Prayer to repent sins

Repentance Prayer

Heavenly Father God, I come to you now to repent the sins that I have committed against you and against my brothers and sisters. Create in me a clean heart, O God, take away the guilt and sorrow that I feel.

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Psalm 25:7 Do not remember the sins of my youth or my transgressions.
According to Your loving kindness remember me, For Your goodness’ sake, O Lord.

Renew in me your steadfast spirit so that I may hold onto your word and your promises. Fill me with your Holy Spirit. Let him be my guiding light, leading me away from sin and strengthening me to overcome the wiles and tricks of the enemy.

Acts 20:21 I have declared to both Jews and Greeks that they must turn to God in repentance and have faith in our Lord Jesus.

Restore the joy of Your Salvation

Lord, you know my heart, there’s nothing I can hide from you. I have strayed from the path, I have been lured away.

But, Oh Heavenly Father, restore to me the joy of Your salvation, that wonderful freedom and joy when I first came to know you. Lord, I sacrifice my broken spirit, my broken and a contrite heart. Heal me Lord as I come before the cross.

2 Corinthians 7:9 As it is, I rejoice, not because you were grieved, but because you were grieved into repenting. For you felt a godly grief, so that you suffered no loss through us.

Father, on this day forward, I will love you and praise you from the bottom of my heart. For by you alone am I saved. Grant my petitions, Abba Father. Thank you, In Jesus name I pray, Amen.

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Psalms 102:21-22 “So the name of the Lord will be declared in Zion and his praise in Jerusalem when the peoples and the kingdoms assemble to worship the Lord.”

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O my God, I don’t want to go to hell.

I know that because of my many sins I deserve to go there.

Help me get rid of my sins.

I don’t want to lose my soul in everlasting torment,

without all happiness, banished from You forever.

Help me realize that I shall have to make up for my venial sins,

too, and that some of the punishment due to all sin,

even if we escape hell,

must be paid in purgatory.

Help me do some real penance to make up for my sins,

and get rid of part of my purgatory before I die.

O my God, now I see very clearly that I have not given You

the service that I owe You for so many reasons.

I have abused Your wonderful gifts,

using them to offend You who are so good and so lovable.

I sinned even in Your presence.

I saddened Your Heart at the very moment

when You were looking on me with perfect love.

I was so blind and ungrateful as to love creatures more than You, my creator,

who because You are infinitely good and lovable deserve all my love;

I preferred my own pleasure to doing Your will.

Pardon me, O my God,

for all the sins of my whole life.

I am sorry for them.

I hate them from the bottom of my heart because You hate them.

I beg of You, say to me, “Your sins are forgiven.”

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About the Repentance Prayers 

Sometimes we just don’t know how to pray effectively, especially if we are new to all this.  The Repentance Prayers section of this blog has several prayers that have the Word of God woven into them to help you repent effectively.  These prayers are guides to help you.  Eventually, as your relationship with Him deepens in intimacy, you won’t need these prayers as much.  You can just talk it out with Him from your heart.  Keep in mind that speaking these prayers without faith or a heart change is futile.  They are just words on a page without a heart of repentance.  The prayers in this section are broken into categories that can be referred to easily.  You can use this section to help others get free as part of your ministry!

TEACHING ON REPENTANCE

What is Repentance?

 Repentance is defined in Webster’s Dictionary as “to feel or show that you are sorry for something bad or wrong that you did and that you want to do what is right.”  Repentance is making the conscious decision to turn from your current choices and embracing God’s will for your life.  You can’t walk East and West at the same time.  Your back will be facing one direction or the other.  Repentance is making the decision to stop doing it your way and letting God fill your life with His plans and purposes.

Repentance is the very first step in salvation.  In fact, it is impossible to receive salvation WITHOUT repentance.  John the Baptist came before Jesus preaching repentance.  Matthew 3:1-2 says “In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, and saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!”  The Kingdom of God has come to mankind and repentance is the gateway to this kingdom.  After Jesus returned from His time in the wilderness, He began to preach repentance as well.  Matthew 4:17 says “From that time Jesus began to preach and to say, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”  Without repentance, it is impossible to be accepted by God.  It is through repentance that grace comes.  And grace will not be applied to a person’s sin unless there is repentance.

Repentance is acknowledging that you have missed the mark and fallen short of God’s glory.  Romans 3:23 says “For all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.”  In Alcoholics Anonymous the first step in recovery is acknowledging that you have a problem with alcohol.  Likewise, the first step in repentance is acknowledging to God your sinful state.  Repentance is making the conscious choice to turn and go in the other direction—towards God.  Repentance is NOT saying “I’m sorry Lord” and continuing to do the things you have been doing.  True repentance with bear the fruit of it.

