It is never a bad thing to offer a prayer of humility. This reminds us to be humble and asking God to support us in remembering this is a good way to seek that humility.
We are asked in the Bible to humble ourselves under the mighty hand of God and it can be easy to lose sight of this command in so many ways. Prayers bring us back to that humility and remind us how we need to behave.
Let us pray.
You could also offer a prayer of thanking God or prayers for forgiveness alongside these.
Prayers for Prayers of Humility
Short Prayer
Lord, I come before You recognizing my need for humility in all areas of my life. Please help me to decrease so that You may increase, and teach me to serve others with a humble and grateful heart. Amen.
📖 1 Peter 5:6
"Humble yourselves, therefore, under God's mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time."
Prayer for Humility Every Day
Lord help me to remember your command that we put on as God’s chosen ones compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience. This as we are reminded in the Colossians is the way into heaven. Help me to remember that God has taught us exactly what he values and the way he wants us to behave. We know that the meek shall inherit the earth yet we spend so much time striving to be more successful now. Help me Lord to listen to your command to be more humble now. Remind me to be humble before the Lord from the minute I awake to the minute my eyes close. I want not to walk in a state of pride and arrogance but to find within myself my sense of humility and kindness and compassion for others. Lord stay with me every day and whisper these words into my heart so that I please you every day with how I live and honor your command. Walk with me Lord so that I can learn to be more humble in your presence. This I pray. Amen.
📖 James 4:10
"Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up."
Prayers for Humility With My Family
Lord help me to remember to be humble with my family, to put them first in everything I say and do and to find ways of bringing my humility to serve them daily. I know Lord that you ask us to be kind and generous to our families and to take responsibility for them. Help me to put their needs before mine. Help me to lose any sense of self-importance and to work always to be at their service and love. I am humble before you, Lord. I know I am but a speck in your flock and I need to treat my family as the most important people in my world. Help me to avoid all conflict with my family caused by my arrogance and attention only to what I want to do and say. Temper my tongue and my actions as I think about your teaching and your desire to have me as humble as possible before you. I must learn to serve others first. Think about their needs and place myself below their needs. In this way Lord I can walk in your love and know that you are seeing my humility in action. This is truly the way I will prove myself to you as your humble servant. Bring me this habit and stay with me as I act on this humility in every way I can. For this, I pray. Amen.
📖 Proverbs 22:4
"Humility is the fear of the Lord; its wages are riches and honor and life."
Prayer for Humility in Front of Jesus
Jesus, I cannot even contemplate the sacrifices you made here on earth. I am speaking of your many acts of humility, not least your crucifixion which you bore with grace and goodness, never once crying out against any unfairness. You humbled yourself in so many ways so that you could serve others asking nothing for yourself and neither defending yourself nor boasting about your kindness to others. You lived here on this earth to set the ultimate example of what it looks like to lead a good and humble life. Every act you took was an act of humility, you suffered scorn for your teachings and lived in poverty and in squalor. You were born to humble parents in a barn. There was never a time when you asked for more or cried out to your father to save you. This lesson of your life shines through the new testament and I can only partly understand the love you had for others that drove you to live so humbly and to die so humbly. Teach me to have a fraction of that humility in my life, not to think about my needs and what I deserve but to put others first all the time and to put my needs last. Help me to bear all the petty sufferings with humility and not to be arrogant enough to believe I deserve more in my life. You are the model of humility Jesus and I just want to have a scrap of that humility and decency in my life. I want to walk in your footsteps as much as I can in my daily life and to constantly remember I am nothing in your eyes but still you love me. All I need is that love and I am warmed by you, Lord Jesus. Amen.
📖 Philippians 2:3-4
"Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others."
Prayer for Humility at Work
Lord God, it can be very difficult at work for a lot of reasons. I can be frustrated and unhappy for many reasons. Some of this I know is because I think I deserve to be treated better by others, I have a feeling that I deserve more reward and more recognition for all that I do. Help me to be more humble in my attitude and to accept things the way they are, or to make the changes in the right way. Lord help me to lose some of the arrogance I bring to work which would make me more patient with those around me whom I often feel are not good enough in the job or as people. Help me to bring a different, more humble attitude to the job and particularly to my coworkers. It would serve me well if I thought less about myself and more about my coworkers in lots of situations. Bring me this wisdom and this humility as I go into work. So that I change the way I am with people and the job might seem easier and less stressful. Lord God, it is difficult to be humble when you know you’re right about everything and someone else is wrong, help me lose some of that arrogance and to work with other people to find agreement and compromise for this is the way of humility. Help me take my desire for humility with me into work when next I am there and to remember with every action I take and conversation I have, that I am striving for that humility you expect from us. This I pray. Amen.
📖 Micah 6:8
"He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God."
Prayer for the Humility of Mankind
Lord help us to remember that we’re here on this earth for a short time and that we are here as part of your full creation. You created us in your image to live with love, respect and humility. Help us to see that we must look after all your creatures and the earth you created with humility and not arrogance as we do now. Bring us your sense of humility instead of the sense of entitlement with which we live. Bring us to a place of respect for the earth and each other. Help your creation mankind to become more humble in the way we live on this=earth which is what you gave your only son to teach us how to love. This I pray. Amen.
📖 Matthew 23:12
"For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted."
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Prayer Points for Prayers of Humility
Use these prayer points to guide your personal prayer time:
- Pray for a heart that consistently seeks humility before God in all circumstances
- Ask God to help you recognize areas of pride in your life and replace them with genuine humility
- Pray for the grace to humble yourself daily under God's mighty hand
- Ask for wisdom to value others above yourself in your family relationships
- Pray for humility in your workplace interactions and professional dealings
- Ask God to guard you against selfish ambition and vain conceit
- Pray for the strength to walk humbly with God each day
- Ask for a spirit of gentleness and patience that flows from true humility
- Pray for humility when receiving correction or criticism from others
- Ask God to help you serve others with a humble and willing heart
- Pray for humility in times of success and achievement
- Ask for grace to submit to God's authority and timing in all things
- Pray for humility to recognize your complete dependence on God's grace
- Ask God to cultivate humility in the hearts of all mankind
- Pray for the ability to demonstrate Christ-like humility in your daily interactions with family, friends, and strangers
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Bible Verses for Prayers of Humility
Find strength and comfort in these scriptures:
1 Peter 5:6
"Humble yourselves, therefore, under God's mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time."
James 4:10
"Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will lift you up."
Proverbs 22:4
"Humility is the fear of the Lord; its wages are riches and honor and life."
Philippians 2:3-4
"Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others."
Micah 6:8
"He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God."
Matthew 23:12
"For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted."
Colossians 3:12
"Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience."
Proverbs 11:2
"When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom."
Ephesians 4:2
"Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love."
James 4:6
"But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says: 'God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.'"