Transform Your Life Through Gratitude and PrayerSample

I’m Grateful for Relationships

I love my friends and family. For many years I was so sad when I moved to Texas, because my closest circle of friends and family were thousands of miles away. I’ve been so blessed to see those relationships grow despite the distance. Friends often become family. Truthfully, some our friends are more like family than our own relatives. I’m grateful for each one of those relationships that foster laughter, unconditional love, trust and overwhelming support.

I’m extremely grateful for the healthy relationships that I have cultivated throughout my life…relationships with solid foundations of trust, honesty, equity in service-- relationships that are healthy. But not all of us are there yet on our journey. We still have growing and have healing to do. Give yourself grace if this is you. Today we are giving thanks for the healthy relationships that we do have, OR we are giving thanks in advance for the wisdom from God that will lead us to healthy relationships.

Write down 5 of the closest friends and family members. One by one, write down what you are grateful for in each person. What do they add to your life? How do they make your life better? Start by saying, “Thank you ____________ for________________”. Know that true gratitude has the power to transform relationships and bring our love for our friends and family to new levels.

Prayer: Lord thank you for our family and friends. Thank you for divine connections. Show us how we can better honor these relationships so that they can flourish in a way that is pleasing to you. Today we bring you back to the center of our relationships. You are a God of restoration, so we ask that you place on our hearts the areas where we need to forgive in our relationships along with the guidance and the words to make mends. AMEN