Post Category: Weekly Confession

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 lack wise restraint and sinfully say way too much out of selfishness (Proverbs 10:19). We confess that we often use silence to star...

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 fail to recognize pride as a self-destructive abomination to You that proves costly to all of our relationships (Proverbs 16:5, Proverbs 16:18)...

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 harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in our hearts and reap disorder and every vile practice as a result (James 3:13-16). We...

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. (Silently confess individual sins) We confess that we have often put our hope in things other than the joyful life with You that Jesus came to secure for us (...

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 have often been slow to prepare ourselves to recognize Your Kingdom and the difference our salvation through Jesus has made to our lives (M...

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 quick to despair of Your promises and slow to remember Your faithful fulfillment of all that You have spoken in Your word for our redem...

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 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...

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. (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...

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 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...

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 often slow to celebrate and rejoice in your holiness and glory (Isaiah 6:1-10). We confess these things before You because You are f...

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 confuse folly for wisdom and justify our sins by calling them good. (Proverbs 9:13-16)We confess that we would rather eat the stolen crumbs of ...

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 frequently reject Your correction and reproof choosing instead to scoff and live without wisdom (Proverbs 9:7-12). We confess these ...

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 complain that Your wisdom is bitter to swallow, rather than rejoicing that You have made it a feast for us (Proverbs 9:1-6). We confess th...

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 fail to recognize wisdom's validity as an expression of Your love for us (Proverbs 8:12-21). We confess that we frequently refuse to ack...

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 Proverbs. We confess that we frequently fail to...

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 treasure things which lead our hearts astray from You instead of treasuring Your word. (Proverbs 7:1-5) We confess that we arrogantly think we w...

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 learn discretion from the wisdom that can be plainly seen in daily life and apply it to our spiritual lives (Proverbs 6:1-15)....

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 recognize to the temporal sweetness but deadly results of sin and the eternal regret that it produces (Proverbs 5:1-14).We con...

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 fail to persevere in wisdom and to protect ourselves from the temptations that cause us to stumble along the way of the wicked (Proverbs 4:...

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 fail to cultivate Your wisdom into life-giving insights though the faithful examples of previous generations in our spheres of influence (Prove...

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 tend to live by fear rather than trusting in Your steadfast presence and walking in wisdom (Proverbs 3:21-26). Weconfessthat we frequently envy ...

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 desire the material things of this world to bring us joy instead of Your wisdom which leads to us being truly blessed (Proverbs 3:13-18).We con...

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 trust in our own limited wisdom to lead us to life more abundant instead of trusting in Your wisdom and Word (Proverbs 3:1-10). We confe...

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 fail to diligently pursue wisdom as the means You use to increase our joy in You (Proverbs 2:1-11). We confess that we are slow to culti...

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 struggle to listen for and act on Your wisdom that cries out to us in the places we live, work, and play (Proverbs 1:20-23). We confess that w...

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 Proverbs. We confess that we struggle to receive ...

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 struggle to humbly receive instruction in wise dealing in righteousness, justice, and equity for the glory of the Lord and the life of the worl...

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 bear one another's burdens when caught in sin, and so fulfill the law of Christ (Galatians 6:1-5). We confess that we too often...

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 devote ourselves to our temporary concerns more than the eternal salvation of our neighbors (1 Corinthians 9:19-23).We confess that we freque...

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 frequently fail to deal with others' weaknesses in gentleness as part of You potentially granting them repentance that leads to a knowledge of ...

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 fail to bear fruits in keeping with repentance that are clearly displayed in our lives and through our ethics as citizens of Your just and ...

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 fail to faithfully steward the gift of the Gospel of Jesus Christ that You have entrusted to us for Your glory, our joy, and the life of the ...

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 all too often our words and deeds are inconsistent with our profession of faith in Christ making it hard for people t...

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 anxious for kindness to be shown to us, but slow to extend kindness to others (Luke 6:27-31). We confess ...

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 grow impatient with how long You take to bring about growth and change in our lives and the lives of those a...

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 and too easily forsake the peace and purity of our relationships among the fellow beloved within the church (Romans 12:9-13). We con...

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 fail to take joy in the various sinners that Jesus welcomes into our fellowship to hear the Gospel (Luke 15:...

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 limit the scope of love by our own personal biases, preferences, and desires instead of being a nei...

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 choose to walk by the desires of the flesh placing ourselves in bondage to its various destructive works (Ga...

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 struggle to believe that we could be blessed by keeping the words of the prophecy of Revelation (Revelation ...

