We confess to you, Lord, our self-indulgent appetites and ways, and our exploitation of other people and ask for your forgiveness.

Heavenly Father, we admit that we have been chasing after our own desires, instead of trusting you to give us those things that we need. We have allowed these desires to exploit others, hoping to be satisfied, forgetting that our joys could only be full when we totally surrender all to you. So, today, we pledge to no longer follow the desires of our hearts that lead us further away from you, but will delight ourselves in you so that you could give us the desires of our hearts.