Thank you

Father,

We thank you for the freedom in which we have been blessed and for the price Christ paid so we could enjoy this freedom. Today, we are thankful as we remember the cost of it all—the great sacrifice for freedom. "Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends."

We thank you for the brave men and women who have fought, and continue to fight, so courageously for our nation. We ask for your covering and blessing over them and their families. We pray that you will be gracious and encircle them with your peace. We pray for your great favor and goodness to be evident in their lives.

All things are possible through you, Lord, and we ask that you bless those who have lost so that we have freedom. Bless those who serve at home and far away. We pray that those who made the ultimate sacrifice knew you and are eternally in your presence.

In Christ's name, we pray, Amen.