Thanksgiving is a time to rejoice with family, but it can be dark days for those who have lost loved ones. God’s love is often the only thing keeping you through the long holiday.
We want to lift everyone’s light during this solemn time in our country by reminding everyone to find their strength from God. So here are 27 Thanksgiving prayers for family members and friends that may feel alone during this heavy time:
What is an excellent thanksgiving prayer for a family?
Thanksgiving is a time to celebrate with your family and friends, but it’s also a time to reflect on how grateful you are for all the good things in your life.
Here is a great Thanksgiving prayer for families:
- “Dear Lord, thank you for my family. Thank you to my friends. Thank you for this meal. Thank you for this home. Thank you for this country. Thank you for everything good in my life.”
Thanksgiving prayer for family
Prayer of Gratitude
Thank you, Father, for allowing me to live with this family. I am so grateful for my parents, brothers and sisters, uncles and aunts, grandparents, and cousins.
I pray that we will always be united as one happy family. Help us share our blessings with those less fortunate than us. Please give us the wisdom to use our good fortune wisely.
Let us never forget that we are your children and one in Christ Jesus. Amen.
Simple thanksgiving prayer for family
We sincerely appreciate what you gave up so we could live freely as a family. Pardon us if we don’t express our gratitude to you enough for who you are, what you do, and what you’ve contributed.
Please help us to focus our hearts and minds on you once more. Refresh our spirits and infuse us with your pleasure and happiness.
You are needed today and every day because we adore you, and we laud and appreciate you because only You are deserving! Amen, in the name of Jesus.
Thanksgiving prayer for family and friends
For my Father and mother, I thank you. I bless your name today, as well as everyone else’s today. Anyone going through a difficult time may find strength in you and your great might.
May they acknowledge you in all their ways, trust in you, and not rely on their understanding. We appreciate your promise to create clear paths.
And Lord, I hope that the moms and dads who do not know about your salvation today or at some point shortly hear your voice and accept your saving grace through Jesus.
Powerful thanksgiving prayer
We give thanks to our heavenly Father as we think about the needy while we give thanks for the nourishment we receive.
We give you thanks for our good health and think about the sick.
We give thanks to our friends and keep loneliness in mind. We provide you with praise for our freedom and keep in mind the slaves.
May these memories motivate us to give back so that the gifts you have given us will benefit others. Amen.”
Thanksgiving prayer for a family reunion
Dear Lord, we declare that my progeny will be substantial and significant, and we will disperse to the west, east, north, and south.
In my progeny and me, all the families of the earth will be blessed.
Your grace will bless and protect our generations because You are with us. Continue to face us with Your countenance, and keep being the voice that leads us as we enjoy this family reunion. Amen.
Family reunion prayer
God, the only righteous and good One, we thank You for giving us the ability to raise our children in the way they should so that as they grow older, they have not strayed from it.
We are grateful for this family gathering. We are pleased that we have raised numerous generations who follow Your teachings.
Even after we part ways and return to different places, keep them close to You.
Cover us with Your love and fill us with Your Spirit.
Thanksgiving prayer for family unity
Grace and Mercy for Unity
We are grateful for your tremendous influence and effort in our lives. We are also thankful for your goodness and gifts. We are pleased you can give us hope in the darkest circumstances and empower us to serve your objectives.
I appreciate all of your love and concern. I’m grateful for your grace and mercy. We are thankful for your constant presence and promise never to abandon us.
Devotion and Unity Prayer
We are grateful that you made us and will always adore us. I appreciate you carrying out your intentions for each life you gave birth to in this family.
Lord, finish the task you started in their heart. Since your devoted love remains forever, I am confident you won’t desert us. I’m grateful to you today, God.
Thanksgiving prayer for family dinner
Short prayer for thanksgiving dinner
More than the sparrows or field lilies, you are concerned about my family members and always provide for us.
You provide for my family today just as you did for the Israelites in my Bible when you gave them quail and manna.
I appreciate that you are a God of supply, Father.
Thanksgiving day prayer for family and friends
I appreciate all the blessings that You offer me, Heavenly Father. I’m in awe of everything You’ve done for me this Thanksgiving season. I’m grateful you sent Your One and Only Son to die for me. I am also thankful for my friend, which was lost in sin but is now found.
Thank You for bringing Him back to life and placing Him in Your presence in heaven. I’m grateful for Your Holy Spirit’s gift of existence, which I can feel because of You. I hope I’ll long to be with You all the time. In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Thanksgiving prayer for family gatherings
Thank you, Lord, for the times when we are by ourselves. We are grateful for the uncertainty we have faced, God, and they’ve increased our faith in You.
Thank You, Lord, for saving us in situations where we had no idea we required help. We thank You for the losses we have endured. Although you are our most significant gain, they have served as a constant reminder.
We are grateful to God for our tears. Our hearts have been kept open and pliable by them. We thank You for the moments when we haven’t had any influence over our circumstances. Instead, they have served as a reminder that You are supreme and seated on the throne.
Thanksgiving prayer for the family meal
1. Heavenly Father, To celebrate Your goodness, we have met to eat together. We appreciate you bringing our family together and providing delicious cuisine. God bless our bodies, o Lord. We appreciate everything you have offered to everyone seated at this table.
Lord, use these gifts for the good of our entire family. Direct our dinner conversations and hearts to Your plan for our lives, in the name of Jesus, Amen.
2. Dear Heavenly Father, We thank You for our friends and our family. We are grateful that You brought us together tonight for dinner. We are thankful for the people in our lives and the time we spend in fellowship with them.
Help us make the most of this opportunity to get closer as a community and to love one another more. Bless our bodily and spiritual appetites so that we might honor You in whatever we do. Amen, in the name of Jesus
Happy thanksgiving prayer for family and friends
1: We humbly thank You for everything You have provided us these last several months as we assemble around this table, Lord God.Thank you for relationships, memories, health, and the ability to laugh and live.
Thank you for the lessons we’ve learned and the tears we’ve shed because of Your capacity to help us develop due to them.
I sincerely appreciate your support and presence in light of good and terrible days.
We are grateful for everything we have right now, everything we had yesterday, and everything You will continue to provide us tomorrow. Never let us take that for granted, but rather let us constantly appreciate every excellent and ideal gift from You. May we always have hearts brimming with gratitude, not just today.
2: We are grateful for everything we have right now, everything we had yesterday, and everything You will continue to provide us tomorrow. Never let us take that for granted, but rather let us constantly appreciate every excellent and ideal gift from You.
May we always have hearts brimming with gratitude, not just today.
Thanksgiving dinner prayer for family
1: In your unfathomable generosity, O Lord, our God and Father, you have given us food and drink to hydrate our bodies.
Please give us the serenity to use these gifts from your hands gratefully and respectfully.
Let your blessing settle on these presents for our well-being and comfort. Lord, grant that as much as our bodies yearn for this nourishment, our souls fervently seek Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior, the Bread of Eternal Life. Amen.
2: Praise and glory be to the Lord, who has fed us since we were little and provides food for all living things.
Fill our hearts with joy and happiness and meet all our needs to abound in all that is good through the Lord Jesus Christ. Forever and ever, to him, you, and the Holy Spirit, be glory, honor, might, majesty, and dominion.
