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Holy Cross Lutheran Church Prior Lake MN

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The Lord Calls Us Out of Egypt Through His Son - Audio

December 29, 2019 18:22 - 20 minutes - 4.72 MB

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Great Joy for All People - Audio

December 25, 2019 18:13 - 16 minutes - 3.87 MB

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LOVE HAS COME FOR THE WORLD TO KNOW! LOVE HAS A NAME: JESUS - Audio

December 24, 2019 18:12 - 12 minutes - 2.88 MB

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The One Who Has Clean Hands - King of Glory Comes - Audio

December 22, 2019 21:47 - 11 minutes - 2.54 MB

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The Lord Hears Hannah’s Prayer - The Lord Opens the Womb - Audio

December 18, 2019 21:44 - 16 minutes - 3.74 MB

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A Message that Changes Everything: Bringing Joy Exceedingly! - Audio

December 15, 2019 18:27 - 15 minutes - 3.58 MB

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The Lord Opens the Womb -- It is Wonderful! Israel Delivered! - Audio

December 12, 2019 00:57 - 14 minutes - 3.3 MB

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What Are You Hoping For? - Audio

December 08, 2019 15:32 - 13 minutes - 3.04 MB

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When it is Impossible: Is Anything Too Hard for the Lord? The Lord of Life Gives Life! Setting the Stage for the Messiah! - Audio

December 04, 2019 17:20 - 13 minutes - 3.18 MB

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What Are You Waiting For? Advent Past, Advent Present and Advent Future! - Audio

December 01, 2019 17:18 - 14 minutes - 3.41 MB

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In Humble Awe! The Low are Lifted Up, that He is Highly Exalted! - Audio

November 28, 2019 01:56 - 17 minutes - 4.1 MB

6 So he hurried and came down and received him joyfully. 8 And Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor. And if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I restore it fourfold.” 9 And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, since he also is a son of Abraham. 10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”

The Criminal and the King - Audio

November 24, 2019 15:42 - 20 minutes - 4.63 MB

Luke 23:42-43 English Standard Version (ESV) 42 And he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.” 43 And he said to him, “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise.”

The Ever Coming Signs of the Day of the Lord. Stand Firm and Pray and Gain Life. - Audio

November 17, 2019 17:43 - 14 minutes - 3.27 MB

Luke 21:5-36 English Standard Version (ESV) Jesus Foretells Destruction of the Temple 5 And while some were speaking of the temple, how it was adorned with noble stones and offerings, he said, 6 “As for these things that you see, the days will come when there will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be thrown down.” 7 And they asked him, “Teacher, when will these things be, and what will be the sign when these things are about to take place?” 8 And he said, “See that you are...

Yahweh, I Am Who I Am – All Knowing, All Powerful, Always Present, Everywhere - Audio

November 10, 2019 15:46 - 18 minutes - 4.23 MB

Exodus 3:1-15 English Standard Version (ESV) The Burning Bush 1 Now Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of Midian, and he led his flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. 2 And the angel of the Lord appeared to him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush. He looked, and behold, the bush was burning, yet it was not consumed. 3 And Moses said, “I will turn aside to see this great sight, why the bush is not burned.” 4...

Blessed are You - Audio

November 03, 2019 14:12 - 17 minutes - 4.01 MB

The Sermon on the Mount 1 Seeing the crowds, he went up on the mountain, and when he sat down, his disciples came to him. The Beatitudes 2 And he opened his mouth and taught them, saying: 3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 4 “Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. 5 “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. 6 “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied. 7 “Blessed are the m...

If You Abide in My Word… You Will Know the Truth and the Truth Will Set You Free! - Audio

October 27, 2019 18:45 - 16 minutes - 3.75 MB

31 So Jesus said to the Jews who had believed in him, “If you abide in my word, you are truly my disciples, 32 and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”

Worn and Torn from All the Wrestling? - Audio

October 20, 2019 18:43 - 14 minutes - 3.22 MB

Jacob Wrestles with God 22 The same night he arose and took his two wives, his two female servants, and his eleven children,[a] and crossed the ford of the Jabbok. 23 He took them and sent them across the stream, and everything else that he had. 24 And Jacob was left alone. And a man wrestled with him until the breaking of the day. 25 When the man saw that he did not prevail against Jacob, he touched his hip socket, and Jacob's hip was put out of joint as he wrestled with him. 26 Then he said...

