November Thanksliving Prayer Journal. Created by: Visual Ministry Consulting For: Shepherd of the Hill Lutheran Church ATX all rights reserved

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1 November Thanksliving Prayer Journal Created by: Visual Ministry Consulting For: Shepherd of the Hill Lutheran Church ATX all rights reserved

2 Dear God, Share Who are you thankful for today? Read Philippians 1: I thank my God every time I remember you. 4 In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy 5 because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now, 6 being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus. 7 It is right for me to feel this way about all of you, since I have you in my heart and, whether I am in chains or defending and confirming the gospel, all of you share in God s grace with me. 8 God can testify how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus. 9 And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, 10 so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, 11 filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ to the glory and praise of God.

3 Talk Why do you think Paul says "it is right for him to feel this way"? Pray Start with: Dear Lord, you have shared such love with us. Help our love grow through the knowledge and depth of your grace in particular we pray for these people that are in our hearts... Blessing of Thanksliving Bless and Keep us in the contentment of God's love. For the Lord has given us grace and for that we are forever grateful. Thank You

4 Dear God, Share Share a recent moment that you thought about God. Read Philippians 2:1-4, Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, 2 then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind. 3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves, 4 not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others. 12 Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, 13 for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.

5 Talk If we are like-minded in gratitude, what can we achieve if we work together to show that gratitude to God? Pray Start with: Dear Lord, we know that you work through us to fulfill your "good purpose" in particular we pray for your presence as we... Blessing of Thanksliving Bless and Keep us in the contentment of God's love. For the Lord has given us grace and for that we are forever grateful. Thank You

6 Dear God, Share A recent moment that was difficult. Read Phillipians 3: But whatever were gains to me I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. 8 What is more, I consider everything a loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them garbage, that I may gain Christ 9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in[a] Christ the righteousness that comes from God on the basis of faith. 10 I want to know Christ yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, 11 and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead. 12 Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me. 13 Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. 15 All of us, then, who are mature should take such a view of things. And if on some point you think differently, that too God will make clear to you. 16 Only let us live up to what we have already attained.

7 Talk Do you have a method for seeing past the difficult moments of your day? Pray Start with: Dear Lord, Please help us to be grateful even when it's difficult to give thanks. In this time of plenty we ask you to take the burdens of our hearts and minds so we can freely see your hand in our lives in particular we ask for you help with... Blessing of Thanksliving Bless and Keep us in the contentment of God's love. For the Lord has given us grace and for that we are forever grateful. Thank You

8 Thanksgiving Build-a-Prayer Dear Lord, As we come together this Thanksgiving, we thank you with great gratitude for the people around us and the people in our lives, in particular we lift up... (insert people from pg 1 "share") We know that through your love and grace we are blessed. We pray that the knowledge of your love drives us to be your hands and feet in the world. Be with us as we take action to express our gratitude...(insert entries from pg 4 "talk") As we remember you this day, we ask you to be in our hearts everyday. And for your love to wash away any hardness in our hearts from these burdens in our lives... (insert entries from pg 6 "pray") Dear Lord, bless and keep us in the contentment of God's love. For the Lord has given us grace and for that we are forever grateful. In your name we pray. Amen