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To Honor You With Healthy Diets

Generous Lord,
When it comes to the daily bread with which you feed us, we are tremendously blessed. You provide us with an abundance of food that far surpasses any level of providence in history. While there is so much that caters to our cravings and does more harm than good for our bodies, we also have a wealth of healthy options that you richly provide for our bodily good. Thank you for fresh fruits and vegetables available to us all year long. Thank you for vitamins and supplements, which, in moderation, can help provide essential nutrients for our bodies. Thank you for the wisdom and understanding we have of dietary health and how it can help or harm us. Out of gratitude for all of these blessings, lead us to honor you in how we choose what to put into our bodies. Help us strive to maintain and care for the bodies you have gifted to us so that they enable us to carry out all that you have planned for us in our lives. 

In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. 

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For Growth in Giving

Generous Lord,
You are a Giver. You not only promise to provide all that we need, but are delighted to give it. We, on the other hand, are more naturally takers and receivers. The fall into sin revealed this very attitude, when Adam & Eve were more concerned with taking what they shouldn’t have. Ever since then, we have looked out for ourselves first, and give only after we’re sure we have enough (if we give at all!).

In repentance, rid us of this selfishness and greed. Just as you did not come to be served, but to serve, bend our hearts and will in the same direction – outward before inward. Free us from any enslavement to money or possessions, as well as the fear of not having enough, and cause us to imitate you as generous givers. Grow us into joyful first-fruit givers, worshiping you with our first and best instead of what’s left.  

In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. 

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For Those You’ve Used to Help Me

Caring Father,
It’s so easy for us to forget or overlook the ways you have used others throughout our lives to help us along the way. No one gets to where they are in life without the aid and assistance of others. You provide others to be there to help us learn and show us how to do certain things. You give others listening ears to walk us through problems. Some have been instrumental in connecting us with other people who have been a blessing to us. Many have prayed for us more than we’ll ever know. Thank you for placing considerate and helpful individuals in my life to guide and support me in such meaningful ways. You have used them to lead me to experience how much you truly care about me.

In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. 

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For Generosity

Giving Father,
All that we have is from your hand, and what you provide, you provide abundantly. We can easily overlook or forget about your generosity, not because it isn’t evident, but because we are too accustomed to focusing on what we don’t have. Redirect not only our eyes, but our hearts, too, to see how you excel at giving good gifts. Then, as we see how lavishly you provide, replace our greed with gratitude and prompt us to give as you do – freely, eagerly, and generously. You provide us with so much, not solely for our personal joy and benefit, but so that your goodness can flow through us to others. While no example of generosity will ever surpass the gift of your Son, the most precious gift ever to be received, make us imitators of your generosity so that we benefit not only from receiving gifts, but also in giving them. 

In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. 

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To Care for Caregivers

Caring Father,
Look with favor on those who serve as caregivers. Whether it’s adult children caring for their elderly parents, dedicated parents caring for children with physical limitations and/or special needs, or somewhere in between, their work is arduous. Be the source of their strength. While they focus on providing care for others, it can be easy for them to neglect their self-care. Give them ample time to allot to their own care, and surround them with a support system of others who recognize when they are running on empty and offer to step in and help. Make the service that caregivers provide not only a blessing to those they care for, but also to them, so that they are able to see and enjoy the fruit of their labor.

In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. 

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For the Generosity of Others

Generous Lord,
Thank you for the generosity others have shown me over the course of my life. You have often used their kindness and care to provide for my daily bread. Additionally, generous gifts from others have allowed me to enjoy experiences I would not otherwise have been able to enjoy. Let gratitude to you and to the giver always be my first response when I am on the receiving end of generosity, and guard my heart from expecting it or feeling as if I’m somehow entitled to it. It is one thing for others to acknowledge that you’ve blessed them with an abundance; it is another for them to be generous with it. May your generosity and the generosity of others work in me a generous heart, too. 

In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. 

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To Trust You Wholeheartedly

Providential Father,
Your promises, which are always trustworthy and true, assure me that you will provide for all of my physical and spiritual needs. But, even though I believe it, I still struggle to trust it. Doubt and worry come so naturally and so easily to me, prompting me to think I’m just better off taking matters into my own hands and controlling the outcome on my own. This usually results in my experiencing the all-too-familiar lesson of how foolish it is to pretend I could care for or provide for myself better than you. Therefore, I ask you not to improve my prowess in providing, but rather to increase my trust. Steer me away from self-reliance and toward a deeper confidence in you. Lead me to lean on you not hole-heartedly, but wholeheartedly.

In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. 

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For Those with No Home

Caring Father,
Not everyone has the blessing of a place to call home. While the reasons for this vary, regardless of what they are, continue to provide in one way or another for those without a home. Move friends and family members to be willing to open their homes when they would not be putting themselves in danger. When these options aren’t available, provide other avenues of generosity through church, community, or social services, so that shelter can be secured. While temporary housing is an immediate need, work behind the scenes to put into motion the plans that need to be carried out to provide permanent housing solutions. Thank you for those who dedicate themselves to this worthy cause of securing housing for those in need. May they be a blessing to many, and as they let their light shine, may those on the receiving end of their generosity eventually be drawn to you. 

In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. 

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For Awareness to Serve Others

Servant Lord,
Whatever plans I have in mind for today, I submit them to you. When I order my days, I often do so from the viewpoint of what I want to do or need to do. Instead, lead me first to approach each day with consideration for what you would have me do. For you not only know what is best for me on a daily basis, but also how best to use me to bless others through me. Keep my eyes and my heart open every day for opportunities to set aside my own agenda when the needs of others become apparent, and give me a willing spirit to meet those needs however I can. Let me glorify you as I serve as your hands and feet to others.

In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen. 

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To Appreciate and Care for All Living Things

Creator God,
When you spoke all of creation into existence, you gave mankind the responsibility of overseeing and caring for it. Carrying out this duty diligently is an expression of thanks for giving us such a variety-filled and fascinating world to discover and appreciate. Let us be informed consumers, aware of products and processes that are irresponsibly and unnecessarily harmful to the environment. Give us an appreciation for how you provide for all living things around us as we also care for things like gardens, houseplants, and pets. It is no small thing when you bring to life and sustain it. Neither should we take for granted when you heal or restore anything living that was damaged or unwell. Thank you for this world and for all that lives in it. Help us tend to it well.

In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.