (This was the first census taken when Quirinius was governor of Syria.) All returned to their own towns to register for this census. And because Joseph was a descendant of King David, he had to go to Bethlehem in Judea, David’s ancient home. He traveled there from the village of Nazareth in Galilee. He took with him Mary, his fiancé, who was obviously pregnant by this time. And while they were there, the time came for her baby to be born. She gave birth to her first child, a son. She wrapped him snugly in strips of cloth and laid him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the village inn. That night some shepherds were in the fields outside the village, guarding their flocks of sheep. suddenly, an angel of the Lord appeared among them, and the radiance of the Lord’s glory surrounded them. They were terribly frightened, but the angel reassured them. “Don’t be afraid!” he said. “I bring you good news of great joy for everyone! The Savior — yes, the Messiah, the Lord — has been born tonight in Bethlehem, the city of David! And this is how you will recognize him: You will find a baby lying in a manger, wrapped snugly in strips of cloth!” Suddenly, the angel was joined by a vast host of others – the armies of heaven – praising God: “In the highest glory to God; on earth peace; among men good will.” When the angels had returned to heaven, the shepherds said to each other, ‘Come on, let’s go to Bethlehem! Let’s see this wonderful thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about. They ran to the village and found Mary and Joseph. And there was the baby, lying in the manger. Then the shepherds told everyone what had happened and what the angel had said to them about this child. All who heard the shepherds’ story were astonished, but Mary quietly treasured these things in her heart and thought about them often. The shepherds went back to their fields and flocks, glorifying and praising God for what the angels had told them, and because they had seen the child, just as the angel had said.Revelation 19: 4-7 Then the twenty-four elders and the four living beings fell down and worshiped God, who was sitting on the throne. They cried out, “Amen! Hallelujah!” And from the throne came a voice that said, “Praise our God, all his servants, from the least to the greatest, all who fear him.” Then I heard again what sounded like the shout of a huge crowd, or the roar of mighty ocean waves, or the crash of loud thunder: “Hallelujah! For the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns. Let us be glad and rejoice and honor him. For the time has come for the wedding feast of the Lamb, and his bride has prepared herself.
Revelation 21: 1-4 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the old heaven and the old earth had disappeared. And the sea was also gone. And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven like a beautiful bride prepared for her husband. I heard a loud shout from the throne, saying, “Look, the home of God is now among his people! He will live with them, and they will be his people. God himself will be with them. He will remove all of their sorrows, and there will be no more death or sorrow or crying or pain. For the old world and its evils are gone forever.”
https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2022-12/2022-12-14.mp3DownloadHymn: TLH 84 :
Christians, Awake Hymnary.orgOrgan Audiohttps://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/hymns/tlhmp3/084.mp3Download1. Christians, awake, salute the happy morn
Whereon the Savior of the world was born.
Rise to adore the mystery of love
Which hosts of angels chanted from above;
With them the joyful tidings first begun
Of God Incarnate and the Virgin’s Son.
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Then to the watchful shepherds it was told,
Who heard the angelic herald’s voice, “Behold,
I bring good tidings of a Savior’s birth
To you and all the nations upon earth;
This day hath God fulfilled His promised word;
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He spake; and straightway the celestial choir
In hymns of joy, unknown before, conspire;
The praises of redeeming love they sang,
And heaven’s whole orb with alleluias rang.
God’s highest glory was their anthem still,
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To Bethl’m straight th’ enlightened shepherds ran
To see the wonder God had wrought for man
And found, with Joseph and the blessed maid,
Her Son, the Savior, in a manger laid;
Then to their flocks, still praising God, return.
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Oh, may we keep and ponder in our mind
God’s wondrous love in saving lost mankind!
Trace we the Babe, who hath retrieved our loss,
From His poor manger to His bitter cross,
Tread in His steps, assisted by His grace,
Till man’s first heavenly state again takes place.
6.Then may we hope, th’ angelic hosts among,
To sing, redeemed, a glad triumphal song.
He that was born upon this joyful day
Around us all His glory shall display.
Saved by His love, incessant we shall sing
Eternal praise to heaven’s almighty King.
2022 Chapels - Jesus Is Home With You For Christmas Date : 2022-12-13 Speaker : Paul SchallerLuke 2:4-7 4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage of David, 5 to be registered with Mary, his betrothed, who was with child. 6 And while they were there, the time came for her to give birth. 7 And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in swaddling cloths and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2022-12/2022-12-13.mp3DownloadHymn: WS 704 :
Oh Lord, How Shall I Meet YouHymnary.org
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O Lord, how shall I meet You,
How welcome you aright?
Your people long to greet You,
My Hope, my heart’s Delight!
O Jesus, let Your Word
Be a lamp to light may way,
To show my how to please You,
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Your Zion strews before You
Green baughs and fairest palms;
And I to will adore You,
With joyous songs and psalms.
My heart shall bloom forever for
You with praises new
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I lay in fetters groaning,
You came to set me free;
I stood, my shame bemoaning,
You came to honor me.
A glorious crown You give me,
A treasure safe on high,
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Love caused Your incarnation,
Love brought You down to me;
Your thirst for my salvation
Procured my liberty.
O love beyond all telling,
That led you to embrace
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Rejoice, then, you sad-hearted,
Who sit in deepest gloom,
Who mourn o’er joys departed,
And tremble at your doom:
Despair not; He is near you,
He’s standing at the door;
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He comes to judge the nations;
A terror to His foes,
A light of consolations,
And blessed hope to those
Who love the Lord’s appearing.
O glorious Sun now come,
Send forth Your beams most cheering,
And guide us safely home.
2022 Chapels - He Who Is Mighty Has Done Great Things For Us Date : 2022-12-12 Speaker : Paul AgentenLuke 1:46-55 And Mary said:“My soul magnifies the Lord,
And my spirit has rejoiced in God my Savior.
For He has regarded the lowly state of His maidservant;
For behold, henceforth all generations will call me blessed.
For He who is mighty has done great things for me,
And holy is His name.
And His mercy is on those who fear Him
From generation to generation.
He has shown strength with His arm;
He has scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts.
He has put down the mighty from their thrones,
And exalted the lowly.
He has filled the hungry with good things,
And the rich He has sent away empty.
He has helped His servant Israel,
In remembrance of His mercy,
As He spoke to our fathers,
To Abraham and to his seed forever.”
https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2022-12/2022-12-12.mp3DownloadHymn: TLH 275 :
My Soul doth Magnify the Lord Hymnary.orgOrgan Audiohttps://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/hymns/tlhmp3/275.mp3Download
2022 Chapels - Repentance Gets Us in the Christmas Spirit Date : 2022-12-09 Speaker : Stephen SydowMatthew 3:1-2 In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, 2 and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!”https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2022-12/2022-12-09.mp3DownloadHymn: TLH 61, st. 1,3 :
Comfort, Comfort, Ye My People Hymnary.orgOrgan Audiohttps://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/hymns/tlhmp3/061.mp3Download1. Comfort, comfort, ye My people,
Speak ye peace, thus saith our God;
Comfort those who sit in darkness,
Mourning ‘neath their sorrows’ load.
Speak ye to Jerusalem
Of the peace that waits for them;
Tell her that her sins I cover
And her warfare now is over.
- Hark, the Herald’s voice is crying
In the desert far and near,
Bidding all men to repentance
Since the Kingdom now is here.
Oh, that warning cry obey!
Now prepare for God a way;
Let the valleys rise to meet Him
And the hills bow down to greet Him.
