Heavenly Father,
I come to You today with a grateful heart for the gift of family. I thank You for the love and support that my family provides, and for the memories I have been able to create with them.
I ask that You bless my family and protect us from harm. Grant me wisdom and guidance as I navigate the challenges of life. Help me to love my family members as You love me, with patience, kindness, and forgiveness.
I also lift up to You any family members who are struggling or in need of Your comfort and healing. I ask that You be with them, and give them the strength and peace they need to get through this difficult time.
I trust in Your plan for my family and pray for Your will to be done in my life. I thank You for the blessings of family, and for the privilege of being able to call You my Heavenly Father.
In Jesus’ Name, Amen.
Suggested Bible Readings
Exodus 20:12 ESV
“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
1 Timothy 5:8 ESV
But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
Matthew 19:5 ESV
and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’?
Ephesians 6:1-3 ESV
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.”
Genesis 2:24 ESV
Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
1 Corinthians 16:14 ESV
Let all that you do be done in love.
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