Prayer of Gratitude

In preparing for Sunday's worship service, I cam across a prayer of gratitude or thanksgiving. As I was reading this prayer, I realized how much, we as Christian do not pray for a grateful heart. And that does not even include the times we never pray with gratitude  for the things God has graciously done for us or to us. A prayer asking for a grateful heart is important. And a prayer showing gratitude will be produced by a grateful heart. Here is the prayer I read. I hope it makes us all think about true gratitude to God.


Lord, thank You for Your Word. Oh, that I would give 
thanks to You, Lord, for Your wonderful works in my life. 
I thank you today for the gift of life. I thank you for air to 
breathe. For health and for strength, I am grateful. And 
for loved ones around me-not perfect people, but people 
who support me and care for me-I am grateful. I thank 
You for my church family and the joy that I find in them. 

God, thank You today for Your Word. And thank You 
for Your Holy Spirit, who pursues me so faithfully and 
brings Your truth to bear upon my behavior. Thank 
You for the life-changing experience of walking with 
Jesus Christ. Thank you for the assurance of sins 
forgiven and the promise of eternal life. 

I choose today by an act of my will to turn away from
those things that would frustrate and defeat me and to
focus upon Your goodness. I pray even now that You would
cause genuine gratitude to continuously come forth from
my lips, for You are worthy. In Jesus' name. Amen.