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\n <\/p>\n

John the Baptist:
\n 
\n\u201cI baptize you with water.
But one who is more powerful than I will come,
\nthe straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.
\nHe will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.”<\/p>\n

Luke 3:16<\/a> (NIV)<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n\n

A prayer<\/h3>\n

God of grace and glory,
\nyou call us with your voice of flame
\nto be your people, faithful and courageous.
\nAs your beloved Son
\nembraced his mission in the waters of baptism,
\ninspire us with the fire of your Spirit
\nto join in his transforming work.
\nWe ask this in the name of our Saviour Jesus Christ,
\nwho lives and reigns for ever and ever.
\nAmen.<\/p>\n

~ from Revised Common Lectionary Prayers<\/a>
\n <\/p>\n\n

From the blog<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Gift<\/a>
\na 12-part series of readings and prayer poems on the Holy Spirit originally published on the PRAYER MATTERS blog in the run-up to Pentecost in 2017
\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

  John the Baptist:   \u201cI baptize you with water. But one who is more powerful than I will come, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. 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As the Father has sent me, I am sending you.\u2019 And with that he breathed on them and said, \u2018Receive the Holy Spirit.\u2019\" (John 20:21-22) Prayer Holy Spirit, the life that gives life, You are\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "prayer"","block_context":{"text":"prayer","link":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/category\/prayer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/tulliallen_castle_in_the_spring.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/tulliallen_castle_in_the_spring.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/tulliallen_castle_in_the_spring.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/tulliallen_castle_in_the_spring.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]}],"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"Irene Bom","author_link":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/author\/irenebom-com\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/category\/bible\/\" rel=\"category tag\">bible<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/category\/prayer\/\" rel=\"category tag\">prayer<\/a>","rttpg_excerpt":"  John the Baptist:   \u201cI baptize you with water. But one who is more powerful than I will come, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.” Luke 3:16 (NIV)   A prayer God of grace and glory, you call us…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13023\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}