VESPERS AT THE END OF THE SABBATH: PRAYER: Confession And Repentance Of Sin

Father,
I Come Before You 

My Sin Confessing!

The Wrong Things That I've Done

I'm Redressing

For 

At One Time, Lord

The Good Had To My Mouth No Taste

But

The Bad In My Mouth Was A Pleasurable Delight

And Now

Between Wrong And Right

Within Me

Is A Constant Fight!

You Promised, Dear Lord

That With Our Sin Confession

We Will, Through Your Faithfulness

Receive Remission

But

If We Don't Confess Our Sins

Today

Which Is The Acceptable Time

For Our Salvation

Your Holy Word Says

We Will Have To

For Our Own Pet Sins

Dearly, Eternally

Pay!

Father, 

I Repent

For Having Kept Sin As A Pet Lizard

For That Lizard

 A Roaring Dragon Is Become

And Its Claws Are Extended

And It Is Hunting Me Down!

Lord, Save Me!

Father, I Acknowledge

With No Love Of It

That A Sinner Is What I Am

But

I Believe

- From Your Written Word -

In Your Savings Plan!

I Have My Deposit Book
Jesus Christ The Righteous 

- The Word Himself -

And I Here Place On Him

Everything

That Will Mark Me

A Joyous Member Of

The Unrepentant Goat Herd!

I Beseech You

To Help Me To Walk Upright

In Your Holy Sight

So That My Prayerful, Persevering, Petitions

For Blessing And Assistance

By You, Lord

Will Indeed

Be Heard!

Father,

Please Also Accept

My Confession Of The Sins

Of My Nation And My People

Who Lift Up 

Prosperity

Self-Pleasure

Self-Pride

Self-Actualization

Self-Preservation

Self-Reliance

Self-Serving

But Never People

Nor The Holy God

Who Can Open Wide The Sky!

Forgive Us, Lord!

I Pray, Lord

For Those In Deliberate Sin Walking

Those Who At The Name Of Jesus

Their Fists At Heaven Are Shaking

Those Who Find Pleasure

In Fair-Promise Making

Leaving The Poor

The Widows

The Orphans And The Down-Trodden

In Destitution

Quaking!

Have Mercy On Us, Lord!

I Ask You, Lord

To Open Our Eyes!

Help Us To See Beyond

The Bits And Baubles Of

That Wicked Destroying

Lord Of Dung

Beelzebub Himself

Who Taints All That He Touches

Who Willingly

Gleefully Destroys

All That He Holds In His Clutches

Unless

Repentance For Known Sin

Grants Us

The Master's Healing

Forgiving

And

Thorough Cleansing Touch!

Purify Us, Lord!

Forgive Us, Today

Even This Moment, Lord

As We Pray!

Lift Us Up

So That We Will Uplift You

For

Without Jesus Christ

We Are Lost

Even Though 

He Has Already Paid Our Costs!

Let Not The Sacrifice Be For Naught, Lord!

Grant New And True Sight, Lord

To Those Who Believe

That Membership In A Particular Church

Or Congregation

Or National Group

Will Give Us A Free Pass To Freely Sin

And Still Gain Unencumbered Entry Into Heaven!
You Save Individuals Out Of Sin And Not In Sin!

Correct Our Egregious Errors, Lord!

Forgive Us, Lord

For Taking Your Mercy For Granted!
The Day Is Shortening!

Create New Hearts Within Us, Lord!

Forgive Us, Lord

Who Take Your Free Grace

For A License To Sin 

In The Erroneous Belief That Grace Will Abound!

Forgive Us Our Presumptions, Lord!

Oh, Lord

Help Us To Let Your Holy Spirit

Have His Way In Us!

Let Your Holy Spirit Teach Our Spirits, Lord!

Help Us To Let Go Of Every Known Sin

No Matter What Clothing It Is Wearing!

Help Us To Call Sin By Its True Name

No Matter The Nom de Plume 

Under Which It's Masquerading!

We Readily Acknowledge That The Devil Is A Gross Liar, Lord!

Help Us, Lord

To Fight The Good Fight Of Faith!

Help Us, Lord

Moment By Moment

Hour by Hour

Day By Day

To Humbly Dwell Upon The Name

The Name, Lord

Which Will Not Bring Our Hopes To Shame

The Very Name

Which At One Time

We Ourselves Did Profane!

Help Us, Father, To Honor The Lord Christ!

Oh, Lord, Most Holy

Help Us To Be True

So That

Through The Vanity Of Living In And Loving Sin

 Our Thus Despised Salvation

Will Not Cause Us

To Be

From You

Eternally Lost!

Forgive Us, Lord!

Heal Us!

Cleanse Us!

Teach Us!
Lead Us!

Feed Us And Help Us, Lord 

To Be Living Lights

In This World's Oppressive Darkness!

Please Make Us Free From The Law Of Sin And Death

And 
In That Glorious Day
Take Us Home To Dwell Forever More With Thee!

In Jesus' Holy Name I Plead And Stand!

I Love You, Lord!

AMEN.