'I Will Go Where You Go.’ Led by God’s Hand - Audio

October 13, 2019 19:44 - 15 minutes - 3.66 MB

For where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God my God.

Moving Mulberry Trees: What is Impossible, is Possible with God - Audio

October 06, 2019 19:41 - 14 minutes - 3.43 MB

Luke 17:6 English Standard Version (ESV) 6 And the Lord said, “If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.

God's Steadfastness and Faithfulness - Part 3 - Audio

September 29, 2019 13:09 - 17 minutes - 3.99 MB

Zechariah 4:6 English Standard Version (ESV) 6 Then he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: Not by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit, says the Lord of hosts.

God's Steadfastness and Faithfulness - Part 2 - Audio

September 22, 2019 17:37 - 15 minutes - 3.58 MB

25 “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? 33 But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.

Huh? “Stealing from --blank-- Steals from --blank--?” - Audio

September 15, 2019 12:38 - 16 minutes - 3.7 MB

Malachi 3:6-18 English Standard Version (ESV) Robbing God 6 “For I the Lord do not change; therefore you, O children of Jacob, are not consumed. 7 From the days of your fathers you have turned aside from my statutes and have not kept them. Return to me, and I will return to you, says the Lord of hosts. But you say, ‘How shall we return?’ 8 Will man rob God? Yet you are robbing me. But you say, ‘How have we robbed you?’ In your tithes and contributions. 9 You are cursed with a curse, for you...

FREE! Christ Breaks the Chains that Bind Us - Audio

September 09, 2019 03:46 - 21 minutes - 4.94 MB

Philemon 1-21 English Standard Version (ESV) Greeting 1 Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our beloved fellow worker 2 and Apphia our sister and Archippus our fellow soldier, and the church in your house: 3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Philemon's Love and Faith 4 I thank my God always when I remember you in my prayers, 5 because I hear of your love and of the faith that you have toward the Lord Jesus an...

Really, How Humble Are You? - Audio

September 01, 2019 14:26 - 14 minutes - 3.35 MB

Luke 14:1-14 English Standard Version (ESV) Healing of a Man on the Sabbath 14 One Sabbath, when he went to dine at the house of a ruler of the Pharisees, they were watching him carefully. 2 And behold, there was a man before him who had dropsy. 3 And Jesus responded to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath, or not?” 4 But they remained silent. Then he took him and healed him and sent him away. 5 And he said to them, “Which of you, having a son[a] or an...

Temptations - Audio

August 25, 2019 13:10 - 15 minutes - 3.6 MB

Luke 4:1-13 English Standard Version (ESV) The Temptation of Jesus 4 And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit in the wilderness 2 for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And he ate nothing during those days. And when they were ended, he was hungry. 3 The devil said to him, “If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread.” 4 And Jesus answered him, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone.’” 5 And the devil took him u...

Division and Perfect Peace - The Life of Faith in the Prince of Peace - Audio

August 18, 2019 14:56 - 16 minutes - 3.86 MB

Luke 12:49-56 English Standard Version (ESV) Not Peace, but Division 49 “I came to cast fire on the earth, and would that it were already kindled! 50 I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how great is my distress until it is accomplished! 51 Do you think that I have come to give peace on earth? No, I tell you, but rather division. 52 For from now on in one house there will be five divided, three against two and two against three. 53 They will be divided, father against son and son again...

Growing in Faith: Living by Faith. God is in Control. - Audio

August 11, 2019 14:15 - 14 minutes - 3.23 MB

Luke 12:22-40 English Standard Version (ESV) Do Not Be Anxious 22 And he said to his disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat, nor about your body, what you will put on. 23 For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing. 24 Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value are you than the birds! 25 And which of you by being anxious can add a single ...

