Prayers . . . on breaking free

HELP WITH OVEREATING

God, I feel desperate almost every day.  I can't control my eating!  I am grateful to have food when so many others don't, but eating is my downfall.  Living in a country where so many different foods are easily available is both a blessing and a curse.

I feel ugly, unhealthy, and a big, fat failure.  You know all the diets I've tried.  If I could just avoid food totally, I could be successful!  I cook for the family . . . so how can I flee temptation when I'm around food all the time?

I know my body is a temple for your Holy Spirit, and I want to care for it properly.  I just don't know what to do anymore.

Give me your power to resist overeating or provide a way of escape from this temptation as you promised in 1 Corinthians.

Your Word tells me that self-control is a fruit of the Spirit.  I ask you to build self-control into my character so that I may honor you.  I pray in the name of Jesus, who loves me just as I am.

Amen

No temptation has seized you except what is common to man.  And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear.  But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it.

1 Corinthians 10:13

Date this page was last edited:  July 24, 2004