Let’s read aloud together the following passages, confession, and prayer:
Isaiah 64:8 NRSVUE
8 Yet, O Lord, you are our Father;
we are the clay, and you are our potter;
we are all the work of your hand.
Matthew 9:37-38 NIV
37 Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. 38 Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.”
We love the living God
Our God whom we love reveals himself in the Bible as the one, eternal, living God who governs all things according to his sovereign will and for his saving purpose. In the unity of Father, Son and Holy Spirit, God alone is the Creator, Ruler, Judge and Saviour of the world. So we love God – thanking him for our place in creation, submitting to his sovereign providence, trusting in his justice, and praising him for the salvation he has accomplished for us (Lausanne Movement, “The Cape Town Commitment,” Part I, sec. 2).
Prayer: You are the God we love. You are holy. You are worthy. We confess that we are the work of your hand. Thank you for the salvation you accomplished for us. I confess that the harvest is plentiful. I surrender today to your molding and shaping, that I may be sent out as a worker into your harvest field. In Jesus’ name, amen.
Let’s worship to the song “Holy Song” by Bethel/Brook Ligertwood(click here).
-MR
