Ashes to Crowns Ministries

Ashes to Crowns Ministries The leaders of Ashes to Crowns Ministries believe in One God with the Father, Son, and Spirit as persons of the Trinity. We believe that Jesus Christ is th

Ashes to Crowns Ministries exists to glorify God through the Lord Jesus Christ in the power of His Holy Spirit and to encourage people to find identity and freedom in Christ.

09/09/2026

9/9/26 We have quite a connection between Eph 4:25 and 5:18. Several verses deal with our speech acts. We are to lay aside falsehood and speak the truth. In 4:29-30 we are not to let harmful words leave our mouths (from our hearts) but only those that edify, or we anger the Spirit. And in 4:31 we are to put away all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, and slander. Then 5:4 tells us we should have no obscenity, foolish talk, and indecent jokes, but thankfulness. Eph 5:6 says we are not to be deceived with empty words or partake in them. In 5:18-19 says to be filled with the Spirit and speak to one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, making melody in our hearts to the Lord. A bridge from Eph 4:32 to 5:1-2 indicates being kind to one another, tender-hearted, and forgiving as God has forgiven us. So we are to imitate Him and love as His has us, being a sweet-smelling fragrance (Eph 5:2; 2 Cor 2:14).

09/08/2026

9/8/26 According to the way that we used to be outside of Christ, we are to “lay aside” that old self corrupted by the lusts of deceit, falsehood, anger, stealing, and speech that tears down. We are to put on—or live—in the likeness of God which is in righteousness, holiness of truth, speaking truth, sharing with one another, and building one another up (Eph 4:22-30). How much of the old self still shows?

09/07/2026

9/7/26 The mystery, the mystery of Christ, the revealed mystery, the administration of the mystery . . . is that we are fellow heirs, fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus of the gospel. God’s unfathomable riches of Christ and manifold wisdom has bestowed on us this message so that we might enjoy the riches of His glory. So to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever (Eph 3:6, 8, 10, 16, 21).

09/06/2026

9/6/26 Now, remember that you were 1) separate from Christ Jesus, 2) excluded from the common wealth of Israel, 3) strangers to the covenants of promise, 4) having no hope, 5) without God in the world, and 6) far off. But now in Christ Jesus you are brought near by the blood of Christ (Eph 2:12-13). But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ (4). Are we accepting the “But God” statement or are we will say, “but, but, but” to excuse our reasons for not accepting His great gift of grace?

09/05/2026

9/5/26 My heart bursts at the opportunity to read Ephesians 1. This chapter restores us through the pronounced comforts and fills us with the promises of God in Christ. Sooo, finding one passage to highlight is difficult for me. I love this letter and, especially, this chapter. Whenever we get discouraged, we can find the number of times that Paul says we are in Christ, in Him, in the Beloved, and in the heavenlies. These can lift our spirits and remind us that we sit with Christ in heaven already spiritually (1:3, 2:6), though not yet physically. We can know the reason this is true: It’s “according to God’s kind intention—His good pleasure,” “according to His purpose,” “according to His riches,” or “according to His strength”! How can we be sure that is for us—besides that He inspired Paul to write it? The Lord has given us His Spirit as the seal and pledge of what is now and what is to come (1:12-14).

09/04/2026

9/4/26 Do we bear in our bodies the “brand-marks of Jesus” (Gal 6:17)? Paul was beaten with 39 lashes five times and beaten with rods three times (2 Cor 11:24-25), so he certainly had the scars to prove his loyalty to the Lord. Some of us may have physical scars. Some may have ongoing illnesses from doing the work of the Lord. And many of us, hopefully, may never have to go through any of that. Still, our lives should reflect the Lord’s brand on our lives, whatever it may be (maybe a smile, glow, sweet smell, humility), in such a way that it is evident we belong to and serve Him.

09/03/2026

9/3/26 Gal 5:1 says, “It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore, keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery.” We are to take the Lord’s yoke upon us and learn of Him; for He is meek and lowly in heart: and we shall find rest unto our souls (Mt 11:29). The Jews call Dt: 6:5—part of the Shema—the “yoke of the kingdom.” (“love the Lord your God with all our heart, soul, and might”). What a choice to make! But, Gal 5:7 says, “you were running well; who hindered you from obeying the truth?” That choice to run free is daily and the decision to choose the Lord’s yoke—which means He is running right beside us with the Spirit within us—is what keeps us from being yoked to the flesh (5:13).

09/02/2026

9/2/26 Do we live as orphans even though we are children of our Father God? As little children who have not grown in Christ, we also live as slaves to what keeps us bound. Because we are sons and daughters, we have the privilege of calling our Father, “ABBA” (Gal 4:1-7). But He wants us to live in freedom as heirs of His promise (4:28, 31). Therefore, cast out the “bond woman” (30)—what keeps us bound in legalism, our past, our fears—and embrace freedom as children of the One who sets us free.

09/01/2026

9/1/26 Trials hurt! That really is an understatement or even more, a “Well Duh!” But Paul brought this to the attention of his Galatian recipients who were wanting to turn to Judaism because trials and persecution distressed them too much. The Judaizers had put a lot of pressure on the Galatian believers to be circumcised and to live according to the Law. Paul’s potent reprisal in Gal 3:4 was “Did you suffer so many things in vain—if it was in vain?” Every NT letter writer spoke of seeing trials as a reason for joy and a reason to remain steadfast in love and faith. For the Gentile Galatians turning to the law, and for the Jews returning, to living under the law w (3:1). But wouldn’t make sense. But they just didn’t want to serve the Lord and get hurt. Are we willing to serve the Lord even when it hurts, until it hurts, or through the hurts?

08/31/2026

8/31/26 Do we act one way in our Christian walk when certain people are around, but another way when we are with other groups? Paul admonished Peter and Barnabas for their hypocrisy about not eating with or what the Gentile believers were doing. Those two apostles were caught into the net of the Judaizers who had come from Jerusalem—not because James sent them, he didn’t—but to disrupt the truth of the gospel by compelling the believers to follow “their version of the gospel” (Gal 2:11-14). What burdens do we put on others so they follow our expectations instead of the Lord’s in their daily lives?

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