for Forgiveness

Heavenly Father,

 You have made it clear in the Scriptures that You require me to forgive others if I am to be forgiven by You. You desire the healing and freedom for me that forgiveness brings. So today, I choose to forgive everyone who has hurt me and unknowingly set me up to enter into sin.

(List specific people God brings to mind.)

I choose to release them, each one. I let go of all judgments I’ve made against them, and I let go of all desired punishments toward them I have harbored in my heart. Forgive me for all of this, even as I now forgive them.

I release all of them over to You, and I receive Your forgiveness.  I now choose to forgive myself  because You have forgiven me.

 Holy Spirit,  Thank You for working in my heart and giving me the grace I need to forgive, enabling  me to be free. Please heal me from all the effects of these sins.

Thank You! 

In Jesus’ Name, Amen.