We approach You

We approach You, acknowledging our great unworthiness.

Fill us with a deep sense of our guilt.

We have not the humbling consciousness we ought to have of our exceeding vileness.

We are apt to plead vain excuses for our sins.

Forgive us, O Lord—forgive us all, for Your dear Son's sake.

Wash these crimson and scarlet stains away , in the fountain opened for sin and for uncleanness.

Blessed Lord, make these unworthy hearts of ours Your temple—holy altars of gratitude and love.

May our lives form a continued thank-offering for Your manifold mercies.

May we count it our highest privilege, as well as our sacred duty, to walk so as to please You.