O Lord, let Your ears be attentive

Pastor: O Lord, let Your ears be attentive to the voice of our cry, for there is forgiveness with You that You may be feared. By Your unfailing love deliver us from all our sin that our hope may be in You and in Your full redemption. Give us the power of Your Holy Spirit that, attentive to Your Word, we may confess our sins, receive Your forgiveness, and grow into the fullness of Your Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

People: Amen.

Pastor: Let us then confess our sin in the presence of God and of one another.

People: Gracious God, have mercy on us.  In Your compassion forgive us our sins, known and unknown, things done and left undone.  Strengthen us by Your Spirit so that we may live and serve You in newness of life, to the honor and glory of Your holy name; through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.

Pastor: Don’t let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and in His son, Jesus Christ, who is the way, the truth and the life, and through whom we come to know the Father. Rejoice that in the mercy of almighty God, Jesus Christ was given to die for you, and for his sake God forgives you all your sins. To those who believe in Jesus Christ he gives the power to become the children of God and bestows on them the Holy Spirit. 

People: Amen. Thanks be to God!