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13 At one time you were dead in your sins. Your desires controlled by sin were not circumcised. But God gave you new life together with Christ. He forgave us all our sins. 14 He wiped out what the law said that we owed. The law stood against us. It judged us. But he has taken it away and nailed it to the cross. 15 He took away the weapons of the powers and authorities. He made a public show of them. He won the battle over them by dying on the cross.

Jesus, you have risen from the dead and have ascended to sit at God’s right hand. Though we cannot see you, you promised that we will live in and with you. Send us your Holy Spirit to lead us into your new creation. 

In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen. 

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9 God’s whole nature is living in Christ in human form. 10 Because you belong to Christ, you have been made complete. He is the ruler over every power and authority. 11 When you received Christ, your circumcision was not done by human hands. Instead, your circumcision was done by Christ. He put away the person you used to be. At that time, sin’s power ruled over you. 12 When you were baptized, you were buried together with Christ. And you were raised to life together with him when you were baptized. You were raised to life by believing in God’s work. God himself raised Jesus from the dead. 

Jesus, you have risen from the dead and have ascended to sit at God’s right hand. Though we cannot see you, you promised that we will live in and with you. Send us your Holy Spirit to lead us into your new creation. 

In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen. 

We Wonder is written and hosted by Sarah Dahl, and produced by Richard Clark and Nick Thompson. You can connect with us at [email protected], or on Instagram and Twitter @wewonderpod. 

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21 At one time you were separated from God. You were enemies in your minds because of your evil ways. 22 But because Christ died, God has brought you back to himself. Christ’s death has made you holy in God’s sight. So now you don’t have any flaw. You are free from blame. 23 But you must keep your faith steady and firm. You must not move away from the hope the good news holds out to you. This is the good news that you heard. It has been preached to every creature under heaven. I, Paul, now serve the good news.

Jesus, you have risen from the dead and have ascended to sit at God’s right hand. Though we cannot see you, you promised that we will live in and with you. Send us your Holy Spirit to lead us into your new creation. 

In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen. 

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18 The Son is the head of the body, which is the church. He is the beginning. He is the first to be raised from the dead. That happened so that he would be far above everything. 19 God was pleased to have his whole nature living in Christ. 20 God was pleased to bring all things back to himself. That’s because of what Christ has done. These things include everything on earth and in heaven. God made peace through Christ’s blood, by his death on the cross.

Jesus, you have risen from the dead and have ascended to sit at God’s right hand. Though we cannot see you, you promised that we will live in and with you. Send us your Holy Spirit to lead us into your new creation. 

In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen. 

We Wonder is written and hosted by Sarah Dahl, and produced by Richard Clark and Nick Thompson. You can connect with us at [email protected], or on Instagram and Twitter @wewonderpod. 

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15 The Son is the exact likeness of God, who can’t be seen. The Son is first, and he is over all creation. 16 All things were created in him. He created everything in heaven and on earth. He created everything that can be seen and everything that can’t be seen. He created kings, powers, rulers, and authorities. All things have been created by him and for him. 17 Before anything was created, he was already there. He holds everything together. 

Jesus, you have risen from the dead and have ascended to sit at God’s right hand. Though we cannot see you, you promised that we will live in and with you. Send us your Holy Spirit to lead us into your new creation. 

In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen. 

We Wonder is written and hosted by Sarah Dahl, and produced by Richard Clark and Nick Thompson. You can connect with us at [email protected], or on Instagram and Twitter @wewonderpod. 

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Scripture passage: John 14:1-7, 15-19

Jesus said to his friends, “Do not let your hearts be troubled.” How is my heart, right now? Can I offer it to Jesus, who speaks peace and love to troubled hearts?

I wonder, do I ever feel like I don’t know the way? Is it hard sometimes to know what I should do, or say, or who I should trust? What do I want to say to God about that?

How does it feel to hear Jesus’s words: “I am the way, the truth, and the life?” 

Jesus calls the Holy Spirit our friend: someone who is for us, who wants the best for us, and who loves to be with us. Can I invite the Holy Spirit to befriend me and walk with me today?

The Holy Spirit also leads us along Jesus’s way. I wonder, can I trust that Jesus’s ways are always good, even when they are hard? That Jesus’s steps of love, forgiveness, and humility will always bring me home to God?

Jesus, you are the way home to God. Jesus, you are the truth of God’s love for us and for the world. Jesus, you are the life that creates and sustains us, and carries us through death into eternal life with God. Send your Spirit to us and help us walk in your ways with joy and gratitude.

In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. 

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11 In the same way, consider yourselves to be dead as far as sin is concerned. Now you believe in Christ Jesus. So consider yourselves to be alive as far as God is concerned. 12 Don’t let sin rule your body, which is going to die. Don’t obey evil desires. 13 Don’t give any part of yourself to serve sin. Don’t let any part of yourself be used to do evil. Instead, give yourselves to God. You have been brought from death to life. So give every part of yourself to God to do what is right. 

Gracious God, give us ears to hear and hearts to receive your words of peace. Thank you for pouring your love into our hearts, and help us to be confident in all that Jesus has done for us. 

In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen. 

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5 By being baptized, we have been joined with him in a death like his. So we will certainly also be joined with him in a resurrection like his...8 We died with Christ. So we believe that we will also live with him. 9 We know that Christ was raised from the dead and will never die again. Death doesn’t control him anymore. 10 When he died, he died once and for all time. He did this to break the power of sin. Now that he lives, he lives in the power of God. 

Gracious God, give us ears to hear and hearts to receive your words of peace. Thank you for pouring your love into our hearts, and help us to be confident in all that Jesus has done for us. 

In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen. 

We Wonder is written and hosted by Sarah Dahl, and produced by Richard Clark and Nick Thompson. You can connect with us at [email protected], or on Instagram and Twitter @wewonderpod. 

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1 What should we say then? Should we keep on sinning so that God’s grace can increase? 2 Not at all! As far as sin is concerned, we are dead. So how can we keep on sinning? 3 All of us were baptized into Christ Jesus. Don’t you know that we were baptized into his death? 4 By being baptized, we were buried with Christ into his death. Christ has been raised from the dead by the Father’s glory. And like Christ we also can live a new life. 

Gracious God, give us ears to hear and hearts to receive your words of peace. Thank you for pouring your love into our hearts, and help us to be confident in all that Jesus has done for us. 

In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen. 

We Wonder is written and hosted by Sarah Dahl, and produced by Richard Clark and Nick Thompson. You can connect with us at [email protected], or on Instagram and Twitter @wewonderpod. 

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6 At just the right time Christ died for ungodly people. He died for us when we had no power of our own. 7 It is unusual for anyone to die for a godly person. Maybe someone would be willing to die for a good person. 8 But here is how God has shown his love for us. While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 

Gracious God, give us ears to hear and hearts to receive your words of peace. Thank you for pouring your love into our hearts, and help us to be confident in all that Jesus has done for us. 

In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. Amen. 

We Wonder is written and hosted by Sarah Dahl, and produced by Richard Clark and Nick Thompson. You can connect with us at [email protected], or on Instagram and Twitter @wewonderpod. 

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