2022 Chapels - They Can’t Cancel Christianity Date : 2022-12-08 Speaker : John PfeifferMatthew 10:32-33 Therefore whoever confesses Me before men, him I will also confess before My Father who is in heaven. 33 But whoever denies Me before men, him I will also deny before My Father who is in heaven.https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2022-12/2022-12-08.mp3DownloadHymn: LSB 688, st. 5 :
Come, Follow Me, the Savior SpakeHymnary.org
- Then let us follow Christ, our Lord,
And take the cross appointed
And, firmly clinging to His Word,
In suff’ring be undaunted.
For those who bear the battle’s strain
The crown of heav’nly life obtain.
2022 Chapels - Advent Delivers Us From Doom and Gloom Date : 2022-12-07 Speaker : David LauJeremiah 19:3-15 This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: Listen! I am going to bring a disaster on this place that will make the ears of everyone who hears of it tingle. 4 For they have forsaken me and made this a place of foreign gods; they have burned incense in it to gods that neither they nor their ancestors nor the kings of Judah ever knew, and they have filled this place with the blood of the innocent. 5 They have built the high places of Baal to burn their children in the fire as offerings to Baal—something I did not command or mention, nor did it enter my mind. 6 So beware, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when people will no longer call this place Topheth or the Valley of Ben Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter.7 “‘In this place I will ruin the plans of Judah and Jerusalem. I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies, at the hands of those who want to kill them, and I will give their carcasses as food to the birds and the wild animals. 8 I will devastate this city and make it an object of horror and scorn; all who pass by will be appalled and will scoff because of all its wounds. 9 I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and daughters, and they will eat one another’s flesh because their enemies will press the siege so hard against them to destroy them.’
10 “Then break the jar while those who go with you are watching, 11 and say to them, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty says: I will smash this nation and this city just as this potter’s jar is smashed and cannot be repaired. They will bury the dead in Topheth until there is no more room. 12 This is what I will do to this place and to those who live here, declares the Lord. I will make this city like Topheth. 13 The houses in Jerusalem and those of the kings of Judah will be defiled like this place, Topheth—all the houses where they burned incense on the roofs to all the starry hosts and poured out drink offerings to other gods.’”
14 Jeremiah then returned from Topheth, where the Lord had sent him to prophesy, and stood in the court of the Lord’s temple and said to all the people, 15 “This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: ‘Listen! I am going to bring on this city and all the villages around it every disaster I pronounced against them, because they were stiff-necked and would not listen to my words.’”
https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2022-12/2022-12-07.mp3DownloadHymn: LSB 755, st. 1,3 :
In the Very Midst of LifeHymnary.org
2022 Chapels - The Great Truths of Christmas Date : 2022-12-06 Speaker : Mark WeisJohn 1:14 (NIV) The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2022-12/2022-12-06.mp3DownloadHymn: TLH 97, st. 1,4 :
Let us all with Gladsome Voice Hymnary.orgOrgan Audiohttps://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/hymns/tlhmp3/097.mp3Download1. Let us all with gladsome voice
Praise the God of heaven,
Who, to bid our hearts rejoice,
His own Son hath given.
- O Lord Christ, our Savior dear,
Be Thou ever near us.
Grant us now a glad new year.
Amen, Jesus, hear us!
2022 Chapels - You Are the Reason For Advent Date : 2022-12-05 Speaker : Jonah AlbrechtGenesis 3:8-15 And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. But the Lord God called to the man and said to him, “Where are you?” And he said, “I heard the sound of you in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked, and I hid myself.” He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?” The man said, “The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate.” Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this that you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent deceived me, and I ate.”The Lord God said to the serpent,
“Because you have done this,
cursed are you above all livestock
and above all beasts of the field;
on your belly you shall go,
and dust you shall eat
all the days of your life.
I will put enmity between you and the woman,
and between your offspring and her offspring;
he shall bruise your head,
and you shall bruise his heel.”
https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2022-12/2022-12-05.mp3DownloadHymn: TLH 95, st. 1,4,5 :
Savior of the Nations Come Hymnary.orgOrgan Audiohttps://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/hymns/tlhmp3/095.mp3Download1. Savior of the nations, come,
Virgin’s Son, make here Thy home!
Marvel now, O heaven and earth,
That the Lord chose such a birth.
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From the Father forth He came
And returneth to the same,
Captive leading death and hell–
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Thou, the Father’s only Son,
Hast o’er sin the victory won.
Boundless shall Thy kingdom be;
When shall we its glories see?
The Day of the Lord Marches On Date : 2022-12-02 Speaker : John Ude Joel 1:2-11, 13-14, 19-20, 2:1-13 Hear this, you elders, And give ear, all you inhabitants of the land! Has anything like this happened in your days, Or even in the days of your fathers? Tell your children about it, LetRead More
God’s Miracles are There for Us in His Word Date : 2022-12-01 Speaker : Steven Sippert John 20:30-31 And truly Jesus did many other signs in the presence of His disciples, which are not written in this book; but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son ofRead More
Expect Great Things From Christmas Date : 2022-11-29 Speaker : Paul Naumann Isaiah 7:14 Therefore the Lord Himself will give you a sign: Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a Son, and shall call His name Immanuel. Hymn: TLH 76, st. 1,4 : A Great and Mighty Wonder Hymnary.org Organ Audio 1.Read More
When Worried Sick Date : 2022-11-28 Speaker : Mark Weis Matthew 6: 31-33 (NIV) So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first hisRead More
We Can Look Forward to Getaway Day Date : 2022-11-23 Speaker : Daniel Schierenbeck Revelation 22:20 He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming quickly.” Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus! Hymn: LSB 508, st. 5,7 : The Day Is Surely Drawing Near Hymnary.org 5. My Savior paid the debtRead More
For the Best Thanksgiving, Take the Cup of Salvation Date : 2022-11-22 Speaker : Paul Schaller Psalm 116 1 I love the Lord, for he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy. 2 Because he turned his ear to me, I will call on him as long as I live. 3 TheRead More
Will You Not Fear the Lion’s Roar? Date : 2022-11-21 Speaker : John Ude Amos 1:2-3 “The Lord roars from Zion . . . For three transgressions of Damascus, and for four, I will not turn away its punishment.” Hymn: TLH 644 : Praise God, from Whom All Blessings Flow Hymnary.org Organ AudioRead More
Prayer is a Power Tool Date : 2022-11-18 Speaker : Stephen Sydow Philippians 4:6 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known to God. Hymn: TLH 457 : What a Friend We Have in Jesus Hymnary.org Organ Audio 1. What a FriendRead More
We Wait in Hope Date : 2022-11-17 Speaker : John Pfeiffer Isaiah 45:17 But Israel shall be saved by the Lord With an everlasting salvation; You shall not be ashamed or disgraced Forever and ever. Hymn: TLH 64, st. 1,5 : Jesus, Thy Church with Longing Eyes Hymnary.org Organ Audio 1. Jesus, ThyRead More