John the Baptist told the Pharisees to start bearing the fruit of repentance.  Matthew 3:7-9 says “But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, “Brood of vipers!  Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?  Therefore, bear fruits worthy of repentance, and do not think to say to yourselves, “We have Abraham as our father.”  For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones.”  John sure didn’t pull any punches, did he?  True repentance will be evident in your words and in your behavior.

Why do I have to Repent?

The Word of God is clear on why it is necessary for us to repent of our sins.

• Isaiah 30:15 says “For thus says the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel: In repentance and rest you shall be saved; in quietness and faith shall be your strength.” But you would not.”
• Acts 3:19 says “Repent therefore and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out, so that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord.”

II Corinthians 7:9-10 says “Now I rejoice, not that you were made sorry, but that your sorrow led to repentance.  For you were made sorry in a godly manner, that you might suffer loss from us in nothing.”

There is no remission of sin without repentance because repentance is directly tied to the Blood of Jesus.  Hebrews 9:22 says “And according to the law, almost all things are purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sin.”  The Blood of Jesus cannot be applied to anything other than a truly repentant heart.

God is very orderly.  He has set the path to salvation for us to follow.  It has to be done His way or it simply cannot be done.  Entrance into the Kingdom of God requires the ID of repentance.  We are not legally allowed to drive a vehicle in America without a license to do so.  The only way we can get behind the wheel is to be able to prove to a police officer that we have permission to be on the road.  Repentance is our “license” to enter the Kingdom of God.  Without it, we are outside the kingdom and subject to Satan’s attacks.

Repentance has more to do with the state of our heart before God than the words of our mouth.  Saying “I’m sorry I had sex with that person Lord” but in your heart you know you would do it again should the opportunity arise.  This is NOT repentance.  It’s not even a sincere apology!  It is rebellion and it puts you squarely in Satan’s realm and vulnerable to his attacks.

Why do I have to repent?  Because God’s mercy cannot be applied to your life without confessing and turning from the sin.  Jesus already paid the price.  You are already forgiven, but it cannot be APPLIED to your life until you confess with your mouth and turn away from it.  You might say “but I did repent twenty years ago when I asked Jesus into my heart…doesn’t that count?”  When you became born-again, and you repented of your sinful lifestyle the Blood of Jesus was applied, but we live in a fallen world and sometimes we mess up.  Repentance is required for disobedience, for wrong attitudes, and for not loving people, to name a few.  Faith is now.  We live in the NOW.  What are you doing today?  Let’s look at what the book of Ezekiel says about this:

“Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; therefore hear a word from My mouth, and give them warning from Me: When I say to the wicked, You shall surely die, and you give him no warning, nor speak to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life, that same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood I will require at your hand.  Yet, if you warn the wicked, and he does not turn from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but you have delivered your soul.  Again, when a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, and I lay a stumbling block before him, he shall die; because you did not give him warning, he shall die in his sin, and his righteousness which he has done shall not be remembered; but his blood I will require at your hand.  Nevertheless, if you warn the righteous man that the righteous should not sin, and he does not sin, he shall surely live because he took warning; also, you will have delivered your soul.” (Ezekiel 3:17-21 NKJV).

God is the God of the NOW.  Today is the day of salvation.  Are you serving Him today?  You can’t live in the past.  When a person really meets Jesus Christ, they are never the same.  It is impossible to have an encounter with Him and remain the same.  A TRUE conversion to Christianity will bear the fruit of it and that fruit comes from true repentance.

We must all take inventory of our spiritual lives before God on a regular basis.  If our hearts convict us we need to repent and get things settled.  We are not promised tomorrow.  That is not to say that He is waiting to throw us into Hell if we say a cuss word and then die of a heart attack before we say, “I repent Lord.”  I’m not saying that.  I’m saying that your heart must be tender and pliable in His hands.  That is a repentant heart.  He can work with a repentant person.  When our hearts are repentant, we feel His conviction immediately.  It is at this point when we go to Him and repent and get cleansed by the Blood of Jesus.

There is a parallel world that we, who are on the earth are not fully aware of.  It is the spirit world.  It is the realm where the Kingdom of God is.  John 4:24 says “God is a Spirit and those who seek to worship Him, must worship Him in spirit and in truth.”  To understand repentance, we have to understand how sin affects us in the spirit-world.

