June 10, 2009

  • forgive us for dividing Your Son, our Lord

    Our Father,

    Your Son, our Savior, the head of the body, the Church, our Lord, taught us to pray with these words:

    Pray then like this:

    Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. 10 Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. 11 Give us this day our daily bread, 12 and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.

    –Matthew 6:9-12

    And the apostle Paul exhorted us with these words:

    I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, 2 with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, 3 eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. 4 There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call— 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism, 6 one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.

    –Ephesians 4:1-5

    Our Father,

    There is one body
    There is one Spirit.
    There is one hope.
    There is one Lord.
    There is one faith.
    There is one baptism.
    There is one God and Father of us all,

    That is why Your Son told us to pray "our Father."

    Yet how can we truly pray "our Father," when we remain divided?

    Is Christ divided?
    No!

    Was any man crucified for us, save the Son of Man?
    No!

    Is Your body divided?
    No. You have said, "There is one body."

    Is Your Spirit divided?
    No. You have said, "There is one Spirit."

    Is Your hope divided?
    No. You have said, "There is one hope."

    Is our Lord divided?
    No. You have said, "There is one Lord."

    Is Your faith divided?
    No. You have said, "There is one faith."

    Is Your baptism divided?
    No. You have said, "There is one baptism."

    Our Father,

    Our Father, forgive us, for Jesus' sake, for dividing Your Son, our Lord.

    We confess we have sinned
    We confess we have divided Your Son, our Lord.
    We confess we have not walked in a manner unworthy of the calling to which we have been called.
    We confess we have not walked with all humility and gentleness,
    We confess we have not walked with patience,
    We confess we have not borne with one another in love,
    We confess we have not been eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
    We confess we follow the old self, rather than putting it off.
    We confess we have not put on the new self.

    Our Father, forgive us, for Jesus' sake, for dividing Your Son, our Lord.

    His flesh was torn apart so we might not be torn apart.
    His flesh was torn apart so we might be reconciled to You.
    His flesh was torn apart so we might be reconciled to one another.
    His flesh was torn apart so we might be placed together into one body.

    Our Father, forgive us, for Jesus' sake, for dividing Your Son, our Lord.

    We confess this is not the way we learned Christ!
    This is not the Spirit of Christ!
    O, our Father, may we appropriate the power of Your Spirit and walk as You have called us.
    May we clothe ourselves with Christ.
    May we put off the old self and put on the new self.

    Holy Spirit sanctify us,

    Help us to walk like Jesus,
    Help each of us to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which we have been called,
    Help us to walk with all humility and gentleness,
    Help us to walk with patience,
    Help us to bear with one another in love,
    Help us to be eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
    Help us to put off the old self and put on the new self.

    Send us men and women who will equip us and for the work of the ministry and building up of the body of Christ.
    Help us to speak the truth in love to one another so we might grow up into Christ.
    It is from Christ the whole body is joined and held together by every joint and it is by Him we are equipped.
    Help each part of Your body to work properly.
    Help each one of us to actively walk in the works and calling you have ordained for us,
    for is it only then each part works properly
    and it is only then Your body will grow so that it builds itself up in love,
    and it is only then Your Name is hallowed as it ought to be.

    Amen.


    Come now to our Father and confess how you have not walked in a manner worthy of His calling regarding your relationships with your brothers and sisters in His Body.

    Our Father, forgive us, for Jesus' sake, for dividing Your Son, our Lord.
    Father, Son and Spirit, keep us in Your Name and make us one as You are one.
    Amen.

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