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confession: impatient, overwhelmed, and frustrated

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Prayer for Confession (Unison)
Gracious God, we pray for new understanding
because we are tormented by our doubts and mistakes.  
We confess that we have been impatient with your ways.
We have not trusted your wisdom but have insisted on our own ways. We have been so overwhelmed and frustrated by what does not make sense that we have denied your righteousness and your salvation. We have ignored your glory.
We have dismissed your love. Forgive us, Gracious God.
Grant us new understanding.
 
Affirmation of God’s Grace (Responsive)
Leader: Beloved in Christ, believe in the good news.
For God’s love is made manifest in our flesh.
God’s love has been poured over us with
wisdom and understanding.
 People: We belong to God. Alleluia! Amen.
Submitted by Rev. Elsa Peters.

CTW: we want to see miracles

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Leader:  We come to see glory revealed.
People: We want to see miracles happen.
Leader:It is a time for miracles.
It is a time of new understanding
when God’s steadfast love becomes manifest.
People: O may God’s love become manifest in us!
Leader: May glory be revealed today.
Submitted by Rev. Elsa Peters.

POP: show all people

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O Lord, you work righteousness for all in need
and uphold the cause of all who are oppressed.
Trusting in your holy ways and mighty works,
we lift up this world before your compassion and mercy.

We pray for all who suffer under anger and accusation,
who cannot see a way out of the pit their sin has dug.
Lord of compassion and mercy:
Show all people your kindness. 

We pray for those who long for justice,
for the healing of long-ago hurts,
for a fair chance in life.
Lord of compassion and mercy:
Show all people your kindness. 

We pray for those who seek the blessings of a spiritual community,
but who have been turned away, ridiculed, or ignored.
Lord of compassion and mercy:
Show all people your kindness. 

We pray for those who have become our enemies,
from whom we are estranged,
or whom we simply cannot understand.
Lord of compassion and mercy:
Show all people your kindness. 

We pray for your beloved children who are sick or suffering,
whose bodies or minds are broken,
who call out for your tender care.
Lord of compassion and mercy:
Show all people your kindness. 

We pray for those who face the end of life,
who grieve the loss of loved ones,
or who have simply lost hope for the future.
Lord of compassion and mercy:
Show all people your kindness. 

O Lord, we pray for your people in all the world,
calling upon your mercy in Jesus’ name,
and we pray with him as we say together:
The Lord’s Prayer

 

 

Submitted by Rev. Nathan Williams, Echo Hill Presbyterian Church, Cedar Rapids, IA

CTW: called by name

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We have been claimed by the God who calls us children.
We, the redeemed, have been called by name.
As with the Israelites, God promises to pass with us through the water.
We will not fear, for God is with us!
The rivers shall not overwhelm us for God is our guide and our protector.
Through God’s saving grace, the waters that tested us
are now the waters that wash us and nourish us.
Great is the Fount of Every Blessing,
ever flowing, ever redeeming, ever claiming us as God’s children.
Come, let us worship the God who washes us in grace.

Submitted by Rev Stephen M. Fearing, Shelter Island Presbyterian Church, NY

Hymn: Thus Says the Lord, Our God

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Below is a hymn that I recently composed that was inspired by the words of Isaiah 43:1-7, the Old Testament lectionary text for Baptism of the Lord Sunday (Year C) – January 10th, 2016.

It is dedicated to my dear friend, Rev. Joseph Taber, Pastor of the Presbyterian Church of Lowell, North Carolina on the event of his 29th birthday.

It is sung to the tune, ENGELBERG, (10.10.10.4) which is commonly used to sing the hymn “We Know That Christ is Raised.”

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Submitted by Rev. Stephen M Fearing, Shelter Island Presbyterian Church, NY. Permission is given for congregational use–please do not remove copyright information.