21 Prayers of Thanksgiving:

For the gift of life

Romans 6:23: "For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord."

Psalm 3:5: "I lie down and sleep; I wake again, because the Lord sustains me."

For food

Matthew 6:11: "Give us today our daily bread."

Matthew 6:31-33: "So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well."

For safe drinking water

Deuteronomy 8:7: "For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land—a land with brooks, streams, and deep springs gushing out into the valleys and hills."

Exodus 15:25: "Then Moses cried out to the Lord, and the Lord showed him a piece of wood. He threw it into the water, and the water became fit to drink."

Genesis 21:19: "Then God opened her eyes and she saw a well of water. So she went and filled the skin with water and gave the boy a drink."

For shelter

Isaiah 4:5-6: "Then the Lord will create over all of Mount Zion and over those who assemble there a cloud of smoke by day and a glow of flaming fire by night; over everything the glory will be a canopy. It will be a shelter and shade from the heat of the day, and a refuge and hiding place from the storm and rain."

Psalm 121:5: "The Lord watches over you— the Lord is your shade at your right hand."

For clothing

Matthew 6:28-30: "And why do you worry about clothes? See how the flowers of the field grow. They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you that not even Solomon in all his splendor was dressed like one of these. If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith?"

For your family

Psalm 68:6: "God sets the lonely in families, he leads out the prisoners with singing; but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land."

Psalm 133:1: "How good and pleasant it is when God's people live together in unity!"

For your spouse

Ecclesiastes 4:12: "Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken."

Ephesians 5:22, 25: "Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord." "Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her."

For your children

Psalm 127:3: "Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from him."

For your friends

Proverbs 17:17: "A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity."

Proverbs 27:17: "As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another."

For the family you have in Christ

Romans 12:5: "So in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others."

1 John 3:1: "See what great love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know him."

For His creation

Revelation 4:11: "You are worthy, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they were created and have their being."

1 Timothy 4:4-5: "For everything God created is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving, because it is consecrated by the word of God and prayer."

For His protection

Psalm 3:3: "But you, Lord, are a shield around me, my glory, the One who lifts my head high."

Psalm 32:7: "You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance."

For His faithfulness

Lamentations 3:22-23: "Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness."

1 Corinthians 1:9: "God is faithful, who has called you into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord."

For His unconditional love

Romans 8:38-39: "For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord."

Psalm 107:1: "Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever."

For His perfect will for your life

Jeremiah 29:11: "For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future."

Romans 12:2: "Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will."

For your salvation

John 3:16: "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life."

Ephesians 2:8: "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God."

For the Holy Spirit who lives in you

1 Corinthians 3:16: "Don’t you know that you yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in your midst?"

Romans 8:9: "You, however, are not in the realm of the flesh but are in the realm of the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, they do not belong to Christ."

For the Word of God

Hebrews 4:12: "For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart."

2 Timothy 3:16-17: "All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be thoroughly equipped for every good work."

For making you the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus

2 Corinthians 5:21: "God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God."

For eternal life

John 3:16: "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life."

1 John 5:11: "And this is the testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son."

For everything, even in difficult times

1 Thessalonians 5:18: "Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus."