Personal Prayer
Praise the one whose control covers even the details of your life (Mt. 6:25-34). Thank God for knowing about your daily needs. Confess any worry. Commit to taking hold of areas where you are to be in charge in your life with the clear knowledge of being “second in command” under God. Ask him for the Spirit’s fruit of self-control.

For Your Family and Friends
Pray that God will work self-control into your private life. Ask him to help you be self-controlled with family members and with private disciplines such as eating habits, TV watching, reading materials, time usage, and exercise patterns.

For the Church
Pray that leaders of high-profile ministries and local churches will be men and women of great integrity. Ask God to help them control themselves in temptation, frustration, and other difficulties.

For the Kingdom
Pray that your local, regional, and national government leaders will exercise self-control in fiscal matters as well as other issues of justice. Ask God to strategically place his people in positions of control.

For People to Know Jesus
Pray that the lack of self-control by some Christians will not effectively barricade non-Christians’ receptivity to the good news. Ask the sovereign God to break through barriers to save a particular person in your neighborhood.