Holy Father and Merciful King
Our lives are not hidden from your sight.
You hear our thoughts, know our hearts, and see every moment of our lives:
Our whining and pride, our laziness and fear of risk, our grumbling and envy.
All that we are, we are before You. Even so we wrestle against your grace, pretending that we can hide our sin behind our self-righteous deceit.
We confess not only our sin, but the shame of our attempts to fight against the grace of your love for sinners.
Humble us with the gospel.
Father cover us in the righteousness of Christ.
Let us hear Your Spirit assuring us that Christ's sacrifice is our peace
and His resurrection the seal of our adoption as sons.
May the peace of Christ guard our hearts so that we might seve you with feedom and joy, now and forever more.
Amen
Assurance of Pardon
If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:8-9
Order of Worship, December 12 2010
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