I Confess

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.  All glory to you Lord.  May all praise and honor be directed to you, Lord.  I say this Lord but I must confess to you; I have not done this as I ought to have.  I have fallen short, Lord.  Forgive me.  In your word, Deuteronomy 4:4-9 says Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord: And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates. These things I ought to have been doing, and have not.


And we know that this saying is not just for the house of Israel either, but for all who call you Lord, for you say in Hosea 2:23 And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them which were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art my God.  And restate it in Romans, 9:22-26 ²² What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction: And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory, Even us, whom he hath called, not of the Jews only, but also of the Gentiles? As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved. And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people; there shall they be called the children of the living God.


Forgive me for not having you in mine heart always.  So often I let the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things enter in, choking the word, and it becometh unfruitful (Mark 4:19). I get wrapped up in my worries about work, or my bills, or things that I need (or think I need).   I get focused on the task at hand and forget to invite you in on those tasks.  I’m sorry, Lord.  Help me to change. 


You have not blessed me with children Lord, but you have placed people in my life.  Have I been diligent, that is, made great and serious effort to share and teach of you to them?  Here too have I fallen short.  Would some people even know that I have you for my God?  Do they hear me speak of you when I walk along the way?  Do I speak of thee in the morning and at night?  Help me to be more bold, Lord, to speak they word to others and more diligent in sharing Your good news.   At one time this may not have been the issue, but it is now.  Forgive me.


Father, it should be when people think of me, they see me with a bible in my hand; they think of me as having one vision, that being of you Lord.  They should see the evidence of my faith in my posessions.  Are the pictures on my wall making people immediately think of you if they should see them?  The books on my bookshelves?  The songs on my mp3 player?  The movies in my DVD collection?  The files on my computer?  All of these things and more should reflect you, Lord.  Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, (2 Corinthians 6:17)  Forgive me Lord that I may be too much like the world.  Strengthen me and embolden me to come out and be an example of your ways, not the worlds.


In Jesus name I pray, Amen 


1 John 1:9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.