Have a Blessed Thanksgiving!

Wishing you and yours a very happy, healthy, and blessed Thanksgiving!

The Prayer for Thanksgiving (approved for use in the forthcoming URCNA Hymnal):

Our Sovereign God, who created all things for your pleasure and who gives to all life, breath, and every good thing, we praise you for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this life. For rain and sunshine, in abundance and in lack, we acknowledge that our times are in your hands. You supply all of your creatures with your good gifts: the just and the unjust alike. Nevertheless, we especially give you praise for the surpassing greatness of your saving grace that you have shown to us in Christ Jesus our Savior. For our election in him before the foundation of the world; for our redemption by him in his life, death, and resurrection; for our effectual calling, justification, sanctification, and all of the blessings of our union with him, we give you our heartfelt thanks. And we look with great anticipation toward that day when you will raise us to life everlasting, glorified and confirmed in righteousness, so that we may sing your praises without the defilement of our present weaknesses, distractions, and sins. As you have served us with these gifts, we ask that you would give us grateful hearts so that through us you may serve our neighbors. In the name of Jesus Christ our Savior, Amen.

Comments

[Randy]

What an amazingly beautiful prayer. Thank you for sharing this.

[wayne]

As a citizen of Terra Australis Espiritu Santo-THE GREAT SOUTHLAND OF THE HOLY SPIRIT- as one Spanish explorer named Australia, I wish you all ,,the very best for Thanksgiving,and I envy the fact that you have a strong Christian heritage to your country. keep on keeping on

[annette]

Happy thanksgiving to you as well. :)

[plw]

Wonderful prayer!! Hope you all had a great T-day. Wonder if Kim is out of his tripto coma yet........ :)

[DB]

When the hymnal is available, will you announce it here on your blog?