I have several resources in my Prayer Notebook to encourage my daily prayer time. In prayers of confession, I sometimes pray through these meaningful words.
GENERAL CONFESSION
FROM THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER
Almighty and most merciful Father,
we have erred and strayed from thy
ways like lost sheep,
we have followed too much the devices
and desires of our own hearts,
we have offended against thy holy
laws,
we have left undone those things
which we ought to have done,
and we have done those things which
we ought not to have done.
But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon
us,
spare thou those who confess their
faults,
restore thou those who are
penitent,
according to thy promises declared
unto mankind
in Christ Jesus our Lord;
and grant, O most merciful Father,
for his sake,
that we may hereafter live a godly,
righteous, and sober life,
to the glory of thy holy Name.
Amen.
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