Sin came into the earth through the first humans: Adam and Eve.  This brought the sin-nature into every human being born since that time.  We are born heading for destruction.  The Bible says, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” (John 3:16) Jesus Christ came, lived a sinless life, gave His life on the Cross and rose from the grave three days later for one purpose: to reconcile all people back to the Father.  He paid the price, and redemption is there for us when we repent of our sins and ask Jesus Christ to be Lord of our lives.  Jesus defeated all the power of Satan on the Cross and through His resurrection from the grave.  If we sin, Satan starts licking his lips because he knows he can attack us using our sins as weapons against us.   Let’s look at two scenarios

Jimmy has never been to church.  His whole life he has done what he wanted when he wanted and the way he wanted.  He was in control of his life, or so he thought.  Jimmy loved to party, and he was the life of the party.  Jimmy lived like there was no tomorrow.  If Jimmy were to die at this moment, he would go to Hell because Jesus’ Blood has not washed away his sins through repentance and forgiveness.  He’s lost and can do nothing to save himself.  But there is a friend in Jimmy’s life that God wants to flow through to give him the opportunity to repent and come to Jesus.  This person’s name is Ray.  Ray knows God wants him to talk to Jimmy, but he is afraid of what Jimmy will say to him and about him to others.  So, he doesn’t say a word.  Jimmy gets behind the wheel after a night of partying and dies in a car crash.  He is now lost forever.  Jimmy did not repent.  His died in his sins.  He went to Hell and will eventually end up in the Lake of Fire with Satan and his angels.  If Ray would have obeyed God when the Spirit spoke to him, things may have been different.  God loves everyone very much and it hurt His heart to lose Jimmy because Ray was afraid.

Now let’s reverse this and Ray hears God’s voice and jumps in excitement to share the Gospel with Jimmy!  Ray calls Jimmy up and asks him to go to lunch with him.  Jimmy is hungover from the night before and lately, has been getting tired of all the partying.  He’s even wondering if there is more to life than this.  They meet and sure enough, the Holy Spirit directs Ray when to speak to Jimmy.  Jimmy feels the conviction of the Holy Spirit for his sinful life and makes the decision to follow Jesus.  He repents right there and gets cleansed with the Blood of Jesus.  Jimmy doesn’t die in that car crash because he quit drinking and partying and went on to win souls for Jesus. 

Jimmy quit living like he did previously.  He quit hanging around the bad influences.  He quit drinking and he started walking in the Christian lifestyle.  That is repentance!  A soul was saved from destruction because of one man’s obedience.

Repentance is not a one-time event.  The Apostle Paul says, “I affirm, by the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily.” (I Corinthians 15:31).  If we are diligent to establish an intimate relationship with the Father through Jesus Christ, we can overcome sin every day.  Can we say we’ll never fall short of His glory?  No.  The odds are we will mess up sometimes, but we don’t have to.  But if we do, be quick to repent. and don’t let the sun go down on a sin else it will gain a foothold and become a stumbling block.  Repentance is like taking a spiritual shower.  It is a precious gift from God.  Repentance is a powerful weapon to defeat Satan’s attacks.  Repentance is a beautiful word.

Repentance and Grace

In today’s world, repentance is a four-letter word.  They teach that grace covers sins, and it does, but they are leaving out the ingredient of repentance.  The grace of God is released into a person’s life once a repentant heart cries out to God.  The Blood of Jesus is the only thing that eradicates sin from our lives and the Blood of the Lamb won’t be applied without repentance.  It is just that plain and simple.  No amount of wishing it were otherwise will change that.

People always want their cake and eat it too.  They want their ticket to heaven, but they want to enjoy the pleasures of the world at the same time.  Sooner or later you will find out it’s just a fairy tale and believe me, you don’t want to find out when you die and are facing eternity in the Lake of Fire.  There are lots of people in Hell who can testify to the reality of believing in the “greasy grace” doctrine.

Did you know that repentance has to be granted by God?  His grace is what moves the Holy Spirit to convict you of sin.  Repentance is a gift from God, because without the conviction of the Holy Spirit, you will just go along without realizing the peril you are in.  It is for this reason that God has told His people to always pray for those who are lost and outside the kingdom!

Intercessory prayer brings the grace to grant repentance to the lost!  There is nothing more powerful OR pleasing to God than to pray for the lost.  When someone is steeped in sin and comfortable with it, they need the intercessory prayers of the people of God to grant them repentance.  What does this mean?  When repentance is granted, the Holy Spirit will begin to draw them to God.  They will begin to feel bad about their sin.  That is the conviction of the Holy Spirit.  He is the ONLY One who brings conviction of sin.  It is at this point that the person has the opportunity to choose to repent or continue on in their sin.

We all have been given a free will to choose God or our own way.  The person will either repent and turn away from their sin or reject the conviction and continue on in the sin.  As long as someone is praying for that person, God will continue to draw them; even if they reject Him time and again.  Don’t stop praying for the lost!  There is always a chance as long as they are alive.

Let’s look at this scenario: II Timothy 2:24-25 says “And a servant of the Lord must not quarrel but be gentle to all, able to teach, patient, in humility correcting those who are in opposition, if God perhaps will grant them repentance, so that they may know the truth, and that they may come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him to do his will.”

