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LaVerne Zirbel Funeral February 3rd 11:00am

</p> </div> <p class="ast-blog-single-element ast-read-more-container read-more"> <a class="" href="https://immanuelshirley.com/lavernezirbel/"> <span class="screen-reader-text">LaVerne Zirbel Funeral February 3rd 11:00am</span> Read More »</a></p> <div class="entry-content clear" itemprop="text" > </div> </div> </div>  </article> <article class="post-2796 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-blog ast-grid-common-col ast-full-width ast-article-post remove-featured-img-padding ast-width-md-12 ast-archive-post" id="post-2796" itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork" itemscope="itemscope"> <div class="ast-post-format- ast-no-thumb blog-layout-1 ast-article-inner ast-no-date-box"> <div class="post-content ast-grid-common-col" > <h2 class="entry-title ast-blog-single-element" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://immanuelshirley.com/lacking-nothing-in-heaven/" rel="bookmark">Lacking Nothing in Heaven</a></h2> <header class="entry-header ast-blog-single-element ast-blog-meta-container"> <div class="entry-meta"><span class="ast-taxonomy-container cat-links default"><a href="https://immanuelshirley.com/category/blog/" rel="category tag">Reverend Ruminates</a></span></div> </header> <div class="ast-blog-featured-section post-thumb ast-blog-single-element"></div> <div class="ast-excerpt-container ast-blog-single-element"> <h2>Pastor, if there isn’t __________ in heaven, I’m not sure I want to go there. Pastor, what if I get bored in heaven? Pastor, will I really be happy in heaven?</h2> <p>It’s not just confirmation students asking these questions, it’s adults too. I’ve handled that question as a pastor, and it’s a question I’ve wondered myself. “Is heaven really worth it?” I know I’m not alone. Some, thinking that heaven as like a long church service, are hesitant to commit to heaven as a good idea because they know how they feel at the end of a long drawn-out church service. Some, thinking that heaven is a place of no sin, equate that with “no fun.”</p> <h2>Ultimately, at the root of the question is doubt that God knows what is best for you.</h2> <p>That’s why I appreciated preaching on Isaiah 65:17-25 this last weekend. Not only does the LORD through the prophet Isaiah talk about heaven in negative terms, such as no sorrow, no weeping, no danger from nature, no danger from the devil and his angels, no separation from those you love in the LORD, but also, no wants. <em><strong>“Then it will happen that even before they call, I will answer; while they are still speaking, I will hear.” (Isaiah 65:24 EHV) </strong></em></p> <h2>Even the best thanksgiving dinner needs someone to pass the butter.</h2> <p>If you ever go to a banquet at <a href="https://vanabels.com/">Von Abel’s in Hollandtown</a>, you know you won’t leave there unsatisfied. And if it’s a banquet where it’s served family-style, you’ll get platter after platter to your table of delicious chicken, potatoes, vegetables, ham, and all the fixings. If you can keep eating, they’ll still bring food to you. You lack for nothing. But there are still sometimes you’ll have to ask for something, because the staff is putting so much in front of everyone they can’t always track if you have enough of each item.</p> <p>A Thanksgiving dinner, with all the good food, still lacks something. Even if you are sitting at a table with a ton of food on it, you’ll still be asking for this or that to be passed to you. You’re lacking something until everything is passed to you and you have it all on your plate. But then, there’s still something lacking. Maybe the turkey was too dry, or there are raisins in your dressing, or a favorite dish isn’t present. There’s always something that could prevent you from being truly content. Imagine a place where you’ll feel like you have everything you possibly could want. Imagine an existence where you never get to the point where you say, “You know what this needs? More _______.” That’s what LORD through Isaiah was communicating in that one verse. Before you realize you need something, God will provide it. Before you can even think to ask for it, it will be there. This is more than just a genie giving your every wish, but a state of existence where wishes aren’t needed. You won’t even have a wish or a need. God will provide. Can you even imagine an existence where you lack for even a want?</p> <h2>God’s promises are His answer to your future anticipation.