16 Short & Powerful Prayers for Weight Loss

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Learn how to pray for your weight loss journey and use these 16 sample prayers for weight loss to get you started.

I am a huge fan of practical tips for losing weight.

The fact is, if you want to lose weight, you have to change some of the habits in your life!

Talk about my own weight loss journey: I lost 100 pounds making one small change at a time and I help other women do the same every single day in our grace-based Christian weight loss program, and prayer for weight loss (and everything else in life!) is a huge skill we teach, encourage, and practice ourselves.

Then…how does prayer fit into weight loss?

Why Should You Pray For Your Weight Loss?

Prayer is such an important part of life as Christ-followers.

It helps us connect with God and others, and it gives us strength when we need it. But sometimes, we forget that we should use prayer to ask for things in our lives that may seem like they aren’t directly biblical. Weight loss isn’t exactly directly talked about in the Bible!

But it’s so important, nonetheless. Here, I’ll teach you how to pray for your weight loss.

Oftentimes, when we are carrying a lot of extra weight, there is a deeper heart issue involved.

The only One who can transform your life and your body from the inside out is God.

If you are not making Him the center of your weight loss journey by regularly sitting at His feet in prayer, you are missing out on the most powerful tool available!

God wants to be a part of every aspect of your life, including your weight loss. Invite Him in and experience the Fruit of the Spirit’s self-control, joy, and peace while you learn to use your life and your body to honor the Lord.

Use calorie and point counters, exercise trackers, and meal plans, but don’t forget to say daily prayers.

16 Sample Prayers For Weight Loss

Below, you will find 16 short examples of prayers for you to use in your weight loss journey, praying for everything from help to stick to your food plan to increasing your self control.

How To Pray For Weight Loss

1. Start by praying the weight loss prayers below.

Say them out loud, think them, print them, journal them, sing them – however you feel led to pray!

There isn’t anything magical about this particular prayer, but, if you’ve never prayed for your weight loss before, it can help to give you ideas on specific things to pray for like:

This is the “asking” part of Matthew 7:7.

“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

Matthew 7:7

2. Start looking at your weight loss journey with “faith eyes” & thank God for answering your prayers in creative & unexpected ways.

You may be used to only seeing your weight loss as being successful if the number on the scale drops, but what if God is answering your prayers in other ways along the way?

Start to look for non-scale victories to thank Him for. You can start with the more traditional, outward non-scale victories, but then start to look even deeper for heart-centered victories.

  • Did you stop and pray during an intense food craving? Ah! You’re teaching yourself to seek God in the midst of your temptation!
  • Did you recognize a pattern of a certain emotion (like stress or overwhelm or boredom) that you were trying to avoid or fix with food? Learning your unhealthy patterns is such an important first step to redirecting your actions and teaching ourselves to respond in healthier ways!
  • Did you hold your boundary with a food pusher? Way to go growing your confidence and sticking to the healthy boundaries that are best for your body!
  • Did you add boundaries to a food that you’d unintentionally made an idol in your life? You’re working to put your priorities back in their proper order!
  • Did you catch yourself thinking, “I deserve *insert food here*” and catch yourself and take that thought captive? You’re retraining your thoughts to be obedient to Christ!

I could go on and on with this list.

God has transformed me in ways I never would have thought were part of my weight loss journey – improving my body image, my confidence in Christ, rooting my identity in Him, growing my self-control, teaching me about the Fruit of the Spirit and how it applies to my weight loss journey, and so much more.

This is the seeking part of Matthew 7:7. First ask, then keep your eyes wide open for the creative ways God answers our prayers.

3. Abide in God With Steps Of Obedience

Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me.

John 15:4

I think “abiding” is an often misunderstood term in Christianity. So many Christians seem to take this as a passive word that really just means believing in God.

Abiding is so much more than that!

OpenTheBible describes 3 ways to abide in Christ:

  1. Walk by faith.
  2. Spend focused time.
  3. Engage in intentional actions.

Do you see the common theme here?

Praying is such a wonderful first step, but abiding in Christ means putting your faith into action.

