Reading of the Law of God
You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any
likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or
that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them or serve
them, for I the Lord your God am a
jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children to the third
and the fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing steadfast love to
thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments. Exodus 20.4-6
Confession of Sin
Our Father, we know that You hate idols. And we also know
that these idols don’t have to be made of wood or stone. We confess that we
have harbored idols in our hearts. We have offered to them what belongs only to
You. We have given them our trust and placed our hope in them. We have loved
them. Please forgive us this great sin. We ask this in the name of our Savior, Jesus.
Amen.
Declaration of Pardon
The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, "Behold,
the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!" John 1.29