Gracious and Merciful Father, We come before You to confess our sin as Your redeemed and beloved children. May Your Spirit alone convict us of our sin and remind us of our pardon in Christ through repentance. We confess that we are slow to trust and depend upon You to wisely govern our lives and circumstances as we follow Jesus. (Mark 10:17-31) We confess these things be...

Dear Family at Christ Community, This Sunday we will be in Mark 10:13-16 where Jesus yet again uses the least of these in their society to reveal truths about the Kingdom of God. As we know from our time in Mark 9:36-37, children were the most vulnerable and marginalized group at that timethe truest least of these. Jesus again emphasizes His hospitable reception in ...

Gracious and Merciful Father, We come before you to confess our sin as Your redeemed and beloved children. May Your Spirit alone convict us of our sin and remind us of our pardon in Christ through repentance. We confess that we don't want to receive Your kingdom as trusting and dependent children. (Mark 10:13-16) We confess these things before You because You are faithful...

Gracious and Merciful Father, We come before you to confess our sin as Your redeemed and beloved children. May Your Spirit alone convict us of our sin and remind us of our pardon in Christ through repentance. We confess that we are too often directed by our hardness of heart instead of Your gracious design for our lives. (Mark 10:1-12) We confess these things before You b...

Gracious and Merciful Father, We come before you to confess our sin as Your redeemed and beloved children. May Your Spirit alone convict us of our sin and remind us of our pardon in Christ through repentance. We confess that we too often prefer a discipleship that is without cost or risk. (Mark 9:42-50) We confess these things before You because You are faithful to forgiv...

Dear Family at Christ Community, This Sunday we will listen to a conversation Jesus had with John and the other Apostles on the way to Jerusalem and the Cross. The Apostles' failure to cast out the demon from the young boy was still fresh in their minds (Mark 9:14-29). They then found themselves further decentered by the stunning success of an unnamed exorcist casting out...

Gracious and Merciful Father, We come before you to confess our sin as Your redeemed and beloved children. May Your Spirit alone convict us of our sin and remind us of our pardon in Christ through repentance. Weconfessthat we often try to establish unity onourterms rather than resting in the unity that You create in Your name alone. (Mark 9:38-41) We confess these things ...

Gracious and Merciful Father, We come before you to confess our sin as Your redeemed and beloved children. May Your Spirit alone convict us of our sin and remind us of our pardon in Christ through repentance. We pause now to silently confess our individual sins before confessing together as a congregation from the text in the Gospel of Mark. We confess that we too often p...

Gracious and Merciful Father, We come before you to confess our sin as Your redeemed and beloved children. May Your Spirit alone convict us of our sin and remind us of our pardon in Christ through repentance. We pause now to silently confess our individual sins before confessing together as a congregation from the text in the Gospel of Mark. We confess that we too often d...

Gracious and Merciful Father, We come before You to confess our sin as Your redeemed and beloved children. May Your Spirit alone convict us of our sin and remind us of our pardon in Christ through repentance. We confess that we are slow to listen to Jesus, Your beloved Son (Mark 9:2-13). We confess these things before You because You are faithful to forgive us in Christ. ...