PRAYER IN PREPARTION: O God, your signs and wonders call us out of darkness and into your marvelous light. We come to your word again and again, seeking understanding and the new life it offers. Illumine our hearts and minds so that we may believe this testimony and have abundant life. Amen.
CALL TO WORSHIP
We come into worship seeking God's guidance, reassurance, and hope.
Help us, O God, to be open to your revelation in scripture, word, and song.
We come into worship longing for spiritual renewal and strength.
Help us, O God, to trust your voice to us and feel your spirit within us.
We come into worship searching for community and relationship.
Help us, O God, to see you in acts of friendship, welcome and care we find here today.
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
Gracious God, we are timid followers, wanting all the answers before we take the first step. We are cautious and hesitant, fearful even, of the new. We cling to old worn out ways, and though we try over and over, we still cannot save ourselves. Forgive us, O God, empty us of our fullness, pry us loose of our knowledge, our grasping for control. Open us to the new life promised in your love.
SCRIPTURE READING John 3:1-17, p. 94
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