Holy One present among us -
You went to the water’s edge, and crowds gathered around You. May we also lean into our baptisms and gather to listen to Your word.
Seeds of Your word fall around us all the time. May these seeds fall on good soil and bring forth deep, nutrient-rich life.
Help us hear and understand Your word. Help us receive Your word with joy and hold onto that word even as trouble and persecution enter our lives. Forgive us when the world’s cares and wealth choke Your word planted in us.
Enable us to bear fruit and yield abundant, overflowing lives that come from the depths of our souls.
Root us and ground us in Your word.
Amen.