O Lord,
The guilt I carry feels like a weight on my chest.
I replay my failures the words I should have spoken but didn’t,
the moments I stayed silent when I should have acted,
the times I deceived, wounded, or withheld.
Even when no one else remembers,
my heart burns with shame.
I confess, Father, that guilt rules me too easily.
Sometimes I bury it in silence,
pretending it isn’t there.
Other times I drown in it,
believing I am beyond repair.
But Your Word reminds me
guilt is not meant to rot inside me;
it is meant to be confessed and covered.
You are merciful, Lord.
You do not crush me under the weight of my trespasses.
You provide a sacrifice.
Blood spilled, forgiveness granted.
You even call me to make things right with others,
to restore what was lost, to heal what was broken.
This is mercy not only pardon, but reconciliation.
So here I come, Lord.
I bring my guilt, my hidden sins, my open wounds.
I confess what I have done and what I have left undone.
Cover me in the blood of the greater sacrifice Christ Jesus.
Teach me to walk in honesty,
to seek forgiveness,
to make amends where I have caused pain.
And let my life no longer be chained by guilt,
but freed by grace.
Amen.