Prayer of Confession based on Luke 1:26-38

Lord God Almighty,

What a privilege it is to have

You with us.

We are far more privileged

Than the Virgin Mary

Because we still have access

To the Resurrected Son of the Most High

And we have the Lord

In Spirit and power in us forever.

But we don't even pause to ponder

About how this came to be.

We are so anxious

With the temporary things of life

That we are oblivious to

The permanent reality of Jesus.

Forgive us Lord for our lack of wonder

And worship.

Father, we do not truly fear you.

We go on talking about grace,

And mock your majesty

By going on sinning.

Your kindness has not led us to repentance.

Forgive us Lord for our presuming

Upon your favour.

We proclaim that

Nothing is impossible with God,

And use this to subtly desire prosperity,

Healing and victory over sickness

And difficulties.

But we think that our sins

Are impossible for you to deal with.

We are dejected by how long

We have struggled with

Anger

Lust and

Pride

But we refuse to believe

That we are truly free,

Because we refuse

To accept that

We are your slaves —your servants.

Lord, the throne and kingdom

Are yours forever

But we, your servants

Like sitting on your throne

And ruling our momentary kingdom.

We forget how devilish this is.

We like talking about your sovereignty

But don't apply it

By surrendering our lives as your slaves.

Look at what we do with our "free will"!

We want money

We waste money

We expect integrity

We lie to people

We attend marriage conferences

We scroll till death do us apart

We perform ministry

We procrastinate family

We don't proclaim the gospel

We gossip

This is not freedom,

But irony.

Because we take pride in being spiritually healthy,

When clearly there is no trust

In your Holy Spirit's power

Or your Lordship.

We demand your favour

And diminish your Deity.

Oh Lord who is with us,

King of the universe,

Help us to see that our greatest freedom

Is found in being your servants.

And our greatest joy is found

In obeying your will.

We confess these our failures

And turn to you, our Lord

And Master Jesus the Son of the Most High,

In whose name we pray,

Amen.

Our Assurance of Pardon comes from

Romans 8:1–4 NASB 2020

Therefore there is now no condemnation at all for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death. For what the Law could not do, weak as it was through the flesh, God did: sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh, so that the requirement of the Law might be fulfilled in us who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.