Our sin is eclipsed by the work of Christ with him in the center of our lives.

Our sin no longer enslaves us; we are free to worship as God intended. CANDLE ONE: Our first candle can represent the life God brought into the world when he breathed into existence man and woman.

Despite their disobedience, God gave his first covenant to provide a way to reestablish our relationship with him.

We repent, we prepare, and we await for the fulfillment of His covenant.

He is faithful and does not stop pursuing you when you become a Lutheran.

Even when you daily chose sin and your own idols over him, or when you doubt his faithfulness, God is there calling you by name. In spite of that love, we choose our own gods and fell away.

In adoration for all God has done, we worship and adore Christ and raise him above everything else in our lives.'s Chris Pratt has apologised to fans after posting a video that asked users to turn the sound up rather than rely on subtitles. Why doesn't Instagram have some kind of technology to automatically add subtitles to its videos? I did a little exploring and it seems lacking in that area. Having been criticised for not being understanding of those who are deaf and hard of hearing – and who therefore depend on subtitles – Chris took to Instagram to apologise from 'the bottom of his heart'. This is one of those moments where I screwed up and here's me begging your pardon. Shouldn't there be an option for closed captioning or something? “For your girlfriend.”“Thank you, my dear,” Peter said, “but she’s not my girlfriend.”The girl did not understand English. “10 RMB,” it said, with crudely drawn flowers surrounding the price. The girl surrendered the entire bouquet, and Bella tossed it into the cypress shrubs by the restaurant’s entrance, well groomed and fenced in.She prompted him again with the memorized line.“Quiet,” Bella said in Mandarin. Peter shook his head and stuck both hands determinedly into his jacket pockets.“Listen, I’ll give you the money for a rose, and you leave us alone,” Bella said.“No,” the girl said. I can’t go home until I sell them all.”Bella counted out three hundred RMB. “Now,” she said, “home you go.”The girl put the money away carefully, and then, standing on tiptoe, tried to reach the flowers.