Change will be a good thing for me

Dear Lord,

I realize that I need to change.  I have a lot of growing up to do.  Change is quite difficult for me.  In fact, I hate change.  Even with the most mundane of things, I hate change.  I am quite set in my ways.  I wonder if that is impeding my progress in everything I set out to do.  I would like to change because of my need, but I don't know how.  Lord, I ask for Your help.  I would like for You to help me because of those big and small things that I want to change.  I realize that I need to quit being lazy when it comes to reading Your word, exercising, and prayer.  In short, I am spiritually, emotionally, and physically lazy.  I want more to change.  I realize that I get easily overwhelmed, but I need Your help.  I would like to know that I can be an over comer, just like your word says.  I need to not figure things out but I will leave it in Your hands.  Show me, Lord, what I need to do.

In Jesus' name,


Amen

Change is good

Dear Lord,

Does change really begin with me, or with You?  I have heard that prayer changes the person, not just the situation.  There seem to be a lot of things that I don't understand.  On the other hand, I am a person who is wise enough to know that I lack wisdom.  I am asking You, Lord, for wisdom to change.  I would like to be more prayerful.  I don't just want to be mindful of those who are less fortunate, but to pray for and help those who are in need.  I am however grateful for my fortunes. I however have a tendency to take them for granted.  I need to be grateful for every day that I am alive. There are so many people who do not know You.  There are others who are starving, and have been martyred for their faith.  May those who have been oppressed praise You and continue to do so.  I need to change because I want to change.

Sincerely,


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I am struggling, but I would like to change

Dear God,

Give me the energy, wisdom, and knowledge to do what I am supposed to do to lose weight.  I have been advised to diet and exercise.  I need wisdom, and lots of it in this area.  I believe that I am in a good place but I still have my struggles.  I eat too many processed foods and not enough fruits and vegetables.  I want to do this for myself.  I am overweight and I want to be a healthy weight.  I want to eat healthy because I want to be healthy.  I am struggling in this area and need help.  Help me, Lord.  May I learn to take good, sound advice and not be naive as to be swayed by anyone who does not have my best interest at heart.

Sincerely,


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My health

Dear God,

Give me the motivation and energy to lose weight.  I also ask for the wisdom to eat properly.  I have poor eating habits and I would like to learn about proper eating habits without being overwhelmed.  Trying to keep things simple has been hard at times.  I am learning but I want to do more than just learning.  I need patience, which I don't have.  Father, I thank You in advance for answering this prayer.

Sincerely,


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Thank you for doing so

Dear Heavenly Father,

Thank You for giving me the courage on a daily basis to face whatever I am facing.  I am doing well so far today.  Give me the wisdom and guidance that I need to make it through tomorrow.  I know that tomorrow has its evil thereof.  I ask that You would renew my mind.  Help and guide me to use those tools to defeat the enemy.  Help me, Lord.  Thank You for doing so.

In Jesus' name,


Amen

Being thankful instead of complaining

Dear Heavenly Father,

Instead of complaining like I usually do, I need to be more thankful.  Thank You for listening and hearing me.  I feel so much better and more relaxed.  All I had to do was to keep things simple.  If I did not, then I would be overwhelmed and even more overwhelmed.  I am sorry for not being grateful and so guilt-ridden.  All I had to do was ask for You to take care of me.  I ask for a change in my mindset and for the energy and wisdom to just relax.  Relaxation and meditation will definitely do me some good.

Sincerely,


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Set me free

Dear God,

Forgive me, Father, for all of my sins.  I believe that I have been forgiven yet I have been struggling as of late.  In fact, I have been struggling for years with this secret that I have been having.  My sin will find me out one day.  There are times when I have wished that I have gotten caught so that I would stop.  I am not so sure that I will be ready for Your return if I don't overcome these sins.  God, help me to overcome these sins.

Sincerely,


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I am in need

Dear God,

 Help me to learn the lessons about honesty and dishonesty.  Help me see the consequences of my actions.  I should have been honest, yet I sometimes lie about the littlest things.  I felt really bad about that.  It made little sense in the past.  Now I realize that there is an underlying problem.  I have problems with fear, doubt, and anxiety.  Help me to overcome these things.  Help me with my lack of faith.  I cannot tell the mountain to move.  I ask for wisdom and guidance.  I need a sense of direction in my life.  Help me, Lord.  Thank You for helping me and for Your ability to help me to overcome what is going on with me.


