Approach and confession prayer 22 July 2018

Almighty is the Lord

Great is God’s name

worthy of all our praise

Almighty is the Lord

Great is God’s name

worthy of all our devotion

Almighty is the Lord

Great is God’s name

worthy of our deepest love

for God is faithful, holy

God’s throne is established forever and ever

the mountains and hills will crumble and fall

the rivers and lochs will run dry

the sea will be where there was once dry land

yet God endures forever and ever

so who are we that we may worship the Holy One?

Who are we that we may offer these prayers?

Who are we that we may sing God’s praises?

We who were once far from God

now draw near to God’s holy presence

longing to know God more fully

longing to be filled with the Holy Spirit

longing to journey on with Christ

in whom we are joined to one another

and to all Christ’s church throughout all time and space

blending our voices, our prayers, our worship

with the saints of old

and fellow Christians in never ending worship of the Holy One

Sovereign Lord

our deepest longing, our deepest desires are met in you

we know we are not holy people

we are frail and flawed

we forget you are not confined to any building

we forget to rest patiently in you

release from our iniquity

grant to us clean hearts and minds and souls

renewed, refreshed, awakened

to be your holy temple

where the spirit lives in us

and we live in Christ all the days of our lives to your honour and glory

Amen