Giving Thanks to God

Giving Thanks to God

I N T RO D U C T I O N

God saw you when you were in your mother’s womb (Ps.

139:13-16). He knew your mother and father and the

circumstances of the home where you were to grow up. He knew

the schools you would attend and the neighborhood in which you

would live.

God gave you the ability to survive and walked with you

through good times and bad. He gave you survival techniques and

guardian angels to keep and protect you (Ps. 91:11). He chose you

before the foundation of the world to be holy and without blame

before Him in love (Eph. 1:4).

He cried with you when you cri e d . He laughed with you when

you laughed. He was gri eved when you were misunderstood and

treated unfairly.He watched and waited, looking forward to the day

when you would re c e i ve Jesus as your Savior.To as many as received

Him gave He the power, the right, and the authori ty to become the

sons of God (J ohn 1:12 AMP). He longs for your fe ll owship,

desiring for you to know Him more and more intimately.

Your survival techniques were probably diffe rent than mine.

Wh a t ever they were, and whatever your life may have been like up

to this point, the peace of God can change the re g rets and the

wounds of the past into thanksgiving and praise. You can

e x p e rience wholeness by earn e s t ly and sincere ly praying this praye r.

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DA I LY PRAY ER OF T H A N KS G I V I N G

Father, I come to You in the name of Jesus.With the help of

the Holy Spirit and by Your grace, I join with the heavenly host

making a joyful noise to You and serving You with gladness! I

come before Your presence with singing!

Lord, I know (perceive, recognize, and understand with

approval) that You are God! It is You Who made us, not we

ourselves [and we are Yours]! We are Your people and the sheep of

Your pasture.

Father, I enter into Your gates with thanksgiving and present

an offering of thanks. I enter into Your courts with praise! I am

thankful and delight to say so. I bless and affectionately praise

Your name! For You are good and Your mercy and loving-kindness

are everlasting. Your faithfulness and truth endure to all

generations. It is a good and delightful thing to give thanks to

You, O Most High.

Lord, by Your Holy Spirit, perfect the fruit of my lips. Help

me draw thanksgiving forth from my innermost resources; reach

down into the most secret places of my heart that I may offer

significant thanksgiving to You, Father.

Thank You for my parents who gave me life. I am grateful for

the victories and achievements I have experienced in spite of my

hurts — the bruises and the abuses that boxed me in when I was

a small child. You used them for good even though Satan intended

them for my destruction.

You prepared me to listen to the inner voice — the voice of

Your Holy Spirit.

Thank You for Your grace, which is teaching me to trust

myself and others. Thank You for life — life in all its abundance.

It was You Who gave me a desire to pray, and I am grateful

for the prayer closet where we meet, and I thank You for Your

Word. Life is exciting, and I am grateful that I am alive for such a

time as this.

Thank You for past and present relationships. I learn from

those who oppose me and from those who are for me. You taught

me to recognize and understand my strengths and weaknesses.

You gave me discernment and spiritual understanding. I enter

Your gates with thanksgiving in my heart.

You are my Father. I am Your child, l oved by You

unconditionally. I rejoice in You, Lord, and give thanks at the

remembrance of Your holiness.

I am an overcomer by the blood of the Lamb and by the word

of my testimony.

In the name of Jesus, amen.

Scripture References

Psalm 100:1-5 AMP Philippians 2:13

Psalm 92:1 AMP Esther 4:14

Psalm 138:8 Psalm 100:4

Hebrews 13:15 Philippians 3:1

Genesis 50:20 NIV Psalm 30:4

John 10:10 Revelation 12:11

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PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING FOR FOOD

EATEN WHILE TRAVELING

Father, I ask for the wisdom to order that which is healthy

and nourishing to my body.

In the name of Jesus, I resist the lust of the flesh and the lust

of the eye as I scan the menu.When I am in doubt about what I

am to order, I will pause and ask for wisdom, which You will give

generously without finding fault with me.

Should I unknowingly eat or drink any deadly thing, it will

not harm me, for the Spirit of life makes me free from the law of

sin and death.

Everything You have created, Father, is good, and nothing is

to be thrown away or refused if it is received with thanksgiving. It

is hallowed and consecrated by Your Word and by prayer.

I receive this food with thanksgiving and will eat the amount

that is sufficient for me.

In the name of Jesus, amen.

Scripture References

James 1:5 Romans 8:2

1 John 2:16 1 Timothy 4:4,5 AMP

Mark 16:18 Psalm 136:1,25