This is the way that Jesus recommended that we pray: Matthew 6:9-14
Our Father in heaven, help us to honor Your name.
Come and set up Your kingdom, so that everyone on earth will obey You, as You are obeyed in heaven.
Give us our food for today.
Forgive us for doing wrong, (our sins)
as we forgive others.
Keep us from being tempted and protect us from evil.
If you forgive others for their wrong doings they do to you, Your Father in heaven will forgive you.
But if you don’t forgive others, Your Father will not forgive your sins.
This is a very important prerequisite for the gift of forgiveness of our sins isn’t it?
If we obey this command and we receive that amazing gift of forgiveness, God really forgives our sins. Scripture says when He forgives our sins, that they are removed as far as east is from the west. He has no remembrance of what we did. Isaiah 43:25 “But I wipe away your sins because of Who I am. And so I will forget the wrongs that you have done.”
Hebrews 13:12 “Jesus Himself suffered outside the city gate so that His blood make people holy.”
Hebrews 10:17″ Then I will forget about their sins and no longer remember their evil deeds.”
Psalms 103:12 ” How far has the Lord taken our sins from us? Farther than the distance from east to west.
Here are other scriptures to look up:
Jeremiah 31: 34, Acts 3;19,1 John 1:7-9, Micah 7:19, John 3:16, 1John 1:9, Romans 11:29, Jeremiah 31:31-34
There are others. Jesus promises to forgive our sins, which is a major burden He bore on the cross, scripture demonstrates clearly that He does; then why are so many people wallowing in pain because of those same sins? I have seen myself that it’s as if those sins never happened to God, once we repent and surrender all things that obstruct God’s will in our lives. He forgives us completely. Our slate is wiped clean. People in the world have a hard time forgetting what you did, you clearly have to forgive all of that. The people who condemn you, gossip about you, who may even devise evil plans against you, sometimes we have to learn to forgive daily different events that are consequences of our sins. These may make it difficult to forgive yourself, which is also a very important part of our surrender to God. Receive the gift of forgiveness freely, God does not even remember what you did once you totally repent of your sin and forgive anyone else who may have hurt you regarding that sin.
If you have never received Jesus as Lord and savior of your life, asked Him to cleanse you of all sin, and have faith that he died for those sins, rose again so that you have a new lease on life. If you believe what He did for you is true, then you will have eternal life, just like Jesus.
It will be the most important thing you have ever done.
Forgive yourself!