Confession
Evangelical Christians approach prayerful confession in a variety of ways. Learn how to confess. Videos and playlists are linked.
Confession
Christians have a long tradition of prayerful confession but we may be uncertain how to incorporate confession into our personal retreats.
Luann Budd introduces this webpage and shares her personal story of learning about confession.
Create a Playlist for your online retreat on YouTube. Select one or two of these videos to use during your time of confession. Or use this Online Retreat - Confession playlist that combines an introduction, The General Confession, and Daniel 9 with worship videos.
The General Confession
The General Confession from the Book of Common Prayer (1628) is read twice so that you can get a sense of the prayer, and then pray it as it is read. We are then invited to spend some time opening ourselves to the Holy Spirit’s illumination of our lives.
Prayers of Confession from the Puritans
Ever wonder what previous generations of Christians confessed to the Lord? Luann shares some of the sins that the Puritans confessed to the Lord that we might learn from them.
Seeing Behind the Facade: Windows to our Inner World
Sometimes we do not recognize our sin because it lies hidden behind a facade of "that's just how we are." When we see ourselves acting in a certain way, we might ask ourselves, **What else might be motivating me?** What we feel most strongly, even what we might think is core to our personality, can be windows to see how we are meeting our needs apart from God. Luann explores nine core sin tendencies then gives a short time for reflection that we might see our own blind spots and open our hearts in confession to the Lord.
Luann briefly introduces three passages from the writings of C.S. Lewis that provide his insight into prayers of confession.
Biblical Prayers of Confession
Powerful prayers of confession are found in Daniel 9 and Nehemiah 9. In these videos, Luann reads these chapters of scripture which can become for us models for our personal prayers of confession, or prayers for our nation. After listening we are encouraged to write our own prayer.
Watch Now. Daniel 9 5 minutes
Watch Now. Nehemiah 9 11 minutes
Biblical Prayers of Confession
WATCH NOW - Psalm 32 - Lectio Lectio with brief introduction - 17 minutes.
WATCH NOW - Psalm 32 - Bible Reading A simple reading of Psalm 32 - 4 minutes.
A Quick Look - Various passages to consider as you reflect on what might be standing between you and the Lord. Prepared by Jackie Rettberg