Reading of the Law of God
And now I ask you, dear lady – not as though I were writing
you a new commandment, but the one we have had from the beginning – that we
love one another. And this is love, that we walk according to his commandments;
this is the commandment, just as you have heard from the beginning, so that you
should walk in it. 2 John 1.5-6
Confession of Sin
Our Father, You have called us to love one another and to do
this according to Your commandments. We confess that there are too many times that
we just don’t want to love someone else. There are too many times that we just
want to think about ourselves and what we want. This is sin. It is ugly. We ask
that You would forgive us this sin and that You would change us so that we
would give ourselves to a real love of our brothers and sisters. Please grant
us our request for Jesus’ sake. Amen.
Declaration of Pardon
Seek the Lord
while he may be found; call upon him while he is near; let the wicked forsake
his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the Lord, that he may have compassion on him,
and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. Isaiah 55.6-7