O Lord, we have not longed for your coming as our only hope.
We have not lived as citizens of your kingdom as we should.
We have chosen easy belief instead of the fellowship of Your cross.
We have made this world our treasure,
giving our hearts to the creation, instead of You, the Creator.
We are callous to the needs of the poor, the lonely and the suffering.
We have not cried out for justice.
We do not grieve for those who are without Christ in a dying world.
Forgive our offenses and sins
By the Holy Spirit fill us with the light and life in Christ.
In our weakness may Your grace witness to Christ's glory.
Assurance of Pardon
Since the children have flesh and blood, he too shared in our humanity so that by his death he might destroy him who holds the power of death--that is, the devil--and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by the fear of death. Hebrews 2:14-15
Order of Worship, January 16 2011
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