Prayer based on Hosea 10

God of Grace, You have brought us through many challenging times. We have faced trials from enemies, and great troubles from our own false words and filthy actions. We repent, O Lord God. We do not want to go back to the place of our ugly sin. We want to move forward toward the land of Your great promises. You have spared us from the punishment that we deserved. We have plowed iniquity, and would have reaped only sorrow. Yet Your Son has taken upon Himself the trouble that we deserved. He was cut off from the land of the living for us and by His life and death we are fully restored. We thank You for Your abundant mercy. We receive this Word of reconciliation with joy because of our risen Messiah.