Seah

Gratitude

A prayer of gratitude

A simple way to name the gifts of an ordinary day and return thanks for them.

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1 Thessalonians 5:18Psalm 100:4

Giver of every good thing, before I ask you for anything, let me thank you.

Thank you for breath, and morning, and a place to begin. Thank you for the people whose names I would miss if they were gone. Thank you for the small mercies I walked past today without noticing.

Teach me to live with open hands, grateful for what is, instead of anxious for what is not. Where I have taken your gifts for granted, gentle me.

I enter your gates with thanksgiving, and your courts with praise.

Amen.

Pray it with Sellah

Sellah can read this aloud in a calm voice and gently invite you back to prayer at the times you choose.