FAMOUS VERSES IN CONTEXT — “Casting All Your Anxieties on Him” Date : 2022-11-15 Speaker : David Schaller 1 Peter 5:7 (ESV) casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you. Hymn: TLH 521, st. 1,6 : What God Ordains Is Always Good Hymnary.org Organ Audio 1. What God ordains isRead More
All Flesh Shall Worship Before Me Date : 2022-11-14 Speaker : Jonah Albrecht Isaiah 66:18-23 (ESV) “For I know[a] their works and their thoughts, and the time is coming[b] to gather all nations and tongues. And they shall come and shall see my glory, 19 and I will set a sign among them. AndRead More
BIG QUESTIONS: Where Are the Nine? Date : 2022-11-10 Speaker : John Schierenbeck Luke 17:17 So Jesus answered and said, “Were there not ten cleansed? But where are the nine?” Hymn: LSB 895, st. 1 : Now Thank We All Our God Hymnary.org 1. Now thank we all our God With hearts andRead More
Fear Not — Only Believe Date : 2022-11-09 Speaker : Paul Schaller Mark 5:35-36 While he was still speaking, there came from the ruler’s house some who said, “Your daughter is dead. Why trouble the Teacher any further?” But overhearing what they said, Jesus said to the ruler of the synagogue, “Do not fear,Read More
Abraham’s Journey of Faith Date : 2022-11-08 Speaker : Mark Weis Genesis 12:1 (NIV) The Lord had said to Abram, “Go from your country, your people and your father’s household to the land I will show you.” Hymn: TLH 54, st. 1-2 : Guide me, O Thou Great Jehovah Hymnary.org Organ Audio 1.Read More
Those Who Refuse the Treasure Map Suffer a Famine of the Word Date : 2022-11-07 Speaker : John Ude Amos 8:11 “Behold, the days are coming,” says the Lord God, “That I will send a famine on the land, Not a famine of bread, Nor a thirst for water, But of hearing the wordsRead More
Swapping Grades With Jesus Date : 2022-11-04 Speaker : Steven Sippert Romans 4:3-5 For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was accounted to him for righteousness.” Now to him who works, the wages are not counted as grace but as debt. But to him who does not work but believesRead More
Death Delivers the Righteous from Evil Date : 2022-11-03 Speaker : John Pfeiffer Isaiah 57:1-2 The righteous perishes, And no man takes it to heart; Merciful men are taken away, While no one considers That the righteous is taken away from [a]evil. He shall enter into peace; They shall rest in their beds, EachRead More
“I See ALIVE People.” Date : 2022-11-01 Speaker : Peter Reim Hebrews 12:1 (Listen) Jesus, Founder and Perfecter of Our Faith 12:1 Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the raceRead More
A New Song Here Shall be Begun Date : 2022-10-31 Speaker : David Schaller 1 Peter 4:14-16 (EHV) If you are insulted in connection with the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. Make sure that none of you suffers as a murderer, aRead More
The World Needs You — TO BE LIGHT Date : 2022-10-28 Speaker : Paul Naumann Matthew 5:14-16 “You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it givesRead More
Why, God? Date : 2022-10-27 Speaker : Mark Weis Psalm 10:1 (NIV) Why, Lord, do you stand far off? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble? Hymn: TLH 521, st. 4 : What God Ordains Is Always Good Hymnary.org— — Organ Audio 4. What God ordains is always good. He isRead More
One Book Is Needful Date : 2022-10-26 Speaker : Daniel Schierenbeck 2 Timothy 3:16-17 All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work. Hymn: TLH 283 :Read More
The Word is a Place to Stand Date : 2022-10-25 Speaker : Mark Kranz Romans 1:16-17 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. For in it the righteousness ofRead More
Forgiveness Is Our Real Treasure Date : 2022-10-24 Speaker : Paul Agenten Luke 18:9-14 Also He spoke this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others: “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood andRead More
God is Preparing You For the Real World Date : 2022-10-21 Speaker : Stephen Sydow Ephesians 6:12 (NIV) For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Hymn:Read More
God Gives Us Clean Headlights Date : 2022-10-20 Speaker : John Pfeiffer Psalm 119:105 Your word is a lamp to my feet And a light to my path. Hymn: TLH 62, st. 3-4 : Oh Come, Oh Come, Emmanuel Hymnary.org— — Organ Audio 3. Oh, come, Thou Dayspring from on high, And cheerRead More
Remember the Truth! Date : 2022-10-19 Speaker : John Ude Joshua 4:21-24 Then he spoke to the children of Israel, saying: “When your children ask their fathers in time to come, saying, ‘What are these stones?’ then you shall let your children know, saying, ‘Israel crossed over this Jordan on dry land’; for theRead More
God Sets Up Safeguards Date : 2022-10-18 Speaker : Steven Sippert 1 John 2:24-27 Let what you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, then you too will abide in the Son and in the Father. And this is the promise that he madeRead More
Crist Crucified is All You Need Date : 2022-10-17 Speaker : Jonah Albrecht 1 Corinthians 2:2 For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. Hymn: TLH 175, st. 3-4 : When I Survey the Wondrous Cross Hymnary.org— — Organ Audio 3. See, from His head, His hands,Read More
You Can’t Serve God and Mammon—Good News: You Don’t Have To Date : 2022-10-14 Speaker : David Schaller Matthew 6:24-25 “No one can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God andRead More
BIG QUESTIONS: What Must I Do to be Saved? Date : 2022-10-13 Speaker : John Schierenbeck Acts 16:30-31 And he brought them out and said, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?” So they said, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household.” Hymn: WSRead More
God Cured Luther’s Leprosy Date : 2022-10-12 Speaker : Paul Schaller Luke 17:11-14 Now it happened as He went to Jerusalem that He passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee. Then as He entered a certain village, there met Him ten men who were lepers, who stood afar off. And they lifted upRead More
The World Needs You — TO BE SALT Date : 2022-10-11 Speaker : Paul Naumann Matthew 5:13 You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men. Hymn:Read More
God Spares Us the Many Bad Things that Did NOT Happen Date : 2022-10-06 Speaker : John Pfeiffer Jonah 3:10 Then God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God relented from the disaster that He had said He would bring upon them, and He did not do it. Read More
Seek the Lord while he may be found; call on him while he is near. Let the wicked forsake their ways and the unrighteous their thoughts. Let them turn to the Lord, and he will have mercy on them, and to our God, for he will freely pardon. – Isaiah 55:6-7 Lunch/Supper Wednesday Orange Chicken/Burrito Bowls Thursday Hot Ham & Swiss/Chicken Nuggets *Early Friday BeefRead More
Faithful King Josiah Had ONE Faithful Descendant Date : 2022-10-05 Speaker : David Lau Jeremiah 22:11-12 For thus says the Lord concerning Shallum the son of Josiah, king of Judah, who reigned instead of Josiah his father, who went from this place: “He shall not return here anymore, but he shall die in theRead More
Jesus: The Product That Sells Itself Date : 2022-10-04 Speaker : Steven Sippert John 1:43-50 The following day Jesus wanted to go to Galilee, and He found Philip and said to him, “Follow Me.” Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathanael and said to him, “We haveRead More
Grace and Truth Came Through Jesus Christ Date : 2022-10-03 Speaker : David Schaller John 1:17 (EHV) For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. Hymn: TLH 289, st. 3,4 : The Law Commands and Makes Us Know Hymnary.org— — Organ Audio 3. What curses doth theRead More
The Immanuel Effect Date : 2022-09-30 Speaker : Daniel Schierenbeck Isaiah 41:10 ‘Fear not, for I am with you; Be not dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you, Yes, I will help you, I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.’ Hymn: TLH 427, st. 3,4,7 : How FirmRead More
