Hi Forum, here is my prayer to God:
Dear God,
I love you so much. Thank you for being my creator, my father and guider. Lord I am so sorry for the sinful ways I have done. Please forgive me. I know I have not done right today and even though I felt like it was the wrong thing to do , I was worried that if I didn't do it, something worse would happen to me. I feel so guilty , it may appear to be a small thing to some people, or no sin at all even, but in my heart I know it was wrong and that it upset you. I am sorry for upsetting you. From this day forward all I want to do is be your daughter, do good for you. I want to follow your will, please I want to live my life out of love and kindness.
Sometimes I feel like I'm not a 'very-good' Chrisitan 'cause I don't know my Bible inside out, in fact I rarely even pick it up off the shelf, don't regularly attend Church etc. But God I know that sometimes I over complicate Christianity, overcomplicate what it means to be your girl. I know that all you want is for me to Love you, Love my Neighbour and to do good for you and for them. It doesn't have to be a complicated list of dos and don'ts, I don't need to relentlessly recite the Bible by heart, going to church does not make me a better christian, not going doesn't make me bad, but I need to learn to constantly rely on you. To lean into you, you're my safety net. You protect me. You love me. Some days I go through the day forgetting you exist, please God I want to go through each second of the day knowing you're there with me, and want this knowledge to reflect my behaviours. I want to live a God rich life.
I pray that when people see me they know there's something different about me, that they see my freedom in you. Lord , please bless me and guide me to have a closer and stronger relationship with you. Over the past few years I've not felt as close to you as I was when I was a child. I pray that I start to spend more time with you.
Thank you for all my Christian friends that guide me and support me. You have truly blessed me. May I do something for you.
I pray that my past mistakes will not adversely affect my future, that you will protect me from going through the same trauma I had to experinence a few years back (you know what I'm talking about)
I also pray that you help me in an upcoming difficult conversation I need to have with someone. I need to confess something of my past to them and it isn't going to be easy for me to say, I feel like they will be surprised and I'm not sure how they will take it . I'm really worried they will judge me for it. It happened a long time ago and I had nearly forgotten about it, but it came into my head the other day and I suddenly knew it was right to tell this person of this, I need to so that we can grow and move on... please God can you help me find the right words, please can you be there with me when I do this and can you help the person understand why it never even occured to me to tell them this before, it's not that I was delibretly hiding it from them, it just had never seemed important, I'd much forgotten it as it was a painful experience, one I wished to forget, but I feel that they must now know , I pray they understand Lord why I couldn't say before, why I must say now and that it won't affect our relationship. Lord please make it stronger. I love you so much and I want to put my faith and trust in you.
Please restore my faith in you to the max!!
Please protect me. I fear harm may come to me, please can you help put a peace in my heart so I can carry out my life without fear. Please don't let that bad thing happen to me again. It would devestate my heart and I'm not sure how I could cope, I feel selfish to ask but it worries me so much.
Please also, I am going to Church tomorrow (gosh I just realised the time, (02:48am!) please wake me up on time and motivate me to get out and walk to church. Please help me relax and, that you will speak directly to me.
Lord thank you that I've finally started picking up my Bible when I pray to you... (though not in this prayer!!!)
Lord - finally - THANK YOU for making me suddenly think to search for 'prayer' on google and find this website! This is amazing! I always feel like I burden my friends with prayer requests, God, you are amazing.
Thank You God, Amen