(scripture for the day: 1 Peter 1: 3-9)
Hymn: Sing Your Joy (#253VU)
Prayers of Adoration and Confession
We sing our joy,
we proclaim your glory, O God,
for you raised Jesus from the dead,
and your Spirit is making your new creation in our midst.
You come to us now
meeting us in the turmoil of our days,
speaking words that forgive and heal and transform us.
We bring to you
the fears and sorrows and wounds
that have kept us from perceiving your presence with us.
We bring to you
the ways we resist
following where you would lead us,
the ways we cling to what we know,
the ways we trust lesser gods to keep us safe.
We bring all this to you
for you have the power to set us free,
to heal us
to give us life in all its fullness.
We submit our lives to you
so that you may do your Easter work
in our lives,
in this congregation,
in this community.
We ask in the name of Jesus
whose Spirit makes all things new. Amen.
Assurance of God’s Grace
This is the promise of God: “I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you”. The Holy Spirit works within us and gives us a heart that lives by the rhythms of God’s grace. Lean into this promise and live open to the world-transforming love of Christ.
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