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Today’s Reflection
We are unable to achieve our own salvation. But God gives each person the capacity to respond to the offer of saving grace. As we respond in trusting faith, God gives us more grace, empowering us to grow in holiness.
—Gayle Carlton Felton, Mark Stamm, By Water and the Spirit, Revised Study Guide: A United Methodist Understanding of Baptism
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Today’s Question
What do you think it means for God to give us more grace as our faith increases? Join the conversation.
Today’s Scripture
For by grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God
—Ephesians 2:8 (NRSVUE)
Prayer for the Week
O God of grace, as I am washed in the waters of baptism and in the blood of Communion, make me clean and pure before you. Amen.
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Something More
Lectionary Readings
- Exodus 14:19-31
- Psalm 114 or Exodus 15:1b-11, 20-21
- Romans 14:1-12
- Matthew 18:21-35
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