Read during worship in the Lord's Day at Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church 8/20/17 Based upon Galatians 5:16-25 with promise of forgiveness in Acts 10:43 Almighty God, heavenly Father, we come before you confessing that we have too often gratified the desires of our sinful nature and have not borne the fruit of your Spirit as we ought. We are deeply sorry and we humbly ...

Confession and Assurance based upon Philippians 3:7-11; 4:10-13, 19-20 Almighty God, we confess that we have often valued the things of this life more than the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus our Lord. Instead of suffering loss for His sake, we have pursued the things which we desire- even good things- at the cost of obedience and faithfulness to You. Instead of ...

Confession and Assurance based upon Romans 1 and 5: Our great and everlasting God, Whose eternal power and divine nature have been seen through the things You have made; we acknowledge that we are without excuse. For although we have known You, we have not honored You as God nor given You thanks as we should, but we have become futile in our thinking; and our senseless mi...

Confession of Sin and Assurance of Forgiveness based upon Ephesians 2:3-10 Confession: Father in heaven, we confess that we have too often lived in a spirit of disobedience, gratifying the cravings of our sinful natures and following its desires and thoughts. We soberly acknowledge that if left to ourselves, we would only be objects of wrath. But You, O Lord, are rich in...

Confession of Faith from Lamentations 3:21-25 When affliction comes, what can we "call to mind and therefore have hope"? The steadfast love of the LORD never ceases; His mercies never come to an end. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness. "The LORD is my portion," says my soul, "therefore I will hope in Him." The LORD is good to those who wait for him, t...

"There is nothing to which we are more prone than to offer God pretended worship whenever He calls us to repentance." John Calvin...

"The thing is," he continued, "I would have never gone to him if it weren't for you pushing me to that night. In fact, even after you told me what I should do, I knew you were right, but I did not intend on acting upon it until you told me that you were going to hold me accountable. After you said that, I knew that I needed to act before the next time I saw you and I did, ...