33 Thanksgiving Blessings
Express your gratitude this Thanksgiving with heartfelt blessings and prayers you can share at the table, in cards, or during quiet moments of prayer.
Updated December 15, 2025, by Catherine Pulsifer
Thanksgiving is a time to pause and give thanks for the many blessings in our lives. Whether you are gathered around the table with family, writing a message in a card, or offering a prayer of gratitude, these Thanksgiving blessings help put thankful hearts into words. Each blessing is meant to be shared and to remind us of the goodness we often take for granted.
Take a moment to read through these blessings and choose one that speaks to your heart to share this Thanksgiving.
How blessed we are to be surrounded by love
This Thanksgiving day we give thanks to above.
We thank you, Father, for our home to gather
This Thanksgiving being together is all that matters.
Father, we thank you for the love of family,
We thank you for the food we eat,
We thank you for the memories made
We know we are blessed by You
Your promises each day are new.
Father, we ask you to bless this food.
We ask you to bless this family.
We thank you for your gift of grace
And for providing for us each and every day.
The food on this Thanksgiving table would not be possible
without the farmer, the truck driver, the grocery store clerk, the cook.
Father, we pray a blessing on all these people.
May we never take for granted
The blessings in our life
May we trust in God
In times of strife.
We thank you Lord
For all that you do
We are blessed to gather around this table
We are blessed by family and friends
Let us show love and kindness
And on God depend.
While we are grateful each and every day,
Lord we thank you this Thanksgiving day for all the goodness,
for all the happiness and for all of our lives.
Without You in it our lives would be without purpose.
Lord we bless you, we worship you and we love you.
We thank you for the sunshine that makes things grow
We thank you for the rain and then the rainbows.
We ask for your blessing on the food that we eat
And bless our family and friends and all that we meet.
You surround us each and every day
We feel your love in many ways
From the family and friends you blessed us with
To the food on our table and the rest.
We thank you God for all you do
May we always be grateful and love you to.
More verses and prayers for Thanksgiving:
May we be blessed with health and happiness,
We pray to You, Lord, with thankful hearts.
For every blessing You place in our lives,
We praise You, adore You, and give You thanks.
On this day of thanks, we come before You,
grateful for the many blessings we share.
Bless our family as we gather together,
and fill our hearts with joyful memories to cherish.
Father, we thank you for this Thanksgiving day.
All good gifts come from your loving hand.
With grateful hearts, we praise and trust you,
Thankful for all you have so generously planned.
This day is one of gratitude,
Of thanks and celebration to.
Each day may we appreciate all the things
And be thankful for what life brings.
As Thanksgiving returns once more,
We place our trust fully in You.
Thank You, Lord, for this food before us,
And for the gift of life so good.
Father bless this food we pray
Bless the hands that prepared it.
Bless the people gathered here
And we thank you for this day.
May we always be grateful for the sunshine, the stars, and all that is good.
Father, your love surrounds us each day and reminds us how deeply you care.
We are thankful to be gathered here today
We praise you Father for this Thanksgiving day
For the food before us and the love we share
With you in our lives we know your care.
Father, as Jesus prayed and gave You thanks
Even while being approached by the military ranks
Help us to remember to pray
Not just at Thanksgiving but every day.
If we were to count all of our blessings one by one
We would be up to see the rising of the sun.
Let us be thankful and full of joy too
Thank you, Lord for all you do.
Famous Thanksgiving Blessings
These famous Thanksgiving blessings have been shared through generations, reminding us that gratitude is a timeless gift meant to be passed on and remembered.
For each new morning with its light,
For rest and shelter of the night,
For health and food,
For love and friends,
For everything Thy goodness sends.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Thank you for the world so sweet,
Thank you for the food we eat.
Thank you for the birds that sing,
Thank you God, for everything.
A Child's Grace
Dear God, make me appreciative of all the wonderful gifts You give.
When I take things for granted, show me the error of my ways.
Fill my mind and heart with gratitude for the many blessings I have.
Amen.
Round the table
Peace and joy prevail,
May all who share
this season’s delight
enjoy countless more.
Chinese Blessing
Thank you for the wind and rain
and sun and pleasant weather,
thank you for this our food
and that we are together.
Mennonite Blessing
A Collection of Thanksgiving Blessings
This collection of Thanksgiving blessings offers meaningful words of gratitude to share with family, friends, and loved ones as you give thanks together.
May all be fed.
May all be healed.
May all be loved.
John Robbins
Trees are changing color,
Orange, gold, and red.
Leaves are tumbling downward,
Falling on my head.
Winter's 'round the corner.
Fall is almost here.
Thank you, God, for autumn,
A special time of year!
Glenys Nellist, Snuggle Time Fall Blessings
Thou hast given so much to me,
Give one thing more, - a grateful heart;
Not thankful when it pleaseth me,
As if Thy blessings had spare days,
But such a heart whose pulse may be Thy praise.
George Herbert
Bless our family with peace and joy,
let our words to each other be kind,
and our actions gentle.
May the love that we share be Your love,
so that each of us can always say:
Lord, it is good for us to be here!
Anne Vogel
O Thou, whose bounty fills my cup
With every blessing meet!
I give Thee thanks for every drop -
The bitter and the sweet.
I praise Thee for the desert road,
And for the riverside;
For all Thy goodness hath bestowed,
And all Thy grace denied.
Jane Crewdson
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We hope the words of these blessings and prayers are ones that convey your thoughts of appreciation and gratefulness. Thanksgiving, being thankful, is an attitude we should display all year long, not just on the Thanksgiving holiday!
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