So I beg you to reaffirm your love for him.
2 Corinthians 2:8
Father God, there are quite a few people who have hurt me in my past. And I know that there will be those who will hurt me in the not so distant future. They will say things, carry out acts, betray my trust – the list goes on – violating in my eyes the relationship I have with them. I pray today that as I am confronted with this reality that You would continue to remind me to forgive them and reaffirm my love for them despite how I feel. I pray that You would give me Christ-sized compassion for them, pouring out my life into them, crying within my innermost being, “Father forgive them for they don’t know what they are doing.” I pray that You would help me to love them truly unconditionally, even though they may not be showing me love in the moment and beyond. It is my prayer to demonstrate the selfsame grace and mercy towards them that my Savior demonstrates daily towards me. There was no sin too great, not behavior too foul, nor action too unspeakable that He did not and does not wash away in the sea of forgetfulness for me. Help me to be that person today to Your glory in Jesus’ Name.