When it comes to weight loss, that could mean:

  • joining a Christian weight loss program (I run a grace-centered program called Faithful Finish Lines 2.0 and we’d love to have you join the thousands of women we’ve helped lose weight and put God at the center of their weight loss journey!)
  • tracking your food to look for patterns learn about the healthy boundaries for the unique body God created for you
  • adding an extra serving of vegetables to your day to nourish your body well
  • removing an especially tempting food from your house
  • praying before every meal (a really powerful thing to do in your weight loss journey!)
  • …and 101 other small changes
A photo of an opened bible and a journal notebook in a table with a text overlay that reads as Prayer for Weight Loss. As a Christian woman, you pray for all kinds of things, but have you ever said a prayer for weight loss? Here's one to help you harness God's power.

16 Weight Loss Prayers

1. Prayer To Lose Weight & Get To Your Goal Weight

O Lord, please help me achieve my weight loss goals by getting down to my goal weight. My body isn’t healthy at the weight I am right now, but I’ve been trying to do this on my own and I can’t.

I need Your help to get to a healthy weight and be in good health again.

In Jesus’ name, amen.

2. Prayer For Help Sticking To Your Diet

Lord God,

please give me strength, confidence, and wisdom in picking the right diet, program, or meal plan, and then sticking to it.

Help me to be a woman who follows through on her word, even if it’s just to myself. Give me strength to overcome these health issues, choose to eat healthy foods, and live a healthy lifestyle.

In the name of Jesus Christ, amen.

3. A Prayer For Wisdom On The Best Food Plan Or Program For Weight Loss

Abba Father,

please show me which food plan, diet, or program is best for me and my body’s unique needs.

Give me peace about my choice and help me stick with it long enough to allow it to work, without weight loss program hopping or yo-yo dieting any more.

Amen.

4. Prayer To Increase Self-Control With Food

Gracious God,

I’ve reached the end of my rope. I’ve been trying so hard, but my self-control always runs out when I’m around food and when I mess up and overeat, I just feel like a failure and want to give up.

I know that self control is a Fruit of the Spirit that comes from You, not my efforts to “power through.”

Help me, God.

In the name of Christ Jesus, Amen.

5. A Prayer For Strength To Fight Food Cravings

Lord,

I know that my food cravings are temptations. This is not just a battle against my bad habits or tempting delicious.

This is a spiritual battle against the sin of gluttony and I need Your help to fight. Equip me with the Armor of God, to fight this daily battle against temptations that are harming my body and leading me farther away from You.

Amen.

6. Prayer To Overcome Emotional Eating

Father God,

You are Lord of my life. Not Cheetos. Not ice cream. Not fast food. When I am feeling sad, lonely, distraught, stressed, overwhelmed, happy, or even just bored, show me how to turn to You instead of food to meet the needs of my heart.

Food was never meant to satisfy my heart, but I believe You always can and I know that You will.

Amen.

7. A Prayer To Improve Your Nighttime Snacking

Father,

I do so well sticking to my food plan during the day, but nights are so hard. My food cravings get louder, the temptations get stronger, and my willpower feels so weak.

But when I am weak, You are strong. Help me acknowledge my weak areas, get creative in setting up an environment where I can succeed, and show me how to lean into Your strength.

Amen.

8. Prayer For A Healthier Body Image & To Offer Yourself As A Living Sacrifice

Lord, Thank you for giving me an earthly body to serve You and others. Today, I offer it up to You and ask that You help me in my weight loss journey.

My stretch marks, belly, muffin top, aches and pains, and arm flaps can be so frustrating to me. Let them never distract me from the fact that my body is so very valuable to You.

Today, I offer my whole self to You as a living sacrifice.

Amen.

9. Prayer To Overcome Your Fear Of Failure

Almighty God, I’m afraid to really commit to losing weight because I’ve been here so many times before.

I can lose a little bit of weight and then something always seems to derail me. I’m tired of re-starting again and again, feeling like a failure every time.

Help me overcome this fear with Your Truth. With You, all things are possible. Even this.

Amen.

10. A Prayer For Endurance & A Support System

Dear Father, every time I start a new diet, I feel so motivated, but that seems to run out so quickly.

