People who conceal their sins will not prosper,
but if they confess and turn from them, they will receive mercy.—Proverbs 28:13 (NLT)
Merciful and Compassionate LORD,
Keep me from the foolishness of concealing my sins, and help me to confess them, and turn from them, so that I will receive mercy.
I don’t want to be a person that refuses to even acknowledge my sins. So, help me to examine my sins carefully for the evil that they contain—and the power that they have to destroy me—so that I might learn from my sins and not repeat them.
Help me willingly and openly confess my sins—that in doing so I might honor Your greatness, for You already know all things; tremble before Your justice, knowing that I deserve punishment; and fall upon Your mercy and grace, in order to be delivered through Your promise of forgiveness.
Help me to truly repent of my sins—to turn away from them and run the other direction—straight into Your merciful and compassionate arms of love—and in doing so, bring glory to You for the gift of unmerited favor that You have poured out on me.
Keep me from the foolishness of concealing my sins, and help me to confess them, and turn from them, so that I will receive mercy.
In the name of Jesus, Amen.
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