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Scripture (ESV)
What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it? Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life.
For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his. We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin. For one who has died has been set free from sin.
Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him. For the death he died he died to sin, once for all, but the life he lives he lives to God. So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus.
Prayer Root: Word to Prayer
Heavenly Father,
It is a terrible thing to take the mercy You have shown me and use it as an excuse to continue in sin. Lord, fill my heart with deep gratitude for the grace You poured over me—grace that forgave all my sins, grace that buried my old self with Christ, and grace that raised me to walk in newness of life.
Help me remember that baptism is more than a ritual—it points to the reality that my old life died with Christ, and the new life I now live is modeled after His resurrection. I pray that I truly understand that I cannot live the life You desire unless I am in Christ and Christ is in me. Lord, may I never again live as a slave to sin when You have set me free from it. May death have no dominion over me because You have taken dominion over my soul. Teach me daily to consider myself dead to sin and alive to You. May I always feel alive in You, Lord Jesus.
Rooted in prayer, rejoicing in Christ.