Heart Lutheran Church – Temecula/Sun City, CA

Hi All,

Attendance was back up this week but I have already heard from several people that will be out of town next week so all of us that are home will need to be sure to be in church.

Our message this week came from John 15 and the command of Jesus when he told us to “Love each other.” The message is available on the video page of our website.

At this point I have no confirmed attendees for Breakfast at Richies so if you are up early and would like to join me I would certainly appreciate not eating alone.

No Wednesday Bible Study this week. Thursday begins a new study of the Minor Prophets.

We continue to work on getting all the necessary tools for going live on the web with our Sunday services. More information soon. We are also working on creating a DVD that can be handed out to those interested in learning more about Heart Lutheran. We are always looking for new ideas to spreading the Word. Let Pastor Jerry know if you have any suggestions.

Have a great week Loving and Serving the Lord with all your Heart,

Pastor Jerry

John 14:1-7 NIV) “Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God ; trust also in me. {2} In my Father’s house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. {3} And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. {4} You know the way to the place where I am going.” {5} Thomas said to him, “Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?” {6} Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. {7} If you really knew me, you would know my Father as well. From now on, you do know him and have seen him.”

We spend a great deal of time, effort, and money in life trying to find inner peace and comfort but it comes to us when we quit trying to find it and accept it from God. In this passage from the Gospel of John we see Jesus telling his disciples the simple advice ‘Trust in God.’ Trust is defined “confidence in and reliance on” and perfectly defines our ideal relationship with God.

We can have complete confidence in God. He makes no promises that will not be kept. Jesus being true God as well as true man would not, could not miss lead us. When he said ‘I am going there to prepare a place for you’ he meant exactly that. When we arrive in Heaven, Jesus will have the perfect place for us to live with him for all eternity.

When Thomas questioned how we can go to Heaven, Jesus once again gave a straight answer that we can still count on today. Jesus is the way to eternal life, he is the one and only way to Heaven, and he is the way we can know God. Put your faith in God. Put your faith in Jesus. When you have done this your heart need not be troubled because you have a room waiting for you in God’s house.