by Stuart Strachan Jr. | Aug 10, 2023 | Essentials-Liturgy, Prayers of Confession List of Topics
Prayers of Confession on Timidity Dear loving and gracious God, we recognize that we are weak and sinful people. We are sorry for the times we have been silent and for the times we have shied away from sharing the Gospel of hope with others. Forgive us for the...
by Stuart Strachan Jr. | Aug 7, 2023 | Essentials-Liturgy, Prayers of Confession List of Topics
Prayers of Confession on the Will Lord, our hearts are not large enough, our memory is not good enough, our wills are not strong enough: ake our hearts and enlarge them, Take our memories and give them quicker recall, Take our wills and make them strong and...
by Stuart Strachan Jr. | Aug 5, 2023 | Essentials-Liturgy, Prayers of Confession List of Topics
Prayers of Confession on Staying in your Comfort Zone Inspired by Psalm 130 Out of the depths, we cry to you, Lord; Lord, hear our voice. Let your ears be attentive to our cries for mercy. Living in frailty and weakness with adversity in our path, we too often buckle...
by Stuart Strachan Jr. | Jul 24, 2023 | Essentials-Liturgy, Prayers of Confession List of Topics
Prayers of Confession on the Flesh Adapted from Psalm 73:1–28 (Includes Assurance of Pardon) Certainly God is good to his people, to those pure in heart, but as for me, I nearly stumbled; I nearly lost my sure footing. I struggle with envy as I look at the...
by Stuart Strachan Jr. | Jul 10, 2023 | Essentials-Liturgy, Prayers of Confession List of Topics
Prayers of Confession on Divine Love (Agape) Inspired by Matthew 8 Lord God,We confess the smallness of our faith.At those times when our lives seem stormywe worry that you are asleep and don’t care about what happens to us.When things are going well, we are...
by Stuart Strachan Jr. | Jul 10, 2023 | Essentials-Liturgy, Prayers of Confession List of Topics
Prayers of Confession on Longing Inspired by Amos 5:18-24 God has come to us and revealed Himself fully to us Yet too often we hide ourselves from His love and salvation Instead of focussing on you, Lord God, we focus on ourselves Instead of trusting you to provide...