6 Beautiful Prayers of Gratitude
As we round the corner on Thanksgiving, I have so much to be grateful for. Indeed, all of us do – if you can read this, you’ve been blessed. With that in mind, here’s a simple collection of prayers of gratitude to use this holiday or whenever you want to express your thanks.
Thank you for reading. May you have a most blessed holiday.
From christianteens.about.com
Thank you, Lord, for the blessings you have bestowed on my life. You have provided me with more than I could ever have imagined. You have surrounded me with people who always look out for me. You have given me family and friends who bless me every day with kind words and actions. They lift me up in ways that keep my eyes focused on you and make my spirit soar.
Also, thank you, Lord, for keeping me safe. You protect me from those things that seem to haunt others. You help me make better choices, and you have provided me with advisors that help me with the difficult decisions. You speak to me in so many ways so that I always know you are here.
And Lord, I am so grateful for keeping those around me safe and loved. I hope that you provide me with the ability and sense to show them every day how much they matter. I hope that you give me the ability to give to them the same kindness they have provided to me. I am just so grateful for all of your blessings in my life, Lord. I pray that you remind me of just how lucky I am, and that you never allow me to forget to show my gratitude in prayer and returned kind acts. Thank you, Lord. In your name, Amen.
Read on tamworthspiritualistchurch.com.au
Gracious God, in the busy-ness of my day, I sometimes forget to stop to thank you for all that is good in my life.
My blessings are many and my heart is filled with gratefulness for the gift of living, for the ability to love and be loved, for the opportunity to see the everyday wonders of creation, for sleep and water, for a mind that thinks and a body that feels.
I thank you, too, for those things in my life that are less than I would hope them to be. Things that seem challenging, unfair, or difficult. When my heart feels stretched and empty, and pools of tears form in my weary eyes, still I rejoice that you are as near to me as my next breath and that in the midst of turbulence, I am growing and learning.
In the silence of my soul, I thank you most of all for your unconditional and eternal love.
Amen
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For the laughter of the children,
For my own life breath,
For the abundance of food on this table,
For the ones who prepared this sumptuous feast,
For the roof over our heads,
The clothes on our backs,
For our health,
And our wealth of blessings,
For this opportunity to celebrate with family and friends,
For the freedom to pray these words
Without fear,
In any language,
In any faith,
In this great country,
Whose landscape is as vast and beautiful as her inhabitants.
Thank You, God, for giving us all these. Amen.
Read on angelfire.com
O, heavenly Father: We thank thee for food and remember the hungry.
We thank thee for health and remember the sick.
We thank thee for friends and remember the friendless.
We thank thee for freedom and remember the enslaved.
May these remembrances stir us to service,
that thy gifts to us may be used for others.
Amen.
From climaterabbi.wordpress.com
Source of All Blessings
I am Grateful
for My life
for the Blessings
of
My breath
the beating of My heartSource of All Blessings
I am Grateful
for Beloved Ones who
share life with me
those in our world beside me
and those in worlds beyond my knowingSource of All Blessings
I am Grateful
to share life with our Human Family
Jewish, Christian, Moslem, Buddhist, Hindu, Sikh
May we walk gently upon our EarthSource of All Blessings
I am Grateful
to be one with All Creation
the flight of birdwings
the swirling of blueshoals oceans deep
the runnings of wilderness creatures
the sway of forests greenSource of All Blessing
I am Grateful
to be part of the spiraling
of all space and time
beyond my imagination
Yes and again Yes I am grateful
to always be here
where else could I go?
For all this and more
I am Grateful
Read on explorefaith.org
We return thanks to our mother, the earth, which sustains us.
We return thanks to the rivers and streams, which supply us with waters.
We return thanks to all herbs, which furnish medicine for the cure of our diseases.
We return thanks to the corn, and to her sisters, the beans and the squashes, which give us life.
We return thanks to the wind, which moving the air has banished diseases.
We return thanks to the moon and the stars,
which have given us their light when the sun was gone.
We return thanks to the sun, that he has looked upon the earth with a beneficent eye.
Lastly, we return thanks to the Great Spirit, in whom is embodied all goodness, and who directs all things for the good of his children.
There’s many more expressions of grace out there, of course. Here’s just a few more that I enjoy:
- Prayer of Thanksgiving on beliefnet.com
- Prayer of Gratitude on thewholeness.org
- Collection of Thanksgivings Prayers on lightparty.com
- Prayers of a Grateful Heart on 2heartsnetwork.org
- A Buddhist Grace for Thanksgiving (The Five Contemplations) on mettarefuge.wordpress.com
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“Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.”