The last time we saw Jimmy, he was off and running full steam ahead for God.  Boldly proclaiming the Gospel and winning souls!  But Jimmy is a young Christian, not fully mature in the Lord and he still has areas in his life that are weak and the enemy works in those areas to cause him to sin.  One of these areas is his ex-girlfriend.  He was so in love with her, but she wants nothing to do with God.  Because their relationship was sexual, it is difficult for Jimmy to pull completely away from her.  They have a strong sexual bond or “soul-tie” that Satan uses to pull Jimmy back into sexual sin.  Jimmy ran into her one evening and ended up going home with her.  Afterward, the conviction of the Holy Spirit was all over Jimmy.  He felt terrible because he knew he had hurt the Lord Jesus.  Jimmy made the decision to completely break away from his ex-girlfriend and told her so.  He left and went home and repented before God sincerely.  The grace of God was issued to him and he was cleansed by the Blood of Jesus.  He felt so clean! 

The grace issued to Jimmy was able to keep him strong in this area.  The Lord broke the soul-tie between them and he no longer felt the same about her.  Jimmy was quick to repent and because he was, God immediately blessed him with grace and forgiveness—and victory in this area!  Grace and repentance go hand in hand.  Repentance unlocks the blessing of God’s grace and God’s grace empowers us to overcome sin.

The Protocol of Repentance

There is a protocol to repentance because you are bringing your sin-stained life to the Creator of the universe for cleansing.  He is the Almighty One.  There is nothing haphazard about anything God does.  Everything has a specific purpose.  The protocol of repentance is as follows:

• Acknowledge that you need forgiveness of sin – This is the most critical part of the whole process because when you can acknowledge your sin, then you will know that repentance has been granted to you. Remember, that repentance is in the HEART, not the head.  God looks on the HEART and He weighs the motives of the heart.  A person that says “I’m sorry Lord, but I just can’t forgive that person” has no true repentance in their heart.  They want to hold on to bitterness and unforgiveness.  The Bible says in II Corinthians 7:10 “For godly sorrow produces repentance leading to salvation, not to be regretted; but the sorrow of the world produces death.”  God has to give it to you!  Part of His GRACE is the issuance of repentance.  It is the conviction of the Holy Spirit that brings us to the place where we can actually acknowledge that we have sinned or are a lost sinner.
• Confess your sins to God through prayers of repentance – The next step is to tell God all about the sin. You can tell Him because He knows about it anyway!  Just lay it all out there honestly and directly.  GRACE comes in with the boldness to speak to God directly and honestly.  The Hebrews 4:16 says that “we can come boldly to His throne of GRACE to find help in times of trouble.”  There is always a pile of trouble where sin is!  Run to Him when you mess up.  Take that spiritual shower and He will restore you so completely your sin won’t even exist.  It is blotted out and erased by the Blood of Jesus.  Isn’t that good news?  Isn’t God so good?
• Receive by faith His forgiveness through the Blood of Jesus – The next step is to receive His forgiveness. Believe and expect His forgiveness to wash away your sin completely.  Suppose you are a guest in someone’s house and they bring you to a beautiful bathroom to use while you are there.  It’s full of all the amenities that make a great bathroom a great bathroom.  But if you just stand and admire it but don’t use it, it is not doing you any good.  It’s the same thing with God’s grace and forgiveness—you have to step into the shower to get clean.
• Stop doing the sinful activities and start following Jesus and His ways with all your heart. – This is the final step in the protocol of repentance. However, this step cannot be accomplished unless the repentance is TRUE and SINCERE.  When Jesus touches your life, you are never the same.  When His forgiveness and His Blood cover you, your life WILL bear the fruit of it.  Like Jimmy, when he repented, he gave up his girlfriend for Jesus.  Following Jesus will require sacrifices to be made by each of us.  If you are truly in love with Jesus, there is nothing and I mean NOTHING that can compare to His presence in your life!

Examine your heart and life every day and if you feel the conviction of the Holy Spirit in a certain area, be quick to repent and bring it to God.   There is nothing more refreshing than a hot, steamy shower after a hard day’s work.  You just feel good!  It is the same with repentance.  The Blood of Jesus washes away the filthiness of sin and we are squeaky clean before our God and Father.  Isn’t God good?

Repentance is part of the Christian walk because we live in a fallen world where the temptation to fall short of the glory of God is a reality we must be aware of.  We can fall short with our attitudes, our faithlessness, our words and our deeds.  However, it is NOT impossible to live sinless before our God.  The closer you get to Him, the less sin’s power has over you.  You truly can be hidden in Christ in God where you can live above it.  For this reason, it is very important that we all spend quality time with God every day.  This communication time with Him will bring the conviction of sin and we can deal with it right then.

When you overcome the sin in your life through the protocol of repentance, you will discover the true meaning of living.  A life spent following the Lord is the greatest adventure that you will ever know, and repentance plays a crucial role in your life with Jesus.

