3 Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into His death?
4 Therefore we are buried with Him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
5 For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection:
6 Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.
7 For he that is dead is freed from sin.
8 Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with Him:
9 Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over Him.
10 For in that He died, He died unto sin once: but in that He liveth, He liveth unto God.
11 Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Romans 6:3-11)
Dear Precious Eternal, Merciful, and Redeeming LORD God,
You have loved me with a love beyond my understanding,
and You have secured the path of righteousness for this Your servant to walk;
yet, I too often have drifted from Your Way; sinning in thought, word, and deed, through what I have done and have left undone, while wandering on my own path.
However, remembering the cleansing water of baptism, O God,
I praise You and give You thanks that You forgive me yet again.
Grant to me the grace to die daily to sin, and to rise daily to new life in Christ,
Who lives and reigns with You, and in Whose wonderful name I pray. Amen!
