CENTERING PRAYER Loving God, as this day opens into new and untold possibility, purge me of my compulsive need to carry useless baggage – physically, mentally, or emotionally. Teach me to walk simply with you as I trust in your abundant provision. Amen.
CALL TO WORSHIP
God is mighty in word and deed.
God’s mercy is everlasting.
Blessed be the one, holy, and living God.
Glory to God forever.
Come! Let us worship our Lord together!
PRAYER OF CONFESSION
Holy God, you call us to boldly proclaim your name, yet we are stubborn, rebellious, and heedless of your call. By the power of your Spirit, raise us to new life that we may return to faithful living, in Christ’s name we continue to pray. (Silent Confession)
SCRIPTURE READING 2 Corinthians 12:2-10
† AFFIRMATION OF FAITH – Heidelberg Catechism Question One
Q. What is your only comfort in life and in death?
A. That I am not my own, but belong— body and soul, in life and in death—to my faithful Savior, Jesus Christ. He has fully paid for all my sins with his precious blood, and has set me free from the tyranny of the devil. He also watches over me in such a way that not a hair can fall from my head without the will of my Father in heaven; in fact, all things must work together for my salvation. Because I belong to him, Christ, by his Holy Spirit, assures me of eternal life and makes me wholeheartedly willing and ready from now on to live for him.
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