You tell us to run with endurance, so I will keep on trying, leaning on Your Almighty strength along the way. Help me to build a support system in my life that will bring me accountability and encouragement.

Let them speak words of life to cheer me on in my successes and support me through the hard days. 

Amen.

11. Prayer For More Of You, Less Of Me

Lord,

above all, use my weight loss journey to draw me nearer to You. My desire is for more of You and less of me.

Allow me to rest in the comfort of Your unfailing love and Your new mercies every morning, instead of punishing myself of “white-knuckling” my way through weight loss.

Amen.

12. A Prayer That My Body Is A Gift

Heavenly Father, I love you.

You created me and You never make mistakes. You lovingly and carefully knit every part of me together. This broken vessel of mine feels weak and embarrassing sometimes, but You created it to be a temple of the Holy Spirit.

Let me always remember the gift that it is and teach me how to care for my body better. 

Amen.

13. A Prayer That I Would Be A Good Steward Of My Body

Lord, I don’t want to view healthy eating and exercise as a punishment.

I want to be a good steward of this body, so empower me to reach for foods that will nourish my body and movement that will nurture it…and to genuinely enjoy them as ways to bring glory to You!

Amen

14. Prayer To Trade Guilt For Grace

God, I am a master of beating myself up with guilt after I make a mistake.

Remind me to choose grace over guilt so that I can keep moving forward in Your footsteps instead of staying stuck rehashing my failures.

Amen.

15. A Prayer That You Would Break Every Chain

Dear Heavenly Father,

I don’t want to be a slave to food with food addiction, giving in to emotional eating, and binging on junk food.

I want to experience your life-giving freedom, breaking every chain with Your mighty power.

Amen.

16. Prayer That You Would Be The Center Of My Weight Loss Journey

Dear Lord Jesus,

I know you will love me whether I am 100 or 500 pounds. You don’t judge me based on my pant size or my outward appearance.

But you care that this extra weight makes life harder with pain, health issues, physical limitations, and so many insecurities. 

Help me to lose this weight, Lord.

Help me to glorify You in my food choices and worship You in my exercise. May You be the reason behind all of my weight loss choices.

Amen.

A photo of an opened bible and a journal notebook in a table with a text overlay that reads as Prayer for Weight Loss. As a Christian woman, you pray for all kinds of things, but have you ever said a prayer for weight loss? Here's one to help you harness God's power.

Conclusion

Let us remember that our bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit and that we are created in the image of God. He is the God of health who cares about the small details in your life (say this with me: every aspect of my life matters to God!). Therefore, true health is also reflection of the glory of God. Through the Word of God and special prayers that aren’t scripted but come straight from your heart, we can bring any bad habit and unhealthy choices under the healing authority of Jesus Christ, embracing a lifestyle full of wise choices and healthy eating habits. Yes, it’s possible!

My personal experience with weight loss has been an arduous journey, filled with challenges. But through prayer, my support group, the encouragement of a dear friend, and His divine intervention, I have witnessed the power of God’s Word and the miracle of transformation that led me to embrace the lifestyle changes I needed (like seeing exercise as an act of worship instead of an activity). As Christian women, let us approach our weight loss story (weight issues, eating disorders, health problems, curse of sickness) with compassion, gentleness, grace, and open hands (seeking wisdom and strength from God) to make better food choices and embrace a lifestyle of health and wellness. We can press on toward the finish line, knowing that we are not alone in our struggles.

Good news: God sees the whole story of our lives (the good things and even the bad things) and He desires to see us level up to greater glory, even in times of lack of progress or a difficult time. Every new attempt brings us closer to becoming a better version of ourselves, adorned in beautiful clothes called “fearfully and wonderfully made by God.” Embrace this truth today: You were made for so much more, and this weight loss journey is just a small surface of God’s mighty plan for you.

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77 Comments

  1. Do you have a daily journal book that has verse prompting and questions? I am looking for something like that to help with my journey.