In Jesus' name,

Amen

Thank You, O Lord

Dear God,

Thank You for always being there for me even though I don't always realize it.  It seems rough but it isn't.  I had so many fears, doubts, and worries that I realize that if I could turn them over to You, then I can overcome anything.  Show me and give me guidance, O Lord in these days and times.  May I live for You and serve You in these hours.

Sincerely,


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Healthy eating

Dear God,

Give me the wisdom to gain knowledge about eating healthy.  I have a long way to go in that area.  I feel very confident now that I have joined Weight Watchers.  Thank You for Your guidance.  I needed that and I still do.  All I ask is that You would give me the tools to take better care of myself.  Thank You in advance for doing so.

Sincerely,


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Prayer for a boring life

Dear God,

I'm sorry that I didn't take enough time to spend with You.  There are days when prayer is very hard and there are days where it is easy to pray.  I have wanted to learn about so much in the world.  I feel bored with the world we are living in.  I take great pride that I have learned a lot, but I cannot take pride that I haven't learned about a lot of things, if that makes sense. I don't have much of an interest in zoology, but there are times when I wish I did.  I know it is crazy but my life is boring.  I wish to be productive.  I feel like I haven't been, not in my own life, and not in the lives of others.  I feel like life is passing me by.  I try too much and succeed too little.  I ask that You would open my eyes and open doors for me.  I need wisdom and guidance.  Teach me the things that I need to learn.  Lord, I pray this in Jesus' name, Amen.

Discernment and Abstinence

Dear Heavenly Father,

I need help in discerning what is true and what is false.  How do I abstain from even the appearance of evil? In this world there is much evil and corruption.  Sometimes there is such a fine line between good and evil.  I do not call good evil or evil good, but sometimes it is hard to distinguish the two.  What is the best way of going about being a discerning Christian who has abstained from the appearance of evil?  I ask for this in Jesus' name,


Amen.

Abstain from all appearance of evil

Dear God,

I want to know what it means to abstain from all appearance of evil.  Does it mean also stay from false prophecies?  Does that mean that as well?  I asked about this during when a movie aired.  The movie itself has content that could trigger obsessive thoughts.  The words that appeared to me are to abstain from all appearance of evil.  I realize that I can easily give in to temptation.  Is that what it also means?  I would like to know.

Sincerely,


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Discernment and wisdom

Dear God,

I hope to be ready.  That is the sad part: hope.  I am not confident that I got my house in order.  I feel like I am so naive that I have lost all discernment.  I have no idea who is telling the truth and who is lying.  I feel alone in this yet I don't.  I don't know what I am doing.  I believe too much and question too little.  Jesus said to not let anyone deceive me, but there are times when I feel that I am deceived.  I guess it is my own fault. There are times when I know better and I am lazy to do anything about it.  Then again, maybe I don't feel as much responsibility as I should, which would constitute some form of denial.  I felt powerless to do anything. Give me the wisdom and insight that only You can offer.

Sincerely,


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Cast out fear

Dear God,

I am not the most honest person though I try to be.  Today, I have failed.  I want to be trusting but also trustworthy.  I wish that I was more honest than I have been.  I have to deal with fear.  I want to get help with this issue.  May Your perfect love cast out all fears.  Give me power and of a sound mind for my faith is not too strong.  I need help with that area.  I am doing all that I can to be honest with You.  I am sorry that I am not the most faithful believer.  However, I would like to be.  I need Your wisdom on how to cast out fear from my life.

In Jesus' name,

Amen

Wisdom and reflection

Father,

Help me to reflect daily.  I am thankful for the wisdom that give me to live life daily.

In Jesus' name,

Amen

Day of Reflection

Dear God,

Today is a day of reflection.  I have a perfectionist complex.  I want to live not just godly, but flawless and perfect.  Instead of living by Your standards, I have lived by standards that are impossible to attain.  I sometimes I have set the bar too low and also ending up making mistakes.  What are some realistic standards that I need to set for myself?  Help me to live strictly by Your standards and to see myself, You, and everything else realistically.  I am afraid of lowering my standards because I end up giving up.  God, give me the motivation and energy that I need to make it through the day.  Give me the wisdom and strength that i need to follow through those standards.  I give You complete and total control over my life.


Sincerely,


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Faith and struggle

Dear God,

Thank You for saving me and for giving me the assurance of my salvation.  Help me with my struggles.  I struggle with my mindset when it comes to dieting.  I fear not being able to continue losing weight and keeping it off.  I am thankful that I lost a few pounds and that all I am thinking about is eating healthy.  I do tend to eat more than ever before but right now, I have nothing to fear.  I am only eating and not binging.  I am doing what I do best: try to lose weight.  I don't wish to try anymore.  I wish not only to eat healthy and lose weight.  I want to keep it off.  I feel so much better about myself.  I have accomplished quite a bit this past weekend.  The points have been helpful for me.  I am learning so far about healthy eating.  I am learning how to be a conqueror.  My faith and my feelings are different.  Faith says that I am more than a conqueror; feelings say that I am struggling to be a comforter.  Give me the strength and faith that I need in my journey. Help me with my unbelief.  Forgive me for my lack of faith.


