Here’s a prayer of
confession and intercession on the subject of Christian unity. It was written
by Christine Sine and posted on Godspace.
Litany
of Confession
(inspired
by passages like Ephesians 2:14,
John
17, Galatians 3:28, Romans 12:5)
God, we believe you
have called us to unity,
but often we have
isolated ourselves from others,
God, forgive us for
the times we have turned our backs
on those who are
different.
God, we believe you
have called us
to live together as
one body,
God, forgive us for
the times we have created division
within your worldwide
church.
God, we believe you
ask us to look, listen,
and learn from
others,
God, forgive us for
the times we have ridiculed and attacked
those with different
viewpoints.
God, we believe you
ask us to accept and seek to understand
all who are called by
your name,
Forgive us for the
times we have offended you
by failing to love
others as we do ourselves.
God, we believe you
call us to be one
even as you are one,
Forgive us for the
disunity we have harbored
and make us one.
Pause to offer up
prayers for unity within the church
God and Creator of
all humankind,
your son Jesus Christ
prayed that your church might be one
even as you our God
are one.
May you renew our
minds and rekindle your love in our hearts,
so that by the power
of the Spirit,
we might find the
Oneness that you intend for us.
God, may we see in
your Oneness
our need for unity,
God, may we see in
your Three-ness
our need for community
God, may we see in
your creativity
our need for
diversity,
God, may we see in
your Self
our need to love each
other.
Amen.
~ from the Lenten series Journey into Wholeness written
by Christine Sine. Published in 2009 by Mustard Seed Associates. The entire series is available on the Godspace
website. http://godspace.wordpress.com/
