{"id":11866,"date":"2016-10-19T11:50:19","date_gmt":"2016-10-19T15:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.discover-grace.flywheelsites.com\/?p=11866"},"modified":"2016-10-19T11:50:19","modified_gmt":"2016-10-19T15:50:19","slug":"a-confession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/discovergrace.com\/a-confession\/","title":{"rendered":"A confession."},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Gracious and merciful God,<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>We confess that although we willingly declare that \u201cJesus is King,\u201d<\/div>\n<div>we often fail to place him as first priority in our lives.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Many times we fail to represent and demonstrate his love and mercy to our neighbors, friends, family, or coworkers.<\/div>\n<div>We seldom steward our time or our gifts to advance His kingdom.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Instead, we grant our allegiances to the fleeting pleasures and material goods of this world.<\/div>\n<div>In your mercy, hear our confession and forgive our sin.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Grant us the humility to bow before you, the Ruler of all nations,<\/div>\n<div>so that we may be loyal servants in your kingdom.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Through your son, Jesus, the King of kings and Lord of lords,<\/div>\n<div>Amen<b>.<\/b><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gracious and merciful God, We confess that although we willingly declare that \u201cJesus is King,\u201d we often fail to place him as first priority in our lives. 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