A Prayer for Forgiveness

Father, give me your eyes, give me your heart and give me your concern for the lost.  Help me to see the pain, the suffering and the deep hurts around me and help me, enable me Father, to do what I can and be what I can be to make you known through acts of kindness and love and to speak seasoned words of Biblical Truth, so that those around me can come to You and find in You their Father and an eternal place of rest and security in Christ.

Father, forgive me for my unkindness to my friends and family and co-workers when I don’t speak of You to them.  Forgive me for being too comfortable and too used to my life of ease and blessings.  Make me thankful and help me to use those blessings for Your Glory and the good of those around me.  Help me to hold on to the things of this earth lightly, with my eyes and mind and hopes fixed on You and the eternity that I have awaiting me.

Father, I have not the strength to do this.  I need You.  You are strong and You are mighty.   You are the Kind Sovereign.  I am but a tool, a weak, broken, busted tool in Your Strong Hand.

Be glorified, Father.  Take the glory that is due you and accomplish Your Purposes.

Thank you for Your Love for me.  In Christ’s Holy Name and through the Spirit’s Work, Amen.