National Repentance-Missing Truth

Lord  God, we come before You ashamed of our conduct.  We have set aside Your truth and followed after lies.  We have rejected You as our source of truth, indeed the Way, the Truth, and the Life and instead made culture our compass.  We have failed to heed Your voice declaring “This is the way; walk in it.”  We have dug our own pits, walked the wide path of destruction, and have encouraged others to do the same.  We have failed to point others to Your Truth as we ought and to learn it and to live it ourselves.  Forgive us, Lord, for You have offered blessing to those who trust in You.  But we are reaping the curse of those who trust in man, who draw strength from mere flesh.  Lord, we repent of turning our hearts away from You.  Forgive us for forsaking You, the Author of life.  Hear our cry, O Lord.  Be merciful to us for You are a God of mercy.  Amen.

We will return to Good News Worth Sharing
after this interlude of national confession and repentance.
God laid this upon my heart for a world in desperate need of repentance.
Like the Israelites of Nehemiah’s day, we must return to God,
confess our sins both individual and community,
and be willing to fall upon His mercy because He is a merciful God.