Reading of the Law of God
Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what
you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on.
Is not life more than food and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds
of the air. They neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your
heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And which of
you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? And why are you
anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They
neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not
arrayed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which
today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more
clothe you, O you of little faith? Matthew 6.25-30
Confession of Sin
Our Father, we live among a people who are very anxious. And sometimes we act
like them. We act like them when we do not believe You when You tell us that You will meet our every
need. We recognize that our lack of trust is a great insult to You. It is only because
of what Jesus has done that we are so
bold to ask You to forgive this offense. We also ask that You would change us so that we would always believe You and Your great promises of love. Amen.
Declaration of Pardon
If you, O LORD, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could
stand? But with you there is forgiveness, that you may be feared. Psalms 130.3-4