Prayer of Confession, E+6C

Call to Confession

The boastful will not stand before (God's) eyes;
    (God) hates all evildoers.   (Psalm 5:5) 

Let us confess our arrogance and seek God's mercy:

Prayer of Confession

Forgive us, Lord,
we waste precious time on empty pursuits.
We allow things without meaning to suck up our time, 
justifying them by any means necessary
to make ourselves feel better 
about our weaknesses
and our shortcomings.
We embrace role models and advisors
who pretend to serve you --
who say the things that appear to make sense,
but make no sense at all ..
who play to our fears and offer false comfort,
when discomfort teaches us the lessons we need to learn ...
who call the other evil and lead us to believe
we must protect the most vulnerable among us
from the evildoers,
when the most vulnerable among us are often the strangers
we label criminal.
Those who lead in this way are only serving themselves ...
only aggrandizing their power ...
only amassing more wealth ...
only extending their reach.
God, forgive us for listening to false prophets.
Forgive us for following
where we know in our hearts we dare not go.
Forgive us for going anyway. 
Forgive us for believing in any way but the Way.
Forgive us for following anyone but you
in our living 
and our loving,
and teach us to love as we have been loved. 
​In Jesus' name, we pray. 


Assurance of God's Grace

In (Christ) we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace that he lavished on us. (Ephesians 1:7-8) Hear the Good News: In the name of Jesus Christ, we are forgiven! Thanks be to God!

Since God has forgiven us in Christ, let us also forgive one another.
The peace of Christ be with you.
Please extend the peace of Christ to all whom you encounter this week.