Create in Me a Clean Heart: Prayer for Renewal and Forgiveness

Merciful Father, Architect of new beginnings, I come with empty hands and a cluttered heart. I lay down fractured plans, scattered priorities, and every secret fault. Wash me in the river of Your pardon until regret becomes remembrance of grace. Speak order into my chaos as You once spoke light into the void. Restore in me a disciplined spirit that wakes with purpose, walks in integrity, and rests in gratitude. Where I have wounded others, guide my steps toward humble amends; where I have wounded myself, teach me to accept the healing I resist. Breathe courage to release the past, wisdom to shape the present, and vision to steward the future. Today, I choose forgiveness—of others, of myself, and of yesterday’s broken dreams—so Your redeeming love can write a brighter story through me. May every moment ahead echo with the anthem: “Behold, all things are made new.” Amen.