This is day 6 our 27 day gratitude and prayer guide in preparation for Thanksgiving. You can download the entire guide here.
Day 2: Respond: Psalm 107:8-9
On a separate sheet of paper, write as much of Colossians 2:6-7 below as you can remember.
Re-read Psalm 107:8-9 and respond
Write this passage down on a sheet of paper, but paraphrase it into your own words.
Go back and read through your responses from Day 1 (Reading) and Day 2 (Reflecting) on Psalm 107:8-9. Spend some time in solitude thinking about what these passages say to you and on your reflections that you wrote in the past two days.
Write out three ways God has satisfied your soul. Post them on a notecard or post-it note, and keep them where you can see them often throughout the day. Consider writing them in the margins of your Bible near this passage, or sharing these thoughts with someone who needs this encouragement.
Prayer of Supplication
Preparation for prayer:
Write down your answers to these questions:
What are things in life that leave you unsatisfied right now, leaving you spiritually hungry or thirsty?
Who do you know who has a spiritual hunger or thirst?
Spend time in prayer
Pray for God to step in on your answers to the first question. Include prayers for who you know who might have such spiritual hunger or thirst.
Father, I thank you for the way that you meet my real needs. Only you provide everlasting satisfaction. I come before you with these needs and concerns that leave me unsatisfied: _____________________
I do so knowing I’m unable to fully lean on you on my own. I pray that you help me, give me the ability to turn these over to you, help me find satisfaction in you. Show me how your grace is sufficient for me.
I pray for ___________ that they may come to know the ways you satisfy the thirsty and fill the hungry. I thank you Lord for how you take care of every need. Open my eyes to your provision, produce gratitude in me for what you do. I pray this through the living water and bread of life that is your Son, amen.