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 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 often fail to rejoice in You who delivered us from death to abundant eternal life through Christ (Romans 5:6-11). We confess these things befo...
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 respond to Your invitation for us to participate in Your redemptive mission to pursue the lost and broken. 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 rejoice in the hope of Your glory and in our sufferings that form our character into Christ's likeness (Romans 5:1-5). 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 often fail to rest our hope in Your grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone (Romans 4:16-25). We confess these things before You becau...
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 try to justify Your love for us and for others through various legalistic standards that are a struggle to live up to or keep (Romans...
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. We confess that we often use the means of grace as things that we have to do rather thanas gifts that remind us that our justification is through faith alone (Romans ...
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 quick to speak our own minds and slow to listen to Your Word. (Jeremiah 23:21-22) We confess these things before You because Y...
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 appreciate how our justification, through faith alone, gives us Your righteousness and removes the weight of our sins (Romans 4:1...
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 boast about what we've done to earn Your love instead of resting through faith in Your love given by grace as a gift in Christ (Romans 3:...
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