Good Morning, Lord!
I Am Baptized
Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved. – Mark 16:16
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
Father in heaven, in the beginning when You created all
things, the earth was formless and void. I look ahead at the week not yet
knowing what will be, but I trust you to form it and fill it with meaning. Your
Spirit hovered over the face of the deep. Let your Spirit hover over the deep
dark places in my heart and mind to do your life-giving work in me. In the
beginning, Lord, you spoke and what you spoke became. Speak to me through the
Word Made Flesh, Jesus Christ, the crucified and risen one. Speak faith. Speak
hope. Speak love. Create these things in me. Speak mercy, grace, and kindness.
Speak justice, truth, and holiness. Speak death to sin, new life in Christ, and
resurrection. Create me anew in the image of Jesus, and, created anew, let my life
show forth the power of his cross for forgiveness, and the promise of his empty
tomb for new life. 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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