Reading
of the Law of God
You
shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. Exodus 20.16
Confession
of Sin
Our
Father, we confess to You that we have broken Your Law. We have ‘shaded the
truth’ to avoid embarrassment. We have gossiped. We have spoken rashly against
others. We have failed to defend our neighbors’ good names when others have
slandered them. In these and other ways we have disobeyed this commandment. We
come again to ask forgiveness of our hateful sins. We do this through Jesus, the
only one who can provide forgiveness. Amen.
Declaration
of Pardon
Come
now, let us reason together, says the Lord:
though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they
are red like crimson, they shall become like wool. Isaiah 1.18