Dear God, we give you thanks for sending your Son Jesus to die on the cross for us. By his death and his rising to life again, our faith is being renewed, our hearts are joyful, and our love for you is stronger. May you instill in us clean hearts and renew right spirits within us, always. Amen!

“My sin, oh, the bliss of this glorious thought, my sin, not in part, but the whole, is nailed to the cross, and I bear it no more, praise the Lord, praise the Lord, o my soul.” My brothers and sisters in Christ, I can without fear now say, ‘It is well, it is well with my soul, all because of the goodness of God. Thank you, Lord!