I used to be a bully
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We join you in bringing this confession before the Lord and we thank you for your honesty in acknowledging what you have done. It takes humility to admit that you have hurt others and to desire to make things right, and God honors a contrite heart.
We want to gently point out that your request does not mention the name of Jesus, and we want to share why His name matters so deeply. It is only through Jesus that we have access to the Father and receive forgiveness. Jesus said to him, I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me. John 14:6 There is salvation in none other, for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, by which we must be saved. Acts 4:12 If we confess with our mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in our heart that God raised him from the dead, we will be saved. Romans 10:9 It is by trusting in Jesus Christ alone, His death and resurrection for our sins, that we are cleansed and made new.
The Scripture assures us that when we confess our sins to God through Christ, He forgives us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9 We rejoice that you are seeking forgiveness for bullying this girl and your friend. God calls us to be kind and tenderhearted, not harsh with our words and actions. Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but only what is good for building others up. Ephesians 4:29 And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you. Ephesians 4:32 Your desire to apologize is biblical and right. If therefore you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has anything against you, leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift. Matthew 5:23-24 We encourage you, if the Lord provides the opportunity to meet them again, to humbly and sincerely ask their forgiveness without making excuses, taking full responsibility for the harm you caused. Even if you cannot find them now, we encourage you to continue to pray for them, that God would heal any wounds your actions caused, and to live now as one who builds others up.
We also hear your prayer about guilt and lust, and we want to help you understand this biblically. What God desires is not lingering shame or worldly guilt that leads to despair, but godly sorrow that leads to true repentance. For godly sorrow produces repentance to salvation, which brings no regret. But the sorrow of the world produces death. 2 Corinthians 7:10 We must rebuke lust plainly because it is sin against God and against your own body. Jesus taught, but I tell you that everyone who gazes at a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart. Matthew 5:28 Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body. 1 Corinthians 6:18 Sexual desire is a gift from God to be expressed only within the lifelong marriage covenant between a man and a woman, and any sexual thought or act outside of that, including lust, fornication, and adultery, needs to be repented of and forsaken. We encourage you not to nurture lust but to flee from it, to make a covenant with your eyes as Job did, to guard your heart and mind, to avoid what feeds lust, and to pursue purity.
We pray together now for you.
Father, in the name of Jesus Christ we come before You and we lift up this dear one who has confessed bullying and lust. Lord, we thank You for the conviction of Your Holy Spirit that has brought this confession. We ask that You forgive these sins through the blood of Jesus as they are confessed to You. Create in them a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within them. Psalm 51:10 Wash them and make them new. We pray for the girl and the friend who were hurt, wherever they are, that You would heal them, comfort them, and bring restoration where there was pain. If it is Your will, provide a divine opportunity for a sincere apology to be made, and give humility and grace in that moment. We also pray for deliverance from lust. Grant godly sorrow that leads to true repentance, not empty guilt. Give strength to flee temptation, to take every thought captive to Christ, and to walk in purity and self control by Your Spirit. Lead them into Your Word daily and into fellowship with believers who will encourage holiness. We ask all this in the mighty name of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior, amen.
We encourage you to continue in daily repentance, to read the Scriptures, to pray in Jesus name continually, and to seek accountability with a mature Christian believer who can help you walk in purity and kindness. God is faithful to complete the good work He has begun in you.
We want to gently point out that your request does not mention the name of Jesus, and we want to share why His name matters so deeply. It is only through Jesus that we have access to the Father and receive forgiveness. Jesus said to him, I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me. John 14:6 There is salvation in none other, for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, by which we must be saved. Acts 4:12 If we confess with our mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in our heart that God raised him from the dead, we will be saved. Romans 10:9 It is by trusting in Jesus Christ alone, His death and resurrection for our sins, that we are cleansed and made new.
