Prayer For Repentance And Forgiveness
Dear Father I lay bear before you the darkest areas of my life. I give you the things which I have done wrong, And the areas where I have failed to act as I should. I never want to live like this again. Right now I chose to turn away from everything I know to be wrong about my life. As I kneel before you in adoration I ask for your forgiveness, And I give you all my shame, guilt and wrongdoing. Thank you that you accept me and embrace me. Please fill me with Your Holy Spirit now. Focus my heart on You, And empower me in everything that I do. I ask all this in the precious name of Jesus, My Saviour and Protector. Amen.
Almighty God, our heavenly Father: We have sinned against you, through our own fault, in thought, and word, and deed, and in what we have left undone. For the sake of your Son our Lord Jesus Christ, forgive us all our offenses; and grant that we may serve you in newness of life, to the glory of your Name. Amen.
I beseech Thee, O Most Blessed Trinity, to shed the fire of Thy merciful love upon this most frigid heart, to let shine upon this most darkened mind, the light of the Son, in whom alone is every grace and truth. Have pity on me, most Merciful God, and regard not my sins and offenses, but in Thy mercy forgive me yet again, and grant me the graces to serve Thee now in fidelity and truth.
I beseech Thee, O Most Blessed Trinity, to shed the fire of Thy merciful love upon this most frigid heart, to let shine upon this most darkened mind, the light of the Son, in whom alone is every grace and truth. Have pity on me, most Merciful God, and regard not my sins and offenses, but in Thy mercy forgive me yet again, and grant me the graces to serve Thee now in fidelity and truth.
Merciful Heavenly Father, You are so great, greater than what we can imagine. You are the Father of fathers, God of gods, King of Kings. You deserve our praise. All that You have created bow to You and say, You are a real God, and above all things, You are Glorious.
Father, we lift up our hearts and souls in repentance, seeking Your face and asking for forgiveness. We know that You offer love, forgiveness, and restoration. Because of Your love, You sent Your only Son, Jesus Christ
to come and submit Himself for our sins.
He did He accepted to be called a sinner while He was not a sinner. He accepted our shame and carried our cross for us. He was beaten up and hung on the cross for us.
Had it not been for His grace, where would we be? We believe that He is a Son of God, who died for our sins on the cross, buried but on the third day, He rose from the dead and ascended to Heaven.
Oh Father, I also ask that you give me the strength to stay true to you always and never fall back to my old ways.
Give me the strength needed to resist temptations and stay true to you. All these I ask in Jesus' name. Amen and Amen.
Lord, I admit I am a sinner. I need and want Your forgiveness. I accept Your death as the penalty for my sin, and recognize that Your mercy and grace is a gift You offer to me because of Your great love, not based on anything I have done. Cleanse me and
make me Your child. By faith I receive You into my heart as the Son of God and as Savior and Lord of my life. From now on, help me live for You, with You in control.
In Your precious name,
Amen
Lord Jesus, I'm tired of the sin struggle in my life. I feel distant from You. My choices have not led me into the right places. I've listened to the whispers of my enemy instead of Your words in Scripture, and the result has been disastrous.
I once walked with you, my heart tender to Your leading. Yet little by little, I exchanged Your truths for temptations and deceit that led me away from You. Instead of taking thoughts captive and confessing them immediately, I allowed them to grow totally out of control. Repentance was not in my vocabulary. Blame, cover-ups, or trying to reason and rationalize sin never work. They only give birth to deeper sin entanglements.
You created me in Your own image, Lord. You know my thoughts before I speak them. You x-ray my heart and see through my excuses and intentions. Your Spirit warned me, but I ignored You. Disappointment and discouragement have taken their toll on me.
So today I'm confessing my desperate need for You. You have promised that if we will confess our sin, You will forgive us and make us clean again. Lord, I truly need Your forgiveness. Repentance is on my heart and lips. I want to turn around and head another directionback to You, Lord. But I need Your help.
Just as You created the world out of nothing, Lord, create a clean heart out of my nothingness. You paid for my sin with your own death. Restore my life and the fellowship we once shared together. You don't condemn me, and You won't disown me; I am Your child forever. But I take all the blameI own my own sin. I am the one who broke fellowship with You and am crushed over the way I treated You and Your name.
Lord, root out the darkness and light up my life with Your holy presence. Help me understand what went wrong. Show me how my destructive patterns first began. What did I allow to become more important than loving and honoring You? Why did I seek satisfaction in others or other things than You? You are the only One Who provides all my needs. You fill up the soul with deep down joy and peace beyond all understanding.
Lord, may your restoration include new boundaries around my life. I can't flirt with sin and not be hurt. In restoring me, teach me how to say no again to things which could harm myself or my testimony. If my actions have wounded others, show me where and to whom I need to ask forgiveness or how to make amends. Help me to surround myself with positive encouragers who will hold me accountable and who will speak the truth in love. Truly, shame melts away and we are healed when we confess to others and ask for their help.
I understand that my repentance won't eliminate the consequences of my sin. Knowing that You don't hold our sins to our accountYou remember them no more--and that You place them as far as the east is from the west both humbles me and fills me with amazement and gratitude. No consequence could ever be as painful as knowing how my sin hurt You or how You suffered for me out of love. Your crucifying death gave me eternal life with You. Lord, You place grace next to my regrets and give me hope for a new future.
Thank You, Lord, that sin does not disqualify us. Instead, like a runner who has fallen but who gets up again, I, too, am willing to start again and finish the race You have set for me.
With Your restoration, Lord, perhaps I can help others find their way back to You again. I will not give my enemy the victory. Instead, I will accept Yours. Instead of a meltdown, with Your help I will allow Your Spirit to give me a hot heart for You, one that seeks You and wants to live for You the rest of my life. Thank You, Jesus, for Your sweet forgiveness and promised restoration.