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A Prayer for Thanksgiving Day

As we approach Thanksgiving, I am eager to find a way to intentionally focus our hearts and minds as we break bread and give thanks together. One of the ways we can do this is by proclaiming together a prayer of gratitude, both for who God is and for our many blessings. 

Here is a prayer I’ve written for my family, and yours, to use this Thanksgiving. It is written as call and response and I encourage you to read it aloud at your table. 

Here is a prayer I've written for my family, and yours, to use this Thanksgiving. Click To Tweet

My hope is that it draws our eyes and hearts to the goodness of God and the beauty of His redemption.

May this Thanksgiving prayer be a blessing to you and yours. 

Leader: Let us gather here at this feast and acknowledge with thankfulness the Maker of this food and of our beings, body and soul. 

All: It is right to give Him thanks and praise, for He formed our beings out of the dust and from that dust brings forth food to sustain our fragile bodies year after year. 

Leader: As we look to you with thankfulness, we also look to those who have mirrored Your creative ability and prepared for us this meal.

All: May we all in our own way continue to mirror You, oh Lord, as we go about the tasks you have prepared for us, today and every day.

Leader: These delightful smells and tastes will satisfy our gnawing stomachs, may they also stir our hearts to remember and long for the Bread of Life. 

All: As we savor this meal, may we long for you, our true Sustainer. 

Leader: We reflect on your providence in our lives this year, each lifting up prayers of thankfulness for ways we’ve seen your grace and goodness displayed in our lives. May we give thanks and tell of your deeds together. 

Going around the table, each person can now share what they are particularly thankful for this year. 

Leader: Your goodness is evident to all around this table. But for some of us, there are aches in our hearts that even on this day, remind us this world is not our home. We thank you for sustaining us in these trials and for redeeming all things. 

May we continue to labor on in the tasks you have given us knowing that we will reap a reward if we do not give up. Let today be a foretaste of the day we enter into the eternal rest bought for us by the redeeming blood of Christ. 

May we continue to labor on in the tasks you have given us knowing that we will reap a reward if we do not give up. Let today be a foretaste of the day we enter into the eternal rest bought for us by the redeeming blood of… Click To Tweet

All: May each bite be a foretaste of the great Wedding Feast of the Lamb. 

May our conversation stir our hearts to long for greater beauty. 

May the friends and family surrounding us remind us of the Great Cloud of Witnesses who have seen the fulfillment of Your promises and watch now as You continue Your faithfulness today in our lives. 

Leader: We give thanks today, in this and all circumstances, because of Your goodness and grace to us. 

All: While we receive your blessings with thankfulness, may we learn to delight truly and wholly in You. Amen. 

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May your Thanksgiving be filled with gratefulness for the Creator, Sustainer, and Redeemer of all life.

May your Thanksgiving be filled with gratefulness for the Creator, Sustainer, and Redeemer of all life.  Click To Tweet
 
Let’s flood each other with thankfulness. What’s making your thanksgiving prayer this year? What are you thankful for?
 

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  • Candy
    November 20, 2018

    What a beautiful poem. You captured everything anyone could or would say.

    Reply
    • Bailey
      Candy
      December 12, 2018

      Thank you, Candy.

      Reply
  • Amy @ Orison Orchards
    November 20, 2018

    As I prepare to host 40 people (argh! Stress!) I really needed this reminder! Thanks you!

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    • Bailey
      Amy @ Orison Orchards
      December 12, 2018

      We had 30! It can be such a stress but such a ministry to others.

      Reply
  • Diane Ferreira
    November 21, 2018

    Thank you for sharing this Bailey! It kind of reminded me of the prayers that we say during holidays in Messianic Judaism, always calling to mind Jesus and our salvation in Him.

    Reply
    • Bailey
      Diane Ferreira
      December 12, 2018

      It’s so important to keep those things always in mind.

      Reply
  • Ingrid
    November 21, 2018

    This is a beautiful prayer. I like the sentiments expressed. As I look back at my journey, I am thankful as I see the hand of God all over it.

    Reply
    • Bailey
      Ingrid
      December 12, 2018

      Isn’t it wonderful to take time and see God’s work?

      Reply
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The Thin Place was born out of a season of struggle. A season where I felt stretched thin and desperately longed to see the goodness of God in the land of the living. The goodness of God showed up in unexpected ways. During that season, the spiritual disciplines laid out in Scripture, the traditions of the Church, and the reminders of His faithfulness seen in liturgial living and the feasts and seasons of the Church calendar all opened my eyes to the hope we have in Christ.

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