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Good Morning, Lord!
I Am Baptized
For as many
of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. (Gal. 3:27 ESV)
Make the
sign of the cross as you say, “In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and
of the Holy Spirit. Amen.”
A Morning Prayer
Heavenly
Father, today we begin a new workweek, but many of us will not be going to work.
We thank you for the skills, talents, and abilities with which you have blessed
us. Please help us to use those blessings as we go about our daily lives. Help
us to see the opportunities You give us to use those blessings to bless our
neighbors and to worship You. Help us see our daily interactions as the places
and times You have given us so that we might love You with all of our heart,
soul, strength, and mind, and love our neighbors as ourselves. We ask these
things in Jesus’ name. Amen.
I Believe …
I believe
in God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth.
And in
Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the
virgin
Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried. He
descended
into hell. The third day He rose again from the dead. He ascended into heaven
and sits at
the right hand of God the Father Almighty. From thence He will come to judge
the living
and the dead.
I believe
in the Holy Spirit, the holy Christian Church, the communion of saints, the
forgiveness
of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.
Questions for Meditation
What does
this reading teach you about Jesus, what He said and did, or what He wants His
followers to believe? What does it teach you about God’s love and forgiveness?
What does
this reading lead you to be thankful for?
What
behavior, thought, or attitude does this reading challenge? What sin does it
lead you to confess?
How might
you pray for God to have a richer impact on your life through this reading?
Prayer
Pray for God to help you to understand and believe His
Word.
Pray for increased faith, hope, and love.
Lord’s Prayer
Our Father
who art in heaven,
hallowed be
Thy name,
Thy kingdom
come,
Thy will be
done on earth
as it is in
heaven;
give us
this day our daily bread;
and forgive
us our trespasses
as we
forgive those
who
trespass against us;
and lead us
not into temptation,
but deliver
us from evil.
For Thine
is the kingdom
and the
power and the glory
forever and
ever. Amen.
Benediction
Now to him
who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according
to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ
Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen. (Eph. 3:20-21 ESV)
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