Approach and confession prayer 9 October 2022

All the earth sing to God

shout for joy

sing glorious praises of God’s name

for the God’s deeds are awesome

great and power and majesty

more wonderful than we can truly comprehend

so amazing, we can never repay all you, Lord God have done for us

and all the earth

so let all the earth sing to God

shout for joy

today

today and and forevermore

bring praises

bow down before the King of kings and Lord of lords

who is with us in our worship together

through the power of the Holy Spirit

speaking to us through our song,

through our prayers

through our meditation on God’s Holy Word

speaking to us through Jesus

the very reason for our coming here today

may our worship be an acceptable sacrifice of praise today

wafting to the highest heaven

as a pleasing fragrance for the Lord

blending with the praise of the whole earth

in a never ending hymn of praise

at the throne of the One

who tests us

refines us

makes us holy

through Christ Jesus

but we know we’re far from holy

we disown him, in failing to follow his commands

to love God and love others

as we should

we disown him, in all the ways we sin against the Lord

in thought and word and deed

in the things we’ve done

and the things we’ve failed to do

humbly, we seek forgiveness

even in our faithlessness

Christ is faithful

he remains in us

as we remain in him

may you know, afresh today

the forgiveness he offers

and in that forgiveness

become a worker in God’s kingdom

Amen