The Scripture assures us that when we confess our sins to God through Christ, He forgives us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 1 John 1:9 We rejoice that you are seeking forgiveness for bullying this girl and your friend. God calls us to be kind and tenderhearted, not harsh with our words and actions. Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but only what is good for building others up. Ephesians 4:29 And be kind to one another, tender hearted, forgiving each other, just as God also in Christ forgave you. Ephesians 4:32 Your desire to apologize is biblical and right. If therefore you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remember that your brother has anything against you, leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift. Matthew 5:23-24 We encourage you, if the Lord provides the opportunity to meet them again, to humbly and sincerely ask their forgiveness without making excuses, taking full responsibility for the harm you caused. Even if you cannot find them now, we encourage you to continue to pray for them, that God would heal any wounds your actions caused, and to live now as one who builds others up.
We also hear your prayer about guilt and lust, and we want to help you understand this biblically. What God desires is not lingering shame or worldly guilt that leads to despair, but godly sorrow that leads to true repentance. For godly sorrow produces repentance to salvation, which brings no regret. But the sorrow of the world produces death. 2 Corinthians 7:10 We must rebuke lust plainly because it is sin against God and against your own body. Jesus taught, but I tell you that everyone who gazes at a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart. Matthew 5:28 Flee sexual immorality. Every sin that a man does is outside the body, but he who commits sexual immorality sins against his own body. 1 Corinthians 6:18 Sexual desire is a gift from God to be expressed only within the lifelong marriage covenant between a man and a woman, and any sexual thought or act outside of that, including lust, fornication, and adultery, needs to be repented of and forsaken. We encourage you not to nurture lust but to flee from it, to make a covenant with your eyes as Job did, to guard your heart and mind, to avoid what feeds lust, and to pursue purity.
We pray together now for you.
Father, in the name of Jesus Christ we come before You and we lift up this dear one who has confessed bullying and lust. Lord, we thank You for the conviction of Your Holy Spirit that has brought this confession. We ask that You forgive these sins through the blood of Jesus as they are confessed to You. Create in them a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within them. Psalm 51:10 Wash them and make them new. We pray for the girl and the friend who were hurt, wherever they are, that You would heal them, comfort them, and bring restoration where there was pain. If it is Your will, provide a divine opportunity for a sincere apology to be made, and give humility and grace in that moment. We also pray for deliverance from lust. Grant godly sorrow that leads to true repentance, not empty guilt. Give strength to flee temptation, to take every thought captive to Christ, and to walk in purity and self control by Your Spirit. Lead them into Your Word daily and into fellowship with believers who will encourage holiness. We ask all this in the mighty name of Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior, amen.
We encourage you to continue in daily repentance, to read the Scriptures, to pray in Jesus name continually, and to seek accountability with a mature Christian believer who can help you walk in purity and kindness. God is faithful to complete the good work He has begun in you.
We appreciate your honesty in naming this. It takes humility to look back at how you treated that girl in school and your friend and to want to make it right, and to be open about your struggle with lust and wanting to turn from it.
We hear that you want a clean heart before God and before the people you hurt. Wanting to apologize if you see them again is a good and responsible desire. Reconciliation is not always possible on our timetable, but keeping that intention before the Lord matters. One simple way to prepare is to write out privately what you would want to say to each of them, taking ownership without excuses, and without expecting a particular response. Keep it with you as a prayer, so if the Lord does bring a meeting about, you will have thought clearly about how to speak with care and respect.
You mentioned asking for guilt to help you repent. We understand that longing to feel enough conviction to change. What helps most is not staying in self punishment, but bringing the struggle into the light with God and with a trusted mature believer or pastor who can walk with you, pray with you, and help you take practical steps away from temptation.
We are praying for you.
Father, we thank You for this brother's hunger to be forgiven and to live differently. Cover him with Your mercy through Jesus, heal any hurt carried by those he bullied, and give him wisdom and gentleness if You open a door to apologize. Give him strength to turn from lust and to walk in purity, and surround him with steady support. In Jesus name, amen.
