Lord, hear our prayer:

Father, forgive us our half-hearted commitment, the poverty of our worship and the frailty of our faith in Christ. Forgive our lack of hope and trust. Forgive our lack of discipline, and that we need to return to you to confess the same mistakes again and again. Forgive us for our failure to live in the knowledge that the good news is really true. Forgive us that we refuse to be channels to others of the love, mercy and grace that we have received. Forgive us for every person who, because of our weak faith and the poverty of our witness, is living less richly than they should. Forgive us our timidity and our self-centeredness, and make us ambassadors for Christ.

Amen.

Some minor adaptation on some prayers.
David Clowes, 500 Prayers For All Occasions © 2003 by David C Cook Publishing
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