Prayer of Confession, P+10C

Call to Confession
Gather in, you severely afflicted, and seek life, according to God’s Word. (Psalm 119:107 paraphrased) Let us seek life by confessing our sins before God:

Prayer of Confession

Forgive us, Great Shepherd,
We have broken down loadbearing walls provide structure and meaning to faith-filled lives
and built up non-loadbearing walls where we live out beliefs that have no solid foundation.
Turn us again, O God of hosts, and save us from ourselves.
We have broken down human connections that support and unite us
and built up partition walls that isolate and divide us.
Turn us again, O God of hosts, and save from ourselves.
We have broken down shear walls that resist lateral forces like wind and earthquake
and allowed the forces of the world to reshape us through chaos and calamity.
Turn us again, O God of hosts, and save us from ourselves.
Hear our cries for mercy, we pray,
and open our ears to hear your voice above the distractions of the world
that call us to live in fear of our neighbor and to frustrate the stranger
and to follow false prophets with their angry rhetoric and their immoral leadership.
Turn us again, O God of hosts, and save us from ourselves.
Tend our insecurities, our vulnerabilities,
and help us to break down the defensive walls we have built
using your name
and help us to rebuild connection with one another
and with you
that we might more fully construct your kin-dom on earth
according to the blueprints set forth
in the life and ministry of Jesus Christ, our Chief Cornerstone.
Restore us, O God of hosts, let your face shine, that we may be saved!

Assurance of God’s Grace

Jesus said, “Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes (God) who sent me has eternal life.” (John 5:24) 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.