Today’s devotional is a “Prayer for Repentance,” or basically asking for forgiveness. We need forgiveness during the Lenten season because Jesus is here to take away all of our sins at the cross. He just needs us to give them to him. God will have mercy on you, for he is kind and forgiving. He will wash away iniquity and sin. Iniquity is immoral or grossly unfair behavior. For example, when a child isn’t kind to another, or when an adult gets cheated out of their full salary by someone else. These are all iniquities. Psalm 51 goes on later to say, ”Purge me with hyssop and I shall be clean; wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.” Hyssop is a wild bush of uncertain identity whose twigs were used for sprinkling in ancient Jewish rites of purification. It makes sense that they would use hyssop, because it was used for purification. Once that is done, we will be as white as snow. So, today, pray for forgiveness, and God will cleanse you.
PRAYER:
Dear God, during this season of Lent we give all of our sins to God. Please cleanse me, take my sins, and leave me as white as snow. Amen.
Written by Emma Buckner
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