Prayers to God for Forgiveness of Sins is something that everyone needs to pray. The world has been such a terrible place and no one really seems to know what to do to make things better. God is the only one who can help us with our sins, so anything else would just be a waste of time. There are many Prayers for Forgiveness on this site which you can use for forgiveness if you have done something wrong.
It is a common practice for Christians and even non-Christians to pray for forgiveness of sins. The Bible gives us several examples of people who pray for forgiveness. God expects us to ask him for forgiveness (1 John 1:9) and the Bible says he hears our prayers with pleasure and accept them with mercy (Psalms 66:18).
Prayer is one of the special things which connects man with God. There are many prayers here which are very helpful to get connected with God on a better level. These prayers can help you in having a good relationship with him and also help you to get rid of sins.
Prayers To God For Forgiveness Of Sins
Forgive me, Lord, for the sins that I have committed against you. I repent of those sins and ask for your forgiveness. Please cleanse my soul of all sin and make me a new person. In Jesus Christ’s name, Amen.
Forgive me, Lord, for the sins that I have committed against you. I repent of those sins and ask for your forgiveness. Please cleanse my soul of all sin and make me a new person. In Jesus Christ’s name, Amen
O Lord, I know that I have sinned against you and am deserving of your punishment. But I also know that you are merciful and loving, and that you desire to forgive me. Therefore, please have mercy on me and forgive my sins as I repent of them in Jesus’ name. Amen.
O God, you are our Father who knows all things and judges justly. Your power is infinite, yet your mercy is greater still. You have a tender heart for sinners who come to you with broken hearts, contrite spirits, and repentance in their hearts. I come before you today with a repentant spirit knowing that I need your forgiveness for my sins against you. Please Lord forgive me of all my sins in Jesus’ name so that I may be free from the guilt of sin and live for eternity with you in heaven. Amen
O God, who art the fountain of mercy, grant me pardon for my sins and grace to make a good confession.
I confess to Almighty God, to blessed Mary ever Virgin, to all the Saints and to you my spiritual director that I have sinned exceedingly in thought, word and deed; through my fault, through my own fault, through my own most grievous fault. Therefore I beseech the Blessed Mary ever Virgin, blessed Michael the Archangel, blessed John the Baptist, the holy Apostles Peter and Paul and all the saints to pray to the Lord our God for me. Amen.
Dear God, I am sorry for all the sins that I have committed against you. I know that you are a forgiving God and I ask for your forgiveness for the following sins:
Forgive me for my pride.
Forgive me for my impatience with others.
Forgive me for being lazy and not doing what is right.
Forgive me for being greedy and wanting more than what I need.
Forgive me for being angry and holding grudges against others who have wronged me.
Forgive me for being jealous of other people’s possessions and accomplishments, rather than rejoicing with them in their good fortune.
I know that these are only some of the things I have done wrong, but they are enough to keep me from heaven if they remain unforgiven on Judgment Day. So please forgive me now so that my soul can be saved by your mercy on that day!
Dear Heavenly Father,
Forgive me for my sins. I know they are many and they are grievous. I have sinned against you and against others. I have not been true to you or to myself. I have done things that were wrong, even when no one was looking, and other times when people were watching me and expecting me to do the right thing.
I have lied, cheated and stolen from others; I have coveted what belonged to others; I have coveted what belonged to you; I have been too proud of myself; I have been proud of my accomplishments when they were not really accomplishments at all; I have taken credit for the accomplishments of others; I have associated with people who did not live up to your standards; I have ignored those who needed help from me; and most importantly, Lord, I have sinned by not loving you enough with all my heart and mind and soul and strength.
I know that all these things are wrong because you have said so in your Holy Word, but also because we live in a world where such behavior has consequences that are harmful both to ourselves and others around us. But Lord, please forgive me anyway! Forgive me for these sins
It took me a while to grasp how to pray for love. Because I’ve always had a tendency to think about love, and worry about love, rather than pray about it.
I’m quick to analyze, figure out, and try to put the pieces together. But it takes me a while to turn to prayer.
