MONDAY 1
Mark 1:1-13
God of covenant, we rejoice that You have sent Jesus among us. We
rejoice that the “beginning of the good news about Jesus the Messiah,” fits
into your long history of covenant commitment and prophetic warning and promise
to your people, Israel.
We rejoice that You sent and still send messengers who call for the
creation of viable paths through wildernesses of sin, oppression, violence,
confusion, defeat, exile and despair. Even though those voices are often
irritating, we rejoice that they call us to open ourselves to your transforming
presence and enable us to believe that You are able to do new creation among
us.
We rejoice that You have led us to the waters of baptism. And we
celebrate, with great joy, your gift of the Holy Spirit whose baptism we have
received through Jesus Christ.
As participants in your covenant, through baptism, and as people
energized by the presence of your own Spirit, enable us to continue the work
that Jesus began among us, to continue living the good news that Jesus lived
first among us. Amen.
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