Trinity Lutheran Church
Sermons
8th SUNDAY AFTER PENTECOST
(July 18, 2026)
Psalm: 119:57-64
The Lord is my portion:
I promise to keep your words.
I entreat your favor with all my heart;
be gracious to me according to your promise.
When I think on my ways,
I turn my feet to your testimonies;
I hasten and do my delay
to keep your commandments.
Though the cords of the wicked ensnare me,
I do not forget your law.
At midnight I rise to promise,
because of your righteous rules.
I am a companion of all who fear you,
of those who keep your preceipts.
The earth, O Lord, is full of your steadfast love;
Teach me your statutes!
Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit;
As it was in the beginning is now and will be forever.
Amen
First Reading: 2 Kings 4:8-17
One day Elisha went on to Shunem, where a wealthy woman lived, who urged him to eat some food. So whenever he passed that way, he would turn in there to eat food. 9 And she said to her husband, "Behold now, I know that this is a holy man of God who is continually passing our way. 10 Let us make a small room on the roof with walls and put there for him a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp, so that whenever he comes to us, he can go in there."
11 One day he came there, and he turned into the chamber and rested there. 12 And he said to Gehazi his servant, "Call this Shunammite." When he had called her, she stood before him. 13 And he said to him, "Sa now to her, 'See, you have taken all this trouble for us; what is to be done for you? Would you have a word spoken on your behalf to the king or to the commander of the army?" She answered, "I dwell among my own people." 14 And he said, "What then is to be done for her?" Gehazi answered, "Well she has no son, and her husband is old." 15 He said, "Call her." And when he had called her, she stood in the doorway. 16 And he said, "At this season, about this time next year, you shall embrace a son." And she said, "No my lord, O man of God; do not lie to your servant." 17 But the woman conceived, and she bore a son about that time the following spring, as Elisha had said to her.
2nd Reading: Romans 8:12-25
So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. 13 For if you live according to the flesh, you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. 14 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. 15 For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, "Abba! Father!" 16 The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God, 17 and if children, then heirs-heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him.
18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with the glory that is to be revealed to us. 19 For the creation waits with eager longing for the revealing of the sons of God. 20 For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of him who subjected it, in hope 21 that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to corruption and obtain the freedom of the glory of the children of God. 22 For we know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now. 23 And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as we wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. 24 For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? 25 But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.
Holy Gospel: Matthew 13:31-35
He put another parable before them, saying, "The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field. 32 It is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown it is larger than all the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches."
33 He told them another parable. :The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and hid in three measures of flour, till it was all leavened."
34 All these things Jesus said to the crowds in parables; indeed, he said nothing to them without a parable. 35 This was to fulfill what was spoken by the prophet: "I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter what has been hidden since the foundation of the world."
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PREVIOUS WEEKS
July 11, 2026 .... 7th Sunday after Pentecost - Psalm 65 First Reading:1 Kings 21:17-21, 25-29
2nd Reading: Romans 8:1-11 Holy Gospel: Matthew 13:10-17
July 4, 2026 .... 6th Sunday after Pentecost - Psalm 145 First Reading: 1 Kings 19:1-18 2nd Reading: Romans 7:14-25
Holy Gospel: Matthew 11:25-30
June 27, 2026 .... 5th Sunday after Pentecost - Psalm 119:153-160 First Reading: 1King 18:1, 17-24, 36-46
Epistle: Romans 7:1-6 Holy Gospel: Matthew 10:34-42
June 20, 2026 .... 4th Sunday after Pentecost - Psalm 91 First Reading: 1 Kings 17:1-16 Epistle: Romans 6:1-23
Holy Gospel: Matthew 10:5a, 24-33
June 13, 2026 .... 3rd Sunday after Pentecost - Psalm 100 First Reading: 1 Kings 12:1-17 Epistle: Romans 5:6-15
Holy Gospel: Matthew 9:35 - 10:8
June 6, 2026 ...... 2nd Sunday after Pentecost - Psalm 119:65-72 First Reading: 1 Kings 10:1-12, 11:1-2, 9-13, 41-43
Epistle: Romans 4:13-25 Holy Gospel: Matthew 9:9-13
May 30, 2026 .....Trinity - Psalm 8 First Reading: Isaiah 59:14-21 Epistle: Acts 2:22-36 Gospel: Matthew 28:16-20
May 23, 2026 ..... Pentecost - Psalm 25 First Reading: Numbers 11:24-30 Epistle: Acts 2:1-21 Gospel: John 7:37-39