For Ezekiel 34
One: We go about our lives doing what we think we can – until your Word confronts our confidence. Where we have eaten the fat, clothed ourselves, and
slaughtered the fatlings – but have not fed the sheep,
All: In your mercy forgive us, O God.
One: Where we have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, or bound up the injured,
All: In your mercy forgive us, O God.
One: Where we have not brought back the strayed nor sought the lost but judged them with arrogance and harshness,
All: In your mercy forgive us, O God.
~silent confession~
One: Though guilty, we are not condemned.
All: For mercy amazing and grace unknown we are humbly grateful; and anxious to try again to do your will. Thanks be to God. ©
©annette hill briggs
One: We go about our lives doing what we think we can – until your Word confronts our confidence. Where we have eaten the fat, clothed ourselves, and
slaughtered the fatlings – but have not fed the sheep,
All: In your mercy forgive us, O God.
One: Where we have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, or bound up the injured,
All: In your mercy forgive us, O God.
One: Where we have not brought back the strayed nor sought the lost but judged them with arrogance and harshness,
All: In your mercy forgive us, O God.
~silent confession~
One: Though guilty, we are not condemned.
All: For mercy amazing and grace unknown we are humbly grateful; and anxious to try again to do your will. Thanks be to God. ©
©annette hill briggs
For Exodus 32
One: When Moses seemed long gone, the people lost hope and panicked. They stepped back from the truth
they once knew; that God is sometimes quiet but never gone.
All: For moments of divine silence in which we panicked and lost faith, we are truly sorry.
~silent confession~
One: We are God’s beloved; always wanted, always welcome, always secure.
All: We will be confident of God’s presence, always giving thanks! ©
© annette hill briggs, 2011
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For Exodus 20
One: When your people failed at rules written in stone, with charity for our weakness, O God, you etched your
law upon our hearts.
All: Yet we struggle all the more; resisting your will to go our own way. In your charity you offer us
confession and pardon.
~silent confession~
One: Grateful for the grace we have not earned but so require,
All: we accept this new day, to live obediently and by God’s grace. ©
__________
One: “O you who answer prayer! To you all flesh shall come.
All: When deeds of iniquity overwhelm us; you forgive our transgressions.”
~ silent confession ~
One: “You answer us with deliverance, O God of our salvation.
All: You are the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas.”
~ Isaiah 65:2-5
_________
One: Of moments or days when our lives bear witness to anything but your goodness, O God, make us
mindful.
All: Our truest longing is to display your love before all people.
~ silent confession ~
One: For the steady confidence of grace in our lives,
All: Thanks be to God!
__________
One: For the times we heard you clearly but did not obey, for the times we did not even listen,
All: for the hurt inflicted by our stubbornness, we come for confession right now.
~ silent confession ~
One: Because you never stop seeking us and calling us back to yourself, we are yours alone,
All: Jesus, who is Master, Lord and Friend. Amen!
________
One: Like springs in the desert, God’s grace revives and restores.
All: For revival we come confessing.
~silent confession~
One: Being clean once again and anxious to love God and each other well,
All: we are grateful for God’s grace. Amen.
(c) annette hill briggs, 2011
One: When Moses seemed long gone, the people lost hope and panicked. They stepped back from the truth
they once knew; that God is sometimes quiet but never gone.
All: For moments of divine silence in which we panicked and lost faith, we are truly sorry.
~silent confession~
One: We are God’s beloved; always wanted, always welcome, always secure.
All: We will be confident of God’s presence, always giving thanks! ©
© annette hill briggs, 2011
____________
For Exodus 20
One: When your people failed at rules written in stone, with charity for our weakness, O God, you etched your
law upon our hearts.
All: Yet we struggle all the more; resisting your will to go our own way. In your charity you offer us
confession and pardon.
~silent confession~
One: Grateful for the grace we have not earned but so require,
All: we accept this new day, to live obediently and by God’s grace. ©
__________
One: “O you who answer prayer! To you all flesh shall come.
All: When deeds of iniquity overwhelm us; you forgive our transgressions.”
~ silent confession ~
One: “You answer us with deliverance, O God of our salvation.
All: You are the hope of all the ends of the earth and of the farthest seas.”
~ Isaiah 65:2-5
_________
One: Of moments or days when our lives bear witness to anything but your goodness, O God, make us
mindful.
All: Our truest longing is to display your love before all people.
~ silent confession ~
One: For the steady confidence of grace in our lives,
All: Thanks be to God!
__________
One: For the times we heard you clearly but did not obey, for the times we did not even listen,
All: for the hurt inflicted by our stubbornness, we come for confession right now.
~ silent confession ~
One: Because you never stop seeking us and calling us back to yourself, we are yours alone,
All: Jesus, who is Master, Lord and Friend. Amen!
________
One: Like springs in the desert, God’s grace revives and restores.
All: For revival we come confessing.
~silent confession~
One: Being clean once again and anxious to love God and each other well,
All: we are grateful for God’s grace. Amen.
(c) annette hill briggs, 2011
