Crown of Life

09/07/2026

“He is the one we proclaim, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone fully mature in Christ.” Colossians 1:28

Paul was not content to see people born again. He took the responsibility of leading them on to maturity. He moved them from infancy to infantry. Spiritual babies have great potential, but they became a serious drain on the church and a source of untold problems, if they remain in the nursery forever.

“Admonishing … teaching” indicates the Law and Gospel outline of the Christian message. “Mature” means literally “perfect” or “complete.” Only by virtue of our Baptism into Christ can we be what God wants us to be.

“In Christ” is a reference to the coming of Christ, when every believer will experience the completion of Christ’s work in him or her.

All people suffer because of the fallen nature of the world (original sin). But Christians are called to a special form of suffering for the sake of Christ … rejection, ridicule, and persecution. No one likes suffering. Nevertheless, the Christian suffering reflects the glory of the cross of Christ. Remember how God used Christ’s sufferings to save us. He will also use our sufferings to bring Christ’s saving work to others who have no hope.

God’s blessings on your day…

09/06/2026

“Jesus replied, “Anyone who loves me will obey my teaching. My Father will love them, and we will come to them and make our home with them.” John 14:23



Christ promises that He and His Father will come to dwell in those who hear and believe His Word, and that He will send to them the Holy Spirit as the Helper. Those who neglect Christ’s Word isolate themselves from God. Jesus Christ reveals God’s grace in His Word, dispelling our fear and unbelief.

“Loves Me … obey my teaching” is Jesus response to Judas’s question in the previous verse. Jesus explains that His manifestation to the disciples would be in response to their love and obedience.

“Make Our home with them” … if a believer loves and obeys the Lord, he or she will experience fellowship with God.

God’s blessings on your day…

09/05/2026

“Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

Matthew 28:18-20

Though all God’s people are to bear witness to the Lord, the focus here is on the apostles and their calling as leading witnesses and representatives of Jesus.

“All authority” is a reference to Christ. His human nature, which had refrained from exercising the divine authority belonging to the person of Christ, now is fully exalted and given free use of divine authority.

“Make disciples” … Jesus gives us the tools to make disciples, Baptism and His teaching.

“All nations” means not just the Jews, but Gentiles too.

“Baptizing them in the name” … name is singular, followed by the threefold naming of the divine persons. This illustrates the doctrine of the Holy Trinity. Those baptized in the name of the Father have God as their Father; baptized in the name of the Son, they receive all the benefits of the Son’s redeeming act; baptized in the name of the Spirit, they receive the life-giving, life-sustaining power and presence of the Spirit.

“Baptizing” is the washing with the water of new birth.

“Teaching” … disciples are made not only through Baptism, but through the ongoing teaching work of the Church.

“I am with you always” is not only in Spirit but also according to His human nature. Our church teaches that “He is present especially in His Church as Mediator, Head, King, and High Priest. This presence is not a part, or only one half of Him. Christ’s entire person is present, to which both natures belong, the divine and the human—not only according to His divinity, but also according to, and with, His received human nature”.

“End of the age” means when He returns visibly a second time.

Christ commissions His disciples to go and make disciples of all nations through Baptism and teaching. Today, remember your Baptism and confirmation in the faith, which are precious blessings for the Lord’s disciples. His love and care are new for you every morning. God’s blessings on your day…

09/05/2026

Crown of Life members and friends,

Let's rally together and help our friends at St. Johns Lutheran Church. Go support their garage sale next weekend and get some well needed treasures!

WE NEED YOUR HELP‼️

In one week, we begin our 3 DAY ONLY 👀 garage sale at St. John Lutheran Church.

We are asking for your help to share with your friends and families!📢🙏🏻

Come check out our HUGE sale and find something you thought you never needed.

All proceeds will go to our recent unexpected plumbing repairs!💰🔧🚽

Details are in the picture! Hope to see you there‼️

09/04/2026

“What you heard from me, keep as the pattern of sound teaching, with faith and love in Christ Jesus. Guard the good deposit that was entrusted to you—guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in us.” 2 Timothy 1:13-14

Alone in prison and abandoned by many of his friends, Paul fondly remembers the encouragement he received from Timothy’s sincere faith. And now, Paul is giving Timothy encouragement to remain solidly in that faith.

“Keep” is a command to Timothy to persist in the “sound words of healthy teaching”. Many who say they speak for Christ proclaim false doctrine. Like Timothy, we need to pursue sound teaching and avoid all teaching that does not conform to the Scriptures, no matter how good certain teachers might sound or how large their following might be.

The “good deposit.” Is a phrase that refers to Paul’s teachings to Timothy. To “guard” or to “protect” such a deposit in the ancient world meant you were obligated to scrupulously guard another’s possession, keeping it secure, then returning it in the same condition in which it was received.

The phrase “who lives in us” simply describes the indwelling of the Holy Spirit in believers, which Paul includes in many of his books of the Bible.

God’s blessings on your day…

09/03/2026

“This is what the Lord says – your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the Lord your God, who teaches you what is best for you, who directs you in the way you should go.” Isaiah 48:17

The Hebrew for “Redeemer” is also thought of as “arbiter” and “witness”. In light of the full biblical revelation, we know that Jesus Christ, True God and True Man, is the Redeemer of all mankind.

“The Holy One of Israel” is used 26 times in Isaiah, but only a few times elsewhere. Holiness includes all attributes of perfection that distinguishes God from all of His creation. Yet, He chose to enter a covenant relationship with Israel, His chosen servant for salvation. When Israel fell into sin time and time again, they had to fear God’s holy wrath.

The bottom line … the Lord teaches and leads through His servants, His prophets, and His Son (the last Prophet).

God’s blessings on your day…

09/02/2026

“The earth is filled with your love, Lord; teach me your decrees.” Psalm 119:64

God’s Word of love is like the sun, filling and brightening everything it touches. In light of God’s mercy, the world might still hear an echo of God’s description of Eden (“God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.” Genesis 1:31).

To the one who delights to keep God’s Law, God will give more grace to keep it. There is never a time in which it is improper to turn to God and meditate upon His name. His name, and it alone, will calm the mental anguish caused by the vision of horror from all that awaits those who forsake God’s law.

God’s blessings on your day…

09/01/2026

“Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.” Proverbs 22:6

“Start children off” is a Hebrew phrase that has the sense of “dedicate.”

“The way they should go” could refer to the moral route or to the career path of the child. Most believe God had the moral route in mind with this verse. Regardless, the child’s training as a whole is being addressed.

Part of this teaching is to avoid the hooks and snares of Satan that line the path of life. A fool is the person who needlessly walks in threatening places, not knowing or caring what a dangerous position he/she may be in. This obviously applies to adults as well as children.

God’s blessings on your day…

08/30/2026