The Results of Repentance

What are the results of repentance?  What happens when you truly repent?  There are two main areas that showcase the fruit of repentance.  The first area is your life on the earth and the second area is in the spirit world.  Let’s look at each of these areas a little closer.  Your life will show what is going on in your heart.  Your words and your decisions will show what is in your heart.  When true repentance is done, the fruit it bears is the fruit of RIGHTEOUSNESS.  What does this mean?  It means that if the Holy Spirit convicted you of something in your life that is not in God’s best plan for you, such as smoking, you will no longer smoke.  If He convicted you of drinking, you would stop drinking or find help in getting off alcohol or drugs.  If He convicted you of sexual sin, whether it is heterosexual or homosexual, fornication or adultery, you would no longer be doing it.

Note that the only sexual activity ordained by God in His Word is a Biblical marriage between one man and one woman.  Anything else is outside of His perfect will and outside the Kingdom.  Engaging in it will be sin or falling short of His standard in this area.  Does this mean that God hates anyone who is participating in these acts?  No!  He loves, loves, loves everyone.  However, these activities result in a split in the relationship with God and there is no way to return except through true repentance and restoration of the relationship by God.  The list could go on for a long time, but the point is that when true repentance is made in a person’s life, there will be a visible change in their life.  Be it in their words, or their deeds.

The result of repentance has a direct impact in the spirit world—namely Satan’s realm.  When we sin, Satan’s forces take note of it.  If we fail to repent quickly, Satan begins to build a legal “case” against us in the Court of Heaven.  We see this truth in Revelation 12:10 “Then I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, “Now salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of His Christ have come, for the accuser of our brethren, who accused them before our God day and night, has been cast down.”  Satan is relentless in his pursuit of our destruction.  Because Jesus defeated him so completely on the Cross, he has to use our UNREPENTANT sins against us.  Let’s look at this scenario:

Jimmy has been serving the Lord for some time now and has grown a lot.  He has overcome a lot of besetting sins.  Jimmy got so busy doing things for the Lord that he forgot about his personal relationship with Him.  His prayer life slacked off, his Word studies faded and soon he began to watch TV shows that he knew were anti-Christ.  Occult horror movies were what he used to watch when he was in the world.  His life grew cold towards God through this compromise.  Unknown to Jimmy, Satan had built a case against him and took it to the Court of Heaven.  He demanded to sift Jimmy like wheat.  He almost got Peter, why try for not Jimmy too?  Jimmy opened the door for him through sin.  The sin of prayerlessness, disobedience to God’s known and perfect will for his life.  Jimmy was oblivious because his conscience was seared from the sin.  But Ray, Jimmy’s long-time friend got a burden to pray for him from the Holy Spirit.  So, every night Ray lifted Jimmy to the Lord for repentance to be granted.  For his spiritual eyes to be opened.  The Lord heard Ray’s prayers and granted grace towards Jimmy.  In other words, Satan was not allowed to sift him.  He was granted a space of time to repent.  The Holy Spirit began working in Jimmy’s heart and gave Ray another opportunity to talk to him.  Through the gift of repentance, Jimmy came to his senses and returned wholeheartedly to the Lord.

The beauty of repentance is that it completely takes the wind out of Satan’s sails against you!  When we repent, and the Blood of Jesus is applied to the sin, it is completely dissolved and evaporated like a puff of smoke.  Then the Father has the pleasure of telling Satan the case is dismissed.

Repentance is a gift and a weapon at the same time.  To overcome Satan’s legal maneuvers in the Court of Heaven, it takes quick repentance to eliminate the legal ground he has built against us.  Remember this: in the spirit world, it is all about LEGALITIES.  God has set forth eternal laws that the entire universe is bound by and that includes human beings.  Satan knows this very well.  Repentance is the knockout punch to stop his evil plans against us!

The Mercy of God and Your Created Value

What is our created value?  It is the value that God the Father placed on each one of us.  How many of us know that God has a really big heart?  Did you know that you have ALWAYS been in His heart?  He loved you from the foundation of the world because you were in His heart.  Your life and purpose were in His heart.  There is not a single person like you.  Even if you are an identical twin, you are still unique—one of a kind.  God doesn’t have any molds when He created us.  We are a work of art He delights in.  We are all an original masterpiece!

The Mercy of God

The mercy of God is incredible.  He is so longsuffering!  His mercy is rooted in His great love for every person ever born into the earth.  He loves to show mercy and loving-kindness.  The Psalms are full of scriptures on His great mercy.

• Psalm 86:5 ~ “Lord, You are so good to me, so kind in every way and ready to forgive, for Your grace fountain keeps overflowing, drenching all Your lovers who pray to You.” (The Passion Translation)
• Psalm 13:5-6 ~ But I have trusted in thy mercy; my heart shall rejoice in thy salvation. (KJV)
• Psalm 25:6-7 ~ “Forgive my failures as a young man and overlook the sins of my immaturity. Give me grace, Lord!  Always look at me through Your eyes of love—Your forgiving eyes of mercy and compassion.  When You think of me, see me as one You love and care for.  How good You are to me!” (The Passion Translation)

Our Created Value

We are EVERYTHING to the Father.  Our value to Him is worth the death of His Son.  He knew when He made the move to create Adam, that he would fall and give dominion of the earth to Satan.  Yet God had ALREADY made arrangements to redeem us.  Revelation 13:8 says “All inhabitants of the earth will worship the beast — all whose names have not been written in the book of life belonging to the Lamb that was slain from the creation of the world.”

