Call to Confession:
Leader: We cannot earn God’s grace or favor. It comes to us as a gift freely given. Confident in God’s love for us, let us confess our sins before God and one another.
Prayer of Confession:
All: Gracious God, we come before you in need of forgiveness and grace. You call us to pray and trust you completely, but we do not. We are timid and afraid to follow your lead. We justify our actions and words, though we know they are not what you require. Forgive us for we struggle to pray, to confess and to repent. Help us to be born again into the life of Christ, trusting that you have included us by grace in the family of faith. In Christ’s name we pray. Amen.
Assurance of Pardon:
Leader: Hear this Good News! God is for us and not against us! In the name of Jesus Christ, you are forgiven!
Congregation: In the name of Jesus Christ, you are forgiven.
All: Glory to God. Amen.