Immanuel Lutheran Church

Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ (LCMC)

P.O. Box 34, Tigerton, WI 54486

Website: Immanuellctm.org

emailimmanuellutheran@gmail.com

Pastor Peter Keyes - 320-232-3108

 

January 18, 2026 – Second Sunday after Epiphany

 

January Birthdays                                       

1st Wk:   None.

2nd Wk:  8 - Maverick Maas    

3rd  Wk:   16 - Kelly Erdmann

4th Wk:  31 - Tom Watters

  

Prayer of the Day:   Holy God, our strength and our redeemer, by your Spirit hold us forever, that through your grace we may worship you and faithfully serve you, follow you and joyfully find you, through Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord.    AMEN.

 

First Lesson:  Isaiah 49:1-7

 

Psalm 40:1-11

1 I was patient while I waited for the Lord.  He turned to me and heard my cry for help.

2 I was sliding down into the pit of death, and he pulled me out.  He brought me up out of the mud and dirt.  He set my feet on a rock.  He gave me a firm place to stand on.

3 He gave me a new song to sing.  It is a hymn of praise to our God.  Many people will see and have respect for the Lord.  They will put their trust in him.

4 Blessed is the person who trusts in the Lord.  They don’t trust in proud people.  Those proud people worship statues of gods.

5 Lord my God, no one can compare with you.  You have done many wonderful things.  You have planned to do these things for us.  There are too many of them for me to talk about.

6 You didn’t want sacrifices and offerings.  You didn’t require burnt offerings and sin offerings.  You opened my ears so that I could hear you and obey you.

7 Then I said, “Here I am.  It is written about me in the book.

8 My God, I have come to do what you want.  Your law is in my heart.”

9 I have told the whole community of those who worship you.  I have told them what you have done to save me.  Lord, you know

that I haven’t kept quiet.

10 I haven’t kept to myself that what you did for me was right.  I have spoken about how faithful you were when you saved me.  I haven’t hidden your love and your faithfulness from the whole community.

11 Lord, don’t hold back your mercy from me.  May your love and faithfulness always keep me safe.

 

Second Lesson:  1 Corinthians 1:1-9

 

Gospel: John 1:29-42