Let’s read aloud together the following passage, confession, and prayer:
John 12:44-46 (NIV)
44 Then Jesus cried out, “Whoever believes in me does not believe in me only, but in the one who sent me. 45 The one who looks at me is seeing the one who sent me. 46 I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness.
Cape Town Commitment: We Love the Mission of God
God commands us to make known to all nations the truth of God’s revelation and the gospel of God’s saving grace through Jesus Christ, calling all people to repentance, faith, baptism and obedient discipleship… In response to God’s boundless love for us in Christ, and out of our overflowing love for him, we rededicate ourselves, with the help of the Holy Spirit, fully to obey all that God commands, with self-denying humility, joy and courage. We renew this covenant with the Lord – the Lord we love because he first loved us.
Prayer: Lord, we ask that you would open the eyes of our hearts today to see Jesus, the light of the world. May we live out our calling to be children of the light that reflect our heavenly Father. In Jesus’ name, amen.
Let’s worship the Lord in song with “The Lord Is My Salvation” by Keith & Kristyn Getty (click here).
-MR
