Self-control and discipline are difficult (but necessary) skills to master. Christians can call on the Lord with these prayers for self-control to help lead us from temptation and challenges. With the help of God, a true Christian can stay strong and controlled.
Even the simple act of praying to God brings us closer to a graceful life and living for God.
Let us pray.
Prayers for Self-Control
Short Prayer
Dear Lord, I struggle with self-control and ask for Your strength to overcome my weaknesses. Please help me resist temptation and make choices that honor You in my thoughts, words, and actions. Amen.
📖 Galatians 5:22-23
"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law."
Short Prayer For Self Control
Dear lord, I thank you for everything you have given me, but I ask you for guidance and wisdom to help me with my self-control. I pray for strength and courage to work on myself and change my ways. I pray that you give me the ability to control myself in my daily life and help me be a better version of myself for my family and loved ones. God, Now is the right moment for me to examine my heart and soul. I ask that You provide me the ability to restrain my anger and malice. Help me make wise decisions and consider what I’m about to say and do. I know I can make the correct decisions because of Your love. In Jesus’s name, Amen.
📖 Proverbs 25:28
"Like a city whose walls are broken through is a person who lacks self-control."
Prayer For Anger Self Control
Dear lord, I thank you for everything that you have done for me from the past to the present day. On this day, I pray for a particular strength. I pray for the strength to control my anger. I pray that you give me the ability to control myself when I become angry and allow me to remain calm when I would otherwise lose my temper. I pray that you help me with this for myself and those around me, like my loved ones. Please use your kind words to heal my heart and clear my thoughts when I’m feeling angry. Give me your perfect calm to fill my entire existence. May your tranquility, not my irritability, mold my personality. I can control my wrath if your Holy Spirit is present in my life. In Jesus’s name, Amen.
📖 1 Corinthians 9:25
"Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last forever."
Prayer For Self-Control With Emotions
Dear lord, I thank you for giving me such an abundance of happiness in my life, but I pray to you today to help me to learn to control my emotions. My emotions often get the best of me, and I pray that you can help me learn to control them. I also pray that you give me the wisdom and knowledge about emotional intelligence or guide me on the right path to learning more about emotional intelligence and emotional control. Lord, please help me see that my feelings greatly influence my behavior. I pray that You would allow me to manage them when they come up. As I go out today to carry out deeds of kindness toward others, Your warm and soothing love, peace, tranquillity, and compassion will take the place of anger, hate, jealousy, malice, and pride. In Jesus’s name, Amen.
📖 2 Peter 1:5-6
"For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness."
Prayer For Self Improvement
Dear lord, I thank you for everything that you have given me in my life and for taking care of me when I need you the most. Today I pray for your guidance in self-mastery and self-improvement. I pray that you lead me in the right direction and towards a way to improve myself. I pray for the chance to improve my daily habits and routines to better myself. It’s time to think about yourself. Let me carefully consider my actions, evaluate myself, and refine my methods. I turn to You in contrition. I hope to grow into a better person than I am right now. In Jesus’s name, Amen.
📖 Proverbs 16:32
"Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one who takes a city."
Prayer For Self Control Eating
My Strength, O LordI beg You to help me exercise self-control while deciding what and how much to consume. By what Your Word teaches, gluttony is a sin, and self-control is a character trait exhibited by the Holy Spirit. Help me make informed food decisions so that I may eat foods that are good for my body and high in nutrients while avoiding those that are bad for my health. Please assist me in controlling my want to eat. I don’t want to eat to make me feel better or fill a physical or emotional emptiness. Please assist me in choosing better options and steering clear of meals that are unhealthy for the magnificent body you have given me. Help me to care for my body as you care for me and to love myself as you love me. Help me embrace who I am and love myself for who I am so that I may alter my life. To be healthy for myself and my family, I pray that I may learn to appreciate and respect my body. In Jesus’s name, Amen.
📖 1 Corinthians 10:13
"No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. 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 endure it."
Prayer For Self Discipline
Dear God almighty, I fervently hope that I can preserve the minutes and hours you have given me with the aid of the Holy Spirit who is within me. I ask for self-control in prayer. And I ask that you use my minutes and hours better than I can on my own. Please assist me in exercising more restraint. Lord, make me strong and determined like an athlete. Please nourish me with your truth as it is revealed in the Bible. Lord, grant me more endurance to help people who are in need. Also, please let me be free from the pain and uncertainty of the past so that I may be myself. Come, resuscitate your hope in my life! In Jesus’s name, Amen.
📖 Titus 2:11-12
"For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. It teaches us to say 'No' to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age."
Prayer For Self Control For Kids
Dear Lord who art in heaven, here is my prayer. From my lips to Your ears. Help us to see that we are God’s masterpieces made in Christ Jesus, which will strengthen our self-esteem. Amen. Lord, I ask that the fruit of restraint blossom in me like a mighty tree. I fervently hope that I shall have control over my words and actions and submit them to Your spirit. Dear God, please remember me to pray and beg You to protect me so that I won’t succumb to the devil’s seduction when he comes prowling about attempting to devour me. I beg you, God, pardon me for losing control. I am aware that you are not pleased. Help me be filled with Your Holy Spirit so I can exercise self-control. In Jesus’s name, Amen.
📖 James 1:19
"My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry."
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Prayer Points for Self-Control
Use these prayer points to guide your personal prayer time:
- Pray for the Holy Spirit to produce self-control as a fruit in your life
- Ask God to help you resist temptations that lead you away from His will
- Pray for strength to control your emotions, especially anger and frustration
- Ask God to give you discipline in your eating habits and relationship with food
- Pray for wisdom to recognize triggers that cause you to lose self-control
- Ask the Lord to help you develop patience and restraint in difficult situations
- Pray for self-control over your words and speech, that you may speak with grace
- Ask God to help children learn self-discipline and obedience from an early age
- Pray for strength to establish healthy boundaries and maintain them consistently
- Ask for divine assistance in breaking free from habits and addictions that control you
- Pray for the ability to pause and seek God's guidance before reacting impulsively
- Ask God to help you prioritize spiritual growth and personal improvement
- Pray for accountability partners who will support your journey toward greater self-control
- Ask the Lord to transform your desires to align with His perfect will
- Pray for grace to persevere when practicing self-discipline becomes difficult
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Bible Verses for Self-Control
Find strength and comfort in these scriptures:
Galatians 5:22-23
"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law."
Proverbs 25:28
"Like a city whose walls are broken through is a person who lacks self-control."
1 Corinthians 9:25
"Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training. They do it to get a crown that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last forever."
2 Peter 1:5-6
"For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness."
Proverbs 16:32
"Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one who takes a city."
1 Corinthians 10:13
"No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. 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 endure it."
Titus 2:11-12
"For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. It teaches us to say 'No' to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age."
James 1:19
"My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry."
Proverbs 29:11
"Fools give full vent to their rage, but the wise bring calm in the end."
1 Peter 5:8
"Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour."