Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd in Hamilton, Victoria | Religious organisation

Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd

Locality: Hamilton, Victoria

Phone: +61 3 5571 1810

Address: 12 Thompson St 3300 Hamilton, VIC, Australia

Website: http://www.hamiltonlutheran.weebly.com/

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25.01.2022 https://www.movieguide.org//the-chosens-jonathan-roumie-sh

20.01.2022 The next time you hear about the thief on the cross, say a short prayer of thanks for this man. He may have done many bad things, but at the end of his life, he... gave us a good confession. We can repeat it every day, and every day know that it is heard. Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom. And Jesus will respond, I tell the truth, today you will be with me in Paradise. And he means it, for every day we are alive in Jesus, we are in the paradise of the kingdom that is Christ himself, for he is the kingdom in person.

13.01.2022 Here is an interesting post that you might want to read. https://www.goodreads.com//20402202-why-a-christian-can-t-

13.01.2022 A book worth reading. We have copies of it in the church library.

11.01.2022 I said earlier that I’d sent a link to The Chosen and here is little snippet of the show plus the link.

10.01.2022 I was going to wait to share this video closer to Christmas, but decided it was so good that I'd post it today! After the story is told the producer talks about the upcoming series called The Chosen, that you could invest in. The first season of that series has now been produced and can be watched through various means. I have watched it and it is fabulous. I will post the link to it later. The series was funded not only by investors but by the LARGEST CROWDFUND in history! God be praised that His story is being spread throughout the world through this medium. I hope you will enjoy The Shepherd. Please leave your comments below.

09.01.2022 https://www.movieguide.org//candace-cameron-bure-wants-to-

06.01.2022 I hope you can access this link. If not just search Faith and 5G podcast. The Lutheran pastor talks about our faith in the modern world with its array of technology. https://open.spotify.com/episode/0UU2qS9o7mC59O4q610Gd9

03.01.2022 Some of you might be interested in the following videos that have been loaded onto Youtube by Creative Word Fellowship. They are from the 2019 Speak Lord Conference. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBbaORCHFRYp22SiwidXqTw

03.01.2022 In the last two days, I finished reading two fabulous books that I can highly recommend. The first was Upside-Down Spirituality: The 9 Essential Failures of a Faithful Life by Chad Bird and the other was Faith in the Shadow of a Pandemic by John T. Pless and Jacob Corzine Both of the books were easy to read and gave me great comfort. Although Faith in the Shadow of a Pandemic was written by American authors it is still very applicable to what is happening here. It is a book that I will read again and will recommend to my pastor and my friends, both Lutheran and non-Lutheran.

03.01.2022 Good and Bad Meditation In the Hebrew of Psalms 1 and 2, there is a connection that is not visible in most translations. It has to do with the verb (hagah),... which means to meditate. In Ps. 1, the blessed man meditates day and night in the Torah of the Lord. In Ps. 2, we read, Why do the nations rage and the people plot in vain (v. 1). But the verb for plot is hagah, that is, meditate. Because Psalms 1 and 2 follow each other, it seems that we should read these two poems are contrasting two types of meditationone good, one bad. The blessed man of Psalm 1 meditates upon the full word of God. The raging nations of Psalm 2 meditate upon that which is empty (in vain). Now things get very interesting here: in Acts 4:25-28, Psalm 2 is applied to the political and religious leaders who gathered together against Jesus. They meditated against Jesus. But what did Jesus do? He was the blessed man of Psalm 1, meditating day and night upon the word of his Father. In the end, Christ is resurrected and his enemies put to shame. He who sits in the heavens laughs at them (Psalm 2:4). As those who are in Christ, let us join him, by the Spirit, in meditating upon the full Word of God. Let the nations meditate upon empty plans to thwart God and his ways. They will not succeed. But blessed are all who take refuge in the Lord and in his anointed Messiah (Psalm 2:12).

03.01.2022 Pastor Dave is having a well-deserved break this week and so will not be having a video to share with us.

02.01.2022 Today's devotion resonated with me because one of my often prayed verse is, "I believe. Help my unbelief!" If you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted, and planted in the sea’, and it will obey you (Luke 17:6). Read Luke 17:510 We have two mulberry trees in our yard. Both are young, but already rather large. I cannot imagine transplanting them, let alone telling them to get up and plant themselves in the sea. I guess my faith... is much smaller than a mustard seed. And a mustard seed is tiny! Fortunately, Jesus’ words are not actually about how big or small our faith is. Yes, it’s important that we have faith. But much more important is the Lord who provides faith, who cultivates it, and allows it, even when smaller than a mustard seed, to achieve mighty things. I can identify with the father in Mark 9:24 when he says, ‘Lord, I believe. Help my unbelief’. I suspect my unbelief is often larger than my belief. Yet God works with that. He has done that throughout history and continues to do so in my life and in yours, too. In the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5), Jesus talks about blessing those who we wouldn’t consider part of society’s elite. I suspect many of those he mentioned the sad, the humble, the poor in spirit have small but tenacious faith. And that tenacity and faith are blessed. It is used to share grace, mercy, and justice. Luckily, my mulberry trees don’t need transplanting, but there are plenty of big issues in the world that need the attention of my small faith. No, I can’t change everything or everyone, but I can be faithful. I can allow God to go to work in my heart and through my actions. I can allow Jesus to take my mustard-seed-sized faith and use it for wonderful blessings. I can enjoy God restoring hope where there is no hope; bringing justice where justice does not seem to exist; spreading grace where grace does not seem to be present; and blessing faith where faith seems so small. Thank you, God, that it is not the size of my faith that counts, but your nurture, presence, and grace that brings blessings through me. Amen.

01.01.2022 Victorians, please sign this petition!