



Filled by the Spirit
July 30, 2025News“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope,” (Rom. 15:13, ESV). God does not merely give His gifts—He fills us with His gifts of joy and peace so that we abound...
Spiritual Warfare
July 23, 2025News“Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the schemes of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. Therefore take up the whole...
Students heading to New Orleans for youth conference
July 18, 2025NewsST. LOUIS, July 18, 2025—More than 1,500 youth and adult leaders from 81 Missouri District churches are traveling to New Orleans, La., to participate in the 2025 LCMS Youth Gathering, a triennial event hosted by The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS) since 1980. They will join nearly 20,000 youth and adults...
Fruit of the Spirit
July 16, 2025News“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law,” (Gal. 5:22-23, ESV). Sanctification—the Holy Spirit’s work of strengthening us to lead holy lives—is never wrong. Before St. Paul provides the list of the fruit of the Spirit, he first includes a list...

