Daily Prayer: Year 1, Day 44

From A Simple Book of Prayers

Accepting Others
(Confession)

I am grateful to You, O God, for the blessing of Your forgiveness. I thank You that in Christ You set me free from the guilt of the past and give me hope for the future.

From within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, sexual immorality, thefts, murders, adulteries, greed, wickedness, deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance, and folly. All these evil things come from within and defile a man. (Mark 7:21–23)

Take a moment to ask the Spirit to search your heart and reveal any areas of unconfessed sin. Acknowledge these to the Lord, and thank Him for His forgiveness.

I will rejoice with those who rejoice and weep with those who weep. (Romans 12:15)

I will accept others, just as Christ accepted me to the glory of God. (Romans 15:7)

Lord, I praise You for Your glory and strength and for Christ’s service to those who did not realize who He was. I thank You that You reward those who are persecuted for Your sake, and I ask that I would show compassion and acceptance to others.