Prayers For Worship December 2016

PRAYERS FOR WORSHIP 
December 4, 2016
Greeting
Said John the Baptist,
“The One who follows me is more powerful than I am, and I am not fit to carry his sandals; He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.”

Come, let us worship, for He whom John spoke of is here with us, ready to baptize.

Penitential Prayer
As those who listened to John the Baptist were called upon to repent, in preparation for the coming of the Lord and His Kingdom; so it is fitting that we also should repent in preparation for the coming of the Lord and His rule in us — for we have been guilty of the very same sins.

We confess that we who have two coats and perhaps more — to say nothing about the rest of our wardrobe — have often failed to share our luxuries with the needy.
We confess that we too, who have so much food, have…