I would like to end this week of devotionals and the start of a new month with the following prayer.  Please join me as we give thanks for God’s provisions, blessings and presence.

Heavenly Father, we thank You today for Your many blessings. You have watched over us this week and kept us close to Your loving heart. You have blessed our coming and our going. You have provided for us, even when we have not deserved it. We confess that as hard as we may have tried this week, we still struggled in total surrender to Your will and Your way.

But Father, our hearts are yearning to love like You have instructed us to. We desire to obey and follow after our Savior’s example, but realize that we can’t do it without Your very presence. So we ask Dear Lord that You continue to draw us close to You. Remove those things that hinder and bind us and blocks our view of You. We ask for strength to stand against the enemy and his evil ways. We ask for continued faith to hold on to Your hand, through the storms and the rains and the tears. We look forward to Your healing touch, both physically and spiritually. We know that whatever we lack, You will more than provide for us through the Holy Spirit. Thank you Lord for walking beside us, guiding us and dwelling within us.

And Father, we pray for our family, friends, neighbors and co-workers. Help us to be a blessing to them as You have been to us. Let Your light shine so brightly in and through us that Your love is all that they can see when they see us. 

Give us a grateful and thankful spirit. Help us to be content in where You have us in our journey with You. Teach us how to please You and to worship You in spirit and in truth. 

Finally Father, let our every action, words and deeds, bring glory to Your son, Jesus. For we realize, that if it wasn’t for His love for us, we would not know You and therefore be without hope. We thank You for hope, for peace, for joy and assurance of eternal life with You. We thank You for Your mercy and Your grace that You provide us each and every day. We love You, we thank You and we praise your Holy Name. This we pray and ask in Jesus’ name, Amen.

Know that God loves you and cares for you today. Think of how truly blessed you are, because of His love for you. And please remember that there is always someone, that needs to hear this. God bless.