Today is the first day of our prayer challenge. Our prayer goal for the day was to pray for ourselves.

It may seem strange to start with ourselves – but the scriptures says that charity starts at home first, then spreads abroad (1 Timothy 5:8). And honestly, when it comes to prayer we are more inclined to pray for our needs first.

Our needs are usually the things that weigh heavily on our hearts and minds. So we want to start there, to jump that hurdle. Then we can focus our prayers elsewhere as we move through the remainder of the prayer week.

Here are a couple of prayers that might be helpful:

Health…

Self control…

Enjoy your time in the Lord.