You Have a Fire Drill Every Day Date : 2022-09-29 Speaker : John Pfeiffer Luke 3:16 John answered them all, “I baptize you with water. But one who is more powerful than I will come, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy SpiritRead More
JESUS PRICELESS TREASURE – Naught I Ask Beside Thee Date : 2022-09-28 Speaker : Paul Naumann Matthew 13:45-46 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant seeking beautiful pearls, who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had and bought it. Hymn: TLH 347,Read More
A Great Reason to Pray — It Works Date : 2022-09-27 Speaker : Peter Reim Genesis 18:20-32 And the Lord said, “Because the outcry against Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grave, I will go down now and see whether they have done altogether according to the outcry againstRead More
Mirror, Mirror Date : 2022-09-26 Speaker : Mark Weis James 1:23-25 (NIV) Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and immediately forgets what he looks like. But whoever looks intentlyRead More
Jesus Christ is Everything You Need Date : 2022-09-02 Speaker : Paul Naumann Isaiah 49:8-10 Thus says the Lord: “In an acceptable time I have heard You, And in the day of salvation I have helped You; I will preserve You and give You As a covenant to the people, To restore the earth,Read More
WHJD — What HAS Jesus Done? Date : 2022-08-31 Speaker : Daniel Schierenbeck 1 Peter 2:21-24 For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that you should follow His steps: 22 “Who committed no sin, Nor was deceit found in His mouth”; 23 who, when HeRead More
The Wisdom of God Date : 2022-08-30 Speaker : Mark Weis 1 Corinthians 2:6-7 (NIV84) We do, however, speak a message of wisdom among the mature, but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing. No, we speak of God’s secret wisdom, a wisdomRead More
The Vine that Bears Fruit Date : 2022-08-29 Speaker : John Ude John 15:5 “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing. Hymn: TLH 342, st. 1,3 : Chief of Sinners, Though I BeRead More
The Love of Christ is the Strongest Power Date : 2022-08-26 Speaker : Steven Sippert 2 Corinthians 5:14-15 For the love of Christ compels us, because we judge thus: that if One died for all, then all died; 15 and He died for all, that those who live should live no longer for themselves,Read More
Christians Show Godliness and Dignity Date : 2022-08-25 Speaker : John Pfeiffer 1 Timothy 2:1–4 (NASB) First of all, then, I urge that requests, prayers, intercession, and thanksgiving be made in behalf of all people, 2 for kings and all who are in authority, so that we may lead a tranquil and quiet lifeRead More
With Christ, It Will Be A Good Year Date : 2022-08-24 Speaker : Paul Schaller Mark 1:1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. Hymn: WS 760, st. 1,4,5 : Oh, Love, How Deep Hymnary.org— 1. Oh, love, how deep, how broad, how high, Beyond all thought andRead More
Can the Lord Really Save Me? Date : 2022-08-23 Speaker : David Schaller 2 Kings 18:33-35; 19:23-23 (EHV) “Has any of the gods of the nations at all delivered its land from the hand of the king of Assyria? 34 Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? Where are the gods of SepharvaimRead More
JESUS, PRICELESS TREASURE – I Will Suffer Naught to Hide Thee Date : 2022-08-22 Speaker : Paul Naumann Matthew 13:44 44 “Again, the kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field, which a man found and hid; and for joy over it he goes and sells all that he has and buysRead More
God’s Word is the Light for Our Road Ahead Date : 2022-05-20 Speaker : Paul Naumann Psalm 119:105 Your word is a lamp to my feet And a light to my path. Hymn: TLH 294, st. 1,4 : O Word of God Incarnate Hymnary.org— — Organ Audio 1. O Word of God Incarnate,Read More
And So We Came to Rome Date : 2022-05-18 Speaker : Paul Schaller Acts 28:14 (NIV84) There we found some brothers who invited us to spend a week with them. And so we came to Rome. Hymn: TLH 47 : Savior Again to Thy Dear Name Hymnary.org— — Organ Audio 1. Savior, againRead More
The Sacred Things of God Date : 2022-05-17 Speaker : John Pfeiffer 2 Timothy 3:15 (author’s translation) From infancy you have known the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise unto salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. Hymn: TLH 227, st. 1 : Come, Holy Ghost, in Love Hymnary.org— — OrganRead More
God Gives Us the Paraclete Date : 2022-05-16 Speaker : Zach Sippert John 15:26-16:3 (ESV) “But when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness about me. And you also will bear witness, because you have beenRead More
Free At Last Date : 2022-05-13 Speaker : Daniel Schierenbeck Galatians 5:13 For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. Hymn: TLH 32, st. 1,3,4 : Redeemed, Restored, Forgiven Hymnary.org— — Organ Audio 1. Redeemed, restored,Read More
God’s Everlasting Strength Becomes Ours Date : 2022-05-12 Speaker : Steven Sippert Isaiah 40:31 They who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint. Hymn: TLH 433, st. 1-5 : Jesus, myRead More
Behold a Basket of Summer Fruit Date : 2022-05-11 Speaker : John Ude Amos 8:1 This is what the Lord God showed me: behold, a basket of summer fruit. Hymn: TLH 226, st. 3,8 : Come, Oh Come, Thou Quickening Spirit Hymnary.org— — Organ Audio 3. Show us, Lord, the path of blessing;Read More
Dead to Sin, Risen With Christ Date : 2022-05-10 Speaker : David Schaller Romans 6:3-4 (NASB) 3 Or do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into His death? 4 Therefore we have been buried with Him through baptism into death, so that, justRead More
Jesus’ Sheep are Precious to Him Date : 2022-05-09 Speaker : Paul Agenten John 21:15-17 When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, “Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?” He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him, “Feed myRead More
Jesus is With You in the Highs and Lows Date : 2022-05-06 Speaker : Stephen Sydow John 21:1-3 (ESV) After this Jesus revealed himself again to the disciples by the Sea of Tiberias, and he revealed himself in this way. Simon Peter, Thomas (called the Twin), Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, the sons ofRead More
How Do I Love Thee? Date : 2022-05-05 Speaker : John Pfeiffer romans 13:10 Love is the fulfilling of the law. Hymn: TLH 266, st. 2 : O God, our Lord, Thy Holy Word Hymnary.org— — Organ Audio 2. Salvation true By faith in you, That is your Gospel’s preaching, The heart andRead More
Graduates: Great Glory Awaits You Date : 2022-05-04 Speaker : David Lau Matthew 13:43 (ESV) Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Hymn: TLH 463, st. 4-6 : For All the Saints Hymnary.org— — Organ Audio 4. O blest communion, fellowship divine, We feebly struggle, theyRead More
Faith Makes You an Overcomer Date : 2022-05-03 Speaker : Paul Naumann 1 john 5:4-5 (ESV) For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith. Who is it that overcomes the world except the one who believes that Jesus is theRead More
Why Are You Here? Date : 2022-04-29 Speaker : Chad Seybt Isaiah 6:8 Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying: “Whom shall I send, And who will go for Us?” Then I said, “Here am I! Send me.” Hymn: TLH 496, st. 1,4 : Hark! the Voice of Jesus Crying Hymnary.org—Read More
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The Important Things Don’t Change Date : 2022-04-27 Speaker : Michael Wilke Malachi 3:6 and Hebrews 13:8 “For I am the Lord, I do not change;
Therefore you are not consumed, O sons of Jacob.” Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
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Hymn: TLH 203 : Morning Breaks upon the Tomb
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- Morning breaks upon the tomb;
Jesus scatters all its gloom.
Day of triumph through the skies;
See the glorious Savior rise.
- Ye who are of death afraid
Triumph in the scattered shade.
Drive your anxious cares away;
See the place where Jesus lay.
