7/10/2024 0 Comments Prayer of Confession, P+8BCall to Confession
Beloved, let us love one another, because love is from God; everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. 8 Whoever does not love does not know God, for God is love. (1 John 4:7-8) Let us confess our lack of love before God and seek God's mercy: Prayer of Confession Forgive us, O God! Our hands are not clean. Our hearts are not pure. We are responsible for perpetuating systems of injustice that produce poverty and pain. We choose to do business with corporations whose practices create harm in the name of greed. We tolerate differences among us rather than accepting them, let alone celebrating them. Forgive us, we pray. Wake us from our delusional sleep. Teach us how to love one another as we have been loved. Inspire in us a sense of justice that enacts change for our neighbors in real and tangible ways, that with your help, we may reflect your compassion to a hurting world. Assurance of God's Grace God’s love was revealed among us in this way: God sent his only Son into the world so that we might live through him. (1 John 4:9) 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.
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