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My Breath Prayer - 29 January 2023
Reaffirmation of Baptism - Part 2 of Sermon Series
In your bulletin you will find a space for a breath prayer. Please take a few moments. What sentence will remind you to refocus on God? What sentence will remind you to refocus on God as a commitment to your baptismal vow to serve God and continue to get to know God better? Remember that in this season of Epiphany, we are in a four part series to remind ourselves to reaffirm our baptisms. We reaffirm our baptism and our commitment to God through prayer, through presence, and through service. Last week, we talked about baptism. This week, we talk about prayer. I am challenging you to write down a sentence that you can pray over and over again, to remind you of God’s love, or God’s presence, or of the hope that you find in God. And if you cannot think of one today, take your bulletin home, go read some Psalms, and make the commitment to write something down that you can keep on your desk, or on your refrigerator, or in your car, or somewhere where you are going to see it and be reminded of it repeatedly.
Would any of you like to share your breath prayer?
Through our breath prayers, we will remind ourselves to trust God even when it is hard. And even when it is hard, we can still find a way to come to God. We read a lot in the Bible about people giving thanks. Paul begins nearly every letter to the people of various churches with a note of thanks for their work, even when he was upset with them and about to point out all the things they were doing wrong. When you have not prayed for awhile, or you are feeling lost, and you do not know what to say, thanks is a great way to start. When you know you are about to have a very difficult conversation, why not start with a word of thanks, or a word of prayer, or both? Wherever you find yourself today, I encourage you to write down your answers to these questions as well:
What are you thankful for?
What is God doing in this world to be thankful for?
What is God doing in this church for which you would like to give thanks?
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By Bryan NiebanckReaffirmation of Baptism - Part 2 of Sermon Series
In your bulletin you will find a space for a breath prayer. Please take a few moments. What sentence will remind you to refocus on God? What sentence will remind you to refocus on God as a commitment to your baptismal vow to serve God and continue to get to know God better? Remember that in this season of Epiphany, we are in a four part series to remind ourselves to reaffirm our baptisms. We reaffirm our baptism and our commitment to God through prayer, through presence, and through service. Last week, we talked about baptism. This week, we talk about prayer. I am challenging you to write down a sentence that you can pray over and over again, to remind you of God’s love, or God’s presence, or of the hope that you find in God. And if you cannot think of one today, take your bulletin home, go read some Psalms, and make the commitment to write something down that you can keep on your desk, or on your refrigerator, or in your car, or somewhere where you are going to see it and be reminded of it repeatedly.
Would any of you like to share your breath prayer?
Through our breath prayers, we will remind ourselves to trust God even when it is hard. And even when it is hard, we can still find a way to come to God. We read a lot in the Bible about people giving thanks. Paul begins nearly every letter to the people of various churches with a note of thanks for their work, even when he was upset with them and about to point out all the things they were doing wrong. When you have not prayed for awhile, or you are feeling lost, and you do not know what to say, thanks is a great way to start. When you know you are about to have a very difficult conversation, why not start with a word of thanks, or a word of prayer, or both? Wherever you find yourself today, I encourage you to write down your answers to these questions as well:
What are you thankful for?
What is God doing in this world to be thankful for?
What is God doing in this church for which you would like to give thanks?