Heavenly Father, your steadfast love greets us each morning, and your faithfulness is our constant companion. Your mercies are fresh each day, and we thank you for personal mercies; for a measure of health, for food, and clothing; and for your ongoing protection of ourselves, and those whom we love. Yet we mourn our sin and profound ingratitude to you, as we frequently trust and delight in your creation rather than in you. Father, forgive us for our many sins. We thank you for Jesus, whose sacrificial life, and atoning death pays for all our sins. Help us to know afresh the joy and wonder of our salvation. In the name of Jesus, we pray. Amen.

The words of the gospel for those who repent and believe:

He saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior. (Titus 3:5-6)