Messiah continues our summer schedule with the Divine Service on Sunday, June 22nd at 10:00 am; Bible Class will be held beforehand at 9:00 am. (There will be no Monday night service this week, due to the Michigan District-LCMS Convention.) The Sunday service is scheduled to be livestreamed at www.youtube.com/messiahgr, our website and our Facebook page.

Arrogant Israel has a horrid disdain for God’s will. They behave like heathens, but God safeguards them from annihilation with the promise of Jesus through the lineage of Jacob. We, too, are heirs of this promise, clothed with Christ through the waters of Holy Baptism. The tomb is now powerless. Sin & death yield to Christ’s Gospel proclamation. In this very Word, Jesus binds together shattered lives, disarms sin with forgiveness, heals with mercy. All this He does for us! (Psalm 71:3, 20–24; Isaiah 65:1-9; Galatians 3:23-4:7; Luke 8:26-39)