PRAYER DIRECTION:

While teaching on effective prayer, Jesus encourages us to pray with great faith and a pure heart. When we hold unforgiveness in our hearts, it will hinder us from receiving the forgiveness God wants us to receive from Him. Is there anyone in your life you need to forgive? Forgiving others is a continual and lifelong journey for Christ followers. Continue to ask for God’s help in forgiving those who have wronged you. This humble posture before God honors Him and allows Him to work in and through our lives.

PRAYER OF FORGIVENESS:

Thank You, Jesus, for how You have so freely forgiven me. Help me not to forget all the ways I desperately need forgiveness, and to forgive freely as You do. Thank You that Your love and grace not only flows to me but through me. I need Your help in forgiving the people who have hurt me. It is not within my human ability to forgive, but I know it is within Yours. I know that because of what You’ve done, Your spirit lives in me. So by the power of Your Spirit, I forgive _________________ for _____________________ (talk openly with the Lord about who you need to forgive and how you have been hurt). Because Your forgiveness is at work in my life, I forgive them for these things, and release them to You.