Confession: Breathe Life into these Bones

Here’s a prayer of confession from John Birch’s Faith and Worship website.

Prayer of Confession

(inspired by Ezekiel 37:1-14, Matthew 16:24, Luke 14:27,

Matthew 7:21-23, Matthew 25:31-46 and others)

You call us to be your voices in this world

and we stay silent.

You call us to be your hands in this world

and we keep them hidden.

You call us to be your feet in this world

and we go our own way.

When we meet those who are doubting

and say nothing, forgive us.

When we meet those who need your touch

and do nothing, forgive us.

When we are called to take up your cross

and carry nothing, forgive us.

Breathe life into these bones

bring freedom to these lives

that we might declare

with heart and soul and voice

that you are our Lord and our God. Amen

~ written by John Birch, and posted on Faith and Worship. http://www.faithandworship.com/

Prayer: In Your Name

Here’s a prayer of commitment from Roddy Hamilton’s Listening to the Stones blog.

In Your Name

May we honour your name
not by paying it lip service, Lord Jesus
but by trusting the vision it speaks of

and the way it calls for

May we honour it by following you

speaking into the word with our actions
and showing who we’re chosen to follow

May we love in your name
speak in your name
care in your name
that willingness to touch the outcast
feed the hungry
remember the sick
visit the imprisoned
clothe the naked
give water to the thirsty
in your name

~ excerpted from a longer piece by Roddy Hamilton, and posted on Listening to the Stones. http://newkilpatrickblog.typepad.com/nk-blogging/mucky-paws/  Used by permission.