September 20, 2020 – Online Worship
Opening Music – Lord, to You I Make Confession (Hymn 302)
Confession of Sins
M: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you.
C: And also with you.
M: God invites us to come into his presence and worship him with humble and penitent hearts. Therefore, let us acknowledge our sinfulness and ask him to forgive us.
C: Holy and merciful Father, I confess that I am by nature sinful, and that I have disobeyed you in my thoughts, words, and actions. I have done what is evil and failed to do what is good. For this I deserve your punishment both now and in eternity. But I am truly sorry for my sins, and trusting in my Savior Jesus Christ, I pray: Lord, have mercy on me, a sinner.
M: Because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy,made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved. God, our heavenly Father, gave his only Son to be the atoning sacrifice for our sins to declare to you that all your sins in Christ are forgiven and washed away, in the name of the Father, and of the Son (+) and of the Holy Spirit.
C: Amen.
Prayer of the Day
Let your continual mercy, O Lord, cleanse and defend your Church; and because it cannot continue in safety without your help, protect and govern it always by your goodness; for you live and reign with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God now and forever.
C: Amen.