Reading of the Law of God
Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock,
and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and the one who
seeks finds, and to the one who knocks it will be opened. Or which one of you, if
his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will
give him a serpent? If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to
your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things
to those who ask him! Matthew 7.7-11
Confession of Sin
Our Father, once again we come upon an invitation to pray. We
come upon another promise to encourage us to be confident in our prayers. And
yet, we are so slow to believe You. We are slow to be bold in our prayers. What
is this but unbelief? We ask that You would forgive our sinful doubt. We ask
that You would change us. Make us into
people who pray because we believe Your promises. 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; thought they are like crimson, they shall become like wool. Isaiah 1.18