Lord's Day 33

Prayer of Confession

Adapted from Psalm 51 (The Message translation) and the Heidelberg Catechism Q&As 89 & 90

Generous in love—God, give grace!
Huge in mercy—God, wipe out my bad record.
Scrub away my guilt, soak out my sins in your laundry.
For I know my shortcomings; my Sin stares me down
I am truly sorry for my sin—
help me to run away from the temptation to do the wrong thing,
the easy or cowardly thing, the selfish thing.
O God, make a fresh start in me,
shape a rising-to-life, new-creation spirit inside me.
Help me to discover wholehearted joy in your love;
create compassion and love in me,
a delight to live according to your will
by doing every kind of good work.
And then tune me in to your foot-tapping songs,
set my once-broken bones to dancing.
Through Christ, my Savior and Lord. Amen.