8th Sunday after Pentecost - Audio

August 04, 2019 21:58 - 16 minutes - 3.88 MB

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8th Sunday after Pentecost - Audio

August 04, 2019 21:58 - 16 minutes - 3.88 MB

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Consumed by the World? One Thing is Needed - Audio

July 21, 2019 14:47 - 22 minutes - 5.21 MB

Martha and Mary 38 Now as they went on their way, Jesus[a] entered a village. And a woman named Martha welcomed him into her house. 39 And she had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to his teaching. 40 But Martha was distracted with much serving. And she went up to him and said, “Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her then to help me.” 41 But the Lord answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things, 4...

Can You Believe it? There is Unconditional Love… for You and Me! - Audio

July 14, 2019 14:53 - 20 minutes - 4.59 MB

The Parable of the Good Samaritan 25 And behold, a lawyer stood up to put him to the test, saying, “Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?” 26 He said to him, “What is written in the Law? How do you read it?” 27 And he answered, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.” 28 And he said to him, “You have answered correctly; do this, and you will live.” 29 But he, ...

Caring About God’s People: His Children - Audio

July 07, 2019 14:42 - 15 minutes - 3.53 MB

Jesus Sends Out the Seventy-Two 1 After this the Lord appointed seventy-two[a] others and sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to go. 2 And he said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest. 3 Go your way; behold, I am sending you out as lambs in the midst of wolves. 4 Carry no moneybag, no knapsack, no sandals, and greet no one ...

Sold Out to the Spirit! - Audio

June 30, 2019 14:21 - 14 minutes - 3.38 MB

25 If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit.

Truth - Audio

June 23, 2019 13:05 - 13 minutes - 3.13 MB

Jesus Heals a Man with a Demon 26 Then they sailed to the country of the Gerasenes,[a] which is opposite Galilee. 27 When Jesus[b] had stepped out on land, there met him a man from the city who had demons. For a long time he had worn no clothes, and he had not lived in a house but among the tombs. 28 When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell down before him and said with a loud voice, “What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, do not torment me.” 29 For he had c...

Yahweh, The Great I Am: Father, Son and Holy Spirit - Audio

June 16, 2019 18:47 - 10 minutes - 2.32 MB

58 Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, before Abraham was, I am.”

The Spirit will Remind you of Jesus’ Word. ‘Let not Your Hearts be Troubled’ - Audio

June 09, 2019 13:08 - 18 minutes - 4.24 MB

26 But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things and bring to your remembrance all that I have said to you. 27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.

Humbly on Board with the Lord’s Plan? - Audio

June 02, 2019 15:53 - 14 minutes - 3.21 MB

The Promise of the Holy Spirit 1 In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach, 2 until the day when he was taken up, after he had given commands through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. 3 He presented himself alive to them after his suffering by many proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God. 4 And while staying[a] with them he ordered them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to wait for th...

Divine Appointments - Audio

May 26, 2019 12:51 - 16 minutes - 3.84 MB

Acts 16:9-15 English Standard Version (ESV) 9 And a vision appeared to Paul in the night: a man of Macedonia was standing there, urging him and saying, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.” 10 And when Paul[a] had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go on into Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to preach the gospel to them. The Conversion of Lydia 11 So, setting sail from Troas, we made a direct voyage to Samothrace, and the following day to Neapolis, 12 and from there to...

The Truth - Audio

May 19, 2019 14:42 - 14 minutes - 3.39 MB

John 16:12-22 English Standard Version (ESV) 12 “I still have many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. 13 When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come. 14 He will glorify me, for he will take what is mine and declare it to you. 15 All that the Father has is mine; therefore I said that he will take what is mine and dec...

Not Needing Anything but Jesus at the End! - Audio

May 12, 2019 12:49 - 17 minutes - 3.99 MB

35 In all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”

Paul becomes a Christian. Peter is Restored. Jesus changes Lives! - Audio

May 05, 2019 13:30 - 15 minutes - 3.55 MB

The Conversion of Saul 1 But Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest 2 and asked him for letters to the synagogues at Damascus, so that if he found any belonging to the Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem. 3 Now as he went on his way, he approached Damascus, and suddenly a light from heaven shone around him. 4 And falling to the ground, he heard a voice saying to him, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?” 5...

