Confession Prayer Week of February 23, 2025

Call to Confession: 

As we enter into a time of confession together, let’s prepare our hearts by hearing these words from Psalm 40:

I delight to do your will, O my God;

    your law is within my heart.

Prayer of Confession: 

Our Great God,

Before you we will always fall short. Even when your law is written deeply on our hearts and minds, we take little delight in it. When you rescue us, we tend to look on our sin lightly and take your grace and steadfast love for granted. Father, forgive us.

Jesus, thank you for your faithfulness to us. Thank you that even when we do fall short again and again, we can return to you and receive more love and forgiveness than we can imagine.  

Transform us, by your mercy and grace, into a people who are more thankful for your kindness, more humble under your correction, more watchful against temptation, more eager to serve you and our neighbors. In our Saviors name we pray, Amen.

Assurance of Pardon: 

In the scriptures we find assurances of our forgiveness and encouragement in our walk. So hear these words from Psalm 40 and rest in their truth for us:

As for you, O Lord, you will not restrain

    your mercy from me;

your steadfast love and your faithfulness will

    ever preserve me!

…

May all who seek you

    rejoice and be glad in you;

may those who love your salvation

    say continually, “Great is the Lord!”

As for me, I am poor and needy,

    but the Lord takes thought for me.

You are my help and my deliverer;

    do not delay, O my God!