When Lucifer saw the dominion and authority that Adam had, he became envious and iniquity was found in him.  God then drove him from Eden.  At this moment, he fell as the covering cherub and lost his identity.  He is now called the Adversary or the Accuser, which means Satan.  Remember, Lucifer wanted to be like the Most High.  Isaiah 14:14 says “I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.”  He used the serpent to deceive Eve.  Adam listened to his wife and transgressed because he was responsible for guarding the Garden.

Satan now had the unconditional authority over the earth that God gave to Adam.  Satan then led one-third of the heavenly host of angels into a rebellion against God.  He wanted to be like the Most High, which of course he lost and was cast out into the second heavens and the earth.  God prepared Hell and the Lake of Fire for these rebellious spirits at the appointed time of judgment.

Revelation 20:10 says “And the devil, who deceived them, was thrown into the lake of burning sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet had been thrown. They will be tormented day and night forever and ever.”

Ezekiel 28:13 says “You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone adorned you: carnelian, chrysolite, and emerald, topaz, onyx and jasper, lapis lazuli, turquoise and beryl. Your settings and mountings were made of gold; on the day you were created they were prepared.”

When Adam gave his authority and dominion over the earth to Satan, all mankind was headed for the same fate as Satan because ALL rebellion will enter the Lake of Fire at the last judgment.  Satan was gleeful that he had tricked mankind into going to destruction along with him.  But God wasn’t about to let this be the end of His children.  Jesus was slain from the foundation the world for us.  That is our created value to God.

Genesis 3:15 says “And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your offspring and her Offspring.  He will bruise and tread your head underfoot and you will lie in wait and bruise His heel.” (AMP)

We must all get the revelation of just how much God loves us.  We cannot wrap our minds around the love of God because HE IS LOVE.  Think about this: when we fall in love with a person and we KNOW they love us.  We feel so warm inside and secure.  We are happy to know that this person loves us more than anyone else.  Right?  Now multiply that feeling by a million and you can get an inkling of the depth of God’s love for YOU.  There is NOTHING that can compare to the love of God.

We are never alone when we have God.  We cannot ever say “nobody loves me.”  That is a lie because God loves you and Jesus already paid the price for every sin you’ll ever commit!  Understanding and embracing our created value will firmly establish your faith and empower you to take dominion over your realm of influence.  Romans 5:8 says “But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”

Psalm 136:26 says “Give thanks to the God of heaven, for his steadfast love endures forever.”

John 3:16 says “For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him, shall not perish, but have everlasting life.”   Understanding both your authority and your created value are key to successfully rule your realm of influence.  If you aren’t sure about it, begin to study it out and seek God about it for yourself.

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Repentance unlocks God’s door of forgiveness for sinners. Everyone needs repentance to obtain God’s mercy, as the scripture stated, “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23 NIV). We must come humbly before God to ask for mercy, forgiveness, and salvation of the Lord Jesus Christ.

The Bible reference

“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”

(1 John 1:9 KJV)

Pray the Prayer of Allegiance

REPENTANCE PRAYER – No. 1

Dear Jesus Christ, I understand that it is very important that I declare my faith in you; I must believe that you died for my sins and resurrected to give me life. Therefore, I affirmatively declare that I believe you died and resurrected for my sins; I confess you as my personal Lord and Savior. From now on, I will serve you with a clean and clear mind, and I will also share your resurrection story with other people so that they can believe and be saved also. Please give me the grace to remain faithful to you throughout the days of my life. For in the name of Jesus Christ I pray.

Amen.

REPENTANCE PRAYER – No. 2

Dear heavenly Father, I trust you as the only living God who will live eternally. I understand that I cannot be in harmony with you until I have confessed my faith in your Son Jesus Christ. Therefore, I confess my faith in him today. I believe that Jesus is your true and only Son sent to save the world. I confess my sins and repent from them. I declare Jesus Christ as the Lord of my life, and I promise to devote my total life to him from today. Since I have confessed my faith in Jesus, I strongly believe that I am now your child – and I am heavenly bound! Praise be to your holy name for making me heavenly worthy. Praise be to you today, and praises be to your forever!

Amen.

REPENTANCE PRAYER – No. 3

Savior, I have decided to faithfully serve you. I repent of my sins, and I am completely turning my back against sinful habits. Henceforth, I will make you happy by living acceptable life before you. Please give me the grace to keep my promises, and let me receive your benefits. For in the name of Jesus Christ I pray.

