Letting Go of My Sin - Poem by Raymond A. Foss

Unable to let go of my sin
the depth of my shame before God
until I understand the mercy of Christ
forgiving me while he died

His prayer on the cross
that God would forgive
the harm we had caused
not knowing the terrible cost
the price he paid for us

Yet by his blood, of the lamb,
each of us are washed clean
made entirely new
as if we had never sinned
able to come before him

Reminded of your love
your mercy to me
not just my sin that I know
the grace of Christ, God come down
to dwell on earth with man

May 17, 2010
Matthew 5:1-12 (Sermon on the Mount, the Beatitudes)
Ephesians 2:14-18
Philippians 1:3-5, 9-11 (Call to Worship)
Prayer of Confession
“Loving God, hold not our sins against us; but
hold us up against our sins; so that in you we are
reminded, not of our sin, but of your forgiveness,
not just of what we are but what we might become.”
- based on prayer four, “Hold Us Up Against Our Sins”,
The Prayers of Soren Kierkegaard,
http://www.thewords.com/articles/soren1.htm
“Father in Heaven! Hold not our sins up against us but
hold us up against our sins so that the thought of You
when it wakens in our soul, and each time it wakens,
should not remind us of what we have committed but
of what You did forgive, not of how we went astray
but of how You did save us!”
hymn, We Are Called, #2172, The Faith We Sing
- Isaiah 6:8
hymn, Bind Us Together, #2226, The Faith We Sing
- Colossians 3:14
Worship Theme: “Blessed are ?”
and sermon, “Called to be Blessed and to Bless”
by Reverend Huntley Halvorson
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
May 16, 2010
Sixth Sunday After Easter
Seventh Sunday in Easter

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