Read John 1: 6–28 and Matthew 3: 1-17. 1. What surprises you about these accounts? 2. Have you been baptized? When were you baptized? Where were you baptized? What led you to be baptized? 3. How did you feel? If you were an infant, how did you feel today as you reaffirmed your baptismal covenant? 4. In what ways have you lived out your baptismal covenant as your ordination to ministry? 5. Being baptized into Jesus’ mission, how have you taken His message to others, and shared your new life in Christ with others? 6. If you haven’t been baptized and would like to be, talk with Pastor Debbie. Prayer for the Week: As I celebrate the baptism of our Lord and remember you have put your seal upon my heart O Lord, make me like living water that gives relief to others in hands-on ways, who brings light to those who sit in the darkness of hopelessness, and who gives the life-sustaining sustenance of the Good News of Jesus to the lost and forsaken. Rain down upon me, with your Spirit O Lord, so I can truly do as Jesus asked, “Make disciples of all nations,” so they too can be baptized in His name. Amen.