Pray with me September 22, 2026 Heavenly Father, We come before You today with grateful hearts, because every good and perfect gift comes from You. You are the Giver, the Sustainer, and the One who has carried us farther than we could ever have carried ourselves. (James 1:17) Thank You for the blessings we recognize and for the blessings we have overlooked. Thank You for doors You opened, and for doors You closed because You knew what was on the other side. Thank You for prayers You answered exactly as we hoped, and for the times Your wisdom gave us something different because Your ways are higher than our ways. (Isaiah 55:8-9) Lord, teach us to “give thanks in all circumstances,” because this is Your will for us in Christ Jesus. (1 Thessalonians 5:18) Not because every circumstance is good, but because You remain good in every circumstance. Thank You for daily bread. Thank You for shelter, provision, work, family, friendship, laughter, and the ordinary mercies we so easily take for granted. You have promised to supply our needs according to Your riches in glory in Christ Jesus. (Philippians 4:19) Thank You for protecting us from things we never saw coming. Thank You for sustaining us through battles we thought would break us. Thank You for giving strength when ours was gone, peace when life was uncertain, and hope when the road ahead seemed dark. As David declared, “Bless the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits.” (Psalm 103:2) Father, keep us from forgetting. Do not allow familiarity with Your blessings to produce ingratitude in our hearts. Give us eyes to recognize Your fingerprints throughout our lives. Above everything else, thank You for Jesus. Thank You for the cross. Thank You for mercy we did not earn, grace we could never purchase, forgiveness we could never achieve, and salvation we could never accomplish for ourselves. “Thanks be to God for his inexpressible gift!” (2 Corinthians 9:15) Thank You that through Christ we have been rescued from darkness and brought into Your kingdom. (Colossians 1:13-14) Thank You that our names are written in heaven. (Luke 10:20) Thank You that nothing can separate us from Your love in Christ Jesus. (Romans 8:38-39) Father, do not simply make us people who have been blessed. Make us people who know how to be grateful. When abundance comes, keep us humble. When difficulties come, keep us faithful. When prayers are answered, remind us to return and say thank You. When we receive more than we need, show us whom we can bless. Let gratitude change the way we live. May our words, generosity, worship, obedience, and treatment of others become living expressions of thanksgiving. Your Word says, “Oh give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever!” (Psalm 107:1) So today we give You thanks. For what You have done. For what You are doing. For what You have kept us from. For what You have brought us through. For what You have placed in our hands. And for what You are preparing that we cannot yet see. You have been faithful in every season. You are faithful today. And You will remain faithful tomorrow. May we never become so consumed with what we still want that we forget to praise You for what we already have. With grateful hearts, we declare: “The LORD has done great things for us; we are glad.” (Psalm 126:3) Thank You, Father, for Your goodness, Your mercy, Your provision, Your protection, Your presence, and above all, the gift of Your Son. In the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.