Zion Lutheran Church

09/09/2026

Wishing all the little scholars, families, and teaching staff and wonderful year ahead!

"The mission of Little Zion Preschool is to create a lifelong love of learning and walking with God. We recognize the need to educate the entire child for a successful future and for their world to blossom. Our school provides high quality education while giving each child a Christian foundation."

It’s going to be a great first day!

09/09/2026

Building Up Fellow Christians - "Paul reminds us that they are God’s servants, not ours, and subject to His correction. And we can trust God to correct each one of us as we grow and mature in Christ, because “the Lord is able to make [us] stand” (Romans 14:4b).

So if we follow this principle, what will the church look like? Imagine a body of Christians holding many different opinions, but where each one tries to do what will make their neighbors comfortable and build them up, rather than themselves. Imagine a church where those who prefer organ music willingly accept the praise band, and those who prefer to see their pastor in street clothes willingly accept robes and vestments. Imagine Christians falling over themselves to be kind to one another, even when they are privately convinced that the other person’s opinion is a lot of hooey. Imagine people behaving like Christ, who “did not please Himself,” but gave Himself up even into death so that we might be forgiven and live with God forever. And now that Jesus is risen from the dead, He is able to teach us, His body, how to live in peace and love until the day He returns."

https://www.lhm.org/dailydevotions/20260909/

09/08/2026

This Sunday we are back to our 10:30 AM worship with Sunday School and Bible Study at 9:15 AM.

09/08/2026

Believing Our Forgiveness - In today's devotion, we are reminded of how we struggle to accept the forgiveness and love that Jesus offers to those who are truly repentant. We may pray for the same forgiveness over and over, as it is so hard to believe that Jesus could truly forgive us and love us, as he does. Of course, being human means that our sinful nature is persistent, that guilt and shame are not easy to shake, and each day, perhaps even more regularly, we must ask God for our daily bread that it will enable us to fend off sin and to accept His acceptance and forgiveness of us! We simply cannot do this by ourselves.

https://www.lhm.org/dailydevotions/20260908/

09/07/2026

So Far - Today, we are once again reminded of God's Grace to us. What sort of God would be so forgiving? What sort of God would send His Son to pay the debt of our sins? A God that loves His people and wants them to return to Him, not by force but by choice. Instead, like Adam and Eve, we hide from Him ashamed of our transgressions and rationalizing His non-existence, but He knows our transgressions and for those who want to be closer to Him, He is gracious in His willingness to forgive them. How great it is to be loved by a God like this!

https://www.lhm.org/dailydevotions/20260907/

09/06/2026

Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost-26 9/6/26
https://youtu.be/EFIvZR65fNw

09/06/2026

Forgive Our Sins as We Forgive - “Forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against us.” This line in Our Lord's Prayer delivers us one tall order. There are circumstances under which such a notion seems inconceivable, and we pray for Jesus' support in the practice of forgiveness. Yet we are asking for the same from Jesus. Jesus, please forgive me my sins, those that I know and those that I do not know, but I ask only that you do so to the extent that I am willing to be forgiving of others. For we are called to love the sinner, but to hate the sin. We remember that Grace is something given to us from God that we do not deserve.

https://www.lhm.org/dailydevotions/20260906/

09/05/2026

Christ to Appear Again - In today's devotion, we are once again reminded of the power of the Holy Spirit to open our hearts and minds to ideas that defy what the world may suggest. In Acts 17, Paul is speaking to people from Athens. Paul speaks of the resurrection and of ignorance. There were some who mocked him and yet there were others who said, "We want to hear you again on this subject." I say, speak to me in truth and love that I may be offered, not immortality, but everlasting life from my creator.

https://www.lhm.org/dailydevotions/20260905/

09/04/2026

Come and See - What would it take to believe? Conversely, what would it take to not doubt? So many people strike at the heart of man's struggles and suffering, some of the most difficult questions, to suggest there is proof that God does not exist, that Jesus does not love us. There is much to be said about this, but a journey toward belief starts with opening myself to possibility and listening to others "witnessing" from their own experiences. What is there to lose? Then again, what might there be to gain...

https://www.lhm.org/dailydevotions/20260904/

09/03/2026

Childish - Matthew:18 is one of my favorite passages for getting a "feel" for Jesus' love for us. For anyone who has been fortunate to have good parents, you may recall how safe you felt in their care, and how there was no limit to your trust in them. Children are special. Their belief has not yet been limited by their exposure to the world, and this passage is a wonderful reminder of the ideal we should seek. It is also the passage in which Jesus condemns those who would cause children to sin. It is no wonder why we hold children in such high regard - even if we cannot be exactly like them ourselves. Dear Jesus, teach me to trust You with the things I hesitate to pray about—the things that seem too small or too silly. Help me rely on You for everything, big and small. Amen.

https://www.lhm.org/dailydevotions/20260903/