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 cling to the fading glory of the things of this world instead of being in awe of glory that is to come in the New Jerusalem (Revelation 21:...

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 struggle to actively hope in and long for Your presence among us in the place that Christ has prepared for us in the New Heaven, New Eart...

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 fear the schemes of the enemy and the size of the opposition against the wordof God instead of trusting in you...

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 struggle to believe that the resurrected Christ currently reigns victorious over Satan (Revelation 20:1-3). We confess that we often cho...

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 struggle to trust the Word of God as the only effective weapon against the principalities and powers of darkness i...

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 struggle to trust the coming judgment of God as just and worthy of our worship (Revelation 19:1-5).We confess that we often fail to see the eternal...

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 struggle to help the coming generations cultivate a sacred memory of the glorious deeds of the Lord and a future hope in God's faithfulness (Ps...

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 our anger often leads us away from participating in Your mission (Jonah 4:5-6). We confess that we tend to put more ...

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 presume upon Your compassion and do not take the time to repent from our sins (Jonah 3:6-9). We confess tha...

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 grow apathetic towards the opportunities for renewal and restoration that You give us by Your grace (Jonah 3...

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 are slow to call out to You in our distress (Jonah 1:17-2:10). We confess these things before You because You are f...

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 are often slow to recognize Your sovereign hand in the events of our lives(Jonah 1:7-16). We confess these things 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 are often spiritually asleep and not prayerful (Jonah 1:4-6). We confess these things before You because You are ...

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 Revelation. We con...

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 Revelation. We con...

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 Revelation. We confess that we often fail as Yo...

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 Joel. We confess t...

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 Joel. We confess...

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 Joel. We confess t...

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 Joel. We confess t...

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 Joel. We con...

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 Joel. We confess that we often doubt Your jeal...

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 Joel. We confe...

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 Joel. We...

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 Joel. We confess...

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 Joel. We confess...

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 wrestle with flesh and blood according to our own understanding instead of being strong in the strength...

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 disobey our parents because we do not believe that they are a gift from You for our good (Ephesian...

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 have made marriage about our will and desires instead of recognizing it as a sacred canopy to display Your glory ...

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 be careful in how we walk and often unwisely use our time for things out of accord with Your w...

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 cultivate the interior and personal aspects of ourselves in Christ for the life of the wor...

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 put away falsehood, limiting our ability to truly live as members with one another (Ephesi...

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 walk according to our old way of thinking which hardens our hearts and alienates us from the life of G...

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 desire to be equipped for the work of the ministry, for the building up the body of Christ to ...

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 walk in a manner worthy to calling to which we have been called in Christ (Ephesians 4:1-3). ...

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 fail to be in awe of the wisdom You have displayed by our redemption in Christ (Ephesians 3:7-10). W...

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 allow our circumstances to determine how we engage and share Your grace with others (Ephesians 3:1-3...

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 draw near to You to enjoy Your presence in the power of the Holy Spirit as founded on Ch...

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 forget who we were without Christ as those void of eternal hope and without You in the world (Ephesians 2:11-12). We confe...

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 recognize how desperate our condition was apart from Christ (Ephesians 2:1-3). We confess that...

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 grow in our love for others and our knowledge of You as a result of our union with Christ (Eph...

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 live to the praise of Your glory for the life of the world for which You have predestined ...

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 fail to bless You for blessing us in Christ before the foundation of the world by adopting us as Your children according to the purpose ...

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 we frequently refuse the grace and peace that You offer to us in the Lord Jesus Christ (Ephesians 1:1-2). We confe...

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 fail to witness to the light of Christ, because we doubt that You will help us to stand firm on Your ...

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 fail to live as if we have been truly set free in Jesus, the Anointed Servant, to serve as architects a...

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 believe and rejoice in the delight You have taken in our salvation (Isaiah 53:10-11). We confess that we often fail run to t...

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 we frequently forget the cost Jesus chose to pay to bear our grief, carry our sorrows, and be wounded so that we wo...

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 do not act wisely but selfishly fail to share the good news of Christ's humiliation and exaltation for the ...

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 frequently fail to heed Your call to awake from our stupor, arise to newness of life, and rest free from sin 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 love patiently or kindly choosing instead to display our selfish and demanding qualities to the world (...

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 don't live in the hope of the peace of the risen Christ with us (John 20:19-20). We confess that we often fail to g...

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 value the Spirit's work in confirming Your Word in our hearts and lives (John 16:1-11). We confess that we are slow to draw ...

