This is day 20 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 Luke 17:11-17
On a sheet of paper or in a journal, write as much of Luke 17:11-17 as you can remember.
Write your answers to the following on you paper or in your journal:
Read Luke 17:11-17. Jesus told the one grateful leper that his faith has made him well. How do you think that faith and gratitude are connected?
Read 2 Corinthians 9:8-11. As our special offering on November 24 draws near, reflect on what God has done for you. How has he blessed you? What do these verses along with our passage say about the reason God gives us the abundance?
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 fail to thank God for what He has done for you?
How often does it feel like God is not enough?
What has God done for you today that you can thank Him for?
Offer up prayers of confession and thanksgiving
Pray to God confessing the challenges in the first two questions, and thanking him for your answers in question 3. You can use the following as a guide
Father, I confess my ingratitude. You provide far more than I need, but too often I still act like it’s not enough. I still seek pleasure or fulfillment or satisfaction in places other than you, and in that way I’m much like the nine who failed to give thanks.
Forgive me my ingratitude and give me a thankful heart.
I thank you for your provision. I thank you that, through Jesus, you have made me well. I come today grateful for these ways that you have provided for me today:____________ I thank you for your healing today. You are enough. I thank you in Jesus’ name. Amen.