“Dear Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, eternally true Son of God, we are baptized into Thy death and made partakers of Thy merit, that, being redeemed from sin, we may be truly holy and righteous before our heavenly Father. In our Baptism we promised to die unto the sin that remaineth in us and to walk in newness of life. We beseech Thee, therefore, to enlighten and to strengthen us by Thy Holy Spirit to renounce all sinful lusts and to live to please Thee; Who reignest with the Father and the Holy Ghost in all eternity. Amen.”
Wilhelm Loehe, Seed-Grains of Prayer, #15