Amen.

REPENTANCE PRAYER – No. 4

Dear Jesus Christ, I am aware that you will appear any moment from now to rapture the saints to heaven, and I want to be raptured also. Therefore, I repent of my sins and I confess you Jesus Christ at my Lord and Savior. I will faithfully serve you from now on; please write my name in the book of life and let me remain rapture-able to heaven. For in the name of Jesus Christ I pray.

Amen.

REPENTANCE PRAYER – No. 5

Dear God, I understand that Christianity is a religion that was founded based on the fact that Jesus Christ is the only savior that leads people to your kingdom. I understand that all I need to become saved is to confess Jesus Christ as Lord and accept him as my personal Savior; therefore, I confess him (Jesus Christ) as the Son of God, and I accept him as my personal savior. I also confess my sins and repent from them. From now on, I will obey your commandments, and I will faithfully serve you throughout the days of my life. Please give me the grace to keep my commitment until I see you in heaven to enjoy your everlasting peace. For in the name of Jesus Christ I pray.

Amen.

REPENTANCE PRAYER – No. 6

Savior, I do not want to lose your treasured gift of eternal life; therefore, I am sorry for all my sins, and I repent of them all. I will make things right from today on. Please equip me with your Holy Spirit to always meet your expectations, and keep me fit for your kingdom. For in the name of Jesus Christ I pray.

Amen.

REPENTANCE PRAYER – No. 7

Father, I know that you love sinners but you hate their sins; therefore, I am determined to forsake my sins and come to you. I am sorry for all my past mistakes, and I repent of them. From now on, I will serve you with all my heart and all my strength. I will do my best to obey your instructions and please you. Please write my name in the book of life, and count me worthy to partake in your kingdom. For in the name of Jesus Christ I pray.

Amen.

REPENTANCE PRAYER – No. 8

Almighty God, I am sorry if I have failed to honor my promises to you. I repent today, and I am determined to mend my broken relationship with you. I redeem all my pledges, and I will make you happy with my offerings. In fact, I will bring a special thanksgiving offering to you, and I will share the testimony of your goodness in my life to all people. Please grant me the grace to fulfill all my promises, and let me remain your favorite child. For in the name of Jesus Christ I pray.

Amen.

REPENTANCE PRAYER – No. 9

I have learned that it is dangerous to engage in any action that can provoke your anger. Therefore, I am determined to operate within the scope of your mercy. I am sorry for all my past wrong deeds, and I ask you to please forgive me. From now on, I will serve you with the integrity of my heart. I believe in your Son Jesus Christ, and I accept him as my personal Lord and Savior. Please write my name in the book of life, and let it be well with me throughout the days of my life. For in the name of Jesus Christ I pray.

Amen.

REPENTANCE PRAYER – No. 10

I confess that you are the living Son of God who has died for my sins. You died on the cross and resurrected from the grave to give me eternal life. I believe you, and I accept you as my personal Lord and Savior. As from today, I declare myself a “Born-Again Christian.” I will follow and serve you for the rest of my life.

Amen.

REPENTANCE PRAYER – No. 11

Dear God, I praise you for saving me through your beloved Son Jesus Christ. I understand that you have not saved me as a result of my personal works, but you have saved me through grace. Therefore, my life will remain dedicated to the praise of your name! I will praise you always for saving me through grace. Please, I ask for more grace to remain faithful to you. Do not let me abuse my salvation with sin, but help me to live a sanctified life that will remain fit for your kingdom. Empower me through your Holy Spirit to keep focus and remain serving you until the end of my life, so that I can meet you in heaven. For in the name of Jesus Christ I pray.

Amen.

REPENTANCE PRAYER – No. 12

Dear Jesus Christ, I believe that you are God in human form. Since I have known you as the Son of God, I would also be confident to call you God. Meanwhile, I understand that the requirement set for people to go to heaven is that they must believe that you are the Son of God, and they must confess you as Lord (John 3:16; Romans 10:9). Therefore, I have chosen to meet all requirements. I confess you Jesus Christ as the Son of God (God in human flesh) and accept you as my personal Lord and Savior.

Amen.

REPENTANCE PRAYER – No. 13

Dear Jesus Christ, I do not want to go to hell fire, but I want to go to heaven. Therefore, I confess that you are the Son of God who has died for the sin of the whole world. I accept you Jesus Christ as my personal Lord and Savior; I repent of my sins, and I will faithfully serve you from now on, and throughout the days of my life. So help me God!

Amen.

REPENTANCE PRAYER – No. 14

Dear Jesus Christ, I believe that you are the bread of life that comes from God, and I confess you as my personal Lord and Savior. Henceforth, I will serve you with all my might, and I will follow you unto the end. For in the name of Jesus Christ I pray.

Amen.

