Lord Jesus Christ we come as individual men and on behalf of the men of the Church in America to repent of our sin:

We repent for how we have diminished Christ, regarding Him as our mascot rather than our king.

We repent for how was have manipulated Christ, coming to Him, as far as we think we need Him, that far and no more.

We repent for how we have hoarded Christ, seeking His blessings for ourselves, with little thought about bringing these blessings to others. We’ve assumed that He was there only for us. We’ve forgotten that He is Lord of neighbors and nations.

We repent for how we have ignored Christ’s directives for life and living and chosen to obey partially or not at all the commands of God’s word.

We repent for how we have avoided Christ, withholding our affections from Him because we were afraid of what it would cost us. By our lifestyle, we’ve denied that He’s truly supreme and sufficient. In His place we’ve substituted creeds, programs, organizations and causes…as well as our own feeble attempts to look spiritual. In doing so, we’ve abandoned the consuming passion for Him He deserves, as the Center of everything.

Lord of the Church hear us. Lord of the Church forgive us. In the name of Jesus we pray, Amen