I’m realizing that my tendency to over-analyze is the opposite of what God’s word tells me to do. All through Scripture Jesus is challenging us: Don’t just dwell on things, pray about them.
Prayer is the act by which we mentally hand over our problems, concerns, fears, desires, and dreams to someone who actually has the power to control.
And it makes so much sense, because if we’re going to allow these things to fill our brain, we are better off doing it in a way that has the power to impact the things that are weighing us down, rather than simply allowing them to consume us.
If you find yourself consumed by your love life – or lackthereof, here are some ways to mentally and prayerfully hand those things to the One who can actually do something about it. Here are 8 ways to pray for love.
Key Bible Verses on Forgiveness
1. Numbers 14:18
The LORD is slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but he will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, to the third and the fourth generation.’Read More
Moses prays here, as he did after the making of the golden calf (Exodus 32), acting, as often in the Pentateuch, as a covenant mediator (cf. Num. 12:3–4). He points out that, were God to fulfill his threat to annihilate Israel, the nations would say that the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land (cf. Ex. 32:12). He reminds God that he promised Abraham that his descendants would inherit the land (cf. Ex. 32:13), and finally he quotes God’s own description of his character to prove that he ought to forgive (Ex. 34:6–7; Num. 14:18–19).
2. Psalm 103:10–12
He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him; as far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us.Read More
The terms sins, iniquities (v. 10), and transgressions (v. 12) are names for what God forgives in Ex. 34:7. Likewise steadfast love (Ps. 103:11) and shows compassionv (v. 13; the word is related to merciful** in v. 8) reveal that this is an application of Ex. 34:6–7.
3. Psalm 51:1–2
Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin!Read More
The psalm opens with an appeal to God for forgiveness. The terms mercy and steadfast love, as well as transgressions, iniquity, and sin, all evoke God’s proclamation of his own name (Ex. 34:6–7), with its focus on his grace and kindness. The plea for mercy here is a humble one, based entirely on God’s mercy, frankly recognizing that the worshiper does not deserve it. The terms wash (cf. Ex. 19:10) and cleanse (cf. Num. 19:19) come from the ceremonial system, where they refer to rites that allow a person to come safely into God’s presence. Here the psalm focuses on the inner condition that the ceremony points to.
4. Matthew 6:9–15
Pray then like this: Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.
For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you, but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.Read More
Forgive us our debts (the fifth petition) does not mean that believers need to ask daily for justification, since believers are justified forever from the moment of initial saving faith (Rom. 5:1, 9; 8:1; 10:10). Rather, this is a prayer for the restoration of personal fellowship with God when fellowship has been hindered by sin (cf. Eph. 4:30). Those who have received such forgiveness are so moved with gratitude toward God that they also eagerly forgive those who are debtors to them.
5. Acts 2:38-39
And Peter said to them, “Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is for you and for your children and for all who are far off, everyone whom the Lord our God calls to himself.”Read More
repent and be baptized. This does not imply that people can be saved without having faith in Christ as Savior, because the need to believe is implied both in the command to “repent” and also in the command to “be baptized … in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins.” The willingness to submit to baptism is an outward expression of inward faith in Christ (cf. 1 Pet. 3:21). The gospel can be summarized in different ways. Sometimes faith alone is named as the one thing necessary for salvation (see John 3:16; Acts 16:31; Rom. 10:9; Eph. 2:8–9), other times repentance alone is named (Luke 24:47; Acts 3:19; 5:31; 17:30; 2 Cor. 7:10), and sometimes both are named (Acts 20:21). Genuine faith always involves repentance, and vice versa. Repentance includes a change of mind that ends up trusting God (i.e., having faith). The gift of the Holy Spirit does not mean some specific spiritual “gift” as in 1 Corinthians 12–14 but rather the gift of the Spirit himself, coming to dwell within the believer.
6. 1 John 1:7–10
But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.Read More
Christians must confess (their) sins, initially to receive salvation and then to maintain fellowship with God and with one another (v. 3). faithful and just to forgive. God is “slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, forgiving iniquity and transgression” (Num. 14:18). Yet John also makes it clear (1 John 3:6, 9) that persistent unrepented sin is not the mark of a Christian—God “will by no means clear the guilty” (Num. 14:18).