</h2> <p>God promises this in Isaiah, that in heaven you won’t have an opportunity to say, “If this had ______, I’d truly be happy.” All your wants will be supplied; you won’t be found asking for more. This is God’s promise. How can you be certain you will go there? Certainly you do not go there through your own effort, for you cannot be perfect as your Heavenly Father is perfect. Your best effort will still be lacking the perfect zeal and perfect motivation. Your best words will still lack the perfect love that God demands. But God sent His Son Jesus to die for you. Jesus lived a perfect life and his perfect sacrifice was credited to your heavenly account, thus giving you a place at the heavenly table. God will keep His promise to you because it is based on what His son has done for you. Until the day God fulfills His promises to the letter, there are those you know who, if the end of all things were today, would not spend eternity with you. Take advantage of the opportunities to invite others to this heavenly feast. Jesus Christ paid their way in too. Let them know. There still is room. And whether they listen or fail to listen, you still have an eternity of heaven to look forward to, a place where tears will be dried, sorrows forgotten, sin destroyed, and your every need supplied. You will lack nothing.</p> </div> <p class="ast-blog-single-element ast-read-more-container read-more"> <a class="" href="https://immanuelshirley.com/lacking-nothing-in-heaven/"> <span class="screen-reader-text">Lacking Nothing in Heaven</span> Read More »</a></p> <div class="entry-content clear" itemprop="text" > </div> </div> </div>  </article> <article class="post-5750 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-news tag-news ast-grid-common-col ast-full-width ast-article-post remove-featured-img-padding ast-width-md-12 ast-archive-post" id="post-5750" itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork" itemscope="itemscope"> <div class="ast-post-format- blog-layout-1 ast-article-inner ast-no-date-box"> <div class="post-content ast-grid-common-col" > <h2 class="entry-title ast-blog-single-element" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://immanuelshirley.com/deer-hunters-service-nov-17th-at-700pm/" rel="bookmark">Deer Hunter’s Service (Nov 17th at 7:00pm)</a></h2> <header class="entry-header ast-blog-single-element ast-blog-meta-container"> <div class="entry-meta"><span class="ast-taxonomy-container cat-links default"><a href="https://immanuelshirley.com/category/news/" rel="category tag">News</a></span></div> </header> <div class="ast-blog-featured-section post-thumb ast-blog-single-element"><div class="post-thumb-img-content post-thumb"><a href="https://immanuelshirley.com/deer-hunters-service-nov-17th-at-700pm/" aria-label="Read: Deer Hunter’s Service (Nov 17th at 7:00pm)" ><img width="1024" height="576" src="https://immanuelshirley.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/hunter-service-2022-1024x576.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" itemprop="image" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://immanuelshirley.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/hunter-service-2022-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://immanuelshirley.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/hunter-service-2022-300x169.jpg 300w, https://immanuelshirley.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/hunter-service-2022-768x432.jpg 768w, https://immanuelshirley.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/hunter-service-2022-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https://immanuelshirley.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/hunter-service-2022-2048x1152.jpg 2048w" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a></div></div> <div class="ast-excerpt-container ast-blog-single-element"> <p>Worship with us in a special worship service, especially for those going away for the weekend for deer hunting (or shopping).<br /> This service will be<br /> Thursday, November 17th at 7:00pm.<br /> Both hunters and non-hunters are welcome to attend.<br /> This will not be a repeat of Sunday’s service, but it will be a special service with holy communion served.</p> </div> <p class="ast-blog-single-element ast-read-more-container read-more"> <a class="" href="https://immanuelshirley.com/deer-hunters-service-nov-17th-at-700pm/"> <span class="screen-reader-text">Deer Hunter’s Service (Nov 17th at 7:00pm)</span> Read More »</a></p> <div class="entry-content clear" itemprop="text" > </div> </div> </div>  </article> <article class="post-5666 post type-post status-publish format-image has-post-thumbnail hentry category-blog post_format-post-format-image ast-grid-common-col ast-full-width ast-article-post remove-featured-img-padding ast-width-md-12 ast-archive-post" id="post-5666" itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork" itemscope="itemscope"> <div class="ast-post-format-standard blog-layout-1 ast-article-inner ast-no-date-box"> <div class="post-content ast-grid-common-col" > <h2 class="entry-title ast-blog-single-element" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://immanuelshirley.com/thoughts-after-teaching-at-mlhs/" rel="bookmark">Thoughts after teaching at MLHS</a></h2> <header class="entry-header ast-blog-single-element ast-blog-meta-container"> <div class="entry-meta"><span class="ast-taxonomy-container cat-links default"><a href="https://immanuelshirley.com/category/blog/" rel="category tag">Reverend Ruminates</a></span></div> </header> <div class="ast-blog-featured-section post-thumb ast-blog-single-element"><div class="post-thumb-img-content post-thumb"><a href="https://immanuelshirley.com/thoughts-after-teaching-at-mlhs/" aria-label="Read: Thoughts after teaching at MLHS" ><img width="1024" height="576" src="https://immanuelshirley.