~ 1 Thessalonians 5:18
We were designed to maintain an ATTITUDE of GRATITUDE! God’s Word encourages us to give thanks in ALL circumstances! This is God’s will for us. Gratitude leads to the ABUNDANT LIFE! That is why I put together this list of 35 bible verses about gratitude for you to read, study and put to work in your life.
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35 Bible Verses About Gratitude
As you meditate on these life-giving verses, I encourage you to take a moment to write down just a few things each day you are grateful for! You may consider keeping a gratitude journal. You will be amazed at the mental transformation that takes place when we live with a grateful heart and maintain an attitude of gratitude! God Bless You Abundantly!
Old Testament
Oh give thanks to the LORD, call upon His name; Make known His deeds among the peoples.
~1 Chronicles 15:8
I will give thanks to the LORD because of his righteousness; I will sing the praises of the name of the LORD Most High.
~Psalm 7:17
The LORD is my strength and my shield; My heart trusts in Him, and I am helped; Therefore my heart exults, And with my song I shall thank Him.
~Psalm 28:7
I will bless the LORD at all times; his praise shall continually be in my mouth.
~Psalm 34:1
Then I will thank you in front of the great assembly. I will praise you before all the people.
~Psalm 35:18
Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving And pay your vows to the Most High.
~Psalm 50:14
I will praise the name of God with song, And shall magnify Him with thanksgiving.
~Psalm 69:30
O Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD; Let us shout joyfully to the rock of our salvation. Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving; Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms. For the LORD is a great God, And a great King above all gods.
~Psalm 95:1-3
Be glad in the LORD, you righteous ones, And give thanks to His holy name.
~Psalm 97:12
Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name. For the LORD is good and his love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations.
~Psalm 100:4-5
Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good! His faithful love endures forever.
~Psalm 106:1
Let them give thanks to the LORD for his unfailing love and his wonderful deeds for mankind. Let them exalt him in the assembly of the people and praise him in the council of the elders.
~Psalm 107:31-32
Give thanks to the LORD, for He is good, For His lovingkindness is everlasting. Give thanks to the God of gods, For His lovingkindness is everlasting. Give thanks to the Lord of lords, For His lovingkindness is everlasting.
~Psalm 136:1-3
The sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of bride and bridegroom, and the voices of those who bring thank offerings to the house of the LORD, saying, “Give thanks to the LORD Almighty, for the LORD is good; his love endures forever.
~Jeremiah 33:11
But I will sacrifice to You With the voice of thanksgiving. That which I have vowed I will pay. Salvation is from the LORD.
~Jonah 2:9
To You, O God of my fathers, I give thanks and praise, For You have given me wisdom and power.
~Daniel 2:23
New Testament
First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all, because your faith is being proclaimed throughout the whole world.
~Romans 1:8
I always thank my God for you because of his grace given you in Christ Jesus. For in him you have been enriched in every way–with all kinds of speech and with all knowledge–God thus confirming our testimony about Christ among you.
~1 Corinthians 1:4-6
On him we have set our hope that he will continue to deliver us, as you help us by your prayers. Then many will give thanks on our behalf for the gracious favor granted us in answer to the prayers of many.
~2 Corinthians 1:10-11
But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere.
~2 Corinthians 2:14
All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God. All this is for your benefit, so that the grace that is reaching more and more people may cause thanksgiving to overflow to the glory of God.
~2 Corinthians 4:15-16
You will be enriched in every way so that you can be generous on every occasion, and through us your generosity will result in thanksgiving to God. This service that you perform is not only supplying the needs of the Lord’s people but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanks to God.
~2 Corinthians 9:11-12
Thanks be to God for his indescribable gift!
~2 Corinthians 9:15
For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all God’s people, I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers.
~Ephesians 1:15-16
Be filled with the Spirit, speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
~Ephesians 5:18-20
We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love you have for all God’s people–the faith and love that spring from the hope stored up for you in heaven and about which you have already heard in the true message of the gospel that has come to you.
~Colossians 1:3-6
And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body; and be thankful.
~Colossians 3:15
Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through Him to God the Father.
~Colossians 3:17
We always thank God for all of you and pray for you constantly.
~1 Thessalonians 1:2
Be thankful in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you who belong to Christ Jesus.
~1 Thessalonians 5:18
We ought always to give thanks to God for you, brethren, as is only fitting, because your faith is greatly enlarged, and the love of each one of you toward one another grows ever greater.
~2 Thessalonians 1:3
I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, because He considered me faithful, putting me into service.
~1 Timothy 1:12
For everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, because it is consecrated by the word of God and prayer.
~1 Timothy 4:4-5
Through Him then, let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that give thanks to His name.
~Hebrews 13:15
We give You thanks, O Lord God, the Almighty, who are and who were, because You have taken Your great power and have begun to reign.
~Revelation 11:17
Which of the 35 bible verses about gratitude is your favorite?
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