A Thanksgiving Prayer:
Give thanks to the Lord for He is good.
God’s love is everlasting.
Come, let us praise God joyfully.
Let us come to God with thanksgiving.
For this world you have created; for all things great and small, beautiful and awesome; for seen and unseen splendours;
We thank you, Lord God.
For human life; for talking and moving, thinking and sharing together; for common hopes, joys and hardships shared from birth until our dying;
We thank you, Lord God.
For work to do and strength to work; for the comradeship of labour; for exchanges of good humour and encouragement;
We thank you, Lord God.
For marriage; for the mystery and joy of flesh made one; for mutual forgiveness and burdens shared; for secrets kept in love;
We thank you, Lord God.
For family; for living together; for celebrating and eating together; for family adventures and family pleasures;
We thank you, Lord God.
For children; for their energy and curiosity; for their brave play and startling frankness; for their sudden tender hearts and spontaneous joys
We thank you, Lord God.
For the young; for their high hopes; for their irreverence toward worn-out values; for their search for freedom; for their courageous faith;
We thank you, Lord God.
For growing up and growing old; for wisdom deepened by experience; for rest in leisure; and for time made precious by its passing;
We thank you, Lord God.
For your help in times of doubt and sorrow; for healing our diseases; for preserving us in temptation and danger;
We thank you, Lord God.
For the church into which we have been called; for the good news we receive from the Word; for our life together in this body of Christ;
We praise you, Lord God.
For your Holy Spirit, who guides our steps and bears the fruit of love, joy, peace, patience and so much more; who prays for us when we have no words, and prompts our grateful worship;
We praise you, Lord God.
Above all, O God, we give thanks for your Son Jesus Christ, who lived and died and lives again; for our salvation; for our hope in him; and for the joy of serving him;
We thank and praise you, Eternal God, for all your goodness to us.
Give thanks to the Lord, our God and King
God’s love is everlasting.
We pray for all in our community who grieve the loss of loved ones through death, whether currently or in the past. May the memories of loved ones on this Thanksgiving weekend bring peace and comfort by your grace Oh God.
We pray for Orie A. as he continues to receive treatments and recovers from hernia surgery. Keep him strong and may his healing proceed without complication. We pray for Vicki G. on her cancer journey, Judy St. who endures ongoing health challenges.
Lord, we give thanks for answered prayer!
This morning we also wish to bring the following Household of Faith families before you God. We lift up Paul, Jenny & Vicktoria Abell, Jim & Sharon Adams, and Andrea Albrecht, and Josh Kneller. Thank you that each of these individuals is created in your image, and that you love them with an everlasting love. We pray specifically for Vicktoria who deals with chronic pain which impacts the whole family. We pray for hope, for healing and for wisdom to know what to do. May your grace be poured out on all and may this weekend of Thanksgiving be a time of joy and celebration, of rejoicing in the gift of family, and may your peace reign in their lives.
We ask all this in the name of Jesus.
Amen