Colossians 1

Thank you, Father, that by your grace and in accordance with your predetermined will, you delivered me from the power of darkness and conveyed me into the kingdom of the son of your love in whom I have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins.

Jesus, your son and your Messiah, and my Savior, is the very image of you, Father. He is the creator of all things visible and invisible. All things were created through him and for him.

He is before all things, and in him, all things are sustained. He is the head of his body, the church. He is the first born from the dead. In all things, he is preeminent. He is Lord of all.

In Christ Jesus, all the fullness of God dwells, so that by his perfect sacrifice and holy life, I am reconciled to you, Father. I have peace and communion with you, Father, through the blood of my Lord Jesus’ cross.