New Year Prayer for 2024 - A Prayer for Thankfulness
As 2023 comes to a close, it’s a great opportunity to reflect on the year’s graces — what God set in your path, what triumphs you overcame, what friendships you grew, what goals you exceeded, and so much more. Ending the year with a grateful heart is a fantastic way to enter a new year of life. To help you with that transition, here is a New Year prayer to share with friends and family, meditate on, incorporate into your daily prayers, or write down in your journal as intentions for 2024.
There's nothing that brings about hope for change and new beginnings quite like the transition from one year to the next. That's why we set New Year's resolutions, after all! Come 2024, you might have goals of focusing on your physical or mental health, working on your finances, or improving relationships in your life. But as we bid farewell to the old and welcome the possibilities of the future, there's no better time to turn to the power of prayer. Because no matter your own plan for the year, God's plan is better!
Here's a prayer for thankfulness, to help you begin the 2024 year with a renewed sense of faith and hope for what He has in store for you.
Prayer:
God of Love, You are with us in every transition and change. As we enter into this new era with excitement and even some anxiety, we recall Your deep compassion, presence, and abounding love. We thank You for the gifts, talents and skills with which You have blessed us. We thank You for the experiences that have brought us to this moment. We thank You for the work of others that gives breadth and depth to our own work. Be with us as we move forward, rejoicing with You and supporting one another. We ask this in the Holy Name of Jesus. Amen.
—Joseph P. Shadle
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