When people hurt us, we don’t think about praying for them. If we do, we pray for God to show them their offense of how they wronged us. We want God to show them their fault! We think that nothing could ever be done to move the mountain of offense that they have caused us. Jesus promised that when we ask for anything in prayer, it will be ours. When we ask for the power to forgive, he gives it to us. He empowers us through prayer to freely forgive those who have harmed us, understanding that Jesus took on the harm of our sin on the cross to not just forgive us, but also give us the power to forgive.