Confession Prayer Week of October 20, 2024

Call to Confession: 

As we enter into a time of confession together, let’s prepare our hearts by hearing these words from 2 Corinthians 5:

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.

Prayer of Confession: 

Lord of all things great and small,

Thank you for loving us so faithfully. Thank you for the gift of Jesus, that in his death and resurrection we are made new. Forgive us for the ways we ignore that truth. Help us to live as those who can shed our worldly identities and become more and more like Jesus. 

Father, set our eyes upon you and teach us to act in the confidence of Christ who lives in us. May others be drawn to you as we show them your love and generosity. In Jesus’s 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 Galatians 2 and rest in their truth for us…

I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.