God
we come to worship you today
we come to drink deeply from the burn of your compassionate love
we come to heard your word
we come to offer our prayers
our hurts, our pain
our joy, our delight
knowing you do not forget nor abandon us
that we are like prince and princesses in your royal court
your adopted children
whom you love
and long for us to know more and more of that love
in love
come to us, Lord God
send the Spirit to be with us
to bring comfort and healing
to us and to the world in which we live
show us how to do good
to do the good you long for us to do
forgive us of all the times we have failed to do good
in bending rules to suit our own selfish needs
in following the ways of the world, rather than the path of Christ
in being quick to criticise, but slow to complement
for these, and many other ways we’ve sinned
forgive us
in your great compassion
forgive us
Lord God
through Christ Jesus’ salvation who delivers us
today
we pray
Amen