Praying For Yourself When Doubting Your Salvation

Heavenly Father, I rejoice in and I thank You for all the promises of Your Word which proclaim that I can know for certain that I am born again, and I am going to heaven.  Because I have confessed with my mouth that Jesus is my Lord and Savior, and I truly believe in my heart that You raised Him from the dead, I know I am saved (Romans 10:9-10).  It is no longer a matter of wishing so or thinking so, or hoping so, because it is a matter of knowing so.  I deeply thank You, gracious Father.

I am sorry I doubted my salvation, worrying that any personal misstep might mean a loss of Your grace to redeem me from my old self.  I now take courage that since I am in Your hand, You will not let anyone take me away from You (John 10:29).

I have been taught that salvation from sin and death is entirely Your work to achieve what You want with us.  We contribute nothing to it, but we are not just passive recipients of Your grace; we must actually respond to it. For it is by Your grace alone that anyone is saved – through faith in Jesus – and this is not of ourselves but is a gift from You (Ephesians 2:8). So, I state that I am not ashamed of the gospel because it is the power of God for the salvation of anyone who believes! (Romans 1:16)

I have read Your Word and I believe in Christ Jesus.  Now I have His everlasting life inside me (1 John 5:12), and I shall not come into condemnation (John 5:24) thanks to Your mercies which are new every morning (Lamentations 3:23). 

You have brought me from death to life and no longer condemn me (Romans 8:1-2) for by Your grace I have been saved (Romans 6:23).  Thank You, Lord God, for Your free gift of salvation.  I am now crucified with Christ Jesus and am dead to my old ways.  Even so I live; yet it is not I who live, but Christ lives in me.  And the life I now live in the flesh I live by the faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself up for me (Galatians 2:20).  Blessed be You, Father, for this resurrection life!

By faith in Jesus, Father, I have become Your child (John 1:12).  Thank You for adopting me into Your family (Galatians 4:5-7) because I would never have been saved from condemnation by my own efforts. Now that I know I am saved beyond all shadow of doubt, I will fight the good fight of faith, lay hold of eternal life to which You have called me, and confess Your goodness and kindness before all men (1 Timothy 6:12).  With Your graces, I will hold fast the confession of my faith without wavering, because I know You are faithful with all You promise (Hebrews 10:23).