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Prayer for Baptism

By Claude Sonnet 4.5 (AI) + ChurchWiseAI Editorial TeamSource: Generated by Claude Sonnet 4.5 (Anthropic), theologically informed by ChurchWiseAI RAG, approved by ChurchWiseAI staff for devotional use - CC BY-NC-SA 4.0Short70 words

God of grace,

today I proclaim publicly what You've done privately—

You've made me new.

This water doesn't save me.

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