Father we confess to you that our grudges and resentments are ample proof that we have not loved our enemies as we ought to have done. We have dealt with our enemies in a fleshly and carnal way, and have not sought to deal with them in the way that Your Word requires. We assume that the Sermon on the Mount is not realistic, and not something that nations could actually apply. On behalf of our nation, we pray You will forgive us in Jesus name.
We know, Father, that if we in the Church regard iniquity in our own midst, or in our own hearts, this prayer will be ineffectual.
We confess to You, Father, that we have not understood Your Word as adults. Either we veer to a simplistic pacifism, or a carnal belligerence. Father, in the Church we have not modeled the way of the gospel for the nations. Forgive us for this, we pray.
Father, we confess our individual sins to You now—and Selah . . . We do this in the great name of Jesus, and amen.
You have confessed your sins as the Word of God requires. As a minister of Jesus Christ and under the authority of the gospel, I declare to you that your sins are forgiven through Christ
Congregation: Thanks be to God!
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