7. Hebrews 9:22
Indeed, under the law almost everything is purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.Read More
purified with blood. In the Mosaic law, the initial purification of the people of God and of his sanctuary required sacrificial blood (vv. 18–21), and such sacrifices continued to be required in the law on behalf of God’s people (e.g., v. 7; 10:1–4). This is because sin necessitates an atoning blood sacrifice (Lev. 17:11). The OT sacrifices were given by God as types of Christ’s greater, perfect sacrifice to come.
8. Psalm 32:1–7
Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. Blessed is the man against whom the LORD counts no iniquity, and in whose spirit there is no deceit. For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away through my groaning all day long. For day and night your hand was heavy upon me; my strength was dried up as by the heat of summer. I acknowledged my sin to you, and I did not cover my iniquity; I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,”
and you forgave the iniquity of my sin. Therefore let everyone who is godly offer prayer to you at a time when you may be found; surely in the rush of great waters, they shall not reach him. You are a hiding place for me; you preserve me from trouble; you surround me with shouts of deliverance.Read More
The terms transgression,forgiven,sin, and iniquity all echo Ex. 34:6–7, the fundamental expression of God’s kindness and mercy toward those who receive his covenant. No one needs to compel God to show mercy; rather, the faithful confess their sins because they believe he is merciful. Note how several words here appear in a mirror pattern, which binds all five verses together: “forgiven … covered [Ps. 32:1] … cover … forgave [v. 5].” There is a contrast in the kind of covering: when God “covers” sin, he graciously blots it out (cf. 85:2); when man “covers” his sin, he is sinfully hiding it (cf. Prov. 28:13).
For. These verses support the theme that only the forgiven are truly happy. They recount a time when I kept silent, i.e., when the singer refused to confess his sins in order to have God forgive them. The lost vitality of vv. 3–4 is really a mercy; it is God’s hand … heavy
upon his faithful, to help them come to the point of confessing. Having come to that point, the singer acknowledged his sin, and God forgave the iniquity of his sin; this brings the psalm back to v. 1, with the implication that the singer has now learned more fully the blessedness of being forgiven.
9. Matthew 18:21–22
Then Peter came up and said to him, “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As many as seven times?” Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy-seven times.
how often will . . . I forgive him? ** Within Judaism, three times was sufficient to show a forgiving spirit (based on Job 33:29, 30; Amos 1:3; 2:6), thus Peter (seven) believes he has shown generosity. But true disciples of Jesus are to forgive without keeping count (seventy-seven times)**. This may echo and reverse Lamech’s boast of vengeance in Gen. 4:24.
10. Luke 23:34
And Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” And they cast lots to divide his garments.Read More
Jesus fulfills his own teaching about loving one’s enemies (see Luke 6:35) and highlights the fact that his death was providing the very basis upon which those who crucified him could be forgiven (see Isa. 53:12). Jesus thus provides an example for all believers who would follow him (see Acts 7:60; 1 Pet. 2:21–24).They know not what they do does not absolve either the Jews or the Romans of their responsibility in Jesus’ death, but it shows that they did not fully understand the horrible evil that they were doing in crucifying the “Holy and Righteous One” (Acts 3:14) who was both the true Messiah and the Son of God.
What Does Jesus Teach about Forgiveness
Jesus had a lot to say about forgiveness. In Matthew 5 on the Sermon on the Mount, he taught his followers how we ought to love our enemies through the powerful words of the Beatitudes.
Later on in this sermon he addressed how we ought to interact with others.
“Therefore, if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother or sister has something against you, leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to them; then come and offer your gift.” Matthew 5:23-24
In this passage Jesus makes it very clear that reconciliation between members of our family or church community needs to take place before we worship him in spirit and in truth.
When Jesus taught his disciples the Lord’s Prayer, he also included a portion of the prayer on forgiveness.
Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.…Matthew 6:11-12
According to this beautiful prayer, forgiveness is a two-way street. We must humbly seek forgiveness from God, and he will strengthen us to forgive those who have sinned against us.
