Tag: Crown Him with many crowns

Sunday 8th November 2026

“Then, when Mary came where Jesus was, and saw Him, she fell down at His feet, saying to Him, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.” 33 Therefore, when Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her weeping, He groaned in the spirit and was troubled. 34 And He said, “Where have you laid him?” They said to Him, “Lord, come and see.” 35 Jesus wept. 36 Then the Jews said, “See how He loved him!” 37 And some of them said, “Could not this Man, who opened the eyes of the blind, also have kept this man from dying?” 38 Then Jesus, again groaning in Himself, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay against it. 39 Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said to Him, “Lord, by this time there is a stench, for he has been dead four days.” 40 Jesus said to her, “Did I not say to you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?” 41 Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead man was lying. And Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me. 42 And I know that You always hear Me, but because of the people who are standing by I said this, that they may believe that You sent Me.” 43 Now when He had said these things, He cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come forth!” 44 And he who had died came out bound hand and foot with graveclothes, and his face was wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Loose him, and let him go.”” John 11:32-44 NKJV

Father God,

Many scholars list seven signs in John’s gospel:
1. Turning water to wine, John 2:1-11 2. Cleansing the Temple John 2:12-17
3. Healing the Nobleman’s son John 4:46-54 4. Healing the Lame man John 5:1-15
5. Feeding the multitude John 6:1-15 6. Healing a blind man John 9
7. Raising Lazarus from the dead John 11
Here as we speed through the gospels it is good to see them as if we were reading through the whole of John at one time. We see how John reveals more and more about Jesus and who who He really is. To both those who knew God and those who did not. And the last showing that He was God as He could give life even after 4 days when the body had started to decay (John 11:39). All His statements about being the resurrection and the life were not just words he proved they were actions waiting to happen.

He was and is as good as His Word. Jesus proved His divinity. Only God can give life and Jesus was God with us. Emmanuel (Matthew 1:23, Isaiah 7:14). Why did John go to such lengths to add this to his gospel? Because if Jesus was just a good man He could not do anything more than us. Good men do leave a legacy ,many leave good works behind, but Jesus was truly man and truly God. That takes some grasping. He really lived as a man and knows all we go through. Even grief. And yet He conquered death, to give us resurrection life with Hm beyond death. As the hymn said yesterday O come to the Father through Jesus the Son and give Him the glory great things He hath done.

In Jesus name we pray Amen.

Worship Sunday 8th November 2026
Love this upbeat version. I did not know there ae 12 verses written by two men. This version has selected verses from both!

 Crown him with many crowns,
the Lamb upon his throne.
Hark! how the heavenly anthem drowns
all music but its own.
Awake, my soul, and sing
of him who died for thee,
and hail him as thy matchless king
through all eternity.

2 Crown Him the Son of God,
Before the worlds be­gan,
And ye who tread where He hath trod,
Crown Him the Son of Man;
Who ev­ery grief hath known
That wrings the hu­man breast,
And takes and bears them for His own,
That all in Him may rest.

3. Crown him the Lord of life,
who triumphed o’er the grave,
and rose victorious in the strife
for those he came to save;
his glories now we sing
who died and rose on high,
who died eternal life to bring,
and lives that death may die.

3 Crown Him the Lord of Heaven,
Enthroned in worlds ab­ove,
Crown Him the king to whom is giv’n
The won­drous name of Love.
Crown Him with ma­ny crowns,
As thrones be­fore Him fall;
Crown Him, ye kings, with ma­ny crowns,
For He is king of all.

Lyrics: Matthew Bridges, Godfrey thring.

Thursday 5th March 2026

“4 Then Joshua called the twelve men whom he had appointed from the children of Israel, one man from every tribe; 5 and Joshua said to them: “Cross over before the ark of the Lord your God into the midst of the Jordan, and each one of you take up a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, 6 that this may be a sign among you when your children ask in time to come, saying, ‘What do these stones mean to you?’ 7 Then you shall answer them that the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the Lord; when it crossed over the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. And these stones shall be for a memorial to the children of Israel forever.” 8 And the children of Israel did so, just as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones from the midst of the Jordan, as the Lord had spoken to Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and carried them over with them to the place where they lodged, and laid them down there. 9 Then Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of the Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests who bore the ark of the covenant stood; and they are there to this day.” Joshua 4:1-9 NKJV

God who remeembers,

You know how fickle we are and how quickly we forget the many things You have done for us or we do not even notices. In rereading this passage I noticed something I had read many before and not really thought about. The 12 stone collectors, representing their 12 tribes, were told to walk before the ark of the covenant to find the stones. They really had to trust! They may have prevented the ark carriers from tripping too! So the stones were ready for when every one had passed over. They did not have to wait but saw the pile of stones winessing safe arrival. A memorial.

Sometimes I wish I had kept a diary – not one that listed the necessary actions for the day – one which noted what You were doing Lord, and the wonderful events I witnessed and the blessings I received. Interestingly I do have pebbles from prayer trips. Memorials of a kind.

Those 12 original stones have long gone but the truth they were there remains. The greatest memorials I have Lord are an empty cross and an empty grave. The cross is long gone and the stone that was rolled away who knows where.. But the truth still stands that they were there.. Joshua has long gone – but Jesus? You are with us always.

In Jesus name we give praise, Amen.

Worship Thursday 5th March 2026
Another rousing hymn to lift our souls to praise as we approach the Easter memorial time.

Crown Him with many crowns
the Lamb upon the throne.
Hark How the heav’nly anthems drowns
all music but its own!
Awake, my soul And sing
of Him Who died for thee
and hail Him as thy matchless King
through all eternity

Crown him the Lord of love;
behold his hands and side,
those wounds, yet visible above,
in beauty glorified;
no angel in the sky
can fully bear that sight,
but downward bends his burning eye
at mysteries so bright.

Crown Him the Lord of peace,
Whose power a sceptre sways
from pole to pole, that wars may cease,
and all be prayer and praise.
His reign shall know no end,
and round His pierced feet
fair flowers of paradise extend
their fragrance ever sweet.

Crown him the Lord of years,
the potentate of time,
creator of the rolling spheres
in majesty sublime:
all hail, Redeemer, hail,
for Thou hast died for me;
Thy praise shall never, never fail
through out eternity!

Lyrics: Matthew Bridge