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confession: impatient, overwhelmed, and frustrated

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Prayer for Confession (Unison)
Gracious God, we pray for new understanding
because we are tormented by our doubts and mistakes.  
We confess that we have been impatient with your ways.
We have not trusted your wisdom but have insisted on our own ways. We have been so overwhelmed and frustrated by what does not make sense that we have denied your righteousness and your salvation. We have ignored your glory.
We have dismissed your love. Forgive us, Gracious God.
Grant us new understanding.
 
Affirmation of God’s Grace (Responsive)
Leader: Beloved in Christ, believe in the good news.
For God’s love is made manifest in our flesh.
God’s love has been poured over us with
wisdom and understanding.
 People: We belong to God. Alleluia! Amen.
Submitted by Rev. Elsa Peters.

CTW: we want to see miracles

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Leader:  We come to see glory revealed.
People: We want to see miracles happen.
Leader:It is a time for miracles.
It is a time of new understanding
when God’s steadfast love becomes manifest.
People: O may God’s love become manifest in us!
Leader: May glory be revealed today.
Submitted by Rev. Elsa Peters.

confession: justice is too hard

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O God, You are faithful to all generations—from the beginning of time, you have called all kinds of characters to be your people. When we forget that their story is our story, forgive us. When we admire them from afar while insisting that kind of faith isn’t practical for us, forgive us. We confess that your justice is too hard for us to do, and we prefer to create our own. We confess that we do not often bear the fruit you expect of your vineyard, resisting your kingdom’s way when it conflicts with our desires. Forgive us yet again, and plant your word of justice deep in our hearts and lives. Amen.

 

Submitted by Rev. Teri Peterson, The Presbyterian Church of Palatine, IL

confession: limited love

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Holy Love, first and last, you offer yourself to us completely and call us to your life. Yet we are afraid, for your Way demands much of us. We confess that we are often quick to judge and slow to forgive. We confess that we choose that which does not satisfy, even as you offer us abundant life. When our fear overrides your call, forgive us. When we act from our own limited love rather than your expansive grace, forgive us. Reach down to us again, lift us up as a mother lifts a child to her cheek. Cast out our fear and fill us with the breath of your Spirit, that we may live the love we see in your Son, Jesus the Christ, in whose perfect name we pray. Amen.

POP–uphold and deliver

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O Lord, God of mystery and blessing,

hear our prayers and the earnest cries of our hearts.

Uphold your people in your strength,

and give your attention to doing justice in our world.

Judge of our hearts, come to us in the quietness;

examine us and make us pure so we might do your will.

Teach our mouths to speak your blessings,

and keep us walking in the paths of your perfect love.

We call upon you, O God, on behalf of those who long for your presence;

hear the prayers of your people and give an answer to those who seek you.

Protect all those who are in danger,

from those they know as enemies,

from those they knew as friends or family,

or from the unseeing forces of nature.

Gather your people under the shadow of your wings.

Rise up to protect those who suffer from sickness, resentment, oppression, or poverty.

Open our hearts to compassion for all who are in need,

and teach us to extend your mercy and healing.

Deliver us, O Lord, from all fear,

and give hope even to those who face death,

that in this world and in the next we may see your face and hear your blessing.

We pray in Jesus’ name, saying together:

The Lord’s Prayer

 

Submitted by Rev. Nathan Williams, Echo Hill Presbyterian Church, Cedar Rapids IA