These prayers for forgiveness of adultery ask the Lord to bring your marriage back stronger than before. Invite the Lord back into your marriage and move on from these mistakes to something stronger.
Let us pray.
Prayers
Prayers
A Prayer for Forgiveness (for the offended spouse)
God of mercy, teach me to forgive as you do.
Rid my heart of feelings of resentment and bitterness. Help me to forgive my spouse and release my right to avenge my pain. Let Your healing come and enable me to get over the unfaithfulness of my spouse. True Agape love covers a multitude of sins. Help me to learn and practice Your kind of love toward my spouse.
Teach me to love my spouse as you love me.
Amen.
A Prayer for Forgiveness (for the offending spouse)
God of mercy, thank You for full forgiveness through the blood of Jesus Christ.
I pray that You would touch the heart of my spouse to forgive me of my adultery the way You have forgiven me. I know it may take some time for our marriage to recover from this. I ask for patience and wisdom.
Teach me to do my part in making it easier for my spouse to get past the hurt and pain that I’ve brought into our marriage.
Amen.
A Prayer for Trust (for the offended spouse)
Kind Father, I pray for grace. Teach me to trust again. The unfaithfulness of my spouse has broken my trust in this relationship. I’m finding it difficult to love and trust my spouse.
I’m afraid of getting hurt again. The pain of betrayal cuts deep. Help me move from fear to peace. Strengthen my resolve to give my spouse a second chance. Heal my heart and give me the courage to give our marriage the opportunity to heal and grow stronger from this situation. I offer my marriage to You. God of miracles, save my marriage.
Amen.
A Prayer for Trust (for the offending spouse)
Dear God, I pray for strength. I need to earn the trust of my spouse and I know it’s going to be very difficult. Empower me to live a life of devotion and faithfulness to my spouse.
Give me wisdom that I may know how to rebuild trust in our marriage. Increase my sensitivity to the need of my spouse for space and understanding. God of second chances, help our marriage survive this crisis.
Amen.
A Prayer for Stronger Marriage
Abiding Father, we commit our marriage to You today. We have decided to weather this storm. Adultery has destroyed our marriage but Your grace is sufficient. Let it freely flow in our marriage.
Restore our marriage and make it even stronger. Help us come out of these challenging times with a renewed commitment to our marriage. Use this ordeal to draw us closer. Adultery may have separated us in the past. Let forgiveness bring us together now. Enable us to become more intimate with one another.
Empower us with Your wisdom so that we may realize our individual failings in this marriage. Help us avoid making the same mistakes again. Strengthen our commitment to stay true to each other. Bless our marriage, Father.
Amen.
A Prayer for Your (offended) Spouse to Return
God of comfort, my spouse has left me because of my adultery. Please touch the heart of my spouse today.
I’m sorry for committing this sin. Please give me the chance of a brand new start. I pray for my spouse to come back and not quit on us and our marriage. We made a vow to stay together for better or worse. Our children need their parents under one roof. Please let my spouse see that this is not the end of our marriage. Please remove all thoughts of divorce from the mind of my spouse.
God of miracles, rebuild trust and intimacy in this relationship, I pray. Amen.
A Prayer for Your (offending) Spouse to Return
Father in heaven, help me win back my spouse.
Speak to the heart of my spouse that he/she may realize his/her sin. Let my spouse feel shame for committing adultery. Allow my spouse to realize that this sin is an offense against me and against You, oh Father. God of miracles, return my spouse to me.
Create in his/her heart a desire to reconcile. Bring sense back to my spouse that he/she may stop being selfish and start thinking about me and our children. Work in the heart of my spouse today. May he/she choose our marriage and our children over this adulterous relationship.
I pray this in Jesus’ name, Amen.
A Prayer for True Love
Dear God, we’ve decided to stay together and work out our marriage. We’ve chosen the path of forgiveness and restoration. We ask that You would protect this marriage from the temptation to commit adultery again.
We pray for true love to grow in our hearts. May we desire the highest good of each one. May we be more considerate of the feelings and needs of each other. Lord, help us rebuild a foundation based on true love, not just obligation.
We want to stay together because we love each other, not just because we have kids. Help us to rekindle passionate, devoted love that stays loyal to the marriage, no matter what happens. Let Your strengthening and blessing fall fresh on us today.
Amen.
A Prayer for Our Children After Adultery
God of hope, I pray for our children today. May they learn to forgive their parent for committing adultery. Don’t let this problem destroy their trust in their parents or their belief in Christian marriage.
Father, in their young age, let our children understand the shortcomings of their parents. Don’t let them drift away and become hateful or discouraged because of this betrayal. Keep our family together, oh Lord. Protect us from the enemy who uses every opportunity to tear down families.
Dear God, help us keep the love and trust of our children as we work towards rebuilding our marriage and family. Amen.
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Bible Verses for Forgiveness of Adultery
For I will be merciful toward their iniquities, and I will remember their sins no more. – Hebrews 8:12
The Bible is clear that adultery is a sin. In Hebrews 8:12, we are told that God will be merciful toward our iniquities and remember our sins no more. This is a powerful promise of forgiveness for those who have been unfaithful to their spouse.
Prayers for forgiveness are an important part of healing after adultery has taken place. You can’t begin to heal a marriage after adultery without coming from a place of forgiveness and acceptance.
While there may be consequences for our actions, we can take comfort in knowing that God is willing to forgive and forget our transgressions. This does not mean that we are absolved of all responsibility, but it does give us hope that, through repentance and amendment of life, we can be forgiven and restored to a right relationship with God.
Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness. Keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted. – Galatians 6:1
This bible verse means that if someone has committed adultery, those who are religious should try to forgive them. Forgiveness is an important part of Christianity, and this verse is a reminder that we should always try to forgive those who have sinned against us.
However, it is also important to remember that we are all human and susceptible to temptation.
