🙏 Gratitude for Family, Friends, and Fellowship

Gracious Father,

You are the Giver of relationships and the Author of community. We pause right now to thank You for the people You've placed in our lives.

Thank You for our families—the ones we were born into, and the ones we’ve built through Your grace. Thank You for mothers and fathers, for sons and daughters, for brothers and sisters—both biological and spiritual.

Even if our families aren’t perfect, we thank You for the opportunity to love them, forgive them, and grow with them. Teach us to be patient, kind, and understanding. Help us to be present and nurturing, just as You are with us.

We also thank You for friendships—those divine connections that lift us up when we are weak. Thank You for friends who pray with us, cry with us, celebrate with us. For those who sharpen us like iron, who speak truth in love, and who reflect Your grace.

And Lord, we thank You for the Body of Christ—the church. We are not alone. You’ve placed us in a family of believers where we are encouraged, corrected, equipped, and loved. We thank You for pastors, teachers, intercessors, and every servant who helps build up the Kingdom.

Thank You for spiritual mentors and for divine appointments. Thank You for every hand we’ve held and every voice that’s prayed for us. Help us, Lord, to also be a blessing—to serve, to speak life, and to encourage others just as we've been encouraged.

We bless You, Father, for every relationship You’ve ordained, and we give You all the glory.

In Jesus’ name,

Amen.