Prayer of Confession, P+10B

Call to Confession

as it is written:
“There is no one who is righteous, not even one;
11     there is no one who has understanding;
        there is no one who seeks God.
12 All have turned aside; together they have become worthless;
    there is no one who shows kindness;
        there is not even one.”  (Romans 3:10-12)
Let us confess our unrighteousness and seek the God who shows kindness beyond anything we could ever possibly deserve:


Prayer of Confession

We are the most foolish of the fools, God:
we claim to believe with our 
very loud words
but in the very same sentence
we betray you
and our actions support our idolatry.
We have replaced our trust in you
with trust in power
and greed
and self-sufficiency
and trust in human leaders
who practice demagoguery.
We are corrupt,
and our abominable deeds
prove it.
We have gone astray, O God.
We claim to love you,
but we do not love your children
unless they look like us
and talk like us
and live like us
and believe like us.
Forgive us, we pray.
Transform our betrayal
into devotion,
our perversion 
into humility,
our waywardness
and faithfulness.
Deliver us, O God, we pray,
that we may provide 
the earthly refuge
your people in need
are seeking,
according to your commandments.

Assurance of God's Grace

But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people,[d] in order that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
10 Once you were not a people,
    but now you are God’s people;
once you had not received mercy,
    but now you have received mercy.  (1 Peter 2:9-10)

​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.