Call to Worship
(responsively) God is near to all who pray, to all who pray truthfully. God fulfills the desire of all who pray devoutly; God also hears their cry, and saves them.

Prayer of Confession
God of the living, we confess that our faith is often unimaginative. We are limited by what we know and experience in this life. We find it difficult to believe that there can be another life without the limitations of this life. We hesitate to lay up for ourselves treasures in heaven and invest too much in what passes away at the time of our death. Forgive our shortsightedness in not envisioning the glories you have prepared for your children beyond death; for the sake of your Son Jesus, who is alive from the dead. Amen.

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Prayer of Confession
Faithful God, we admit that we are frequen…