Here’s
a corporate prayer of confession inspired by Jesus’ teaching in Luke 10:26-28, Matthew
22:37-40, and Mark 12:29-31.
Prayer of Confession
(inspired by Luke
10:26-28, Matthew 22:37-40, Mark 12:29-31)
Jesus
said: "If you love me, you will keep my commandments.”
Eternal God,
we confess that often
we have failed to be an obedient church:
we have not done your
will;
we have broken your
law.
Jesus
said: "You shall love the Lord your God
with
all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind”
and
“you shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
We have rebelled
against your love;
we have not loved our
neighbors;
we have not heard the
cry of the needy.
Forgive us, we pray.
Free us for joyful obedience.
Through Jesus Christ,
our Lord. Amen.
(silence for personal
confession)
Words of Assurance (Titus 3: 4-8)
Hear
now God’s assurance of pardon:
“But when the
goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared,
he saved us, not
because of any works of righteousness that we had done,
but according to his mercy,
through the water of
rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.
This Spirit he poured
out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior,
so that, having been
justified by his grace,
we might become heirs
according to the hope of eternal life.
The saying is sure.”
~
from the website of Christ Presbyterian
Church, New Haven
