Here’s a prayer of thanksgiving and confession
inspired by Mark 1:21-28. It was written by Cheryl Lawrie and posted on [hold this space].
Prayer of
Confession
(inspired by Mark 1:21-28)
God,
we thank you for this extraordinary world
and its reminders of resilience, grace, hope
and life:
for when grass shoots break through concrete
when the sun emerges after storms
for when people offer laughter in deep sadness
In these moments we see glimpses of who you are
–
and we are grateful.
Yet if we reduce you to being like the cycle of
nature
or the best of humankind,
we diminish your power to make the impossible
real:
to break apart the impenetrable evils of
oppression,
to cast out the very real fears that paralyse
us
to banish the insidious demons of judgement and
worthlessness
Forgive us God when we do not trust you to deal
with the unspeakable awfulness in our lives and world.
In the silence we name the parts of our lives
and our world that we believe are
too broken to ever be made whole
Cast out our demons, Lord,
Make us
new again
Forgive us when contribute to the brokenness of
the world and the lives
of people around us.
In the silence we name the things we have done
that separate us
from you and from others
Cast out our demons, Lord,
Make us
new again
Forgive us when we trust darkness more than we
trust your light.
In the silence we name the things we think we
need to keep hidden.
Cast out our demons, Lord,
Make us
new again
Scripture says that those who are in Christ are
a new creation;
everything old has passed away;
see, the new has come!
Hear then Christ’s word of grace to us:
‘Your sins are forgiven.’
Thanks be
to God.
~ written by Cheryl Lawrie and posted on [hold this space]. http://holdthisspace.org.au/all-of-who-we-are/
