Prayer of Thanksgiving: For Love

Here’s a responsive prayer of thanksgiving for the gift of love. It was written by Bruce Prewer and posted on

Prayer of Thanksgiving: For Love

(inspired by 1 John 4:18 and similar passages)

Let us give thanks for the remarkable gifts

of God’s creating and redeeming love,

 the loving that casts out all fear.

For the love that frees us to ask questions and explore,

to frame doubts and investigate new possibilities,

to build theories and then cross-examine them.
We thank you, God of adventurous love.

For the love that enables us to marvel at our own existence,

to ponder and remember,

recognize our own needs

and affirm our own knowledge and purpose.
We thank you, God of determined love.

For the love that helps us to communicate with one another,

to express trust and respect,

share heartaches and visions,

to convey love and mercy.
We thank you, God of reconciling love.

For the love that inspires us to warmly encourage those around us,

to affirm and build up, comfort and enlighten.
We thank you, God of nurturing love.

For the love that liberates us to celebrate the world around us

 in poetry and song,

to delight in shapes and colours, intricacies and patterns,

awesome forces and deep mysteries.
We thank you God of visionary love.

For the love that encourages us to express something of our faith;

for creeds and prayers, hymns and readings,

discussion groups and sermons.
We thank you, God of creative love.

Above all else we thank you

for the love that allows us to admit

that we have no words in which to adequately describe

the process of faith in Christ,

the awesome worship of our God,

and the holy wonder of the Spirit.

We thank you for that point where

our love becomes wordless adoration.

Through Christ Jesus,

who is the pure glory of your loving. Amen! 

~ written by Bruce Prewer and posted on Bruce Prewer’s Home Page. http://www.bruceprewer.com/