Father, let our desires lead us to You, for You alone can fully satisfy the desires of our hearts. But instead of turning to You, we often turn to the flesh. At times we indulge in sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and […]

O Father, You delight in faith! You saved us by faith. And You call us to live by faith – individually, in our families, and as a church. Forgive us. Forgive us for how we have placed our faith in this world. In the systems of this world. In the experts and authorities of this

O Father, You are the God of all truth and grace! We delight to be called Your people, because there is truly no one like You. What a fellowship You have brought us into! Us sinners, with You a holy God? Your enemies, now as Your children? And at the cost of Christ? What amazing,

Holy God, we hail You this morning as, “Abba, Father”! It is our honour to call You Father. And You delight to hear from Your children. Father, living the Christian life is hard, in this world we live in. Temptations. Seductive promises. Threats. Rejection. Jeering. Alienation. Isolation. Persecution. Double-standards.  O Father, how hard it is

Father, You are light. There is no darkness in You, at all. And as You are holy, You call us – as Your children – to be holy also.  But forgive our hypocrisy! We say we love You, yet we still do the things You hate. We say we love Your presence, yet we make

Father, You are the One who foreknew us, called us, redeemed us, and churched us. This church, is Your doing. We were far from You! We were strangers to Your hope. We were aliens to Your covenant promises. But You brought us near. And You brought us together! Together with Christ. Together with His Spirit.

Father, How precious is Your steadfast love, O God! The children of mankind take refuge in the shadow of Your wings. Your steadfast love extends to the heavens. You have commanded us to love one another just as You have loved us. But we love ourselves more than the people around us. We love ourselves

Father, Who among the gods is like You, LORD? Who is like You— majestic in holiness, awesome in glory, working wonders? Truly, there is none like You. You have called us to be holy for You are holy. We confess that we often disdain rather than revere holiness. We confess that we are all too

Father, We have all sinned. We have all fallen short of Your glory. Yet You gave Your only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. In our arrogance, we often think we deserve to be saved. We fail to see the depth of our own depravity. We minimize our

Father, You are our covenantal God who is always faithful to Your people even when we are unfaithful to You. In You there is endless joy and hope. But, some of us place our hope in sinking sand instead of the solid rock of Christ. We trust in our own feeble plans rather than Your