Lord God,
please hear my prayer to you today.
I have never been very successful in achieving the approval of others.
They have always seemed to find something they did not like about me.
As a child,
a teen and now an adult.
And since becoming a Christian,
I have been harassed and mocked for loving and serving you Jesus.
No matter how much I try to tell myself that I do not care what others think of me,
sometimes it still manages to hurt me.
Please Jesus,
I'm asking you to root out of me all care and concern of what others think of me.
Root out anxieties and fears.
Root out insecurities and un righteous self consciousness.
I'm a Christian,
a servant of the Most High.

The only person I need to receive approval from is you Jesus!
The only person I need to please with my life is you Jesus!
The only person who I need on my side is you Jesus!

I seek your approval,
and seek your help to overcome the old self need for approval from other people.
Please heal my hurts and traumas,
and help me to overcome and become stronger in you.
In Jesus name I pray,
Amen.