Confession Reading For Lent

The sacrifice acceptable to God is a broken spirit;
a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise.
-Psalm 51:17, NRSV

Reprinted by permission from The Worship Sourcebook, c. 2004, CRC Publications.

Sojourn worship leader Rebecca Dennison used this text to write a song for our These Things I Remember album, called “Of Psalm 51.”  Check out the mp3.

About Bobby Gilles

Writer of songs like Lead Us Back, Warrior, All I Have Is Yours and Let Your Blood Plead For Me, author of Our Home Is Like A Little Church, and Sojourn Communications Director. Listen to all his songs & read his tips on songwriting & church communications at http://mysonginthenight.com

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