A Thanksgiving Prayer

November 24

Father, we are thankful that there is at least one day a year when our attention is turned to you in Thanksgiving.

Perhaps the biggest obstacle between us and you is our busy-ness, and sometimes this busy-ness leaves us with the idea that it is our hands and not yours that have blessed us so abundantly. When a people are blessed such as we are, after awhile those blessings can be taken for granted.

As we gather with family and friends at Thanksgiving, move upon our busy hearts to remember that we live in the provision that has been given us from your hands. So many nations on the earth suffer lack. So many people on earth will go to bed hungry tonight. Help us remember that our country is blessed because it was founded upon you and upon your Word, as it is written in Psalms 33, “blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord.” Regardless of the way the world is going, still we are your people, the believers whose God is the Lord.

Lord, help us remember to bless you and thank you not only at Thanksgiving but again every day, for you are our God and you have blessed us more than all the nations on the face of the earth. Let us never take these blessings for granted but remember to always and everywhere bring back to you the thanksgiving due you, from hearts that truly appreciate the great abundance we have received because we are your people.

In Jesus’ Name,
Amen