Approach and confession prayer 8 March 2026

Praise the One who is God

God, Father

God, Son

God, Spirit

One God

three persons

God

who spoke

whose very Word

brought everything into being

God

the relationship of love in the three

invites us

even us

into that embrace of love

unconditional, unbounded, unashamed love

Praise the One who is God

who in love

asks us

even us

to worship God

in prayer, in hymns, in service and in sacrifice

in this time and place

and all the days of our lives

and we bow

bow with reverence and longing

in love at the source of our joy, our being, our love

to deepen our love

and to quench our thirsty souls

Praise the One who is God

who brings us living water

to fill us

refresh us

to cleanse and renew us

[pause]

as we gather at the living well

we realise how tainted we are

we gaze into the clear water

recognising how we need to be clean

we need to confess our sin anew

in the name of Christ,

the living water

may you be washed, cleansed, refreshed

in his name

to worship this day

and serve God all your days

All these are prayers offered through Christ Jesus

in whom we gather

and through whom we pray

Amen