21st Century Worship Resources for the Eleventh Sunday after Pentecost, Year C

Leader: Let the redeemed of the Lord offer praise!

People: We praise you, O God, for life and breath and strength!

Leader: Let the redeemed of the Lord offer praise!

People: We praise you, O God, for family and friends, for food and shelter!

Leader: Let the redeemed of the Lord offer praise!

People: We praise you, O God, for a place to worship and friends on the journey!

Leader: Let the redeemed of the Lord offer praise!

All: We praise you, O God, for loving us and claiming us as your own. Amen.

God,

Why are we so blind to your great love for us?

You take us up into your arms and heal us (Hosea 11:3).

You are to us like those who lift infants to their cheeks (Hosea 11:4).

You overwhelm us with the gift of a love that refuses to leave us on our own.

Forgive us, O God,

for the times we lamented that we were weathering the storms of life alone.

Forgive us, O God,

for the many times we have walked away from your love and refused to love one another.

Forgive us, O God,

for the times that we have heaped praises upon ourselves in public and been tempted to shovel blame at you in private.

Heal us again, O God, and teach us to walk faithfully in your sight.

Silence