A Prayer to Overflow with Thankfulness – Your Everyday Prayer – August 5

A Prayer to Overflow with Thankfulness
By Kristine Brown

“So then, just as you obtained Christ Jesus as Lord, continue on to dwell your lives in him, rooted and designed up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.” – Colossians 2:6-7 NIV

“Thank – you – for – this – working day.” I open up my prayer each morning with all those 5 very little terms. But these days, I’ve puzzled if I really signify what I say. Am I thankful for the working day ahead, or am I trapped in a pattern of repeating words without the need of considering about their significance? As I feel about those terms, I recall a time in my career when all the requires overwhelmed me. Even even though I loved my function, I felt like I wanted to quit. It was difficult to be thankful. I try to remember many instances going for walks by way of the door following a lengthy working day at operate and seeking to vent about the problems of my working day. I did not know I was expending much more time complaining than giving many thanks.

It is uncomplicated to get distracted by negativity, specifically when balancing get the job done, residence, family members, and every little thing else. At times it feels like the terrible outweighs the superior in lifetime. We want to go over our troubles because it assists us feel superior to get it all out. But that good sensation is only temporary. Except if we choose our frustrations to God in prayer, they can linger in the atmosphere like a cloud, affecting people all over us. Colossians 2:6 reminds us of the importance of living our life for Jesus. Verse seven encourages us to keep “rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the religion as you were being taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.” I have a good friend who retains a gratitude listing in her journal. She’s been incorporating to her record for years. Studying today’s passage reminded me of my friend’s plan. What a wonderful example of overflowing with thankfulness! In our weak spot, the struggles of day-to-day existence can just take their toll on our hearts, but gratitude is important to keeping encouraged.

A gratitude journal is a realistic way to put God’s Term into motion today. What other ways can we overflow with thankfulness when negativity threatens? I have settled to get started my mornings considering about the that means of all those 5 brief but potent words. As I start out praying, “Thank you for this working day,” I will signify what I say. No subject how we set it into observe, overflowing with thankfulness is often a very good plan. 

Let us pray.
Expensive God,
Thank you. I am grateful for this day and all it brings. Forgive me for complaining and letting my struggles consider my focus away from you and your goodness. Enable me overflow with thankfulness. Father, assist me to replace annoyance with gratitude. Convey to my ideas the lots of blessings in my lifetime, both equally large and little. Aid me maintain my heart and head focused on remaining grateful. As I start listing everything I am grateful for, I feel uplifted. Gratitude is a reward. When I try to remember to be grateful, you restore my joy and peace. The problems of this life have become a large fat, but thankfulness lifts that body weight. 1 Thessalonians 5:18 reminds me to 

“Give thanks in all circumstances for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” 

I will start out nowadays by offering many thanks in all circumstances— not only when issues are likely effectively or handy. Give me the wisdom and power to keep on being thankful even in suffering. Gratitude will support me persevere by the pains of this world. I have so significantly to be grateful for these days and each day. Your blessings are in no way-ending. In Jesus’ title, I pray, Amen.

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