Forgive us Father, for we have loved ourselves more than You
and Your people. We have attempted
to take Your place and become god of our own lives.
Forgive us Father, for we have been greedy and selfish with
Your love; deeming others unworthy of receiving it.
Forgive us Father, for we have taken Your free gift of
salvation and rested upon it rather than obediently going, loving, and sharing.
Forgive us Father, for we have abused Your grace like a
dirty tissue. We have twisted the
freedom of forgiveness into some kind of magic eraser of sins.
Forgive us Father, for we have become frauds. We acknowledge
You with our lips and deny You by our lifestyles.
Forgive us Father, for we have become so caught up in
building our own kingdom that we have abandoned Yours.
Forgive us Father, for we have given You the silent
treatment. We completely ignore
You while things are going our way.
Then in the face of stress we seek the comfort of worldly idols and
friends rather than the True Comforter.
Forgive us Father, for we have stopped hiding Your Word in
our hearts. We have stopped caring
about what You have to say about things and have focused on being “politically
correct”.
Forgive us Father, for we have become a self-seeking,
arrogant, hateful, judgmental, and self-righteous people.
