The Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod needs faithful Lutheran laymen, pastors, and commissioned ministers

to serve on its boards, commissions, and agencies.

Nominations are open for the Board of Regents at our Concordia Universities and Seminaries,

the LCMS Board of Directors, the Office of National and International Mission,

the Lutheran Church Extension Fund, Concordia Publishing House, and the

Commission on Theology and Church Relations. Learn more at Issuesetc.org slash nominations.

The Lutheran Church, Missouri Senate needs you. Issuesetc.org slash nominations.

This week on the Word of the Lord indoors forever, we plow along in Proverbs 1 and 2, covering

Wisdom's warning cry, listen to her and dwell secure, the Lord gives wisdom, the benefits of

wisdom, and deliverance from the wicked woman. Join me, Pastor Will Whedon, for the Word of

the Lord indoors forever,

your daily 15-minute verse-by-verse Bible study on demand. Listen at thewordendors.org

or your favorite podcast provider. Is it okay to complain? The Bible's full of all kinds of complaints, are the Psalms of Lament.

Does that mean that we, as Christians, have free reign to complain as the rest of the world does.

Welcome back to Issues, Etc. I'm Todd Wilkin, joining us for part 47 of our series

Kids Have Questions. Pastor Jonathan Connor, pastor of Zion Lutheran Church in Manning, Iowa.

Jonathan, first question, how can I live out my identity as a child of God?

Todd, don't you wish every child would ask their pastor that question? That's just like, this is a perfect question. I'm so happy to answer this

question. So I say to the child, what an incredibly important question. Let's walk through a few

things. First, confess your identity every day. So the hymn, God's own child, I gladly say it, helps us here. Consider the first verse. God's own child, I gladly say it. I am baptized into Christ. He, because I could not pay it, gave my full redemption price. Do I need

earth's treasures many? I have one worth more than any that brought me salvation free,

lasting to eternity. Now, okay, do you understand what it's saying? It's helping us to confess, that's to say together what God says, that we are baptized into

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