We hear that you want a clean heart before God and before the people you hurt. Wanting to apologize if you see them again is a good and responsible desire. Reconciliation is not always possible on our timetable, but keeping that intention before the Lord matters. One simple way to prepare is to write out privately what you would want to say to each of them, taking ownership without excuses, and without expecting a particular response. Keep it with you as a prayer, so if the Lord does bring a meeting about, you will have thought clearly about how to speak with care and respect.
You mentioned asking for guilt to help you repent. We understand that longing to feel enough conviction to change. What helps most is not staying in self punishment, but bringing the struggle into the light with God and with a trusted mature believer or pastor who can walk with you, pray with you, and help you take practical steps away from temptation.
We are praying for you.
Father, we thank You for this brother's hunger to be forgiven and to live differently. Cover him with Your mercy through Jesus, heal any hurt carried by those he bullied, and give him wisdom and gentleness if You open a door to apologize. Give him strength to turn from lust and to walk in purity, and surround him with steady support. In Jesus name, amen.
BlessedChristian female
Beloved of All
Praying in Jesus Name.
Spurgeon
Beloved of All
Your honest confession has been heard, and we thank God that He has shown you the seriousness of these sins and given you a desire to turn from them.
There is forgiveness with God, and that forgiveness is to be found only in Jesus Christ His Son. It is a divine forgiveness, surprising and complete. God says, I, even I, am He that blotteth out thy transgressions for Mine own sake. It is not because your sin is small, but because Christ has offered a matchless atonement which covers all guilt, so that sin is no longer imputed to those who by faith trust in Him alone for salvation. If you have been the chief of sinners, you may have the chief of sinners forgiveness, and God can bestow it now. There is forgiveness at this moment, however sinful your life may have been until now, for all who come to God through Jesus.
When the Son removes guilt, the Spirit removes guile. At the very same time that guilt is taken away and blessedness is bestowed, the forgiven man undergoes a change of nature. He no longer strains his conscience to hush its protests or makes excuses for his sin, but he confesses all his guilt and heartily humbles himself in the sight of God. He takes the lowest place, admits he is altogether a sinner, cultivates heart searching and practices daily repentance, and cherishes a lowly estimate of himself because self abhorrence endears Christ to his heart as the great Savior of unworthy ones.
For your former bullying, we rejoice that you desire to seek forgiveness from those you have hurt. True repentance will yield works meet for repentance, it will be practical. If the Lord in His providence brings you again into contact with the girl you picked on in school and with your friend, go to them humbly, without excuse, confess the wrong you did, and ask their forgiveness. Whether they forgive or not, you will have done what is right before God and man. And as you have received such manifest forgiveness for so much outward sin, let it be natural for you to live in a spirit of forgiving others and seeking peace.
Concerning lust, you ask for guilt so that you can repent. We must gently correct this, for there is a carnal repentance that is of the flesh, worked by mere terror and trembling, which confesses guilt but does not give God glory and does not last. Judgment may make a man tremble for a time, but that is not the holy, healthy, heavenly repentance which is worked in the renewed heart by the Holy Spirit. True repentance gives God glory. It says, Lord, I have no claim on You, I have no rights but the right to be punished, yet I appeal to Your mercy in Christ. It makes a man weep and abhor his past life because of the love of Christ which has pardoned it, and it makes him avoid present sin because of the love of God who died for him. It leads him to look out of self to Christ, and to Christ only. Do not seek mere feelings of guilt, but seek that repentance unto life which God grants, which preserves the soul and is a true sign of eternal salvation in Christ.
We will pray for you.
Our gracious Father, we come to You through Jesus Christ alone, for there is forgiveness with You that You may be feared. We confess before You the sins of bullying, unkind words and deeds, and the sin of lust which defiles the heart. Lord, we have no claim upon You, only the right to be punished, yet for Your own sake blot out these transgressions through the blood of Your Son who died, the Just for the unjust, to bring us to God. Grant true repentance unto life, not a passing sorrow of the flesh, but the work of Your Holy Spirit that gives You glory, that humbles the heart, that turns from sin and looks only to Christ. Grant a clean heart and a right spirit, and teach daily repentance and heart searching. If it be Your will, grant opportunity in Your providence to humbly ask forgiveness of those who were wronged, and give grace to walk in purity, to flee lust, and to live in holiness before You. Keep this soul from returning to sin, and make Christ more precious as the Savior of unworthy sinners. We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.
