Opening Prayer: Almighty God, help me to know the joy of living in Your presence, so all that I do may be filled with Your Spirit. Amen.

Read: Romans 6:5-14
Reflect: What does Paul say rules a person if they have died with Christ? How does sin fit into a person’s life if he or she has died with Christ? What does it take to die with Christ?

Hymn: “Dear Lord and Father of Mankind”
Dear Lord and Father of mankind,
Forgive our foolish ways!
Reclothe us in our rightful minds;
In purer lives Thy service find;
In deeper reverence, praise.

In simple trust like theirs who heard,
Beside they Syrian sea,
The gracious calling of the Lord,
Let us, like them, without a word,
Rise up and follow Thee.

Drop Thy still dews of quietness
Till all our strivings cease.
Take from our souls the strain and stress,
And let our ordered lives confess
The beauty of Thy peace.

Breathe through all heats of our desire
They coolness and Thy balm.
Let sense be dumb, let flesh retire;
Speak through the earthquake, wind, and fire,
O still small voice of calm!

Closing Prayer: Almighty God, thank you for meeting with me today. Allow me to know the peace of Your presence as I continue to walk with You. Amen.