What Really Happens at Death

All Saint Sunday
Gospel: John 11:32-44
Hymn: "Near the Cross"
Pastor Mike Aus
Podcast from Living Word Lutheran Church(ELCA); Katy, TX.
Date: 11/01/09

1. Read John 14: 1-4
2. What do we face in judgement?
Read Romans 8:1; John 5:24; Isiah 43:25; Luke 15
3. Death is a portal through which we move.

God is Not Mad at You!!

Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Gospel: Mark 10: 17-31
Hymn: "The Lord is My Shepard"
Pastor Mike Aus
podcast from Living Word Lutheran Church(ELCA), Katy, TX
Date: 10/11/2009

1. Do you believe that God punishes certain nations or nationalities?
2. Read John: Chapter 4. How did Jesus deal with the Samaritan woman?
3. Did you find any condemnation in Jesus' conversation with her?
4. We are all "the woman at the well".
5. How would you feel if you attended a church service where
condemnation for your sins was the sermon topic?

Why Should We Pray?

Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Gospel: Matthew 7: 7-12
Hymn:"My Hope is Based on Nothing Less"
Pastor Mike Aus
Podcast from Living Word Lutheran Church(ELCA); Katy,TX
Date: 10/4/09

1. If God's will is being done, why should we pray?
2. What does Paul have to say in Romans Chapter 11 about
the salvation of the Jewish people?
3. Do not be concerned if you cannot recall the exact moment when
you "accepted Jesus". Many believers experience "that moment";
others cannot remember a time in their lives when they did not
know Him.

Be Part of the Team that Matters

Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost
Gospel: Matthew 6: 25-34
Hymn "Eternal Father, Strong to Save"
Pastor Mike Aus
Podcast from Living Word Lutheran Church; Katy, TX
Date: 9/27/09
1. How do we prepare for the end of the world?
2. Do pets go to Heaven?
3. Japanese Saying: Dai Meaning: "Everything's going to turn
Jo out just fine."
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4. How do we "become God's "non-anxious" presence in the world?"

It's All About You!

Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Gospel: Mark 9:30-37
Hymn " His Eye is on the Sparrow"
Pastor Emmanuel Jackson
Poscast from Living Word Lutheran Church(ELCA); Katy, TX
Date: 9/20/09
1. When did you last have a God Moment?
2. Jesus shifts the paradigm when He says
"who ever receives a little child receives God"
3. Each individual bears the image of God.
4. "Thanks be to God for every member of Living Word Lutheran Church!

Become People of the Blessing!

Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Gospel: Mark 8: 27-38
Hymn: "Lord, Speak to Us, that We May Speak"
Pastor Mike Aus
Podcast from Living Word Lutheran Church(ELCA); Katy, TX
Date: 9/13/09
1. Ask the Lord to show you what He sees in others.
2. See yourself as God sees you.
3. Watch for sacred moments and keep a journal of what you've seen.

God is Not Silent

Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost
Gospel: Mark 7: 24-37
Hymn; "Let All Things Now Living"
Pastor Mike Aus
Podcast from Living Word Lutheran Church(ELCA): Katy, TX
Date: 9/6/09
1. Nature is filled with things needed by man.
2. Lesson #1: God loves everybody (men, women, gentiles, Jews)
3. Lesson #2: God is at work everywhere & at all times.
4. "In Him, all things hold together!"