Thank you for bringing us together this morning. Thank you for the gift of the church, the fellowship of other believers, and the opportunity we get to encourage each other through your word.
Thank you for the gift of baptism, a display of our faith and our unity with each other and with Christ and with you. Thank you that we can rejoice with others when they follow you in obedience.
Thank you for the gift of grace you’ve given us through Christ – our savior, our deliverer, our rock, our foundation, our hope, our high priest, our friend and our brother.
Thank you for opening our eyes and minds and hearts to understand the sufficiency of Christ in our salvation and in our righteousness. Help us to remember and rejoice in all that Christ has done.
Remind us that you are satisfied with Christ – with his work, his words, his sacrifice – and that when we put our faith in Jesus, you save us wholly and completely in Christ.
Remind us that there is nothing that we can add to Christ – none of our works or our words or our sacrifice add anything to what Jesus accomplished. If we do any good thing, it is only because of our union with Christ.
Remind us that there is nothing more for you to give concerning our salvation except what comes to us through Christ. In Christ, you have given us your Spirit, you give us hope, security, peace, joy, confidence – all of these are ours if Christ is in us.
And whatever storms or trials or temptations come our way, help us to remember our security in Christ.
Whenever we are tempted to doubt our salvation because of some sin in us, remind us that Christ paid the full price for our sin – and that he never stops interceding for us.
And when the world around us chases after sin, when it disappoints us, when it hates you and Christ, remind us that you have promised us a better place, an eternal home, where everything is made new, where there is no sin, where the hope that we have now will find true and everlasting satisfaction – all because of what you have done for us through Christ.
Amen.