Prayers of Confession on Judgment

Lord our God, we have sometimes not listened for your summons to praise you; we have not acknowledged that this good news we proclaim is for the whole world; and we have too often been silent to the summons that the created world should join us in praise; we have lamented the inequities of our world, and rightly so, but frequently failed to celebrate your righteous and equitable judgment, that you will make all things right. Forgive us for our impatience; pardon our lamentation when it should have been celebration; Turn our silence into singing the joyful news of your presence with us. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Hassell Bullock

Heavenly Father, Our sin deserves Your judgement. Our trespasses are worthy of Your wrath, yet we seek Your forgiveness. We are sorry for our tendencies toward selfishness. It is clear that with You we bring nothing to the table, yet You give freely to us. Without You, there is nothing, but with You, there is everything. Fix our eyes on Your perfection and goodness so that we may experience Your love and power. In Jesus’ Holy Name we pray.  Amen.

Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church

Gracious God, our sins are too heavy to carry, too real to hide, and too deep to undo. Forgive what our lips tremble to name, what our hearts can no longer bear, and what has become for us
 a consuming fire of judgment. Set us free from a past that we cannot change; open to us a future in which we can be changed; and grant us grace to grow more and more in your likeness and image; Through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.

Book of Common Worship

Holy God, You are the anchor amidst our fears. You know the sins we can’t even admit to ourselves. You show your faithfulness even when we reject You. You offer grace even when we offer judgment.   Forgive us, God. Help us overcome our fears. Help us face all of our sins. Help us to be faithful. Help us to be full of grace. Remind us that we are a people of redemption, not a people imprisoned by our sins. And help us to live as people of hope, shaped by Your forgiving love. Amen.

Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church

I confess to God almighty, before the whole company of heaven, and to you, my brothers and sisters, that I have sinned in thought, word, and deed, and pray God almighty to have mercy on me.

May almighty God have mercy on your, pardon and deliver you from all your sins and give you time to amend your life. Amen.

I confess to God almighty, before the whole company of heaven, and to you, my brothers and sisters, that I have sinned in thought, word, and deed, and pray God almighty to have mercy on me.

May almighty God have mercy on your, pardon and deliver you from all your sins and give you time to amend your life. Amen.

Submitted by Austin D. Hill

Adapted from Psalm 51:1-5

Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love;

According to your great compassion blot out my transgressions.

Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from by sin.

Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight,

So that you are proved right when you speak

And justified when you judge.

Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me.

Adapted by Bud Thoreen