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Drammen Lutheran Church Mission Statement:

Called by God's grace and equipped by the Holy Spirit, we nurture and challenge each other to grow in proclaiming the good news of Christ Jesus through celebrating worship, studying God's word, and showing hospitality by serving our neighbors both here and around the world.

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We welcome you to worship with us each Sunday morning at 9:00am. Coffee and fellowship follow worship.

 

August 30, 2026  
Dear friends in Christ grace and peace to you. The message for this week comes from 
Jeremiah 15:15-21.

I recently finished reading a book about Louis Zamperini. Zamperini and his crew mates were on board a B-24 bomber ironically looking for another plane that was missing when it went down in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. Zamperini and two of his crew mates survived the crash and drifted for 47 days on a raft. Enduring unbelievable hardship along the way one of them died before Zamperini and his surviving crew mate were rescued by the crew of a Japanese ship. This was only the beginning of an amazing story of survival and the incredible suffering and human atrocities that took place during their imprisonment. Zamperini, not a religious man began to pray in earnest. When it seemed as if he could take no more punishment, somehow after each incident he found the strength to live.

In our text for this week Jeremiah’s faith is challenged severely. Jeremiah kind of an emotional guy to begin with complains to God about his predicament. People are trying to kill him and as a prophet who is sent to preach God’s word, no one is listening to him. The Lord promises to take care of Jeremiah but still Jeremiah continues to complain.

We can probably all relate to times in our lives when nothing seems to be going our way. Our world seems to be crumbling around us. And like Jeremiah, we likely complain to God asking him why is this happening to me? In the Zamperini story, Louis is defiant. He is not going to let the enemy get the best of him. He turned to God in his own way and it appears that God took care of Louis. Even though Zamperini endured suffering beyond human imagination he survived to tell his story. And the soldiers who were imprisoned alongside him were encouraged and uplifted by Louis to continue to live.

Jeremiah was angry with God for seeming to be ignoring his plight. Louis Zamperini didn’t say he felt that way toward God but it is clear that God was looking after him. 
The Lord reminds Jeremiah as he reminds us “I am with you, to rescue and save you.” Let us keep the faith.

May the peace of God be with all of you as you turn to the Lord in prayer and know that he always walks beside you.
Michael Isaacson