Welcome to the prayers of brass podcast. I'm your host, Asherita, and today we are agreeing with God when he says that in Christ, we are a new creation.

So take a deep breath and quiet your heart as we become aware of God's loving

presence around us and within us. Today's passage comes from 2 Corinthians 5 verse 17. Therefore,

if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away.

Behold, the new has come.

Let's begin by reciting God's goodness together.

Creator God, we praise you not just for creating us in the beginning, creating humanity,

to be in fellowship with you, to be in relationship with you, to delight in you.

But also, when sin stole all of that away, God, we praise you that you did not give up.

That in Christ you continue to pursue reconciliation.

And now we are a new creation. Thank you that. Because Jesus rose from

the dead, we too will rise with Christ through your spirit. You are already doing that new

creation work in us. You are renewing us into the image of Jesus. We praise you for

that, God. What would be impossible for us, our own self-improvement plans so often just fall flat.

But God, we praise you that you are good. What you created, you called good in the

Garden of Eden and as you are recreating us in the image of Jesus, you call us good.

Oh, wonderful are your works, O Lord. Our souls know that well. And so today we choose

to praise you for that. So take time now to praise God for the work that He is doing in your life.

Look for the ways where you can see His spirit at work, renewing you in the knowledge of the image of God, recreating you into the image of Jesus.

He's doing that good work.

Look for it and praise him for it.

Thank you. Let's continue now by expressing our neediness.

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