Grace Free Lutheran Church Sermons (AFLC)

- Colossians 1:9-14 - Pastor Peter Franz - We are wonderfully blessed by God through Jesus daily. Yet, we complain about many problems and troubles that we encounter but never thank God for his provisions and promises to us. O God teach us to joyfully thank and praise You in every situation.

-Psalm 32; - Pastor Peter Franz; -When we come to Jesus and confess our sins He is faithful to forgive our sins and break the chains of guilt because of what He did for us on the cross. Jesus shed blood will wash away our sins and remove them far as the east is from the west. This is His promise.

- Genesis 39:1-12 ; -Pastor Peter Franz ;-Temptations are a challenge of life that we face every day. Lust is one of them and we must deal with it as Joseph did in Egypt. Jesus is with us and will help us face this challenge and recognize the evil in it. We need to refuse to enter into the environment which it occupies, and run away from it so we will not be trapped as Joseph did. There will be te...

- II Chronicles 26; - Pastor Peter Franz - in our daily lives we have situations where we receive praise for things that we do. We must realize that only God deserves this praise. This can cause us to have great pride which we do not deserve. Pride will cause us to sin against God and others. We must recognize that pride causes one to fall, and that any success we have comes from God. We must be w...

- II Timothy; - Pastor Peter Franz; - When we have Jesus as our Savior we have nothing to fear in our daily lives. We can rest in His promises for He cares for us. We can trust in Him for the future. There is no need to fear when we witness for Jesus because we have victory in Him. As believers in our weakness He is strong; He makes us conquerors through Him because he loves us .

- I Kings 19; - Pastor Peter Franz; - God wants to help those of us who are discouraged. He wants to renew, refresh and meet the needs that we have as He did with Elijah in the cave. He will reveal His glory, grace and mercy to them. He is faithful, will give us rest and His care, that He will be glorified, honored and praised in the work that He will do through us.

-Genesis 45:1-11; - Pastor Peter Franz; - Daily we can look back at events or experiences that have hurt or wounded us spiritually. Satan wants to come in to our lives and make us bitter about these events. We need ask the Lord for strength and grace to battle these situations and not let the past hinder our walk with the Lord and cause problems with relationships. We must choose to overcome bitte...

-Philippians 4:4-9; - Pastor Peter Franz ; - We are Gods creation and made in His image. We were not created to worry, be frustrated, or anxious. Instead we need to praise God and rejoice in challenges which are placed before us. If we are consistent in prayer to God for help and meditating on Gods promises He will keep us from dwelling on frustrations and things that we have done or failed to do....

-Ephesians 4:25-32; -Pastor Peter Franz; -In our daily lives we all come across situations that make us angry. We must understand which kind of anger we are dealing with. A holy anger which is against sinful situations or a sinful anger which causes harm emotionally and physically to us and others, but also grieves God’s Holy Spirit. We must determine which it is and deal with it, asking for His h...

- Ephesians 6:5-9; Pastor Peter Franz; - The Lord has given us work that we may provide for the needs of ourselves and our families. The work that we do is a gift from God, and everyday we serve Him doing the work He has provided for us to do. Though the jobs may not be what we want He has given us these jobs to glorify His name and influence others for Him. He gives us power to carry out our work...

-Genesis 11:1-9; -Pastor Peter Franz; - At the time of the tower of Babel there was one language and it was not being used to praise and glorify God. Those that lived on the earth after the global flood sought glory for themselves. In order to prevent any harm to humanity God caused the people to speak different languages. There are people today that still seek to be exalted and make a name for th...

-Genesis 7-9; -Pastor Peter Franz ; - The global flood of Noah’s day is a reminder to us of how our God is a mighty, powerful and loving God. He sees our sinful ways but will not destroy us or allow us to destroy one another without consequences. We need to come to Him on a daily basis, seek His face and ask forgiveness for our sins through our Savior Jesus Christ Who paid the price of our sins by...

-Genesis 6:1-22; -Pastor Peter Franz; -God grieved in the days of Noah because of disobedience to Him and His Word. God commanded Noah to build an ark to save him, his household and two of every living creatures (male and female) from His wrath for the wickedness in the world at that time. God grieves again today because of what He sees in our culture. The violence disobedience, marriages that end...

