Prayer of Confession
Jesus, every week we read stories and sing songs about how you have gone before us, conquering death, claiming life, showing us a way to live. Yet we believe we can make our own choices, in our own freedom, to have the life we want. And so we choose, and choose, and choose, and discover our freedom has been constrained by a culture that uses our choices to shape us. We discover our lives are not quite what we hoped for. We discover death still frightens us. So we come to you, to ask for another chance to try to follow you into the path of life and peace and hope. Give us a taste of what freedom really means, so we may truly live as God created us to live.

Silent Prayer

Words of Assurance
Every breath may be a turning to God, to God’s path, to the way Jesus lays before us. Begin anew, and be made whole. Amen.

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What have we to do with a king?
We follow Jesus, king of the Jews.
We know where we have to go.
He will guide our feet in the path of peace.
We can find our own way.
He has gone before us.
We can face whatever comes.
He has conquered death.
Then let us worship God, our Creator,
and Jesus, the one who has gone before
the one who leads the way.

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The Lord is our Shepherd.
Which would make us the sheep.
And if that is so, the Lord has his hands full. Sheep, contrary to popular notions, are not stupid. They are quite bright, and social, and gregarious. Sheep actually need to be a part of a herd. They are prone to go with the crowd. When one senses danger and bolts, they all bolt together, whether it is wise or not. And sheep are fearful by nature. Anything out of their daily routine brings stress to sheep.
Lord help us.

Lawrence Lee

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