Prayers for Weight Loss & Body Image IssuesНамуна

Focus verses: 1 Corinthians 6:19-20, Do you not realize that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourself, For God bought you with a high price. So you must honor God with your body.

Focus thoughts: Life presents many opportunities to start over, most will require self-sacrifice. You must give up something you love (i.e. food, addictions, etc.) for something you love more. God is the more of what you love. He already knows your heart issues and wants to help you. Repent of your wrong thinking, your mistakes, and surrender your control to your Father.

Pray: God, undo my will so that your will remakes my soul into a holy and pure vessel for you. Your Word says my body is your temple. I know I don’t always reflect on that but now I can see how I’ve not taken care of myself like you had intended. I want to honor you with my body. Help me to do so. Teach me how to glorify you with the choices I make. Help me to stand strong against the enemy of my soul. I want to be a bold witness for Jesus and want to speak out about your amazing grace. I can’t do this journey on my own. I need your mercy to cleanse me of my sins and need your grace to change my thinking. Help me to embrace my imperfections so that as you redirect me, lead me, and guide me along the best pathways in life, I draw closer to you. I come to you with honest confessions and lay my sins before you and ask for your forgiveness.

Forgive me for the wounds I’ve caused myself and for wearing the labels of my past. Forgive me for the lies I’ve believed that contradicted your truth. I look to you and want to know you in an intimate way. Draw me unto yourself and love me as I need to be loved. Thank you for re-writing my story with your grace. Because of Jesus’ sacrifice, I have a new life. I place my worth, my identity, my body, my soul in the hands of Jesus. I love you God. In Jesus’ name, Amen.