Prayers for confession and repentance

Making things right with someone I wronged

For coming clean with God and finding his mercy waiting.

Also for apologize · make amends · i hurt someone · reconcile · say sorry · restitution · wronged someone · repair a relationship · broken trust · ask forgiveness · fix what i broke

“If therefore you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has anything against you, leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.
Matthew 5:23-24, World English Bible
Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor. If I have wrongfully exacted anything of anyone, I restore four times as much.” Jesus said to him, “Today, salvation has come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham.
Luke 19:8-9, World English Bible
If it is possible, as much as it is up to you, be at peace with all men.
Romans 12:18, World English Bible
Confess your offenses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The insistent prayer of a righteous person is powerfully effective.
James 5:16, World English Bible
He who conceals his sins doesn’t prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy.
Proverbs 28:13, World English Bible
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.
Colossians 3:13, World English Bible

A prayer

Original writing, not a quotation of Scripture.

Lord, I hurt someone, and saying sorry to you is the easy part. Now I need to say it to them. Give me humility to apologize without defending myself, and to listen if they need to tell me how it felt.

If there is something I can repay or repair, show me and help me follow through. I can't control whether they forgive me. Help me do my part honestly and leave the rest with you.

In Jesus' name, Amen.

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