Dear God,thank you for loving me. Thank you for this day and the beautiful world I live in. Thank you for family and friends to play and share with. Thank you for my home- for clothes and food and a safe place to be.
Thank you for my church and for those who are teaching me. Dear God, help me do what you want me to do. Forgive me for when I do things wrong like when I hurt myself and hurt you. Make me be the best that I can be to everyone. In Jesus’s name. I pray. Amen.
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