Reading of the Law of God
Blessed are the meek,
for they shall inherit the earth. Matthew 5.5
Confession
of Sin
Our Father, we are not
by nature meek people. We like to assert ourselves. We bristle when someone
ignores our ‘rights’. We can be good at defending ‘our turf’. In this we sin. We
are not like Jesus. We are not meek. Forgive us this sin. Grant us grace so
that we might become a meek people and in this way reveal Jesus to the world
around us. 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