The Communion and Baptism Letter for April 14th, 2024....
The Weekly Confession of Sin for Christ Community Church. ...
Gracious and Merciful Father,We come before you toconfessoursinas Your redeemed and beloved children. May Your Spirit alone convict us of oursinand remind us of our pardon in Christ through repentance.We confess that we often hear the good news of Jesus with hard hearts crowded with the cares of this world and struggle to bear fruit(Mark 3:31-35).Weconfessthese things bef...
Keep ReadingGracious and Merciful Father,We come before you toconfessoursinas Your redeemed and beloved children. May Your Spirit alone convict us of oursinand remind us of our pardon in Christ through repentance.Weconfessthat we often want Jesus to join our family and work for ourhonor and benefit, instead of responding to Jesus' invitation to join His spiritual family(Mark 3:31-35)...
Keep ReadingGracious 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 often prefer the self-righteousness that comes from legalism, instead of enjoying the freedom of our new life in Christ (Mark 2:18-22). We confess...
Keep ReadingGracious 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 often struggle to believe you can change sinners' hearts (Mark 2:1-17). We confess these things before You because You are faithful to forgive us ...
Keep ReadingGracious 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 often vainly work for our own security and successinstead of building up the family of God (Psalm 127). We confess these things before You bec...
Keep ReadingGracious 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 see the extent of sin and death in ourselves, our families, and our world and quickly lose hope that the grace of God in Christ can bring renew...
Keep ReadingGracious 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 try to earn God's love through our obedience and condemn those who do not conform to our own standards of righteousness. (Romans 3:19-20). We co...
Keep ReadingGracious 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 often fill our heads with scripture knowledge but our hearts lack Your grace. (Matthew 2:1-6) We confess that we doubt the power of Your...
Keep ReadingGracious 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. (Silently confess individual sins) We confess that we are afraid to admit our need for a savior and seek out lesser 'messiahs.' (Matthew 1:18-21) We confes...
Keep ReadingGracious 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 lose hope in Your promises during times of silence from you. (Matthew 1:1) We confess that we lose hope in Your power to heal and redeem...
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