Gracious, loving, and forgiving God, it is well with our soul whenever we affirm your friendly reminder to us today that there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
Thank you for reminding us again and again of this good news of our faith. You know how life can be so hard and demanding and how easy it is for us to forget what you have done for us through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus.
Help us to always remember our baptism and be thankful. Help us to always remember the words we hear following our opening prayer of confession. “In the name of Jesus Christ, you are forgiven.”
Open our minds and our hearts to those daily reminders that you send our way, reminding us of our true identity, that we belong to you and that our self-worth is not about our achievements or our failures but in knowing that we are your blessed, beloved, and beautiful children of God, made in your image.
On this day, we especially lift up to you anyone who may be struggling with their self-worth or mental and emotional health. May they know that they are not alone and that it’s OK to not be OK. You know us far better than we know ourselves. You know our frailties, our brokenness, and our hurts. Thank you for being a God who cares when it seems like nobody else does. And thank you for the many ways that you offer your healing presence in our lives; whether it be through remembering our baptism, cutting out a prayer from the bulletin and taking it to school with us, or like today, just being reminded that there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.
And dear God, we also lift up to you all of the prayer needs that we have shared today and that are on our church’s prayer list. May they know this day of your deep and abiding love and presence in their lives. We pray this in name of Jesus, our Lord and Savior. Amen.
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