A Prayer of Confession - Psalm 19

1. A Prayer For The People of God
O God,
you spoke your word
and revealed your good news in Jesus, the Christ.
Fill all creation with that word again,
so that by proclaiming your joyful promises to all nations
and singing of your glorious hope to all peoples,
we may become one living body,
ambassadors of your presence in the earth.
Amen.

3. psalm 19:1-14
a prayer of CONFESSION

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6. psalm 19:1-14
a prayer of CONFESSION

7. But who can discern their own errors?
Forgive my hidden faults.
Keep your servant also from
willful (MSG: stupid) sins;
may they not rule over me.
Then I will be blameless,
innocent of great transgression.
May these words of my mouth and this
meditation of my heart
be pleasing in your sight,
Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer.
PSALM
19:12-14
(NIV)

8. But who can detect their errors?
Clear me from hidden faults.
Keep back your servant also from
the insolent; do not let them have
dominion over me.
Then I shall be blameless,
and innocent of great transgression.
Let the words of my mouth and the
meditation of my heart
be acceptable to you,
O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.
PSALM
19:12-14
(NRSV)

9. Who can understand his errors?
Cleanse me from secret faults.
Keep back Your servant also
from presumptuous sins;
Let them not have dominion over me.
Then I shall be blameless,
And I shall be innocent of
great transgression.
Let the words of my mouth
and the meditation of my heart
Be acceptable in Your sight,
O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer.
PSALM
19:12-14
(NKJV)

10. Most merciful God, we confess that we have
sinned against you in thought, word and deed;
by what we have done, and by what we have left undone.
We have not loved you with our whole heart,
and we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves.
We are truly sorry and humbly repent.
For the sake of your son Jesus,
have mercy on us and forgive us,
that we may delight in your will and walk in your ways
for the glory of your name. Amen.
a prayer of CONFESSION

11. psalm 19:1-14
a prayer of CONFESSION

12. what I need to APOLOGIZE for
1. For saying the Covington students actively chanted
“Build that wall” at Nathan Phillips

13. what I need to APOLOGIZE for
1. For saying the Covington students actively chanted
“Build that wall” at Nathan Phillips
2. For inaccurately describing the boys’ actions
as “surrounding” Nathan Phillips

14. what I need to APOLOGIZE for
1. For saying the Covington students actively chanted
“Build that wall” at Nathan Phillips
2. For inaccurately describing the boys’ actions
as “surrounding” Nathan Phillips
3. For failing to exercise greater wisdom
and restraint by choosing not to speak
until I had more information

15. what I feel COMPELLED to say
1. I unequivocally reject the homophobic/misogynistic
dialogue of the Black Hebrew Israelites on display

16. what I feel COMPELLED to say
1. I unequivocally reject the homophobic/misogynistic
dialogue of the Black Hebrew Israelites on display
2. I unequivocally denounce the threats of violence
against the Covington students and their families

17. what I feel COMPELLED to say
1. I unequivocally reject the homophobic/misogynistic
dialogue of the Black Hebrew Israelites on display
2. I unequivocally denounce the threats of violence
against the Covington students and their families
3. I urge all of us to employ love, wisdom, integrity,
and restraint by not “adding to the noise”
on social media, and I’m sorry I failed at this

18. what I feel COMPELLED to say
4. I urge us all to remember that Matthew the Tax
Collector and Simon the Zealot were both chosen
by Jesus, and both invited to and challenged
by a higher calling: the kingdom of God

19. what I feel COMPELLED to say
4. I urge us all to remember that Matthew the Tax
Collector and Simon the Zealot were both chosen
by Jesus, and both invited to and challenged
by a higher calling: the kingdom of God
5. I urge us all to see the dignity of every human being
and to actively interrogate our own biases against
them or presumptions about them

20. what I feel COMPELLED to say
6. I urge all of us to educate ourselves on the
history of racism in the church and our nation
(what happened in DC wasn’t in a vacuum)

21. what I feel COMPELLED to say
6. I urge all of us to educate ourselves on the
history of racism in the church and our nation
(what happened in DC wasn’t in a vacuum)
7. I urge us all to prayerfully address the spiritual
stronghold of racism and white supremacy
and recognize the battle against it takes place
on multiple levels INCLUDING the spiritual

22. For though we live in the world,
we do not wage war as the world does.
The weapons we fight with are not
the weapons of the world.
On the contrary, they have
divine power to demolish strongholds.
We demolish arguments
and every pretension that sets itself
up against the knowledge of God,
and we take every thought captive
to make it obedient to Christ.
2 COR
6:3-6
(NIV)

23. Finally, be strong in the Lord
and in his mighty power.
Put on the full armor of God,
so that you can take your stand
against the devil’s schemes.
For our struggle is not against
flesh and blood, but against the rulers,
against the authorities, against
the powers of this dark world
and against the spiritual forces
of evil in the heavenly realms.
EPHESIANS
6:10-12
(NIV)

24. Benediction: a prayer of confession
Most merciful God, we confess that we have
sinned against you in thought, word and deed;
by what we have done, and by what we have left undone.
We have not loved you with our whole heart,
and we have not loved our neighbors as ourselves.
We are truly sorry and humbly repent.
For the sake of your son Jesus,
have mercy on us and forgive us,
that we may delight in your will and walk in your ways
for the glory of your name. Amen.