Heavenly Father,
Thank you for this day and for the continual blessings you shower on us every day. We come to you today in adoration, thanking and praising you for being our great and gracious Father, always looking out for us and each of your dearly loved children. We thank you for this past year and all of the lows, highs, and in-betweens it brought. We thank you for the memories, the relationships, and the events that occurred, knowing that in the bad and in the good, you were present through it all and have been working everything for our good in accordance with your perfect plan. We confess that we have fallen short in keeping your commandments throughout the year, and feel as though we do not deserve your favor and kindness. Yet we thank you for the forgiveness you offer, and for loving us so much to have sent your only Son to our earth to take on the sins of us and the world, thereby granting us eternal life in paradise with you. We thank you for this new calendar year and the new possibilities it provides – the memories, relationships, and events now unknown, which as in this past year, will be made known as we progress through the year. Be with us in any desires we have to change, any goals we would like to attain, and all other aspirations and dreams we have as the year begins. We also bring before you all of the burdens, cares, and concerns that are weighing on our hearts, knowing that you will help us to stand firm on the truth of your Word, your promises to us, and your good and perfect plan.
We thank you again for the past year, the coming year and the hope and promise it brings, and most importantly for being our good and perfect Father. Amen.