When He is baptized by John in the Jordan River, Jesus reveals Himself to be the Savior of us sinners. We pray that we who are baptized into Him may remain faithful to Him and confess Him as Lord and Savior. First Sunday after the Epiphany: The Baptism of our …
During the season of Easter we celebrate not only that Christ is risen, but also that He raises us in our Baptism into His death and resurrection. Here we pray that we may live in His righteousness and holiness all our days. “At Baptism,” from The Book of Common Prayer. …
Through the Easter season–Easter Sunday and the seven weeks following–we celebrate the resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ and His victory over sin, death, and the devil. Here we pray that we who are baptized into Christ’s death and resurrection may die to sin and be raised to new life …
By our Baptism into Christ’s death and resurrection, God turns us from the old life of sin. Since we are reborn into …
Jesus reveals Himself to be the Savior of us sinners when He is baptized by John in the Jordan River. We pray …
In this meditation, Johann Arndt explores what it means to be conformed to Christ’s image. Source: Devotions and Prayers of Johann Arndt, …
God has made us His children through baptism into the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. We pray that, as we have …
Johann Gerhard continues pondering how Holy Baptism brings us spiritual healing and makes us temples of the Holy Spirit. Source: Sacred Meditations …
In meditating on the benefits of Baptism, Johann Gerhard draws from the Red Sea of Exodus 14 and the crystal sea of …
Johann Gerhard looks to John 5, the pool by the sheep market, as a picture of the healing that Baptism gives us …