Faith to Believe is a Gift from God - Audio

April 28, 2019 17:13 - 17 minutes - 4.07 MB

Ephesians 2:8-10 English Standard Version (ESV) 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, 9 not a result of works, so that no one may boast. 10 For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them. John 20:19-31 English Standard Version (ESV) Jesus Appears to the Disciples 19 On the evening of that day, the first day of the week, the doors being locked...

The Rock Slides to the Side: The Power of His Resurrection - Audio

April 21, 2019 15:18 - 8 minutes - 1.93 MB

The Resurrection 1 Now after the Sabbath, toward the dawn of the first day of the week, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went to see the tomb. 2 And behold, there was a great earthquake, for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone and sat on it. 3 His appearance was like lightning, and his clothing white as snow. 4 And for fear of him the guards trembled and became like dead men. 5 But the angel said to the women, “Do not be afraid, for I know that you ...

Signs of Lent: Crossroad - Audio

April 19, 2019 15:04 - 11 minutes - 2.72 MB

39 One of the criminals who were hanged railed at him,[a] saying, “Are you not the Christ? Save yourself and us!” 40 But the other rebuked him, saying, “Do you not fear God, since you are under the same sentence of condemnation? 41 And we indeed justly, for we are receiving the due reward of our deeds; but this man has done nothing wrong.” 42 And he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.” 43 And he said to him, “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise.”

Food for Life’s Journey - Dining Ahead with Jesus - Audio

April 18, 2019 15:32 - 13 minutes - 3.08 MB

19 And he took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body, which is given for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” 20 And likewise the cup after they had eaten, saying, “This cup that is poured out for you is the new covenant in my blood.

The Road Narrows Amid Shouts of Hosanna - Audio

April 14, 2019 21:22 - 14 minutes - 3.27 MB

The Triumphal Entry 28 And when he had said these things, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem. 29 When he drew near to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount that is called Olivet, he sent two of the disciples, 30 saying, “Go into the village in front of you, where on entering you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever yet sat. Untie it and bring it here. 31 If anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ you shall say this: ‘The Lord has need of it.’” 32 So those who were sent went ...

Gain Christ - Audio

April 07, 2019 17:27 - 15 minutes - 3.58 MB

8 Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ 9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith— 10 that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like h...

The Prodigal Son(s) Sibling Rivalry? How Does This Story End? - Audio

March 31, 2019 17:30 - 21 minutes - 4.87 MB

The Parable of the Prodigal Son 11 And he said, “There was a man who had two sons. 12 And the younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of property that is coming to me.’ And he divided his property between them. 13 Not many days later, the younger son gathered all he had and took a journey into a far country, and there he squandered his property in reckless living. 14 And when he had spent everything, a severe famine arose in that country, and he began to be in need. 15...

You Are Watched Over! You Will Not Be Cut Down! - Audio

March 24, 2019 14:48 - 14 minutes - 3.27 MB

Ezekiel 33:7-11 English Standard Version (ESV) 7 “So you, son of man, I have made a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from my mouth, you shall give them warning from me. 8 If I say to the wicked, O wicked one, you shall surely die, and you do not speak to warn the wicked to turn from his way, that wicked person shall die in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand. 9 But if you warn the wicked to turn from his way, and he does not turn from his way, th...

‘Merge’ into God’s Flowing Plan of Grace! - Audio

March 21, 2019 00:39 - 12 minutes - 2.96 MB

Jesus' Side Is Pierced 31 Since it was the day of Preparation, and so that the bodies would not remain on the cross on the Sabbath (for that Sabbath was a high day), the Jews asked Pilate that their legs might be broken and that they might be taken away. 32 So the soldiers came and broke the legs of the first, and of the other who had been crucified with him. 33 But when they came to Jesus and saw that he was already dead, they did not break his legs. 34 But one of the soldiers pierced his s...

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