Thanking God for every blessing

🛐 Daily Prayer: "Our Father, we pray with a deep gratitude for all your mercies: may they take possession of all our hearts."

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November 24, 2025

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This week, our prayers and Scripture readings each day will focus on Thanksgiving and prayers of thankfulness. Invite a friend to pray with you by sending them this link.

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DAILY PRAYER (BY SPURGEON)

Our Father, we pray with a deep gratitude for all your mercies: may they take possession of all our hearts that, as when David sat in his house of cedar he “magnified the Lord,” so may we also, whenever things go smoothly with us. Lord, may the gratitude we feel prompt us to say again, “How can I repay the LORD for all the good he has done for me?” (Psalm 116:12).

Make every child of yours here, to be every day serving you; and serving you so that heaven’s work may begin below, and something of heaven’s pleasure may be enjoyed even now. But Lord, while we work for you, always keep us sitting at the feet of Jesus. Let our faith never wander away from the simplicity of its confidence in him. Let our motive never be anything but his glory; may our hearts be taken up with his love, and our thoughts perpetually engaged about his person. Let us choose the good part which shall not be taken away—that if we serve with Martha we may also sit with Mary.

Amen.

VERSE OF THE DAY (COMMENTARY BY SPURGEON)

“We give thanks to you, God; we give thanks to you, for your name is near. People tell about your wondrous works.” (Psalm 75:1)

We do not give thanks to ourselves for we were helpless, but to God who heard our cry, and replied to the taunt of our foes. Never let us neglect thanksgiving, or we may fear that another time our prayers will remain unanswered. As the smiling flowers gratefully reflect in their lovely colors the various constituents of the solar ray, so should gratitude spring up in our hearts after the smiles of God’s providence.

We should praise God again and again. Stinted gratitude is ingratitude. For infinite goodness there should be measureless thanks. Faith promises redoubled praise for greatly needed and signal deliverances.

PRAY FOR THE NATIONS

This week, we’re praying for the Aimaq of Afghanistan.

The Aimaq are a group of 1.7 million people. All of them are Muslims and there are no Christians living among them or speaking their language. They will never hear about Jesus unless someone comes from the outside.

Pray that God would send missionaries to the Aimaq.

RECOMMENDED RESOURCE

Thanksgiving is not a day. It’s a way of life.

This week, people in the United States will celebrate Thanksgiving. I’m 100% on board with an annual reminder to be thankful to God for all of the blessings we enjoy. However, having a holiday set aside for Thanksgiving can also distract us from the call that God has given us to be “giving thanks always for everything” (Ephesians 5:20).

One of the most common (and accepted!) sins in our day is that of complaining. Instead of thanking God as we should, we grumble about what he has (or has not!) given to us. This is a tragedy.

If you want to get serious about building a life of gratitude and stopping your habit of complaining, check out The Grumbler’s Guide to Giving Thanks by Dustin Crowe. This book offers a solid biblical foundation for WHY we should be thankful and a practical guide to actually grow in gratitude. It’s a valuable book that will make you more grateful (which will actually make you more happy too!).

I can’t wait to hear about what God does in your life as you read The Grumbler’s Guide to Giving Thanks.
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LAST WORD FROM SPURGEON

“We are in a wrong state of mind if we are not in a thankful state of mind.” — Charles Spurgeon