Confession, Instruction, And Forgiveness
Leader: Holy God, in whose name we gather, we ask you to give us life and to free us from the evil that causes us to hurt the ones you love.
All: What is evil? What shape does it take in our sins?
Leader: For every sinful act there is an outer dimension and an inner one. There is what our families, neighbors, and colleagues feel when we act inappropriately, and then there are the intentions, the motives, and the fears that lie deep in our hearts.
All: God sees them all; God hears them all; and God desires to set us free from every manner of evil.
Leader:…