#ImagoDeiMatters
Preacher: Various Artists | Series: Share your Story (Testimony)
In light of the event over the last week we took some time at the beginning of our service to address some of the problems that we see in our nation as we as saying while #BlackLivesMatter and #BlueLivesMatter the #ImagoDeiMatters much more.
Our corporate confession:
We confess our own complicity in the status quo that perpetuates racism, divides and distorts humanity.
As we pray, we ask that you will help us discover our true and rightful place within the new humanity created in Christ Jesus. We confess that we have sinned, and that we have fallen short of the glory of God.
We confess our failures to speak out against injustice. We confess those times when, as individuals and as churches, we have witnessed the fracturing of humanity along ethnic grounds, and yet have remained silent. We confess those times when we have been the powerful ones and have chosen to withhold that power whilst another human suffered.
We confess the sin of racist exclusion. May those of us who have ourselves experienced exclusion be the first to speak up for others. May we be those who create spaces for reconciliation.
We pray for our churches. May they become places of reconciliation, where each human soul is valued, and where equality in Christ is a reality in our midst. Forgive us those times where we do not live out our calling as your people. May our churches model the new humanity of Christ to those in the communities where we live.
We pray for our communities. Where there is division, may we bring restoration. Where there is inequality may we bring justice. Where there is powerlessness may we lift up the broken hearted. Where there is damage may we bring healing.
Loving and forgiving God, hear our confession, hear the desires of our hearts to be different, grant us your forgiveness, and remake us according to the likeness of Christ.
Amen
This is recording of Pastor Jon Nelson speaking at Soma Community Church in Jefferson City, MO on Sunday morning July 10, 2016. Released: July 11, 2016
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