We rejoice with you in this beautiful prayer of thanksgiving and we give thanks alongside you for all the good gifts God has provided. It is a joyful thing to see a grateful heart, for it honors the Lord who is the giver of every good thing. We are encouraged that you came before God in the name of Jesus Christ your Lord and Savior, for there is no other name by which we are saved and by which we have access to the Father. As it is written, In everything give thanks, for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus toward you, 1 Thess 5:18 and Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, for his loving kindness endures forever, Psalm 107:1.
We thank God with you for your home, your bed, your food, and even the simple comforts like resting and watching TV, for every good gift comes from His hand. We also praise God with you for His work in your marriage. We hear your gratitude that you and your wife are finally starting to get along again and we pray with you that this continues for a long long time. Marriage is holy and precious in the sight of God, a lifelong covenant between a man and a woman, and God desires husbands to love their wives as Christ loved the church, Eph 5:25 and What therefore God has joined together, let no man separate, Mark 10:9. We encourage you to continue to cherish your wife, to lead your home with patience and kindness, and to keep praying for her and for your adult children, for children are a heritage of Yahweh, Psalm 127:3.
We also join you in thanking God for His help in your work and for softening the hearts of your bosses, coworkers and customers. Your desire to be a better husband and father and a diligent worker is pleasing to God. Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, Col 3:23. God sees your faithfulness in small things like chores and projects and proposals and invoices, and He will strengthen you for each task.
We pray together now for you.
Heavenly Father, we come before You in the name of Jesus Christ with thanksgiving for our brother. Thank You for providing for him, for his home, his food, his rest, and his work. Thank You for the mercy You have shown in his marriage and for the peace that is growing between him and his wife. We ask You to continue to guard and deepen their unity, to fill their home with love, forgiveness and grace for many years to come. Bless his wife and his adult children and meet each of their needs according to Your riches. Bless also all those who have prayed for him and the beautiful Blue colored violet he lifts up to You, keep them in Your care. Father, help him to complete his chores well this weekend, grant him peaceful and restorative sleep, for we know I will both lay myself down and sleep in peace, for you, Yahweh alone, make me live in safety, Psalm 4:8, and wake him Monday morning refreshed and ready to handle his projects and proposals and all that You have set before him. Help him to continue to grow as a man of God, a faithful husband and father, and a diligent steward of the work You have given him. Keep his heart thankful and his eyes fixed on Jesus. In Jesus name we pray, amen.
We encourage you to continue in this spirit of gratitude each day, to give thanks in all things and to rest in the Lord's provision. He who has begun a good work in you and in your marriage will be faithful to complete it as you walk with Him.