- Christians, dry your flowing tears
Chase your unbelieving fears;
Look on His deserted grave,
Doubt no more His power to save.
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God is Full of Forgiveness Date : 2022-04-26 Speaker : Rob Sauers Exodus 34:1-7 (ESV) The Lord said to Moses, “Cut for yourself two tablets of stone like the first, and I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke. Be ready by the morning, and come up in the morning to Mount Sinai, and present yourself there to me on the top of the mountain. No one shall come up with you, and let no one be seen throughout all the mountain. Let no flocks or herds graze opposite that mountain.” So Moses cut two tablets of stone like the first. And he rose early in the morning and went up on Mount Sinai, as the Lord had commanded him, and took in his hand two tablets of stone. The Lord descended in the cloud and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the Lord. The Lord passed before him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness, keeping steadfast love for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, but who will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children and the children’s children, to the third and the fourth generation.” https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2022-04/2022-04-26.mp3Download
Hymn: WS 742 : Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven Hymnary.org—
- Praise, my soul, the King of Heaven;
To His feet your tribute bring.
Ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven,
Evermore His praises sing:
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Praise the everlasting King.
- Praise Him for His grace and favor
To His people in distress.
Praise Him still the same as ever,
Slow to chide, and swift to bless.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Glorious in His faithfulness.
- Father-like He tends and spares us;
Well our feeble frame He knows.
In His hands He gently bears us,
Rescues us from all our foes.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Widely yet His mercy flows.
- Frail as summer’s flower we flourish,
Blows the wind and it is gone;
But while mortals rise and perish
Our God lives unchanging on,
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Praise the High Eternal One!
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It Gets Better Every Day Date : 2022-04-25 Speaker : Michael Eichstadt Isaiah 43:16-21 (NIV) This is what the Lord says—
he who made a way through the sea,
a path through the mighty waters,
who drew out the chariots and horses,
the army and reinforcements together,
and they lay there, never to rise again,
extinguished, snuffed out like a wick:
“Forget the former things;
do not dwell on the past.
See, I am doing a new thing!
Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the wilderness
and streams in the wasteland.
The wild animals honor me,
the jackals and the owls,
because I provide water in the wilderness
and streams in the wasteland,
to give drink to my people, my chosen,
the people I formed for myself
that they may proclaim my praise. https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2022-04/2022-04-25.mp3Download
Hymn: LSB 818 : In Thee Is Gladness Hymnary.org—
- In Thee is gladness
Amid all sadness,
Jesus, sunshine of my heart.
By Thee are given
The gifts of heaven,
Thou the true Redeemer art.
Our souls Thou wakest,
Our bonds Thou breakest;
Who trusts Thee surely
Has built securely;
He stands forever: Allelujah!
Our hearts are pining
To see Thy shining,
Dying or living
To Thee are cleaving;
Naught can us sever: Allelujah!
- Since He is ours,–
We fear no powers,
Not of earth nor sin nor death.
He sees and blesses
In worst distresses;
He can change them with a breath.
Wherefore the story
Tell of His glory
With hearts and voices;
All heav’n rejoices
In Him forever: Allelujah!
We shout for gladness,
Triumph o’er sadness,
Love Him and praise Him
And still shall raise Him
Glad hymns forever: Allelujah!
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Our Salvation is Guaranteed by the Resurrection Date : 2022-04-22 Speaker : Daniel Schierenbeck 1 Corinthians 15:20-23 But now Christ is risen from the dead, and has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. For since by man came death, by Man also came the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive. But each one in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, afterward those who are Christ’s at His coming. https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2022-04/2022-04-22.mp3Download
Hymn: TLH 206, st. 1,2,10 : Jesus Christ My Sure Defense
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- Jesus Christ, my sure Defense
And my Savior, ever Liveth;
Knowing this, my confidence
Rests upon the hope it giveth
Though the night of death be fraught
Still with many an anxious thought.
- Jesus, my Redeemer, lives;
I, too, unto life shall waken.
Endless joy my Savior gives;
Shall my courage, then, be shaken?
Shall I fear, or could the Head
Rise and leave His members dead?
- Oh, then, draw away your hearts
Now from pleasures base and hollow.
There to share what He imparts,
Here His footsteps ye must follow.
Fix your hearts beyond the skies,
Whether ye yourselves would rise.
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All Things Have Become New Date : 2022-04-21 Speaker : John Pfeiffer 2 Corinthians 5:16-20 Therefore, from now on, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we have known Christ according to the flesh, yet now we know Him thus no longer. 17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. 18 Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation, 19 that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation. 20 Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God.
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Hymn: TLH 444, st. 4 : Rise! To Arms! With Prayer Employ You
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- Jesus, all Thy children cherish
And keep them that they never perish
Whom Thou hast purchased with Thy blood.
Let new life to us be given
That we may look to Thee in heaven
Whenever fearful is our mood.
Thy spirit on us pour
That we may love Thee more–
Hearts o’erflowing;
And then will we
Be true to Thee
In death and life eternally. Amen.
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How Long Does Easter Last? Date : 2022-04-20 Speaker : Paul Schaller John 21:1 (NIV) Afterward Jesus appeared again to his disciples, by the Sea of Galilee. https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2022-04/2022-04-20.mp3Download
Hymn: LSB 482 : This Joyful Eastertide Hymnary.org—
- This joyful Eastertide
Away with sin and sorrow!
My love, the Crucified,
Has sprung to life this morrow:
Refrain:
Had Christ, who once was slain,
Not burst His three-day prison,
Our faith had been in vain;
But now has Christ arisen,
arisen, arisen;
But now has Christ arisen!
- Death’s flood has lost its chill
Since Jesus crossed the river;
Lover of souls, from ill
My passing soul deliver: [Refrain]
- My flesh in hope shall rest
And for a season slumber
Till trump from east to west
Shall wake the dead in number: [Refrain]
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Jesus’ Resurrection is the True Meaning of Easter Date : 2022-04-19 Speaker : Jonah Albrecht 1 Corinthians 15:16-20 (ESV) For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised. And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins. Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. If in Christ we have hope in this life only, we are of all people most to be pitied. But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
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Hymn: WS 728, st. 2-3 : Christ is Living Hymnary.org—
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We Are More than Conquerors Date : 2022-03-30 Speaker : Mark Weis Romans 8:37 (NIV84) No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him who loved us. https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2022-03/2022-03-30.mp3Download
Hymn: TLH 427, st. 1,7 : How Firm a Foundation
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- How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord,
Is laid for your faith in His excellent Word!
What more can He say than to you He hath said
Who unto the Savior for refuge have fled?
- “The soul that on Jesus hath leaned for repose
I will not, I will not, desert to his foes;
That soul, though all hell should endeavor to shake,
I’ll never, no never, no never, forsake!”
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Flee to Mount Zion Date : 2022-03-29 Speaker : John Ude Obadiah 1:17 But on Mount Zion there shall be deliverance,
And there shall be holiness;
The house of Jacob shall possess their possessions. https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2022-03/2022-03-29.mp3Download
Hymn: TLH 473, st. 1-2 : The Church’s One Foundation
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- The Church’s one foundation
Is Jesus Christ, her Lord;
She is His new creation
By water and the Word.
From heaven He came and sought her
To be His holy bride;
With His own blood He bought her,
And for her life He died.
- Elect from every nation,
Yet one o’er all the earth,
Her charter of salvation
One Lord, one faith, one birth.
One holy name she blesses,
Partakes one holy food,
And to one hope she presses,
With every grace endued.
