In a Mess

Romans 8:1-4

Life through the Spirit

Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit who gives life has set you free from the law of sin and death. For what the law was powerless to do because it was weakened by the flesh, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in the flesh, in order that the righteous requirement of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

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Prayer

Father God, you co-exist with the Word and the Spirit before all time. Thank you for sending your Word in the form of Jesus the Christ. You became messy to take away my mess. I pray that each day I am reminded that I am not part of the mess but part of your Spirit. Amen.

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This reading and prayer is taken from today’s “Conversations with Dad” – an online Advent Calendar produced and written by John Pearson of Doorways Youth Project in Saltburn.

Each day’s conversation provides a short narrative giving food for Advent thought. Click here to go to the Calendar and then click on Day 16.