PRAYER IN PREPARTION: O Holy God, rock of our salvation, we come to you with uncertainty and confusion. We come to you with doubt and fears. We come to you with longing and hopes. Bless this hour with your presence. Remind us again that your reign has come near. Call us anew to be your disciples. Fill us with your hope. Amen.
CALL TO WORSHIP
Today, the words of God come to us, in love.
Inviting us to not be afraid, but to place our faith in God.
Today, the word of God comes to us, in faith.
Inviting us to trust in the One who knows us, to place our hope in the One who saves us.
Today, the Word of God comes to us, in hope.
Inviting us to be gracious in our love and in our service to others.
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
Gracious God, in Jesus Christ you have shown us a more excellent way, a way of love that is greater than all other ways. We confess that our love is not always what we might hope. We have failed to receive it, and we have failed to extend it. We tie it up with conditions. We make it conform to our terms. We cannot accept that it is boundless. Forgive us, O God, rescue us from ourselves. Open us to love’s possibilities, expand our view of what love can accomplish.
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