  2. Starting a new today! After experiencing a miscarriage 2 months ago and ongoing infidelity in my marriage, I hit rock bottom. I quit taking care of me. I started eating everything in sight to deal with the pain. I had to be reminded that my body is not my own and I have been abusing this beautiful temple that the Lord gave me. I want to glorify Him in all I do and use the pain as motivation to change instead of allowing it to destroy me. Thank you for these prayers! Just praying them today I already feel motivated!

    1. Goodness, Ally, you have been through so much. May the Lord continue to heal you and guide your every step with His tender loving-kindness. <3

  3. I don’t emotionally eat, but I have gained 20 lbs and cry when I see photos of myself. Last I weighed myself I was 158lbs. I haven’t weighed this in 10 years. Growing up I was called fat and ugly by my Dad and sister (I suffer with body dysmorphia). I used to have an eating disorder as a teenager (I’m 40 now) and those voices are screaming at me to start purging again. I need deliverance from lies and from fear.

    1. Shawna, I am so very sorry those words were ever spoken to you, especially by people so close to you! I’m joining you in prayer for deliverance from lies and fear. It’s such a difficult thing to recognize those lies and take them captive when you’ve assumed they’ve been true all of those years (I’ve been there). If you haven’t seen it yet, check out my post on taking thoughts captive to see if it may help. 5 Steps To Taking Your Thoughts Captive

  4. I did not know how to pray to lose weight I did not know what to do I did everything but I never put god in it I didn’t think that way but today I ask God and here I am I think God for Jesus he let me hear AMen

  5. Amen. I love this prayer. It is exactly how I was feeling inside but couldn’t put into words. I will pray this as often as I can. Thank you. God bless.

  6. Amen. Thank you for this Prayer. it is recently I started thinking of weight loss and God and so far it is actually helping me build a relationship with God. thank you for this prayer. God bless you

  7. I have gained nearly 30 kgs through stress and health issues and family amd marriage breakdown. Too much comfort eating, especially at night. Trying to eat sensibly then ending up emotionally eating. I feel so frustrated and so do not like my body. I feel bloated and fatigued and so uncomfortable in this body. This is not the body God gave to me and I have been careless in the way I have looked after it.Thank you for this prayer

  8. I praise God for you!I was recently delivered from tobacco addiction.After 50 years.Now I need to be delivered from food . Substituting it for tobacco.Your honesty has greatly inspired me.Thank you.Praise God in all! God BLESS YOU and yours!

  9. Thank you so very much for this site! I never had a weight issue until my early forties. I am now nearly 68 with 100+ lbs to lose. This prayer expresses everything on my heart! God bless you and ministry.

  10. I over weight gain 105kilo plz me prayer typhoid liet problem. My life age 10 weight 50 kilo. Then college age 18 weight 90kilo marriage pregnant delivery 2 kids 105 kilo. Plz prayer I wanted weight loss amen plz life work age 80 I wanted 70 weight correct time plz prayer.

  11. Thank you for this Praying I’m on A Weight loss Journey I know God Directed me to this Prayer at 12:10 pm because it’s been A Struggle but With God All Things are Possible

  12. a big ‘thank you’ from Romania,
    this prayer is so open-hearted and sincere…it makes me open before the Lord and invite Him in places that were closed inside of me because of guilt and condemnation.
    God wins the battle on the inside and on the outside❤️
    be very blessed, and may your work be fruitfull for the Lord in bringing back the joy and freedom in many of His precious sons and daughters!
    🤗🤗🤗

    1. From Romania! Wow! Thank you so much for commenting. Your kind words are so appreciated. God absolutely wins the battle! Thank you so much for your sweet blessing.

  13. I just found this prayer and prayed it along with other scripture that poured out of my heart. I have been on a weight loss journey to lose 200lbs since October 1st/2020 and it is slow but this prayer reminded me that I have everything place except that Christ isn’t front and centre. The same power that created the universe and our bodies is available to us to lose weight as believers through Christ, and I forgot that! May the Lord bless you and keep you safe during these times.

    1. Thank you so much for your kind blessings, Kimberly. I’m so glad you are bringing the Lord into your weight loss journey! It is such a game-changer.

