Prayer for Forgiveness
Receiving Mercy
1 min · Good for: Hurting, Distant
Listen to this prayer
God,
I bring You what I regret without excuses and without hiding.
Help me name the harm honestly, make amends where possible, and learn a different way.
Keep guilt from becoming hopeless shame.
Let Your mercy lead me toward responsibility, healing, and change.
Teach me to receive forgiveness with humility and to live as someone being made new.
When I am tempted either to minimize my choices or define myself entirely by them, lead me into truth.
May remorse become repair, and may mercy produce a wiser life.
Keep this work rooted in truth rather than denial.
Give me the wisdom to pair mercy with accountability, compassion with boundaries, and a desire for peace with respect for genuine safety.
Stay near as I practice this prayer beyond these words.
When I forget what I have asked for, gently bring me back.
Let one thoughtful choice become the beginning of a steadier way forward.
Amen.
Bible verses to pray with it
“And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you.”
“bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, if any man has a complaint against any; even as Christ forgave you, so you also do.”
“As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.”
“Who is a God like you, who pardons iniquity, and passes over the disobedience of the remnant of his heritage? He doesn’t retain his anger forever, because he delights in loving kindness. He will again have compassion on us. He will tread our iniquities under foot. You will cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.”
Reflect
How has receiving forgiveness changed you?
One small step
Complete five breaths: inhale for four counts and exhale for six.
Near to God
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