Praise Songs Leaning on the Everlasting Arms
Call to Worship and Confession
L: I ask God from the wealth of his glory to give you power through
his Spirit to be strong in your inner selves, and I pray that Christ
will make his home in your hearts through faith. I pray that you
may have your roots and foundation in love, so that you, together
with all God's people, may have the power to understand how
broad and long, how high and deep, is Christ's love. Yes, may you
come to know his love - although it can never be fully known -
and so be completely filled with the very nature of God.
Ephesians 3:16-19
L: Holy and Gracious God.
C: I confess that I have sinned against you in thought, word, and
deed, by what I have done and by what I have left undone. I have
not loved you with my whole heart, and mind, and strength. I have
not loved my neighbor as myself. I have not forgiven others as I
have been forgiven. In the name of Jesus Christ I ask forgiveness.
Silent Confession Where true charity and love abide
God is dwelling there, God is dwelling there
P: It is through faith that all of you are God's children in union with
Christ Jesus. You were baptized into union with Christ, and now
you are clothed, so to speak, with the life of Christ himself. So
there is no difference between Jews and Gentiles, between slaves
and free people, between men and women; you are all one in
union with Christ Jesus.
