![]() ![]() The Lord is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1993 p. Set us free from a past that we cannot change open to us a future in which we can be changed and grant us grace to grow more and more in your likeness and image, through Jesus Christ, the light of the world. Forgive what our lips tremble to name, what our hearts can no longer bear, and what has become for us a consuming fire of judgment. Gracious God, our sins are too heavy to carry, too real to hide, and too deep to undo. AmenĪlmighty God, who does freely pardon all who repent and turn to Him, now fulfill in every contrite heart the promise of redeeming grace forgiving all our sins, and cleansing us from an evil conscience through the perfect sacrifice of Christ Jesus our Lord. Grant that we may hereafter live a godly, righteous, and sober life to the glory of His name. Restore those who are penitent according to Your promises declared unto men in Christ Jesus our Lord. Spare those, O God, who confess their faults. O Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable offenders. We have left undone those things which we ought to have done and we have done those things which we ought not to have done and there is nothing good in us. We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts. Hold us to You and build our relationship with You and with those You have given us on earth.Īlmighty and most merciful Father, we have erred and strayed from Your ways like lost sheep. Remind us to be who You would have us to be regardless of what we are doing or who we are with. Give us clear minds and open hearts so we may witness to You in our world. For these things we ask your forgiveness and we also ask for your strength. Sometimes we carry on our lives as if there was no God and we fall short of being a credible witness to You. Help us to see you in the moment-by-moment possibilities to live honestly, to act courageously, and to speak from our wisdom.ĭear Heavenly Father, we lower our heads before you and we confess that we have too often forgotten that we are yours. Holy God, in the daily round from sunrise to sunset, remind us again of your holy presence hovering near us and in us. Sometimes doubt invades our hopefulness, and we degrade our own wisdom. Sometimes fear makes us small, and we miss the chance to speak from our strength. ![]() ![]() Sometimes shame clenches tightly around our hearts, and we hide our true feelings. Yet there are times, O God, when we fail to recognize you in the dailyness of our lives. O Holy One, we call to you and name you as eternal, ever-present, and boundless in love. Prayers of Confession and Pardon Prayers of Confession and Pardon ![]()
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