REPENTANCE PRAYER – No. 15

I am sorry for all my sins, and I repent of them all. I give you my life today, and I confess my faith in your Son Jesus Christ that he is Lord. I believe that Jesus died and resurrected to give me eternal life; I confess my faith in him, and I accept him as my personal Lord and Savior. I promise to faithfully serve Jesus Christ throughout the days of my life.

Amen.

REPENTANCE PRAYER – No. 16

Dear Jesus Christ, I believe that you are the Messiah the Savior of the world. You are the Son of God sent to save the world. I believe you with all my heart and I commit everything I have to you today. I give you my complete life, and I accept you as my personal Lord and Savior. I believe that I am now a born again Christian, and heaven is my final destination! Please uphold me to faithfully serve you unto the end. For in the name of Jesus Christ I pray.

Amen.

REPENTANCE PRAYER – No. 17

Savior, I understand that I cannot lose any good thing for being your child, but I can only gain. Therefore, I am determined to be your child today! I confess your Son Jesus Christ as my Lord, and I accept him as my personal Savior. I confess my sins and I forsake them. Please release your unconquerable Spirit upon me. Let him empower me to be an overcomer! Let him energize me to start living a triumphant life from today. Let your Holy Spirit empower me to triumph throughout the days of my life. For in the name of Jesus Christ I pray.

Amen.

REPENTANCE PRAYER – No. 18

Dear God, I want to go to heaven therefore; I am determined to become a born-again Christian. I confess your Son Jesus Christ as my personal Lord and Savior. I believe he died for my sins and resurrected. I also believe that I can only receive forgiveness of sins through him. Therefore, I confess my sins and repent from them. I declare my total life for Jesus Christ as from today. I will serve him today, and throughout the days of my life.

Amen.

REPENTANCE PRAYER – No. 19

Dear Jesus Christ, I believe in your death and resurrection. I also believe in the Holy Communion that you started to register believers’ covenant and commitment to your death and resurrection. Therefore, please help me to remain fit to participate in the Holy Communion; let it result in a renewal of my commitment to serving you throughout the days of my life. Let me remain rapturable so that I can partake in your Holy Communion in heaven also. For I have faithfully asked God to meet all these expectations in your name – Jesus Christ.

Amen.

REPENTANCE PRAYER – No. 20

Dear Jesus Christ, I believe that you are the Son of God who died for sinners. You died on the cross for my sins and resurrected on the third day to give me the gift of eternal life. Therefore, I believe that you are the savior. I confess you as my Lord, and I accept you as my personal Savior. I confess my sins and I forsake them. I ask for your grace to remain faithful to you, and I will serve you throughout the days of my life. Please write my name in the book of life. For in the name of Jesus Christ I pray.

Amen.

REPENTANCE PRAYER – No. 21

Father, I understand that sin can create a barrier between you and me; therefore, I am determined to run from sin. I ask for your grace to live holy and acceptable life before you so that I can qualify for your blessings. Please bless me on earth, and also count me worthy to receive your heavenly blessings. Please let your grace be sufficient for me so that I can live a satisfying life before you always. For in the name of Jesus Christ I pray.

Amen.

REPENTANCE PRAYER – No. 22

Dear God, please forgive me of any wicked act that I have involved myself. I am sorry for every evil act that I have committed. I repent from all my wickedness today, and I will never return to them again! I am now determined to do things rightly. I will exercise adequate and impartial judgments; I will not exploit anyone for my selfish gain; I will treat people under my watch fairly and equally. I will be contented with whatever I have, and I will not be envious of others. Help me to be honest in dealing with you and other people, so that it can be well with me throughout the days of my life. For in the name of Jesus Christ I pray.

Amen.

REPENTANCE PRAYER – No. 23

Ancient of Days, I ask you to please forgive all my sins. Please enable me with grace to serve you with godly fear. Help me to maintain a consistent relationship with you, and help me to serve you with purity. Empower me through your Spirit to make conscious efforts to satisfy you at all time, so that it can be well with me throughout the days of my life. For in the name of Jesus Christ I pray.

Amen.

REPENTANCE PRAYER – No. 24

My loving God, I admit that I am a sinner! I am sorry for everything that I have done wrong. Today, I repent of those sins, and I ask for your forgiveness. Please fill me with your Holy Spirit to always obey your instructions. Empower me to do things that are acceptable in your sight. Let the relationship that exists between us remain strong, and let me remain your true child. Keep me worthy to receive your blessings in this life and in heaven also. Please let me remain reputable always. For in the name of Jesus Christ I pray.

Amen.

REPENTANCE PRAYER – No. 25

I yield my complete life to Jesus Christ today, and I accept him as my personal Lord and Savior! Since Jesus is the only way that leads to heaven, I will remain steadfast with him. No more sin and no more relationship with the devil. Henceforth, my life belongs to God and I will serve him forever!

Amen.

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