This is day 17 of our 27 day gratitude and prayer guide in preparation for Thanksgiving. You can download the entire 27-day Give Thanks and Pray guide here.
Day 2: Reflect on Colossians 3:15-17
On a sheet of paper or in a journal, write as much of Colossians 3:15-17 as you can remember.
Write your answers to the following on you paper or in your journal:
Reflect: What does Colossians 3:15-17 say about how the gifts of God relate to how we interact with other believers?
Re-read 1 Peter 4:10 and Hebrews 10:24-25. What responsibilities come with the gifts that God gives us?
How does a life of gratitude reflect joy, peace, and contentment?
Offer prayers of confession and thanksgiving
Preparation for prayer:
Write your answers on your paper or journal to the following:
In what ways do you view your gifts selfishly or neglect to use them for others?
What things in your reading and reflection cause you to give thanks to God?
Offer up prayers of confession and thanksgiving
Pray to God confessing the challenges in question one, and thanking him for your answers in question 2. You can use the following as a guide
Lord, I confess to you that I have a way of getting your gifts mixed up. I become like a little child when thinking of what you have given me, crying out “mine!” Forgive me for looking at your gifts only for what they do for me. Help me to see your gifts as things I can use for others.
I thank you for the goodness of your gifts, for the perfection of your gifts. I am grateful that you look at me and find the things that are a perfect fit for how you made me.
Thank you for giving me these gifts, these tools, so that I might serve you and your people. I am grateful for these brothers and sisters in Christ that you have also given as a gift, and how you bring us together in community to build one another up. Thank you for the common bond of your Son, through whom I offer this prayer of thanks. Amen.