Forgive us Father for we have forgotten You are holy, and sovereign. You look upon the nations and will hold them accountable. Woe to those who gives drink to a neighbor making him drunk! They are filled with shame instead of glory. Your cup of wrath will one day be poured out for the violence done. The idolatry that begins with deception encouraging even more deception. What profit is the image, that the maker should carve it? He is a teacher of lies. May we Lord be granted the wisdom to reflect on our terrible state. The call to silence is not an invitation to worship, but a call to stand still as a sign of respect. We are a people always boasting of our conquests and power, but our souls Lord are not right within us, we lack regard for You and Your commandments. Such a simple instruction You have given to love You Lord with all our hearts, minds and souls and our neighbor as ourselves. But we don't, not really, not truly, not passionately, and not deeply. Forgive us Lord Jesus. Forgive us Lord for we set our sights on the wrong thing, instead of the "what" that You want. Your desire for us to turn from sin, to be holy as You are holy. To stop the killing of the innocent, to stop indulging in sexual immorality, to be sober, to take care of the widows and orphans, to love mercy, do justly and walk humbly with You. To be still and know You are God. To be in awe for the earth is filled with the knowledge and glory of You. Forgive us Lord, for we act as sheep without a shepherd. But a sheep knows Your voice and follows after You. Forgive us Lord for not listening and worse yet not hearing. Daily more and more wander away from Your truth or falling into a deep slumber. You have said arise oh sleeper awake from the dead, have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them. Always may we seek what is acceptable to You Lord Jesus. Forgive us Lord and pour out a refreshing of Your Holy Spirit, leading and guiding us in all truth for Your glory. In Your mighty and powerful name Jesus, Amen.
Habakkuk 2, John 10:27 and Ephesians 5:8-14
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