Our Father in Heaven
Prayer
Our Father in
Heaven,
We give thanks for the pleasure
of gathering
together for this occasion.
We give thanks for this
food
prepared by loving hands.
We give thanks for life,
the freedom
to enjoy it all and all other blessings.
As
we partake of this food,
We pray for health and strength to
carry on
and try to live as You would have us.
This we
ask in the name of Christ
Our Heavenly
Father.
Harry Jewell
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Give us this day our daily bread
Prayer
Give us this day our
daily bread, O Father in heaven, and grant that we who are
filled with good things from Your open hand, may never close
our hearts to the hungry, the homeless, and the poor; in the
name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
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Child’s
Thanksgiving Prayer
Thank you God for all
that grows,
Thank you for the sky's rainbows,
Thank you
for the stars that shine,
Thank you for these friends of
mine,
Thank you for the moon and sun,
Thank you God for
all you've done!
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O God of all Creation
Prayer
O God of all Creation:
You have cared for the earth, and have filled it with your
riches. Abundance flows in your steppes, through the pastures
and wilderness. You provide for our land, softening it with
showers, bathing it in light, and blessing it with
growth.
The hills sing with joy; the meadows are
covered with flocks; the fields deck themselves with wheat;
and together they glorify your name!
On this occasion
of our Thanksgiving, we as a nation take rest from our labors
to consider your many blessings. We thank you for our
freedoms, and for the opportunity to contribute our skills,
our attributes and our values toward the good of
society.
We thank you for the mixture of our cultures,
blending us into one people under God. Help us to be a light
unto other nations, and to further the cause of freedom and
justice all over the world.
We remember those who are
less fortunate than we. We lift up in prayer the victims of
poverty and racism, and all those who suffer from forms of
political and economic oppression. Let the word that goes
forth from our mouths speak of your peace, and let us proclaim
our hope in Christ as Savior of all humankind.
We pray
that you will bless all those who gather here, as we have come
to experience your presence among us. Give us your guidance, O
God, and empower us for your work. For we claim nothing for
ourselves, but return all honor and glory unto you, and offer
our thanks and praise. Amen.
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With hearts filled with
gratitude
With hearts filled with
gratitude,
we thank You, Lord our God,
for gifting us
with good friends.
We are grateful for all those persons
in our lives
who have chosen us to be their friends
for truly this is a rich and sacred trust.
Be the
sacrament of friendship,
we share our mutual journeys to
you,
Sour of All Love and Life.
In sharing, we find
our happiness expanded
and our sorrow lightened,
and,
for this blessing, we are grateful.
We prayerfully
rejoice
that Your Son, Jesus, has called each of us
from the position of servants
to the honor of being
His friends.
Blessed are You, God of Unity,
for
entering our lives through friendship.
Make us, we pray,
worthy of such a gift
by being faithful but
non-possessive,
be being loyal but honest
and by being
ever grateful
for the gift of good friends.
Blessed are You, Lord
our God,who gifts us with
the joys of friendship.
Amen
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O Lord, with humble hearts we
pray
O Lord, with humble
hearts we pray
Thy blessing this Thanksgiving Day
And
ask that at table place,
Where grateful folk say words of
grace,
That Thou will come to share the yield
Thy bounty
gave to farm and field.
We pray thy love will bless, O
Lord,
Each hearth, each home, each festive board;
And
that Thy peace will come to stay
Where candles glow,
Thanksgiving Day.
A Thanksgiving Day prayer, by Brian
F. King
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Traditional Thanksgiving
Hymn
We gather together to ask
the Lord's blessing;
He chastens and hastens his will to
make known;
The wicked oppressing now cease from
distressing,
Sing praises to his name: He forgets not his
own.
Beside us to guide us, our God with us
joining,
Ordaining, maintaining his kingdom divine;
So
from the beginning the fight we were winning;
Thou, Lord,
wast at our side, All glory be thine!
We all do extol
thee, thou leader triumphant,
And pray that thou still our
defender wilt be.
Let thy congregation escape
tribulation;
Thy name be ever praised! O Lord, make us
free!
Amen
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Thanksgiving Day Prayer
Heavenly Father, on
Thanksgiving Day
We bow our hearts to You and pray.
We
give You thanks for all You've done
Especially for the
gift of Jesus, Your Son.
For beauty in nature, Your glory
we see
For joy and health, friends and family,
For
daily provision, Your mercy and care
These are the
blessings You graciously share.
So today we offer this
response of praise
With a promise to follow You all of our
days.
Mary Fairchild
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Thanksgiving Day Grace
Thank thee, Lord
For
all my many blessings,
thank thee, Lord.
I have
bread,
thank thee, Lord.
for room and board.
thank
thee, Lord.
for friends and family.
God takes such good
care of me.
Amen
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Thanksgiving Prayer
Thanksgiving Prayer
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 (1803-1882)
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Thanksgiving Mealtime
Blessing
For food that stays our
hunger,
For rest that brings us ease,
For homes where
memories linger,
We give our thanks for
these.
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Prayer at Harvest and
Thanksgiving
O God, source and giver
of all things,
You manifest your infinite majesty, power
and goodness
In the earth about us:
We give you honor
and glory.
For the sun and the rain,
For the manifold
fruits of our fields:
For the increase of our herds and
flocks,
We thank you.
For the enrichment of our souls
with divine grace,
We are grateful.
Supreme Lord of
the harvest,
Graciously accept us and the fruits of our
toil,
In union with Jesus, your Son,
As atonement for
our sins,
For the growth of your Church,
For peace and
love in our homes,
And for salvation for all.
We pray
through Christ our Lord. Amen.
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