Praying for Forgiveness

First, my life is crazy.

Second, my dog is terrified of lightning and has panic attacks during storms. Like now. Awesome.

Third, I've been thinking about praying for forgiveness. (Not thinking as in "I should do this" but thinking about the topic "praying for forgiveness") Here's what I think.

You're really not supposed to pray for forgiveness. I mean you won't be smitted or anything but really, Jesus forgave all of our sins when He died on the cross. Past, present, and future (although, I guess, all of our sins where in the future when He died.) So by asking Him to forgive us, we're asking for something He's already given. That would be like you asking your spouse every morning if he'll please love you today. There's nothing wrong with that it's just pointless. We don't need to ask to be forgiven. Now the object of the game is to confess. "God, I screwed up by …., thank you for forgiving me, help me not do … again. I will try …. But I need Your help." Kinda thing. Now, why bring this up if there's nothing wrong with it. I think that it gives us a false impression of both God and salvation. I have found that even though I mentally knew this, by not praying for forgiveness, I came to know it in my heart more as well. You pray for forgiveness. You wouldn't do such a thing unless you thought it was necessary. Why would praying for forgiveness be necessary unless it didn't cover all of your sins? I believe (and I may be wrong) but I believe that by asking for forgiveness we're telling ourselves that we don't have a forgiveness which covers everything. This leads us into the mindset that we need to do things for the love of Christ. Which is wrong. (now if you're going to pull that "faith without deeds is dead" passage note that the difference is doing things for the love and doing things because of the love) Consequently, doing things for the love of God results in a distorted view of salvation. The baptized people who you ask "are you going to heaven?" to and they reply "idk" do this, I believe, because they don't know if they've asked for forgiveness for every sin they've committed. In conclusion, I have stopped praying for forgiveness, 1) because it's pointless, 2) because asking for something that's already be given would annoy the crap out of me if I were God (I don't think He gets annoyed but do unto others, you know) 3) I think it gives the wrong impression as to how this whole forgiveness thing works. … so I only meant to type a few lines. … I actually did learn something in Biblical Doctrines, check that out