Genesis 5 ; Pastor Peter Franz ; Because of what Jesus has done for us, every day should have significance in service to the Lord. We need not fear eternity because we know that we will be with Him. We have a living hope through Jesus resurrection. This hope is what we should be standing on, trusting in the Lord and the Lord alone. Let these life lessons found in a genealogy teach us our need for...

- Genesis 4:1-16;-Pastor Peter Franz;-God does not want us to be as Cain was before and after the slaying of Abel his brother. We must not to continue in anger but be open to the work of God so our hearts will not be hardened when we sin. We must be contrite and be open to God’s leading. Jesus died for our sin so we can come to Him confess, and accept what Jesus did for us on the cross. Open your...

Genesis 3:8-24 ; Pastor Peter Franz ; We all are sinners just as Adam and Eve were and are guilty of sinning in thought, word and deed. We even sin when we do not do that which is right to do. But God loved us so much that his son Jesus came willingly into this world, taking on human flesh - Jesus paid the price for our sins, by dying on the cross as our sacrifice, then he rose from the dead and i...

Genesis 3:1-6 ; Pastor Peter Franz ; Today, we are tempted in the same way that Adam and Eve were tempted by Satan in the garden of Eden. Satan causes us to doubt God’s word and His promises and tries to make us deny and question what God is saying and has provided for us. Satan wants us to defame God and His provisions to us. But we have Jesus our Savior, who is the new Adam. Jesus was also tempt...

Genesis 2:18-25 ; Pastor Peter Franz; Marriage, is God’s idea for a man and a woman. God provided everything that Adam needed but had not provided his helper - someone compatible, like him, who would complement him. We find God’s design for marriage in truth through His word where we will see Him declare the need for marriage, provide solutions in marriage, and reveal His plan. Husband and wife ne...

I Samuel 16:1-23 ; Pastor Peter Franz; God desires to use us on a daily basis to glorify and honor Him. This is done when He anoints us and fills us with His holy Spirit. He consecrates us with His grace, mercy and forgiveness through the shed blood of Jesus Christ to set us apart for Himself. Through the power of His Spirit He gives us all that we need to be the kind of servants that He would wan...

Genesis 1:26-31; Pastor Peter Franz; Man was the final creation in God’s plan. Man was created in the image and likeness of God. God created them male and female. God created everything that they and we need to be used for His glory. Man is a personal, moral, eternal being. But we have sinned and all turned to our own ways away from God’s word the foundation for our existence. God sent Jesus to be...

Text: Genesis 1:1-25 ; Pastor Peter Franz ; In Genesis 1, we read that we are all God’s handy work along with everything around us. We are created in His image, created to glorify God and His greatness and all that all that He has done. There is no chance involved as there is in evolution. We and everything else were made for a purpose. To not believe what and how God created all things would be a...

Speaker: Missionary Ben Jore; Text: Psalm 96:3; Daily we need to tell others about God. We are commanded by Him to declare His Glory to all nations, to tell of what He has done for us. There is no God as great as our creator, savior and comforter. We must bring this message to all that are around us. In our family, neighbors, boss, coworkers.

Text: I Timothy 6:17-21; Speaker: Pastor Peter Franz ; God our Father has richly blessed us with all the things we need on a daily basis. As stewards of all this blessing from above we should not be proud because we know that it is all a gift from God. We should not place our hope in the earthly riches that could be lost in an instant. We should not be selfish but give for the work of the kingdom...

• Genesis 22:1-13a ; • Pastor Charles Bergstedt ; • Daily we must take steps of faith to accomplish what the Lord has for us to do. In Genesis 22:1-13a we read of the faith that Abraham had when tested by God after he received the son he had prayed for. Can we be strong as Abraham? We can when we take the step of faith to believe that Jesus is our Savior and that He died for our sins. Trust in Jes...

Text: John 2:1-11 ; Speaker: Pastor Peter Franz ; Mothers have been entrusted by God with the training up of their children especially the need for prayer. In this message God shows us where to go for our needs; what we say to God for our needs is of importance regarding submission to Gods will; good will occur in abundance and at the right time according to His will for us.