Closer

A Prayer for Envy and Comparing Yourself to Others

For when someone else's good news made you smaller, or you could not be glad for them.

When it feels like this

Comparison rarely begins on purpose. You are scrolling, or you hear some news, and your heart tilts. The question is not whether it happens — it is where you carry it afterward.

An example prayer

ENVY & COMPARISON · A PRAYER OF REPENTANCE

I come before the Father who reminded the resentful older brother that everything he had was already his.

I was so busy comparing that I could not see what you have given me.

Turn my eyes from the person beside me back to you.

Thank you that you do not turn away from those who return to you. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

Write one for your own situation

The prayer above is an example. Write one line about what actually happened,
and a prayer is composed for it. No sign-up, no app needed.

Write my prayer →

Other things that weigh on us

To keep going day by day, and to see how the days add up

Get the Closer app