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 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 act foolishly in our pride ignoring Your wisdom at great cost to ourselves and others (Esther 3:1-15). We confess these things before You be...
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 fail to remain faithful as we watch and wait for Your providential work in our present circumstances (Esther 2:19-23). We confess these thin...
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 fail to accept Your various hospitable invitations to come before You as Your beloved children (Esther 1:10-22). We confess these things bef...
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 are far more festive celebrating worldly things than we are with opportunities to celebrate Your eternal gifts to us accomplished and applied in C...
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 are often slow to use our gifts in worship to lovingly build each other up in joy and festivity (1 Corinthians 12:27-31). We confess these things ...
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 have often implicitly said, "I have no need of you," to brothers and sisters in Christ by our lack of participation in community (1 Corinthians 12...
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 have often implicitly said, "I have no need of you," to brothers and sisters in Christ by our lack of participation in community (1 Corinthians 12...
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 have often implicitly said, "I have no need of you," to brothers and sisters in Christ by our lack of participation in community (1 Corinthians 12...
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 fail to acknowledge that You have given us gifts so that we might live before You in fellowship with one another (1 Corinthians 12:1-11). We...
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 pause now to silently confess our individual sins before confessing together as a congregation from the text in Ruth. We confess that we too often fail to hope in...
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