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 frequently fail to prepare our minds for action and be sober-minded with our hope fully on Christ’s grace to be revealed at His return (1 Peter 1:13).

We confess that we often act as disobedient children being conformed to our former foolish passions instead of bearing Your image in contrast to the world (1 Peter 1:14-16).

We confess that we regularly neglect to conduct ourselves as Your beloved children with reverence and awe (1 Peter 1:17-21).

We confess all of these things before You because You are faithful to forgive us in Christ. Bless us with the assurance of our pardon by Your Holy Spirit in Christ alone by faith alone through Your grace alone from Your Word.

Amen