  14. Wow, what a powerful prayer, Becky! Thank you for the reminder that prayer is the most powerful tool we have in our weight loss arsenal. I know that I am weak and limited in power, but God’s power is limitless. I am so encouraged today by this prayer. It’s written so beautifully and says everything I would want to express to God about my weight loss.

  15. You inspired me this morning with this prayer. You touched every nerve in my body and it was as though you had written it for me. I exercise with a group of friends on goggle hangout and I would love to share this prayer with them. I am touched and encouraged,

    1. Please do share this prayer with them! I’m so glad it resonated with you. And, how fun that you workout on Google Hangouts with friends!

  16. Finding you has been an inspiration. Your kind, submissive spirit is so beautiful. It brought me to sincere tears. I know if I can get to that place again of loving submission to the Lord that I can do all things through Him. I have been so stressed and discouraged. Alone. But I know that is just the devil keeping me down. I know how to overcome through Christ who strengthens me. I just have to DO it consistently. UGH it is difficult!

  17. Thank you so much for this prayer!! I pray many blessings & FAVOR for you. May God continue to use you mightily!! It’s been pretty tough and I’ve been on this journey for so long. No longer having my thyroid gland and having partial hysterectomy and a couple other surgeries has just beaten me down. I’m 46 years old and just want so badly to live in a healthier body. I’m exhausted with it all and have tried all. I’ve prayed and prayed and cried and cried out. So, I’m learning to love me as I am and walking this out God’s Way, one day at a time. His plan, His way, & His look for me are perfect. We are created beautifully, perfectly, and wonderfully made. Amen!! God bless you!!

  18. Hi Becky, I’ve just come across your blog by googling ‘losing weight as a Christian.’ I was a healthy BMI until I had my last child, 16 years ago. A diagnosis of an underactive thyroid left me struggling to lose the ‘baby weight’ and since then all I do is put weight on. I’m now 6 stone over weight & feel it holds me back from being a good witness for Christ. I’ve always been a sugar addict & I know I feel lethargic & tired when I give in to eating sugar products. I’ve read lots & know exactly what’s healthy & what strips the body of vitamins etc but putting it into practice is another thing. I love healthy, cooked from scratch meals but it’s that desire to just have something sweet that really pulls me down. Anyway, I’ve just prayed your prayer, amending it to fit because I don’t really try that hard but I’m hoping that your thoughts will keep my thoughts orientated to Him & that I then will be an inspiration to others on their journey when I get to a God-honouring weight…

    1. Hi Dot, I have no doubt you will be an inspiration to others as you continue to seek the Lord in your weight loss! I’m so glad you were able to adapt the prayer to fit your journey.

  19. Becky,

    God brought me to this website because he knew I was in need of his guidance. Thank you for sharing and teaching. I have lost 35 lbs. and I am struggling with the next 35 lbs. The guidance on this site will help me regroup and get back to what is important in this journey and it is serving our wonderful God!

    Blessings and Peace,

    Raeleen

    1. My dear Becky I thank you so much for such an inspiration .. I know God wanted me to see this .. have been so bothered with my weight ..tried fasting but dying inside me when I see no weight dropping …but I thank God that have finally come to know that his owns every piece of me and he wants me to surrender all my burdens to him as I regain the strength to follow his guideline and put my self in control … thank you my father in heaven

      1. Sarah, thank you so much for your kind words! And praise God for revealing to you just what you need to know at just the right time, drawing you nearer to Him. <3

      2. Hi, My name is Esther I am also suffering from same problem!, I wanted to loose nearly 40 pounds, I tried fasting but dying inside me when I see no weight dropping no use, since two years onwards i was starting weight loss journey with my own strenght now I did realized that with out him i won’t do any thing. With him Every thing possible.

        Lord next time when I would come to this website I wanted to become so much inspiration to others like me, I know your the creator and you will vanish eating spirit from my life today in jesus name i pray Amen!

    2. I am so thankful for this website< I have struggled with my weight my whole life, I thank you so much for the encouragement through God's word.