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Jesus’ Victory Was the Most Lopsided in History Date : 2022-03-28 Speaker : Jonah Albrecht Colossians 2:15 Having disarmed principalities and powers, He made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it. https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2022-03/2022-03-28.mp3Download
Hymn: TLH 192, st. 1,2,6 : Awake, my Heart, with Gladness
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- Awake, my heart, with gladness,
See what today is done,
Now after gloom and sadness
Comes forth the glorious Sun!
My Savior there was laid
Where our bed must be made
When to the realms of light
Our spirit wings its flight.
- The Foe in triumph shouted
When Christ lay in the tomb,
But, lo, he now is routed,
His boast is turned to gloom.
For Christ again is free;
In glorious victory
He who is strong to save
Has triumphed o’er the grave.
- Now I will cling forever
To Christ, my Savior true;
My Lord will leave me never,
Whate’er He passes through.
He rends Death’s iron chain,
He breaks through sin and pain,
He shatters hell’s dark thrall,-
I follow through it all.
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The Cross is a Mighty Magnet Date : 2022-03-25 Speaker : Paul Naumann John 12:32 And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all peoples to Myself. https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2022-03/2022-03-25.mp3Download
Hymn: LSB 701 : Draw us to Thee Hymnary.org—
- Draw us to Thee,
For then shall we
Walk in Thy steps forever
And hasten on
Where Thou art gone
To be with Thee, dear Savior.
- Draw us to Thee,
Lord, lovingly;
Let us depart with gladness
That we may be
Forever free
From sorrow, grief, and sadness.
- Draw us to Thee;
O grant that we
May walk the road to heaven!
Direct our way
Lest we should stray
And from Thy paths be driven.
- Draw us to Thee
That also we
Thy heav’nly bliss inherit
And ever dwell
Where sin and hell
No more can vex our spirit.
- Draw us to Thee
Unceasingly,
Into Thy kingdom take us;
Let us fore’er
Thy glory share,
Thy saints and joint heirs make us.
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The Just Shall Live by His Faith Date : 2022-03-24 Speaker : John Pfeiffer Habakkuk 2:2-4 Then the Lord answered me and said: “Write the vision
And make it plain on tablets,
That he may run who reads it.
For the vision is yet for an appointed time;
But at the end it will speak, and it will not lie.
Though it tarries, wait for it;
Because it will surely come,
It will not tarry.
“Behold the proud,
His soul is not upright in him;
But the just shall live by his faith.
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Hymn: TLH 394, st. 1,3 : My Faith Looks Up to Thee
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- My faith looks up to Thee,
Thou Lamb of Calvary,
Savior divine.
Now hear me while I pray;
Take all my guilt away;
Oh, let me from this day
Be wholly Thine!
- While life’s dark maze I tread
And griefs around me spread,
Be Thou my Guide.
Bid darkness turn to day,
Wipe sorrow’s tears away,
Nor let me ever stray
From Thee aside.
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Jesus Overcomes Our Fears Date : 2022-03-23 Speaker : Paul Schaller Matthew 10:29-31 (ESV) Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows. https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2022-03/2022-03-23.mp3Download
Hymn: TLH 463, st. 5 : For All the Saints
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- And when the fight is fierce, the warfare long,
Steals on the ear the distant triumph song,
And hearts are brave again, and arms are strong.
Alleluia! Alleluia!
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Act Like a Child Date : 2022-03-22 Speaker : Steven Sippert Matthew 18:1-4 At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” Then Jesus called a little child to Him, set him in the midst of them, and said, “Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore whoever humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
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Hymn: TLH 433 : Jesus, my Truth, my Way
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- Jesus, my Truth, my Way,
My sure, unerring Light,
On Thee my feeble soul I stay,
Which Thou wilt lead aright.
- My Wisdom and my Guide,
My Counselor Thou art;
Oh, let me never leave Thy side
Nor from Thy paths depart!
- Thou seest my feebleness;
Jesus, be Thou my Power,
My Help and Refuge in distress,
My Fortress and my Tower.
- Give me to trust in Thee;
Be Thou my sure Abode;
My Horn and Rock and Buckler be,
My Savior and my God.
- Myself I cannot save,
Myself I cannot keep;
But strength in Thee I surely have,
Whose eyelids never sleep.
- My soul to Thee alone
Now, therefore, I commend.
Thou, Jesus, having loved Thine own,
Wilt love me to the end.
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Jesus’ Blood Purifies Us Date : 2022-03-11 Speaker : Caleb Schaller 1 John 1:9-10 (NIV) If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness. If we claim we have not sinned, we make him out to be a liar and his word is not in us. https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2022-03/2022-03-11.mp3Download
Hymn: TLH 318 : Before Thee, God, Who Knowest All
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- Before Thee, God, who knowest all,
With grief and shame I prostrate fall.
I see my sins against Thee, Lord,
The sins of thought, of deed, and word.
They press me sore; I cry to Thee:
O God, be merciful to me!
- O Lord, my God, to Thee I pray:
Oh, cast me not in wrath away!
Let Thy good Spirit ne’er depart,
But let Him draw to Thee my heart
That truly penitent I be:
O God, be merciful to me!
- O Jesus, let Thy precious blood
Be to my soul a cleansing flood.
Turn not, O Lord, Thy guest away,
But grant that justified I may
Go to my house at peace with Thee:
O God, be merciful to me!
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Christ Gives Perfect Peace Date : 2022-03-10 Speaker : John Pfeiffer Philippians 4:7 And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2022-03/2022-03-10.mp3Download
Hymn: TLH 47, st. 1,4 : Savior Again to Thy Dear Name
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- Savior, again to Thy dear name we raise
With one accord our parting hymn of praise.
Once more we bless Thee ere our worship cease,
Then, lowly bending, wait Thy word of peace.
- Grant us Thy peace throughout our earthly life,
Our balm in sorrow and our stay in strife;
Then, when Thy voice shall bid our conflict cease,
Call us, O Lord, to Thine eternal peace.
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What Do You Give Someone Who Has Everything? Date : 2022-03-09 Speaker : David Schaller Isaiah 66:1-2 (NASB) This is what the LORD says: “Heaven is My throne and the earth is the footstool for My feet.
Where then is a house you could build for Me?
And where is a place that [a]I may rest?
2“For My hand made all these things,
So all these things came into being,” declares the LORD.
“But I will look to this one,
At one who is humble and contrite in spirit, and who trembles at My word.”
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Hymn: TLH 404, st. 1,4 : Soul, What Return Has God, Thy Savior
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- Soul, what return has God, thy Savior,
For all He gives thee day by day?
Oh, hast thou in thy gift a favor
That can delight and please Him?–Say!
The best of offerings He requires:
Thy heart it is that He desires.
- Whom should I give my heart’s affection
But Thee, who gavest Thine to faith?
Thy fervent love is my protection;
Lord, Thou hast loved me unto death.
My heart with Thine shall ever be
One heart throughout eternity.
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The Garden of Prayer Date : 2022-03-08 Speaker : Nick Naumann Luke 22:39-42 (KJV) And he came out, and went, as he was wont, to the mount of Olives; and his disciples also followed him. And when he was at the place, he said unto them, Pray that ye enter not into temptation.
And he was withdrawn from them about a stone’s cast, and kneeled down, and prayed,
Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.
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Hymn: TLH 159, st. 1 : Go to Dark Gethsemane
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- Go to dark Gethsemane,
Ye that feel the Tempter’s power;
Your Redeemer’s conflict see,
Watch with Him one bitter hour;
Turn not from His griefs away,
Learn of Jesus Christ to pray.
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Christ is Competent to Cure Your Faithlessness Date : 2022-03-07 Speaker : Zach Sippert Matthew 17:14-18 And when they had come to the multitude, a man came to Him, kneeling down to Him and saying, “Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is an epileptic and suffers severely; for he often falls into the fire and often into the water. So I brought him to Your disciples, but they could not cure him.” Then Jesus answered and said, “O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him here to Me.” And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him; and the child was cured from that very hour.
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Hymn: TLH 388, st. 1,3,5 : Just As I Am, Without one Plea
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- Just as I am, without one plea
But that Thy blood was shed for me
And that Thou bidd’st me come to Thee,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.
- Just as I am, though tossed about
With many a conflict, many a doubt,
Fightings and fears within, without,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.
- Just as I am, Thou wilt receive,
Wilt welcome, pardon, cleanse, relieve;
Because Thy promise I believe,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.
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God Fills Your Little Dash With Love Date : 2022-03-04 Speaker : Mark Weis Psalm 139:16 (NIV84) Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2022-03/2022-03-04.mp3Download
Hymn: TLH 36, st. 1-2 : Now Thank We all Our God
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- Now thank we all our God
With heart and hands and voices,
Who wondrous things hath done,
In whom His world rejoices;
Who from our mother’s arms
Hath blessed us on our way
With countless gifts of love,
And still is ours today.
- Oh, may this bounteous God
Through all our life be near us,
With ever joyful hearts
And blessed peace to cheer us;
And keep us in His grace
And guide us when perplexed
And free us from all ills
In this world and the next.
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Jesus Overcame Temptation For You Date : 2022-03-03 Speaker : John Schierenbeck Matthew 4:1-11 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward He was hungry. Now when the tempter came to Him, he said, “If You are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread.” But He answered and said, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’ ”
Then the devil took Him up into the holy city, set Him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, throw Yourself down. For it is written:
‘He shall give His angels charge over you,’
and,
‘In their hands they shall bear you up,
Lest you dash your foot against a stone.’ ”
Jesus said to him, “It is written again, ‘You shall not tempt the Lord your God.’ ”
Again, the devil took Him up on an exceedingly high mountain, and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory. And he said to Him, “All these things I will give You if You will fall down and worship me.”
Then Jesus said to him, “Away with you, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve.’ ”
Then the devil left Him, and behold, angels came and ministered to Him.
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Hymn: WS 774, st. 2-3 : A Mighty Fortress Is Our God Hymnary.org—
- With might of ours can naught be done;
Soon were our loss effected.
But for us fights the Valiant One
Whom God Himself elected.
You ask, “Who is this?”
Jesus Christ it is,
The almighty Lord.
And there’s no other God;
He holds the field for ever.
- Though devils all the world should fill,
All eager to devour us,
We tremble not, we fear no ill;
They shall not over pow’r us.
This world’s prince may still
Scowl fierce as he will,
He can harm us none.
He’s judged; the deed is done!
One little word can fell him.
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Sitting in Ashes, Trusting in the Lord Date : 2022-03-02 Speaker : David Lau Jonah 3:6 Then word came to the king of Nineveh; and he arose from his throne and laid aside his robe, covered himself with sackcloth and sat in ashes. https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2022-03/2022-03-02.mp3Download
Hymn: LSB 705 : The Man Is Ever Blessed Hymnary.org—
- The man is ever blessed
Who shuns the sinners’ ways,
Among their counsels never stands,
Nor takes the scorners’ place.
- But makes the Law of God
His study and delight
Amid the labors of the day
And watches of the night.
- He like a tree shall thrive,
With waters near the root;
Fresh as the leaf his name shall live,
His works are heav’nly fruit.
- Not so the wicked race,
They no such blessings find;
Their hopes shall flee like empty chaff
Before the driving wind.
- How will they bear to stand
Before the judgment seat
Where all the saints at Christ’s right hand
In full assembly meet?
- He knows and He approves
The way the righteous go;
But sinners and their works shall meet
A dreadful overflow.
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Built on the Rock the Church Doth Stand Date : 2022-03-01 Speaker : John Ude Obadiah 3 The pride of your heart has deceived you,
You who dwell in the clefts of the rock,
Whose habitation is high;
You who say in your heart, ‘Who will bring me down to the ground?’ https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2022-03/2022-03-01.mp3Download
Hymn: TLH 467, st. 1,7 : Built on the Rock the Church doth Stand
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- Built on the Rock the Church doth stand,
Even when steeples are falling;
Crumbled have spires in every land,
Bells still are chiming and calling,
Calling the young and old to rest,
But above all the soul distrest,
Longing for rest everlasting.
- Grant then, O God, where’er men roam,
That, when the church-bells are ringing,
Many in saving faith may come
Where Christ His message is bringing:
“I know Mine own, Mine own know Me;
Ye, not the world, My face shall see.
My peace I leave with you.” Amen.
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Let’s Bring Jesus to the Meeting Date : 2022-02-28 Speaker : Steven Sippert Haggai 2:7,9 “I will shake all nations, and they shall come to the Desire of All Nations, and I will fill this temple with glory,’ says the Lord of hosts. ‘The glory of this latter temple shall be greater than the former,’ says the Lord of hosts. ‘And in this place I will give peace,’ says the Lord of hosts.”
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Hymn: TLH 2, st. 1-2 : To Thy Temple I Repair
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- To Thy temple I repair;
Lord, I love to worship there
When within the veil I meet
Christ before the mercy-seat.
- I through Him am reconciled,
I through Him become Thy child.
Abba, Father, give me grace
In Thy courts to seek Thy face.
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God’s Creative Miracles Continue Date : 2022-02-10 Speaker : John Pfeiffer Genesis 1:11 Then God said, “Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed, and fruit trees on the earth bearing fruit according to their kind with seed in them”; and it was so. https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2022-02/2022-02-10.mp3Download
Hymn: TLH 19, st. 1-2 : All Praise to God Who Reigns Above
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- All praise to God, who reigns above,
The God of all creation,
The God of wonders, power, and love,
The God of our salvation!
With healing balm my soul He fills,
The God who every sorrow stills,–
To God all praise and glory!
- What God’s almighty power hath made
His gracious mercy keepeth;
By morning dawn or evening shade
His watchful eye ne’er sleepeth;
Within the kingdom of His might
Lo, all is just and all is right,–
To God all praise and glory!
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Concern for the Right Things Date : 2022-02-09 Speaker : David Schaller Isaiah 8:11-13 (NASB) For so the Lord spoke to me with mighty power and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying, “You are not to say, ‘It is a conspiracy!’
Regarding everything that this people call a conspiracy,
And you are not to fear what they fear or be in dread of it.
It is the Lord of armies whom you are to regard as holy.
And He shall be your fear,
And He shall be your dread.
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Hymn: TLH 360, st. 3-7 : Oh, For a Thousand Tongues to Sing
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- Jesus!–the name that charms our fears,
That bids our sorrows cease;
‘Tis music in the sinner’s ears,
‘Tis life and health and peace.
- He breaks the power of canceled sin,
He sets the prisoner free;
His blood can make the foulest clean;
His blood avails for me.
- Look unto Him, ye nations; own
Your God, ye fallen race,
Look and be saved through faith alone,
Be justified by grace.
