Prayers for

Gratitude

“Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.”

1 Thessalonians 5:18

Begin the day with thanks, and watch what you already have quietly become enough.

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Gratitude

Thank You for This Morning

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“This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it.”Psalm 118:24

Father, before I ask You for a single thing, let me simply say thank You.

Thank You for breath in my lungs, for this brand-new morning, for mercy that found me again before I even woke. Open my eyes to the good I usually rush right past.

Make my heart glad in You today, and let gratitude be the first language I speak. Amen.

Gratitude turns what we have into more than enough.

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