Here’s
a prayer of confession and words of assurance inspired by Psalm 145:
17-18. It was written by Bruce Prewer.
Prayer of Confession
(inspired by Psalm
145: 17-18)
“The Lord our God is
just in all his ways, and kind in all
his doings.”
Most
Holy God,
we
confess to you and to each other
that
we are rarely just in all our ways,
and
far from being kind in all our doings.
What
we want to be and what we actually are,
are
two different things.
Our
lives are a miss-mash of astuteness and stupidity,
of
moral strength and cowardice,
of
kindness and meanness,
of
openness and cunning,
of
sincere love for you yet also of conniving self-interest.
We
need both your justice and your kindness
to
convict us of our sins,
to
forgive and cleanse us,
and
to save us from the power of evil in the days that lie ahead.
We
need your mercy to wipe away shame and disabling regrets,
your
light to give us our bearings,
and
your friendship to delight with us in our happiness
and
to comfort us in our sorrows.
Please
grant to us, loving God,
the
grace of a new beginning
and
the joy of an enlarged love for you.
Give
us a passion for all your loving ways.
Through
Christ Jesus our Brother and Redeemer.
Words of Assurance
(inspired by Psalm
145: 17-18)
Sisters
and brothers, Holy Scripture says:
“The
Lord is gracious and merciful,
slow
to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
The
Lord is good to all and his mercy is over all his works.”
In
the name of the living God,
through
the grace of Christ Jesus the Son,
and
with the authority of the Spirit,
I
declare to you the forgiveness of sins
and
the life that is eternal!
We will extol you,
our God and Saviour,
and glorify your name
forever and ever!
Every day we will
praise you,
and glorify your name
forever and ever.
~ written by Bruce Prewer, and posted on Bruce Prewer’s Home Page. http://www.bruceprewer.com/DocC/C62sun32.htm