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 be hated and suffer as Jesus was hated by and suffered at the hands of the world for Your redemptive glory (John 15:18-25). ...

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 fail to love You by keeping Your commandments and by rejecting the Helper You sent to dwell with us forever (John 14:15-17). We co...

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 fail to live out the fullness of our lives for Your glory (1 Corinthians 10:31). We confess these things before You because You ar...

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 fail to come to Christ to drink so that out of our hearts would flow living water through the filling of the Holy Spirit (John 7:37...

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 fully believe that Jesus is sufficient to satisfy our spiritual hungers and thirsts (John 6:35-40). We confess that we often gru...

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 often live as if we have been born of the Holy Spirit to eternal life to participate in the kingdom of God (John 3:1-15). We confe...

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 sometimes blind to the full power of Jesus being the all-sufficient Lamb of God who takes away the guilt, shame, and penalty of our sin...

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 walk blamelessly before You in Christ (Gen. 17:1-8). We confess that we have often neglect...

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 sometimes reject our calling to be a blessing to others through sharing the Gospel of Christ in word and deed (Genesis 12:1-3). We confess ...

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 sometimes try to make a name for ourselves and selfishly control the direction of our lives according to what we want (Genesis 11:1-4). ...

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. Weconfessthat we often set our hearts on whatever we find attractive rather than seeking first your Kingdom and glory (Genesis 6:1-10). Weconfessthat we frequently fai...

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 sometimes doubt the ultimate victory of Christ over the powers of evil (Genesis 3:14-15). We confess that we often fail to recognize that the ...

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 sometimes doubt the power of Your Word and whether Christ is coming back (2 Peter 3:1-7). We confess that we often fail to recognize You...

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 sometimes attracted to false teaching which promises us freedom from the limits of discipleship (2 Peter 2:17-22). We confess these ...

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 guard ourselves from false teachers who blaspheme You and exploit us for their own pleasure and gain (2 Peter 2:1-3). We confess t...

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 fail to live as if Your redemptive story in Christ is historically true and that He is coming again to make all things new (2 Peter 1...

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 make every effort to confirm our calling and election in our further transformation into the image of Christ (2 Peter 1:5-11). We ...

Each week during our service we confess as a congregation that we are sinful in comparison to a holy God and in eternal need of a Savior....

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 humble ourselves under Your mighty hand and don't cast our anxieties upon You leaving us exposed to the devil's devouring (1 Peter 5:...

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 shepherd in the image of the chief Shepherd what You have entrusted to us (1 Peter 5:1-4). We confess that we often...

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 often surprised at the fiery trials that come upon us to test us thinking it strange that this is happening to us as Christians (1 Pete...

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 live according to our passions instead of according to Your will (1 Peter 4:1-6). We confess that we frequently fail to be self-cont...

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 deny Jesus' lordship over our life, death, and resurrection by living in fear and anxiety (1 Peter 3:18-20). We confess that we fr...

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 repay evil with evil and reviling with reviling rather than entrusting ourselves to Your love. (1 Peter 3:8-12) We confess ...

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 put Your glory and redemptive will above our own comforts and desires in our closest relationships (1 Peter 3:1-7). W...

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 resent Your command to submit to human authority, forgetting that our submission brings about good for the life of the world (1 Peter...

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 put away the things that separate us and long for what You have provided to unite us through salvation in Christ (1 Pete...

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 grow weary in loving one another well (1 Peter1:22). We confess that we often forget that we have been born again of Your imp...

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 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 confess that we frequently fail to search for and inquire carefully of the grace that is ours through the sufferings of Christ and subsequent glories so as...

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 live as those who have been born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, choosing...

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 remember who we are in You, that we dwell in a fallen world for Your redemptive purposes in the power of the Holy Spir...

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 in our spiritually dry seasons to remember Your faithfulness in our salvation (Psalm 42:1-6). We confess that we often f...

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. Weconfessthat our confidence in You often wavers because we think more about our present earthly circumstances than Your promises about the future (Malachi 4:1-3). ...

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 distrust You as Protector and Provider (Malachi 3:6-12). We confess all of these things before You because You are faithful to fo...

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 speak hard words against You saying that righteousness is worthless and wickedness goes unpunished (Malachi 3:13-15). We confess th...

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 call evil good, because we think You are slow in delivering justice (Malachi 2:17-3:5). We confess all of these things before You becaus...

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 fail to think through how who we marry will affect our worship and ability to glorify You (Malachi 2:10-12). We confess that we fr...