Sincerely,


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Being sincere

Dear God,

Help me to truly repent of my sins as I have struggled with them.  I need help and I have to hold myself accountable as far as asking for help.  I don't know what I need to do.  That is why I ask You for wisdom.  I have issues that I need to conquer, but I rather not write about them since this will be out in public.  I am uncomfortable writing about them much less talk about them.  I sometimes think that I sin willfully.  I don't mean or want to, but I clearly know right from wrong.  I have made some bad choices that I wish to overcome and be forgiven for.  Stuff like this is why I believe that I need to be saved over and over again.  I have been doubtful of being saved for years and I ask You not to forget me, Lord.  I am fearful and I need wisdom.  Give me guidance and a sense of direction in my life.  I still feel like I am living in a fantasy world or that I am living wrong.  Help me to walk the narrow road.  I want to change.  Help me, Lord.

Sincerely,


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A prayer of thanks

Dear God,

Thank You for helping me.  Thank You for answering my prayers.  Thank You for giving the complete and total control that I so need.  I ask and pray for continued guidance and renewal of my mind.

I give You thanks and praise for everything that has happened today.  I am grateful for all of the opportunities missed or not given to me.

I didn't realize that those things were actually good for me.  Thank You.

In Jesus' name,

Amen.

Total control to God

Dear God,

I give You total and complete control over my mind, body, spirit,and soul.  I thank You that You are greater than all of my problems.  I seriously lacked self-discipline and self-control.  Help me to be transformed by the renewal of my mind.  I want to and need to, live for You and serve You all the days of my life.

I am overweight and diabetic.  Help me to set a realistic standard for myself so that I can be healthier and therefore happier.  I have not been happy being the weight I am.  I was hoping that after years and years of trying to lose weight, I have learned that weight loss is a struggle.  I was doing the wrong thing all along.  I have allowed frustration to take over.  Sadly I reacted the wrong way and now I am starting over.

I want to learn how to eat properly and exercise according to my ability.  Help me the set a realistic goal for myself.  I am not sure what I need to do or which goals to set, so I ask that You would help me.  I want to continue to lose weight and gain the benefits of weight loss, including a healthy body.  I want to lose weight and be healthy as You see it, and not as I see fit.

Your word says that I am fearfully and wonderfully made.  Show me how to apply those words to my daily life.  I admit that I need to affirm myself more and to not just make daily affirmations.  Show me also how to apply these affirmations to my life.  In fact, show me how to apply Your words in the Bible to my daily life.

Thank you, Jesus, In Your name,

Amen

Prayer against gluttony

Father, it is written in Your Word that if I confess with my lips that Jesus is Lord and believe in my heart that You have raised Him from the dead, I shall be saved. Father, I am Your child and confess that Jesus Christ is Lord over my spirit, my soul and my body. I make Him Lord over every situation in my life. Therefore, I can do all things through Christ Jesus Who strengthens me.

Father, I have made a quality decision to give You my appetite. I choose Jesus rather than the indulgence of my flesh. I command my body to get in line with Your Word. I eat only as much as is sufficient for me. I eat and am satisfied.

When I sit down to eat, I consider what is before me. I am not given to the desire of dainties or deceitful foods.

Like a boxer, I buffet my body — handle it roughly, discipline it by hardships — and subdue it. I bring my body into subjection to my spirit man — the inward man — the real me. Not all things are helpful — good for me to do, though permissible. I will not become the slave of anything or be brought under its power.

My body is for the Lord. I dedicate my body — presenting all my members and faculties — as a living sacrifice, holy and well pleasing to You, presenting them as implements of righteousness. I am united to You, Lord, and become one spirit with You. My body is the temple, the very sanctuary of the Holy Spirit Who lives within me, Whom I have received as a gift from You, Father.

I am not my own. I was bought for a price, made Your own. So then, I honor You and bring glory to You in my body. Therefore, I always exercise and discipline myself, bringing under authority my carnal affections, bodily appetites and worldly desires. I endeavor in all respects to have a clean conscience, void of offense toward You, Father, and toward men. I keep myself from idols — from anything and everything that would occupy the place in my heart due to You, from any sort of substitute for You that would take first place in my life.

