Week 3 Lenten Devotions
In this coming week--the third week of Lent, we will be reflecting on The Apostles’ Creed as a statement of faith. There are three parts to this creed. In stating this creed, we confess or affirm our believe in the God who creates us, saves us from sin and makes us holy. The Ten Commandments have shown us our sin, driving us to need the Good News that God in Jesus Christ saves us. The Apostles’ Creed shows us this Good News.
Theme for the Week: The Apostles’ Creed as a Statement of our Faith
Passage for the Day: Deuteronomy 6:4
4 Hear, O Israel: The Lord is our God, the Lord alone.
Reflection: In this ancient creedal statement from the Hebrew Scriptures, we re-state the words first given to God’s people as they finished their forty year wilderness sojourn. In these few words, we remember that God is OUR God and that there is only one God. The same God who claimed the Israelites as God’s people and rescued them from slavery in Egypt is the God who claims each of us in baptism and saves us from slavery to our sins. This ONE God is the God who creates us, saves us and makes us holy.
Prayer Themes: Pray that I may confess my faith with confidence in God’s power to create me, save me and make me holy. Thank God for God’s faithfulness to God’s people. Pray that others may be brought to the faith confessed in the Apostles’ Creed.
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