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 do not stand in awe of Your name (Malachi 2:1-9). We confess all of these things before You because You are faithful to forgive us...

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 honor You as Father by demanding that You be pleased with whatever we choose to offer You in worship (Malachi 1:6-14). ...

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 question Your love for us (Malachi 1:2a). We confess that we often distort the evidence of Your love for us (Malachi 1:2b-5)....

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 lack a burden to share God's unchanging love with those in our spheres of influence (Malachi 1:1). We confess all of these things ...

Gracious and Merciful Father, We come before you toconfessoursinas Your redeemed and beloved children. May Your Spirit alone convict usofoursinand remind usofour pardon in Christ through repentance. We confess that we often fail to recognize the glory and power of Your promised Spirit (Acts 1:1-8). We confess that we are often more overwhelmed by our present circumsta...

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 lack awe and joy as a result of the resurrection of Jesus (Matthew 28:1-10). We confess that we frequently buy into the lies tha...

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 fail to appreciate the depths of Jesus' suffering on the cross and the heights of our atonement purchased by His crucifixion (Matthew 2...

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 seek atonement and reconciliation in anyone or anything other than in Christ alone through Your grace alone (Matthew 27:1-10). We ...

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 out of our selfishness we destructively betray our relationship with You and our relationships with our neighbors (Matthew 26:47-56). We co...

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 care more about how things will impact us than with how they will affect Your name and glory (Matthew 26:17-29). We confess that w...

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 fail to love those around us in Christ in the places that You have sovereignly placed us out of Your love for us in Christ.Jeremiah 2...

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 fail to commend Your works and declare Your mighty acts based on Your divine attributes and character to the next covenant generation...

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 fail to sing to You a new song telling of Your salvation and declaring Your glory among the nations (Psalm 96:1-6). We confess tha...

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 fail to seek and pray for the blessing of all people as you have blessed us (Psalm 67:1-3). We confess that we are slow to be glad...

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 lack joy in our salvationbecause we don't recognize the depths of our sin and the heights of Your mercy (Psalm 51:1-12). We confes...

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 fail to seek justice and righteousness according to Your Word as evidence of Your glory in this world (Psalm 72:1-11). We confess that ...

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 rage against You and plot in vain (Psalm 2:1-3). We confess that we often fail to serve You with fear and rejoice with trembling a...

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 fail to take the time to truly behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world (John 1:29-34). We confess all of the...

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 fail to see Your glory in Jesus Christ Your Word that became flesh and dwelt among us so as to receive grace upon grace from His fullne...

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 fail to live in the reality of and bear witness to the eternal truth that the light of Jesus Christ has overcome the darkness of ...

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 fail to display the resurrection in our lives to thoughtfully engage those outside of the church (Colossians 4:2-6). We confess th...

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 fail to display the resurrection in the context of our families (Colossians 3:18-21). We confess that we often fail to display the resu...

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 fail to put on what is heavenly in Christ allowing the peace of Christ rule in our hearts with thanksgiving (Colossians 3:12-15). We co...

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 fail to put to death what is earthly in us choosing instead to live in the sinful patterns of our past (Colossians 3:5-8). We conf...

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 set our minds on the things of the earth instead of on the things above where Christ is seated at the right hand of God where our li...

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 have often been unable to contribute to the spiritual growth of the church because we have not been daily holding fast to Jesus (Colossians 2:1...

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 as though we are still alienated from you and do evil deeds instead of walking in newness of life (Colossians 1:21). We confes...

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 fail to walk in Christ as we received Him so as to be rooted, built up, and established in faith abounding in thanksgiving (Colossi...

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 fail to proclaim and teach with all wisdom of the mystery of union with Christ so that others may mature in Him (Colossians 1:24-29)....

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 as though we are still alienated from you and do evil deeds instead of walking in newness of life (Colossians1:21). We confess...

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 fail to recognize the supremacy of Christ in both Creation and the Church (Colossians 1:15-18). We confess that we often deny th...

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 fail to walk in a manner worthy of You bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of You (Colossians 1:9-14). ...

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 fail to love other saints as a result of the hope that is laid up for us in heaven and the Gospel which has come to us (Colossians 1:...

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 don't bring words of repentance to return to You remaining instead orphans without mercy (Hosea 14:1-3). We confess that we fail t...

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 ignore You as our redeeming savior requiring You instead to overtake us as a beastly tyrant (Hosea 13:4-9). We confess that we fre...

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 struggle to wait upon Your covenant love as the only true source of hope and transformation in our lives (Hosea 12:2-6). We confess that...

