06/02/2026
“I have set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be a sign of the covenant between me and the earth. When I bring clouds over the earth and the bow is seen in the clouds, I will remember my covenant that is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh. And the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh. When the bow is in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is on the earth.” Genesis 9:13–16
Merciful Father, we confess that the wages of sin is death and that all die because all sin. Yet, we give You thanks that though in Adam all die, in Christ all shall be made alive. Your Son has shed His blood for all people and by His cross has reconciled the world to You, that trespasses should no longer be counted against anyone. Give us confidence in this salvation, fully accomplished in Your Son, and enable us by it to look with love toward every human life as one for whom Christ shed His saving blood; through the same Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.