- See all your sins on Jesus laid;
The Lamb of God was slain;
His soul was once an offering made
For every soul of man.
- Glory to God and praise and love
Be ever, ever given
By saints below and saints above,
The Church in earth and heaven.
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No Longer Groping in the Darkness Date : 2022-02-08 Speaker : John Pfeiffer Deuteronomy 28:28-29 et al. The Lord will strike you with madness and blindness and confusion of heart. And you shall grope at noonday, as a blind man gropes in darkness. “We grope for the wall like the blind, And we grope as if we had no eyes; We stumble at noonday as at twilight …” (Is. 59:10)
“Arise, shine; For your light has come! And the glory of the LORD is risen upon you. For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, And deep darkness the people; But the LORD will arise over you, And His glory will be seen upon you. The Gentiles shall come to your light, And kings to the brightness of your rising.” (Is. 60:1-3)
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Hymn: TLH 62, st. 3 : Oh Come, Oh Come, Emmanuel
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- Oh, come, Thou Dayspring from on high,
And cheer us by Thy drawing nigh;
Disperse the gloomy clouds of night
And death’s dark shadows put to flight.
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel.
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The Word Has Power Date : 2022-02-07 Speaker : Paul Agenten John 5:1-14 After this there was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now there is in Jerusalem by the Sheep Gate a pool, which is called in Hebrew, Bethesda, having five porches. In these lay a great multitude of sick people, blind, lame, paralyzed, waiting for the moving of the water. For an angel went down at a certain time into the pool and stirred up the water; then whoever stepped in first, after the stirring of the water, was made well of whatever disease he had. Now a certain man was there who had an infirmity thirty-eight years. When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he already had been in that condition a long time, He said to him, “Do you want to be made well?” The sick man answered Him, “Sir, I have no man to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up; but while I am coming, another steps down before me.”
Jesus said to him, “Rise, take up your bed and walk.” And immediately the man was made well, took up his bed, and walked.
And that day was the Sabbath. The Jews therefore said to him who was cured, “It is the Sabbath; it is not lawful for you to carry your bed.”
He answered them, “He who made me well said to me, ‘Take up your bed and walk.’ ”
Then they asked him, “Who is the Man who said to you, ‘Take up your bed and walk’?” But the one who was healed did not know who it was, for Jesus had withdrawn, a multitude being in that place. Afterward Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, “See, you have been made well. Sin no more, lest a worse thing come upon you
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Hymn: TLH 427, st. 1,5,7 : How Firm a Foundation
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- How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord,
Is laid for your faith in His excellent Word!
What more can He say than to you He hath said
Who unto the Savior for refuge have fled?
- “When through fiery trials thy pathway shall lie,
My grace, all-sufficient, shall be thy supply.
The flames shall not hurt thee; I only design
Thy dross to consume and thy gold to refine.
- “The soul that on Jesus hath leaned for repose
I will not, I will not, desert to his foes;
That soul, though all hell should endeavor to shake,
I’ll never, no never, no never, forsake!”
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Jesus is the “I” in Your Storm Date : 2022-02-04 Speaker : Mark Weis Matthew 14:23-25 And after he had dismissed the crowds, he went up on the mountain by himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone, 24 but the boat by this time was a long way from the land, beaten by the waves, for the wind was against them. 25 And in the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea. https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2022-02/2022-02-04.mp3Download
Hymn: TLH 388, st. 1,3 : Just As I Am, Without one Plea
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- Just as I am, without one plea
But that Thy blood was shed for me
And that Thou bidd’st me come to Thee,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.
- Just as I am, though tossed about
With many a conflict, many a doubt,
Fightings and fears within, without,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come.
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Jeremiah’s Life: An Object Lesson Date : 2022-02-02 Speaker : David Lau Jeremiah 16:1-9 The word of the Lord came to me: “You shall not take a wife, nor shall you have sons or daughters in this place. For thus says the Lord concerning the sons and daughters who are born in this place, and concerning the mothers who bore them and the fathers who fathered them in this land: They shall die of deadly diseases. They shall not be lamented, nor shall they be buried. They shall be as dung on the surface of the ground. They shall perish by the sword and by famine, and their dead bodies shall be food for the birds of the air and for the beasts of the earth. “For thus says the Lord: Do not enter the house of mourning, or go to lament or grieve for them, for I have taken away my peace from this people, my steadfast love and mercy, declares the Lord. Both great and small shall die in this land. They shall not be buried, and no one shall lament for them or cut himself or make himself bald for them. No one shall break bread for the mourner, to comfort him for the dead, nor shall anyone give him the cup of consolation to drink for his father or his mother. You shall not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and drink. For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will silence in this place, before your eyes and in your days, the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride.
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Hymn: LSB 479, st. 2-3 : Christ Is Risen, Christ Is Living Hymnary.org—
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Christ Is Your Solid Foundation Date : 2022-01-31 Speaker : Jonah Albrecht Matthew 16:13-18 (ESV) Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” And they said, “Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” He said to them, “But who do you say that I am?” Simon Peter replied, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” And Jesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jonah! For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven. And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2022-01/2022-01-31.mp3Download
Hymn: TLH 465, st. 1,4 : Christ Is Our Corner-Stone
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- Christ is our Corner-Stone,
On Him alone we build;
With His true saints alone
The courts of heaven are filled.
On His great love
Our hopes we place
Of present grace
And joys above.
- Here may we gain from heaven
The grace which we implore,
And may that grace, once given,
Be with us evermore
Until that day
When all the blest
To endless rest
Are called away!
2022 Chapels -
Different Year, Same Christ Date : 2022-01-28 Speaker : Daniel Schierenbeck Hebrews 13:8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. https://ilc.edu/wordpressilc/chapel_audio/2022-01/2022-01-28.mp3Download
Hymn: TLH 370, st. 1-2 : My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less
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- My hope is built on nothing less
Than Jesus’ blood and righteousness;
I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
But wholly lean on Jesus’ name.
On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand.
- When darkness veils His lovely face,
I rest on His unchanging grace;
In every high and stormy gale
My anchor holds within the veil.
On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand.
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ALWAYS PREPARED — With a Courageous Heart Date : 2022-01-27 Speaker : Paul Naumann Acts 17:16-21 Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was provoked within him when he saw that the city was given over to idols. Therefore he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and with the Gentile worshipers, and in the marketplace daily with those who happened to be there. Then certain Epicurean and Stoic philosophers encountered him. And some said, “What does this babbler want to say?” Others said, “He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods,” because he preached to them Jesus and the resurrection.
And they took him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, “May we know what this new doctrine is of which you speak? For you are bringing some strange things to our ears. Therefore we want to know what these things mean.”
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Hymn: TLH 485, st. 5 : Lord Jesus, Who Art Come
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- The servants Thou hast called
And to Thy Church art giving
Preserve in doctrine pure
And holiness of living.
Thy Spirit fill their hearts,
Endue their tongues with power;
What they should boldly speak,
Oh, give them in that hour!
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Companions in a Common Faith Date : 2022-01-26 Speaker : David Schaller Titus 1:4-5 (NASB) To Titus, my true son in a common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior. For this reason I left you in Crete, that you would set in order what remains and appoint elders in every city as I directed you.
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Hymn: TLH 400, st. 1-2 : Take My Life and Let It Be
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- Take my life and let it be
Consecrated, Lord, to Thee;
Take my moments and my days,
Let them flow in ceaseless praise.
- Take my hands and let them move
At the impulse of Thy love;
Take my feet and let them be
Swift and beautiful for Thee.