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 the more You call to us, the more we go our own way (Hosea 11:1-7). We confess that we frequently surround You with lies ignoring Your comp...

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 from a false heart utter mere words and make covenants with empty oaths causing judgment to spring up like poisonous weeds (Hosea 10:...

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 ignore the blessings of Your means of grace making them instead a painful means of judgment (Hosea 9:1-9). Weconfessthat we frequent...

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 have been slow to worship You by hearing and obeying Your Word (Hosea 8:1-10). We confess that we frequently put our hope in the 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 confess that we often offer You heartless religious rites rather than a relationship born of steadfast love and knowledge as You desire (Hosea 6:4-7:1). ...

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 choose to run from You instead of returning to You after You have torn and struck us down because of our unfaithfulness (Hosea 6:1-2). We confess that we frequentl...

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 fail to seek You while You may be found by the means of grace that You have given to us (Hosea 5:1-7). We confess that we at times...

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 fail to apply our knowledge of You in faithfulness and steadfast love (Hosea 4:1-11). We confess that we are frequently stubborn r...

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 frequently blind to the depth of our wickedness and rebellion against you (Hosea 3:1-2). We confess that we fail to rejoice in the discipl...

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 ignore the pleading of those You send and the exposing of our sin as calls to return to You through Your redemptive justice (Hosea ...

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 forsake Your historical warnings, offered mercy, and covenant love as if we were not Your people (Hosea 1:2-9). We confess that ...

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 listen and respond to Your word that comes to us graciously (Hosea 1:1). We confess that we are frequently content to continue in the sins and false wors...

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 fail to find comfort in the Holy Spirit as a sign and seal of God's fulfilled redemptive promises (John 16:5-11). We confess that ...

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 fail to walk in the benefits of the historical fact that Jesus has risen indeed from grave (Mark 16:1-7). We confess that we fre...

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 by our words and deeds we often accuse Jesus of not being enough for us (Mark 15:1-5). We confess that we often put our trust in the ways a...

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 betray Jesus with our words and actions (Mark 14:43-52). We confess that we sometimes break the law and justify it in order to get...

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 make bold claims contrary to Your Word that we cannot accomplish in our own strength (Mark 14:26-31). We confess that we forget th...

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 more concerned with our own needs and what others think of us than with being free in worshipping You (Mark 14:1-9). We confess that w...

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 try to live by bread alone and are quick to forget about the means of grace that You generously provide to sustain us during times of h...

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 grow impatient with where You lead us and how you provide for us along the way (Numbers 21:4-5). We confess that we frequently f...

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 forsake weekly corporate worship as You designed according to Your means of grace in favor of our own private means (Leviticus 9:1-...

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 call to You for help, trusting in our own strength to overcome trials (Exodus 3:1-12). We confess that we frequently ...

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 know Your word well enough to protect us from both the devil and ourselves (Genesis 3:1-5). We confess that we sometimes call thin...

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 fail to be a people of good reputation filled with the Spirit and wisdom for the sake of the growth of Your kingdom (Acts 6:1-7). ...

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 fail to trust and obey Your Law (Luke 2:22-24). We confess that we frequently forget that Christ came to offer salvation in the pr...

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 fail to be patient with Your perfect sovereign timing (Luke 2:1-7). We confess that we infrequently see ourselves as truly lowly a...

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 fail to rejoice with our neighbors for the mercy and grace that they have received from You (Luke 1:56-58). We confess that we are slow ...

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 fail to magnify You Lord and rejoice in You as Savior (Luke 1:46-50). We confess that we are frequently prideful choosing to trust i...

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 fail to believe and live in light of the reign of Christ and His kingdom (Luke 1:26-33). We confess that we refuse to submit ourselves a...

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 fail to share the story of Jesus with our friends and family (Luke 1:1-4). We confess that we think that our righteousness should preven...

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 often overwhelmed by times of trouble and forget that You will deliver Your people eternally in the resurrection (Daniel 12:1-2). We confe...

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 fail to see Your truth unfolding in historical events (Daniel 11:1-20). We confess that we can be easily carried away by flattery and false pr...

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 fail to mourn the sin that separates Your people from You (Daniel 10:1-3). We confess that we often don't have the eyes to see where You...

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 not moved to prayer by Your Word (Daniel 9:1-3). We confess that we fail to invoke Your attributes and confess our sin based on a true k...

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 fail to recognize Your sovereign and faithful hand at work in the events of history (Daniel 8:1-9). We confess that we are easily discouraged whe...

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