I no longer spend the rest of my natural life living by my human appetites and desires, but I live for what You will! I am on my guard. I refuse to be overburdened and depressed, weighed down with the giddiness and headache and nausea of self-indulgence, drunkenness (on food), worldly worries and cares; for I have been given a spirit of power and of love and of a sound mind. I have discipline and self-control.

Father, I do resist temptation in the name of Jesus. I strip off and throw aside every encumbrance — unnecessary weight — and this gluttony, which so readily tries to cling to and entangle me. I run with patient endurance and steady persistence the appointed course of the race that is set before me, looking away from all distractions to Jesus, the Author and Finisher of my faith.

Christ the Messiah will be magnified and get glory and praise in this body of mine and will be boldly exalted in my person. Thank You, Father, in Jesus’ name! Hallelujah! Amen.

Cold weather

Dear God,

I ask You for wisdom in this very cold room.  I wish that I could get help for my room being so cold in this moment.  My heater all but died and I have no idea what to do for this room.  I am dealing with biting cold weather not only outside, but also my room.  I am also reminded of the people who have lost their lives recently due to the cold.  I pray for those who have lost loved ones and for those who continue to suffer from cold weather.  Help us to be strong no matter what.  Protect and give guidance to people in this time. All I know is that it is so cold that global warming is all but a mirage.

Sincerely,


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Losing weight God's way

Dear God,

I now have the motivation and desire to lose weight.  I weigh over 300 lbs and now there are things in life that have become harder to do.  I am embarrassed to tell You those things, but at least You know what they are.  I am not happy with gaining most if not all of my weight back.  I have stopped caring about myself and my weight.  I have allowed my frustrations to get the best of me.  I am frustrated still and I need Your guidance on the matter.  I need immediate help in this regard.  I want to lose weight, but I have no set goal to be honest with You.  Help me on setting a set goal, Lord.  I don't know how much I want to lose or to weigh in the long run.  I give You total and complete control over my life, affairs, and my situation.  Thank You for being able to solve my problems.

In Jesus' name,


Amen

Need to start all over again

Dear Heavenly Father,

I am sorry for putting this off.  I meant to pray to You today and I ask for Your forgiveness.  I want to be closer to You, to have a closer walk with You.

I am concerned about my weight and my overall health.  There are moments when I feel that I am skating on thin ice.  I am not sure what I need to do.

All I know is that I lack self-control.  I am an overweight glutton with health issues.  However, I don't want my health issues to become health problems.  There are things that I cannot do that others take for granted. I didn't care nor did I take enough time to care about myself.  I am so concerned and I wish I never had this attitude.

I even lost the desire to lose weight.  Now I have gotten lost.  I don't know how to lose weight.  I am worried right.  Calm my fears and my worries.  I have doubts about my weight issues.  I cast my doubts over to You.  My weight is something that I care about and I want to show that I care about my health.  Losing weight is hard work.  Help me, Lord, to do what seems hard.

In Jesus' name,

Amen

Thank God for this day

Dear Lord,

Today was a good day.  I thank You for this day.  Thank You.

Sincerely,


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Issues

Dear Lord,

I have an issue within myself.  My weight has been a problem and I need help.  Give me the real desire and motivation that I need to lose weight.  It seems to me that I have all but lost my desire to lose weight.  For the time being, I wish to lose 20 lbs., but I have grown concerned.  I want to lose weight, but I am not sure how to go about it or where to begin.  I have a problem with binging and health issues.  I am not a healthy person and I feel like sometimes I am barely healthy.  I have grown tired of the wheezing and the lack of mobility.  I have given up and I don't wish to be defeated no longer.  God, help me.

Sincerely,


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Motivation and clarity

Dear God,

Give me the clarity, insight, motivation, and wisdom to do all that You call me to do.
Thank You for answering this prayer in advance.

In Jesus' name,

Amen

Cast my cares upon the Lord

Dear God,

Thank You for everything You have done for me.  I am so thankful that I have nothing to worry about. However, I have my concerns.  I thank You for knowing my cares and concerns.  I cast my concerns and cares over to You.  Now I have nothing to worry about.  Thank You, Lord.


Sincerely,


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2014

Dear God,

You have been there throughout my life and it took me until recently to realize that.  I am sorry for that failure.  Forgive me for all of my sins and my failures.  Help me to be a better person this upcoming year.  I am just grateful to be alive this 2014.So far, I have a full stomach and an achy head, but I am still grateful. Life is just worth living.  Thank You.

Sincerely,


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