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/314191289_10160811426712755_344591519260135057_n-1024x576.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="" itemprop="image" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://immanuelshirley.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/314191289_10160811426712755_344591519260135057_n-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https://immanuelshirley.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/314191289_10160811426712755_344591519260135057_n-300x169.jpg 300w, https://immanuelshirley.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/314191289_10160811426712755_344591519260135057_n-768x432.jpg 768w, https://immanuelshirley.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/314191289_10160811426712755_344591519260135057_n.jpg 1440w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" /></a></div></div> <div class="ast-excerpt-container ast-blog-single-element"> <p>Due to scheduling conflicts, a local pastor was needed to teach 5/8 units of “Contemporary Congregational Concerns” senior course at MLHS. while teaching high school was what my father did in the 90’s, I wondered if it would be something I’d enjoy. I certainly cared for these seniors but I also consistently wrestled with myself and my inner “this could be done better” angst. I also did see a definite roadblock with my hearing loss. The kids were understanding and were as engaged as you’d expect seniors to be, but many times I wished I didn’t have to ask them to repeat themselves as it hindered the flow of conversation. Nevertheless, a labor of love giving back to my alma mater is finished. To God be the glory.</p> </div> <p class="ast-blog-single-element ast-read-more-container read-more"> <a class="" href="https://immanuelshirley.com/thoughts-after-teaching-at-mlhs/"> <span class="screen-reader-text">Thoughts after teaching at MLHS</span> Read More »</a></p> <div class="entry-content clear" itemprop="text" > </div> </div> </div>  </article> <article class="post-5446 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-blog tag-confirmation tag-mercy ast-grid-common-col ast-full-width ast-article-post remove-featured-img-padding ast-width-md-12 ast-archive-post" id="post-5446" itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork" itemscope="itemscope"> <div class="ast-post-format- ast-no-thumb blog-layout-1 ast-article-inner ast-no-date-box"> <div class="post-content ast-grid-common-col" > <h2 class="entry-title ast-blog-single-element" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://immanuelshirley.com/mercy-appreciated/" rel="bookmark">Mercy appreciated</a></h2> <header class="entry-header ast-blog-single-element ast-blog-meta-container"> <div class="entry-meta"><span class="ast-taxonomy-container cat-links default"><a href="https://immanuelshirley.com/category/blog/" rel="category tag">Reverend Ruminates</a></span></div> </header> <div class="ast-blog-featured-section post-thumb ast-blog-single-element"></div> <div class="ast-excerpt-container ast-blog-single-element"> <div> <div class="" dir="auto"> <div id="jsc_c_kk" class="x1iorvi4 x1pi30zi x1swvt13 xjkvuk6" data-ad-comet-preview="message" data-ad-preview="message"> <div class="x78zum5 xdt5ytf xz62fqu x16ldp7u"> <div class="xu06os2 x1ok221b"> <div class="xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a"> <div dir="auto">Today we talked about mercy and forgiveness in confirmation. I knew they figured out God’s mercy when one of them asked, “How come God didn’t show Jesus any mercy on the cross?” Then I explained that Jesus had to bear all the justice so we would get all the mercy, she said “Oh.” And her face fell. “Makes you appreciate Jesus a little bit more, don’t it?” She nodded.</div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div> <div class="x10wlt62 x6ikm8r x9jhf4c x30kzoy x13lgxp2 x168nmei" data-visualcompletion="ignore-dynamic"> <div> <div> <div> <div class="x1n2onr6"> <div class="x6s0dn4 xi81zsa x78zum5 x6prxxf x13a6bvl xvq8zen xdj266r xktsk01 xat24cr x1d52u69 x889kno x4uap5 x1a8lsjc xkhd6sd xdppsyt"> <div class="x6s0dn4 x78zum5 x1iyjqo2 x6ikm8r x10wlt62"> <div class=""> <div class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1o1ewxj x3x9cwd x1e5q0jg x13rtm0m x1n2onr6 x87ps6o x1lku1pv x1a2a7pz x1heor9g xnl1qt8 x6ikm8r x10wlt62 x1vjfegm x1lliihq" tabindex="0" role="button"></div> </div> </div> <div class="x1c4vz4f x2lah0s xci0xqf"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <p class="ast-blog-single-element ast-read-more-container read-more"> <a class="" href="https://immanuelshirley.com/mercy-appreciated/"> <span class="screen-reader-text">Mercy appreciated</span> Read More »</a></p> <div class="entry-content clear" itemprop="text" > </div> </div> </div>  </article> <article class="post-2798 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-blog tag-all-saints-day tag-halloween tag-pagan ast-grid-common-col ast-full-width ast-article-post remove-featured-img-padding ast-width-md-12 ast-archive-post" id="post-2798" itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork" itemscope="itemscope"> <div class="ast-post-format- ast-no-thumb blog-layout-1 ast-article-inner ast-no-date-box"> <div class="post-content ast-grid-common-col" > <h2 class="entry-title ast-blog-single-element" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://immanuelshirley.com/halloween-pagan-or-christian/" rel="bookmark">Halloween: Pagan or Christian?