In America this week we celebrate Thanksgiving Day. I have always treasured this holiday because its intention is so clear and so right. It is not so cluttered with commercialism and busyness. It recalls the harvest of fields, and invites us to look for a harvest of God’s goodness in our own lives.
“Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God” (Philippians 4:6).
Dear God, You have invited us to give you thanks, and this is what we wish to do. We are living in a time of great anxiety, but you have offered us a way out of anxiety. We long to know your loving care.
We pray to you because there is no one so good, so high, so holy, and so merciful as you. Thank you that you have invited us to bring our petitions and our requests to you. Who else can we go to for wisdom, or for hope, or for guidance?
We pray for the victims of violence wherever they may be found. We pray for those in authority, that they would seek and find the wisdom that comes from above. We pray for peace in the world. We pray that you would help us live in obedience, with integrity, based on the dignity you have given. And we pray for peace in our own hearts, a peace that proceeds from your forgiveness, the wholeness that comes from your restorative touch.
We thank you for creating a world you called “good.” We thank you that despite the evil that has entered the world and still wages war in our own souls, your own goodness is undiminished. We thank you that we have seen
honor that is bolder than shame…
mercy that is wider than cruelty…
truth that is straighter than deception…
faith that is stronger than treachery…
hope that is deeper than desperation.
We thank you for the ordinary things: the bread we receive today, the breath by which we live today. And we thank you for the extraordinary things: the strength we didn’t know was possible, and the discovery of truths we didn’t know we didn’t know. We thank you for the immeasurable grace shown to us in the coming of Jesus Christ, the hope of the world.
In His Name, Amen.
This is my poem prayer.
Thanksgiving Day
Today is Thanksgiving, what a beautiful day to live. I pray the Holy Spirit can be found in your home, so when you say a prayer over your dinners, he will hear us say. Thank you God for the gifts in our lives, our friends, our loved ones, and for the food on our plates. Thank you for Thanksgiving father, it really is great! Now don’t just feel for the hungry, and the poor. Pray for them too,and feed them if you can. Isn’t that what life is about, helping out our fellow man? Thank you Jesus for your spirit, I know I have been blessed. Now open up your hearts to him, an you can be blessed too. Amen!
Happy thanksgiving…God bless to all of you
Thank u father, d creator of heaven & earth n our Lord Jesus Christ. Father we thank u for everything u hv done for us today most especially ur guidance n protection, ur provisions n caring for us. We also pray for d less privelege in our society n our leaders. Thank u father, thank u Holy Spirit In Jesus name we pray. Amen