Assistant: Jesus said: "Come to me, all of you who are tired from carrying heavy loads."

People: How often we feel weighed down with burdens and cares, struggles and frustrations, hurts and hatreds.

Pastor: Jesus, our Savior, we turn to you as you have invited; we bring to you our loads and lay them at your feet, recognizing in you the one who can help us - the person of God who stands with us in the experiences of life.

People: We thank you for your invitation, and we come to you, Lord Jesus.

Assistant: Jesus said, "Take my yoke and put it on you."

People: How often we feel confined in the yokes of peer pressure, of corporate practice, of societal expectations, of angers and defeats.

Pastor: Jesus, our Master, we pray to receive your yoke, that we may find ourselves striving to live…