Colossians 1

Father, you have delivered me from the power of darkness and conveyed me into the kingdom of the son of your love, my Lord Jesus, in whom I have redemption, through his perfect propitiation, the forgiveness of my sins.

Jesus is the visual and tactile image of you, Father. He is preeminent over all creation.

All things were and are created by him, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions, principalities or powers. All things, big and little, important or seemingly unimportant, were created through him and for him.

Jesus Christ is before all things, and in him, all things consist. He is the sustainer, and he is the head of the body of Christ, that is he is the head of the true church.

You, Lord Jesus, are the very beginning. You are the first born from the dead. In all things, and in every way, you are preeminent. In you all the fullness of God dwells.