Lord God, merciful Father,
I acknowledge, own and confess before You,
That I am a miserable sinner in the greatest of poverty.
I was conceived in sin and was born in unrighteousness.
I have violated the commandments of Your true, just, and holy
Law.
I have done what You have forbidden,
and I have left undone what You have commanded.
I have grievously offended Your most Holy Spirit,
Not just by my outward and actual sins,
but also by my inward sins of heart and mind.
I have sinned not only in ignorance and infirmity,
but I have sinned knowingly and presumptuously against the
light of Your Word.
I have sinned against the checks of my own conscience,
and the faithful strivings of Your Holy Spirit.
In all this, I have no cover, no cloak, no shield against my
sins, my own most grievous sins.
Yet in love, You bid me to come to you,
to walk in the light as Your Son is in the light,
so that I may be cleansed of all my unrighteousness.
I come Lord, before Your throne of grace,
Clinging to Your promise of mercy and grace for me in my
time of need.
I plead the all-sufficient sacrifice of Your Son, Jesus
Christ, offered for me on the Cross.
I seek the blessings of His unceasing intercession for me at
Your right hand.
And I humble ask You that for His sake, You grant me the
full and free forgiveness of all my sin and sinfulness. Amen.
- pmwl