There is forgiveness with God, and that forgiveness is to be found only in Jesus Christ His Son. It is a divine forgiveness, surprising and complete. God says, I, even I, am He that blotteth out thy transgressions for Mine own sake. It is not because your sin is small, but because Christ has offered a matchless atonement which covers all guilt, so that sin is no longer imputed to those who by faith trust in Him alone for salvation. If you have been the chief of sinners, you may have the chief of sinners forgiveness, and God can bestow it now. There is forgiveness at this moment, however sinful your life may have been until now, for all who come to God through Jesus.
When the Son removes guilt, the Spirit removes guile. At the very same time that guilt is taken away and blessedness is bestowed, the forgiven man undergoes a change of nature. He no longer strains his conscience to hush its protests or makes excuses for his sin, but he confesses all his guilt and heartily humbles himself in the sight of God. He takes the lowest place, admits he is altogether a sinner, cultivates heart searching and practices daily repentance, and cherishes a lowly estimate of himself because self abhorrence endears Christ to his heart as the great Savior of unworthy ones.
For your former bullying, we rejoice that you desire to seek forgiveness from those you have hurt. True repentance will yield works meet for repentance, it will be practical. If the Lord in His providence brings you again into contact with the girl you picked on in school and with your friend, go to them humbly, without excuse, confess the wrong you did, and ask their forgiveness. Whether they forgive or not, you will have done what is right before God and man. And as you have received such manifest forgiveness for so much outward sin, let it be natural for you to live in a spirit of forgiving others and seeking peace.
Concerning lust, you ask for guilt so that you can repent. We must gently correct this, for there is a carnal repentance that is of the flesh, worked by mere terror and trembling, which confesses guilt but does not give God glory and does not last. Judgment may make a man tremble for a time, but that is not the holy, healthy, heavenly repentance which is worked in the renewed heart by the Holy Spirit. True repentance gives God glory. It says, Lord, I have no claim on You, I have no rights but the right to be punished, yet I appeal to Your mercy in Christ. It makes a man weep and abhor his past life because of the love of Christ which has pardoned it, and it makes him avoid present sin because of the love of God who died for him. It leads him to look out of self to Christ, and to Christ only. Do not seek mere feelings of guilt, but seek that repentance unto life which God grants, which preserves the soul and is a true sign of eternal salvation in Christ.
We will pray for you.
Our gracious Father, we come to You through Jesus Christ alone, for there is forgiveness with You that You may be feared. We confess before You the sins of bullying, unkind words and deeds, and the sin of lust which defiles the heart. Lord, we have no claim upon You, only the right to be punished, yet for Your own sake blot out these transgressions through the blood of Your Son who died, the Just for the unjust, to bring us to God. Grant true repentance unto life, not a passing sorrow of the flesh, but the work of Your Holy Spirit that gives You glory, that humbles the heart, that turns from sin and looks only to Christ. Grant a clean heart and a right spirit, and teach daily repentance and heart searching. If it be Your will, grant opportunity in Your providence to humbly ask forgiveness of those who were wronged, and give grace to walk in purity, to flee lust, and to live in holiness before You. Keep this soul from returning to sin, and make Christ more precious as the Savior of unworthy sinners. We ask this in the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.
Savannah20
Beloved of All
I prayed for this request in Jesus Name. Amen.
JesusourLordandSavior
Beloved of All
Thank you Heavenly Father for blessing us with another day, and for all you do for all of us. All glory and honor belongs to you Father. I lift this prayer up on your glory Father God and ask that you grant your perfect will. In Jesus name I pray. Amen
“But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him.”
Jeremiah 17:7 NIV
“But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him.”
Jeremiah 17:7 NIV
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