Return to God

 

I have swept away your offenses like a cloud,

        your sins like the morning mist.

    Return to me,

        for I have redeemed you.

 

  —Isaiah 44:22 (NIV)

 

 

O LORD, My God and My Redeemer, 

 

Let me forever live in the truth of the work of redemption You performed in me, when You removed all my offenses and sins, so that I could return to You!

 

You have swept away my offenses like a cloud that the wind carries away—so that Your light can shine on me, in me, and through me.

 

My sins are gone—like the morning mist that evaporates in the warmth of the rising sun. You have done this for me—out of Your immeasurable love for me—to make a way for me to return to You!

 

So when I sin, make my heart eager to repent and return to You, my feet ready to run to You—for my salvation is found in You alone!

 

Let me forever live in the truth of the work of redemption You performed in me, when You removed all my offenses and sins, so that I could return to You!

 

In the name of Jesus, Amen.