</a></h2> <header class="entry-header ast-blog-single-element ast-blog-meta-container"> <div class="entry-meta"><span class="ast-taxonomy-container cat-links default"><a href="https://immanuelshirley.com/category/blog/" rel="category tag">Reverend Ruminates</a></span></div> </header> <div class="ast-blog-featured-section post-thumb ast-blog-single-element"></div> <div class="ast-excerpt-container ast-blog-single-element"> <p>Despite all the pagan references today, Halloween does not have pagan roots.</p> <h2>Halloween has its roots in the Christian festival known today as All Saint’s Day.</h2> <p>The word “Halloween” is an abbreviated form of All Hallows’ Eve’ which is All Saints’ Evening.</p> <p>In the first three centuries A.D. the lives of the martyrs of the Church were commemorated on special days with one day, “All Saint’s Day,” reserved to celebrate them all. Neopagans and Wiccans like to claim that the source of Halloween is the Celtic festival of Samhain. The earliest mention of Samhain in Irish folklore doesn’t come until the 10th Century A.D., whereas All Saint’s Day has its roots seven hundred years earlier. Finally Samhain was a lunar festival of harvest. That means that the day of Samhain can vary up to a month in difference when compared to a solar year date of Oct. 31/Nov. 1.</p> <h2>Who are the saints we remember on “All Saint’s Day?”</h2> <p>We remember our loved ones who have died in the Lord, as well as remember why they are saints. Christians are members of the same family with them, as Christian have historically confessed in the Apostles Creed: “The holy Christian church the communion of saints.” Paul speaks to his contemporaries as “saints” and reveals the reason why in 1 Corinthians 1:2, “To the church of God in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called to be holy, together with all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ – their Lord and ours.”</p> <h2>What can we remember about those who have died in the Lord?</h2> <p>First, we remember them with thanksgiving. God had entrusted them with the gift of God’s Word, and they passed it on to us. They were faithful in that work, and for that we give thanks to God. The second service is the strengthening of our faith. When we see Peter’s denial forgiven, we also are encouraged to believe all the more that grace truly triumphs over sin (Romans 5:20). Sometimes those who have died before us led very colorful lives, perhaps even sinful lives, but later on were much different people, devoted to the Lord and to his forgiveness. The third honor is imitation. As we remember how they lived their lives in faith, may we too imitate their devotion to God and His Word.</p> </div> <p class="ast-blog-single-element ast-read-more-container read-more"> <a class="" href="https://immanuelshirley.com/halloween-pagan-or-christian/"> <span class="screen-reader-text">Halloween: Pagan or Christian?</span> Read More »</a></p> <div class="entry-content clear" itemprop="text" > </div> </div> </div>  </article> <article class="post-4950 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-blog tag-packers tag-self-control ast-grid-common-col ast-full-width ast-article-post remove-featured-img-padding ast-width-md-12 ast-archive-post" id="post-4950" itemtype="https://schema.org/CreativeWork" itemscope="itemscope"> <div class="ast-post-format- ast-no-thumb blog-layout-1 ast-article-inner ast-no-date-box"> <div class="post-content ast-grid-common-col" > <h2 class="entry-title ast-blog-single-element" itemprop="headline"><a href="https://immanuelshirley.com/thoughts-on-the-packers-london-game/" rel="bookmark">Thoughts on the Packer’s London Game</a></h2> <header class="entry-header ast-blog-single-element ast-blog-meta-container"> <div class="entry-meta"><span class="ast-taxonomy-container cat-links default"><a href="https://immanuelshirley.com/category/blog/" rel="category tag">Reverend Ruminates</a></span></div> </header> <div class="ast-blog-featured-section post-thumb ast-blog-single-element"></div> <div class="ast-excerpt-container ast-blog-single-element"> <p>Back in 2000 I watched the Super Bowl at a bar in Tokyo. Some Americans were watching it LIVE with us, but because of the time difference, the bar was mostly vacant and it didn’t seem right to be sitting on barstools as the sun was coming up. Yet I still had the urge to buy a beer in order to watch the game.</p> <p>If you think you have total self-control in your alcohol consumption but have to have a cold one in your hand during the game Sunday, or that it’s funny bars will be open early for Sunday’s London Packer game, it’s time for you to reconsider the power that alcohol has over a person.</p> <blockquote><p>1 Corinthians 6:12 “Everything is permissible for me but not everything is beneficial. 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