Romans 9, 10&15; 1 Peter 1

Thank you, father, that you chose me and have mercy and compassion on me. This election is for your purposes and by your mercy. It does not come because of my will or exertion.

But now, by your call to me, and your gift of grace and faith, I do pursue the righteousness that comes by faith in Jesus, the Christ. I believe in him and receive him as Lord of my life.

Jesus Christ is the end of the law of righteousness for each of us who believe. I say with my mouth and my life that Jesus is Lord and that you, God, my Heavenly Father, raised him from the dead according to the scriptures.

I glorify you, father, for your mercy to me and to all those who are yours. According to your great mercy, you have caused me to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.

In Christ my inheritance is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading. I am guarded by your power, father, through faith, for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.