Lord God,
You are the Covenant Keeper
the One whose words are carved in stone
and written on the heart.
You do not forget what You have spoken,
and You call Your people never to forget You.
At Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim,
You commanded Israel to renew their covenant
to write Your law plainly on whitewashed stones,
to build an altar,
and to worship with burnt offerings and peace offerings.
You are the God who binds remembrance to worship.
You are faithful, Lord,
from generation to generation.
You call Your people not only to remember what You said,
but to live it.
Your Word is not meant to fade into memory,
but to shape daily obedience.
You call us to hear and to heed,
to love and to live.
I confess, Lord,
that I too often treat Your covenant as history,
not as a living bond.
I read of faithfulness past
and forget that You are still the same today.
Forgive me for hearing without doing,
for agreeing without obeying,
for treating Your Word as decoration rather than declaration.
Write it again, Lord
not on stone,
but on my soul.
You commanded that the altar be built of uncut stones
no human tool was to shape it.
For worship begins not with what I craft for You,
but with what You provide for me.
You desire humility, not artistry;
obedience, not ornament.
So strip my worship of pretense, Lord.
Let it be raw, honest, and real
a heart laid bare before You.
Let my offering rise not from pride,
but from repentance and peace.
You set half the tribes on Mount Gerizim to bless
and half on Mount Ebal to pronounce curses.
You made it clear that life and death,
blessing and curse,
stand before Your people still.
Obedience brings flourishing;
disobedience brings ruin.
Yet even in judgment,
Your mercy whispers through.
For You never call us to obey without also providing grace to return.
So renew my heart today, Lord.
Let Your covenant not be ancient words on ancient stones,
but living promises that guide my steps.
Make me one who listens,
who stands with those on Gerizim,
blessing Your name through faithfulness.
And when I fail and I will
let me run again to the altar on Ebal,
where blood covers transgression
and peace is restored through sacrifice.
You are the God who calls His people to renew the covenant.
So renew me, Lord
restore my first love,
revive my obedience,
refresh my remembrance.
Let me stand beneath the blessings of Your Word
and cling to the cross that turns curses into grace.
Let every stone of my life be engraved with gratitude,
and every act of worship testify
that I belong to You.
May my confession echo the call You gave Israel:
“All that the Lord has spoken, we will do.”
But let my confidence rest not in my strength,
but in the faithfulness of Jesus
the Mediator of the new covenant,
whose blood speaks better things than the stones of Sinai.
You are the God who remembers mercy in judgment,
and faithfulness in every generation.
So write Your law upon my heart,
and let my life become an altar of remembrance,
a place where heaven and earth bear witness
that the Lord is my God
and I am His.
In the name of Jesus,
the Covenant Keeper and the Living Word,
Amen.