By Lois Hewitt

Dearest Lord, on this day before Thanksgiving I want to say a prayer for my family and friends. This year has been difficult for so many. Health issues, finances, loss, addiction and so many other heart breaks. Lord, please look over them all and cover them with Your loving arms. Please heal the wounds you can see as well as the ones hidden from the world.

Peace is a grand ideal but impossible to achieve in this realm. So I pray for those living in situations I cannot even imagine. Please provide strength and protection from the evils in the world.  Let us be reminded that one day we will live in perfect peace.

I practice gratitude Lord. For I know all things come through You. Today I pray for those suffering and not having the things they need…food, shelter, clean water, and the other things I take for granted. So many need Your help, please let Your blessings cover them.

Lord I pray for those who curse Your name. Please forgive them for the are living in their sin and Your name is bitter to them.  I pray that they see You for Who You are…let the excuses fall away, let the lies dissolve and let their hearts open to Your love. They are quick to blame You for the ills of the world, they don’t understand You are the only cure for those ills. Churches run by man hurt people, You do not. Open their eyes Lord.

The world is divided, it seems like it will never heal but my faith is in You and You have a plan that is in place. Let us hold on tight to You and the words You have given us.

Although the world is scary, we have so much to be thankful for. Please continue to bless us individually, as a family, as a part of a community, as a nation and as an inhabitant of this world. Thank You Lord for Your sacrifice on the cross that gave every person the opportunity for redemption. 

May the blessings rain down on Your children and on those who do not know You yet. 

Thank You for all You do and all You provide today and forever more.  Heaven is coming. In Jesus’ previous name we pray.  Amen