Sermon Text: Mark 1:4-11
That we may prepare the way for You with glad story and exuberant song
Christ Jesus, our lives are for You.
We come in many sizes and guises, but we go, at your bidding, to prepare the way for others to see and receive You by faithfully telling of your coming, your greatness, and your gifts.
Our own lives are insignificant when compared to yours. Our best efforts to serve You are feeble compared to your strength. We are unworthy of your presence or your gifts.
But You call and enable us to be your ambassadors. You use our words to call others to repentance, to invite others into the realm of your gracious government. You enable us to speak and act prophetically, even though we see nothing of the prophet within ourselves.
We rejoice in your presence. We rejoice in what You have done for us, in us, and through us. We rejoice with glad story and exuberant song. We rejoice! Amen.
Thoughts, and prayers from Pastor David Antieau at St. Nicolai United Church of Christ
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