Reading of the Law of
God
I appeal to you
therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living
sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not
be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind,
that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and
acceptable and perfect. Romans 12.1-2
Confession of Sin
Our Father, we hear Your Law, and again it
exposes our sin. We recognize that we are so like our unbelieving neighbors. We
conform so much to the world around us. We are so little like the living
sacrifices You call for. We are so little like Jesus. In these things we have
sinned. We ask that You would forgive our sin. We ask that You would renew our
minds. Make us more like Jesus and less like the faithless who live in this
world. We ask this only through Jesus, our faithful Savior. Amen.
Declaration of Pardon
Blessed
is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is
the man against whom the LORD counts no iniquity, and in whose spirit there is
no deceit. I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not cover my iniquity; I
said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” and you forgave the
iniquity of my sin. Psalm 32.1-2,5
May the
God of all healing and forgiveness draw us to himself, and cleanse us from all
our sins that we may behold the glory of his Son, the Word made flesh, Jesus
Christ our Lord.
The Book
of Common Prayer
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