  20. I thank God for your Page, Becky, May the Lord continue to bless you and encourage you to pour into others the tools we need to trust God with our bodies and weight loss journies. Your blog is truly a prayer answered. God Bless Keep and strengthen YOU and the many other’s who login into your post and allow God to Transform our lives WE CAN LOSE THIS WEIGHT WITH THE HELP OF THE LORD!!! Praying without ceasing to help us to discover the deeper things that have held us back from saying no to unhealthy eating. Eating for good health in the Name of JESUS WE WILL BE VICTORIOUS!!!

  21. Thank you so much Becky.

    This what I needed. I always thought that praying to God about weightloss was uncalled for because I thought that God has more important things to care about than my weightloss
    But this prayer gave me hope.
    Because I am so tired of hating myself since I was 13 years old ( I am 21 now) I am so tired of it and this year 2020 must be my year where I change my body and accept it.
    Thank you so much
    ❤️

    1. I so hear you on hating yourself. I was the same way, especially during my teenage years! And I had the same thought as you – that my weight loss was way too trivial for God to care about. But when I started realizing that my problem went WAY deeper than just the way I looked and realized I was battling for my worth…I knew the Lord would care about that!

      I’m so excited to see what 2020 holds for you!

  22. Coming across this website today has really put things in perspective for me. Ive been feeling like this for about 3-4 months now. That I wont loss the weight till i tap into gods kingdom and give god my all and letting him do the same. Reading your words, i felt the power of god in them and im so grateful for whats ahead of me. Thank you so much!!

      1. Awesome! My pastor often talks about “open-handed living,” where we are constantly surrendering every area of our lives to the Lord. I like that visual because it helps me to see when I start grasping on to things I don’t need to hold onto.

      1. Thank you so much for this prayer, I was actually praying and asking God to show me what must I do to lose weight at the age of 68 has been a struggle to lose 30 pounds I need to lose

  23. I cannot thank you enough for you beautiful words of encouragement! I have been struggling with my weight and feeling like such a failure for so long, and I’ve always felt like the Lord wouldn’t want to hear from me about this, like He has much more important things to do. However, your journey has spoke to me and has given me the encouragement to now turn to the Lord and His Word. Your beautiful prayer couldn’t have said it better. I’m blessed to have come across your web page and I know that God will continue to bless my weight loss journey as long as I keep Him front and center! God bless you and thank you so much again!

    1. You are so welcome! Gosh, I so relate to feeling like a failure. It’s so easy to get discouraged on your weight loss journey. I am SO glad you came across my website because I absolutely believe God wants to hear your heart on this – your fears, your failure, your discouragement, your weight – ALL of it! Praising God for you right now and so glad you said the prayer for weight loss here.

      Blessings,

      Becky

  24. Thank you so much Becky for such an inspirational & heart-felt Prayer. Absolutely stunned by how relatable this prayer is. Thank you for this website. It speaks to me like it’s the air i need. God bless you forever ♥️

    1. Thank you so much for your kind words, Ash! They truly mean so much to me. I am thrilled and honored that the prayer and my website could be an encouragement to you! <3

  25. Becky:
    May Our Great God bless you and keep
    Blessing you. I loved that prayer and it
    Truly blessed me and my daughter. God knew what we needed and he sent
    That prayer it was right on time.
    Thank you.

    1. Hi Ann! Thank you so much for your sweet blessings. I’m so glad you enjoyed the weight loss prayer. Thank you for your encouraging comment and blessings to you and your daughter (and your weight loss journeys, too!).

  26. Saw this today and it was perfect timing that my heart needed. Thank you for placing this for all to see so that it can be used as an encouragement for others as well. This is now my heart’s cry. Thank you for being an encouragement to me today. God is so very good and I’m excited to see how He will answer this and now my prayer.

  27. This is the first time I have ever seen a weight loss prayer. Thank you for sharing it with us! It is exactly how I feel, but could never put into words! It has encouraged me to renew my efforts…….thank you!

  28. Words from my heart for too many years, written by you❤️ I copied it in my phone as a constant prayer. ????

      1. Today a friend said”I’m going to help you lose that weight “. I knew they meant well and I knew I needed to lose a minimum of 50 lbs but I thought because I exercised and ate right the weight would come off, but it hasn’t. Then it hit me.. I was on this journey alone, I didn’t ask the Lord to direct my path.

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