A Prayer for Assurance of Salvation

Therefore, brethren, since we have confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus, by a new and living way which He inaugurated for us through the veil, that is, His flesh, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water (Hebrews 10:19-22).

Struggling with doubts of one's salvation is something most every Christian deals with at one time or another. The assurance that comes upon a child of God comes in time and with an understanding of the confidence we can have because of the work of Christ, just as we are reminded in this passage from Hebrews 10. It is good to struggle to gain assurance of your salvation, it seems that if the gospel is just easily and quickly believed, it can also be let go easily, perhaps like the seed that fell on rocky soil (Luke 8:13).

I wrote this prayer as an encouragement for us to gain assurance of salvation:

 

Gracious Heavenly Father,

We thank You for giving us spiritual life in the death and resurrection of Christ Jesus. Dearest Father, teach us not to doubt the work that your Son has completed on the cross but show us how to fully embrace Jesus’ cross work and make us fully believe it.

We ask that you would make us more aware of the blood of Jesus and the confidence that we can have by it, enough confidence to boldly come before You even though You are most holy.

Show us this new and living pathway to Yourself that You have made perfect by the body of Your Son. Remind us that this way is intended for we who are called by You, that it is attainable by faith. Remind us that this path is where we begin to gain assurance.

It is difficult, Father, when we look at our own lives and see the messes we have created. It is easy to think, “God could not love me.” But Father, we pray that you would show us this truth of assurance. Make a faith within us that expresses trust in your promises to us. Specifically, the promises that Christ is our High Priest and the cleansed heart that He gives to those who draw near sincerely.

Teach us to look to Jesus Christ, our High Priest, our Holy Savior, our Lamb that was slain so that we would be made holy. And Father, make us not look to ourselves for assurance, not even a decision that we made. Our hearts are so fickle and can be unreliable…but You O’ Lord are totally reliable. Thus, give us, the followers Jesus Christ, assurance that we are saved from the wrath to come.

In Jesus’ Holy Name We Pray, Amen!