Here’s
a prayer of confession from the Center
for Christian Ethics. It was written
by Bruce Gillette and Carolyn Winfrey Gillette.
Unison Prayer of Confession
(inspired by Luke
16:1-13; Matthew 6:33)
O God, we want to
have our cake and eat it, too:
we want to be a
friend of the world and still be your friend.
Yet, Jesus taught us:
“No one can serve two masters.”
Give us strength and
courage to get our priorities straight:
help us to seek your
kingdom first.
Help us to live
faithfully and joyfully in the world,
and to be friends
with the people you call us to serve.
Help us also to
remember that our best relationship
is the one we have
with you,
We pray in the name
of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Assurance of
Forgiveness
(inspired
by James 3:17)
“The wisdom from
above is first pure,
then peaceable,
gentle, willing to yield,
full of mercy and
good fruits,
without a trace of
partiality or hypocrisy” (James 3:17).
In
Jesus Christ, we are forgiven,
and
we are given a new way to live.
Let
us accept God’s grace,
and
live new lives of faith, obedience, and joy.
~
from a worship service written by Bruce Gillette and Carolyn Winfrey Gillette
for the Center for Christian Ethics.
Posted on http://www.baylor.edu/content/services/document.php/174967.pdf
