Prayers

Prayers for confession and repentance

For coming clean with God and finding his mercy waiting.

  1. I need to confess something

    God, you already know what I did, and I've been avoiding you because of it.

    1 John 1:9 · Psalm 32:3-5 · Proverbs 28:13 · Psalm 51:1-2 · Psalm 51:10-12 · James 5:16 · Acts 3:19 · Isaiah 1:18 · Hebrews 4:15-16 · Psalm 103:10-12 · Psalm 139:23-24

  2. Coming back to God after drifting away

    Father, it has been a long time.

    Luke 15:18-20 · Luke 15:4-5 · Joel 2:12-13 · Malachi 3:7 · Jeremiah 3:22 · Isaiah 55:6-7 · James 4:8 · Lamentations 3:40 · Revelation 3:20 · Psalm 23:3 · 1 John 1:9

  3. Making things right with someone I wronged

    Lord, I hurt someone, and saying sorry to you is the easy part.

    Matthew 5:23-24 · Luke 19:8-9 · Romans 12:18 · James 5:16 · Proverbs 28:13 · Colossians 3:13 · Ephesians 4:32 · Psalm 34:14 · 2 Corinthians 7:10 · Romans 14:19 · Proverbs 15:1

  4. Carrying a sin I've kept secret

    God, I have been carrying this alone for too long, and it is wearing me down the way David described, like my strength drying up in summer heat.

    Psalm 32:3-5 · Psalm 19:12-13 · Proverbs 28:13 · Hebrews 4:13 · Hebrews 4:15-16 · 1 John 1:7-9 · James 5:16 · Ephesians 5:11-13 · Psalm 51:6 · Romans 8:1 · Psalm 90:8

The verses these prayers stand on

Every quotation on these pages is verbatim from the World English Bible, a public-domain translation: 1 John 1:9, Psalm 32:3-5, Proverbs 28:13, Psalm 51:1-2, Psalm 51:10-12, James 5:16, Acts 3:19, Isaiah 1:18, Hebrews 4:15-16, Psalm 103:10-12, Psalm 139:23-24, Luke 15:18-20, Luke 15:4-5, Joel 2:12-13, Malachi 3:7, Jeremiah 3:22, Isaiah 55:6-7, James 4:8, Lamentations 3:40, Revelation 3:20, Psalm 23:3, Matthew 5:23-24, Luke 19:8-9, Romans 12:18, Colossians 3:13, Ephesians 4:32, Psalm 34:14, 2 Corinthians 7:10, Romans 14:19, Proverbs 15:1, Psalm 19:12-13, Hebrews 4:13, 1 John 1:7-9, Ephesians 5:11-13, Psalm 51:6, Romans 8:1, Psalm 90:8.