Jesus has come into our world, our hearts, our lived spaces anew in this Christmas season. In him, God's past promises break into this present moment to propel us into God's imagined future. Alleluia!
How do we receive God's gift in Jesus? Our texts this week invite us to enter into the waters of creation and new creation, where the Holy Spirit hovers over us and the voice of God can be heard proclaiming life.
Genesis 1:1–5
Psalm 29
Acts 19:1–7
Mark 1:9–11
My prayer for us: Father in heaven, who at the baptism of Jesus in the River Jordan proclaimed him your beloved Son and anointed him with the Holy Spirit: Grant that all who are baptized into his Name may keep the covenant they have made, and boldly confess him as Lord and Savior; who with you and the Holy Spirit lives and reigns, one God, in glory everlasting. Amen.
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