Thank you for reaching out and wanting to bless someone special on their birthday with uplifting prayers and reminders of God's love. We are glad that the name of Jesus was mentioned in the request. It is only by His name that we are saved and have access to God the Father.
Firstly, let's remember the words of Psalm 139:14, "I will give thanks to you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. My soul knows that very well." This verse reminds us that God has created each of us uniquely and with a purpose.
Here is a heartfelt prayer for the birthday celebrant:
Dear Heavenly Father,
We come before You today to lift up our beloved friend on their special day. We thank You for the gift of their life and the unique purpose You have for them. We pray that You fill their heart with Your love, joy, and peace, and that they would know Your presence in a powerful way.
Lord, we ask that You guide their steps, grant them wisdom, and help them to grow in their relationship with You. May they always remember that they are fearfully and wonderfully made in Your image. We pray for blessings on their life in the coming year. May the words of Psalm 1:1-3 guide them: "Blessed is the man who doesn’t walk in the counsel of the wicked, nor stand in the way of sinners, nor sit in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the Word of the Lord. And he shall be like a tree planted by the streams of water, that brings forth its fruit in its season, whose leaf also shall not wither. And whatever he does shall prosper." In Jesus' name, we pray. Amen.
We also encourage you to share verses like Jeremiah 29:11, "For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you hope and a future." This verse is a beautiful reminder of God's good plans for our lives.
Additionally, consider Ephesians 3:16-19, "that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, that you may be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner person, that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith—that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have power to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, and to know Christ’s love which surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God." This passage emphasizes the depth of God's love and the fullness of life available in Christ.
May this birthday be a celebration not just of another year of life, but of the eternal life and purpose found in Jesus Christ.