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Other Title: Why Not Make Thanksgiving Day Special With A Great Prayer? Why Not Make Thanksgiving Day Special With A Great Prayer? Why not this Thanksgiving Day invest a few more minutes of time in making this day special by setting a family and spiritual tone with a great pre-meal prayer? So here are a few prayers you could pray before the meal that might give a little focus to this event and spiritual tone of the day. They might not be as entertaining as Ricky and Aunt Bethany's, but they may set a tone for the day that might bring spiritual meaning back to this great day. ONE | A Prayer For Relationships/Togetherness God, thank you for bringing us together today. While it's sometimes hard to make time to be together, we pray you will help us to enjoy these next few hours together. We are reminded that today is about relationships, not just a meal, but the people you have brought together. Help us to enjoy the laughter, conversations, and the memories we make on this day. Thank you for the day off that makes this possible. Thank you also for the hands that have prepared the meal, and we pray the energy we receive from it will empower us to do what is pleasing to you and speak your love, grace, and mercy to others. Amen. TWO | A Prayer For Those Who Cannot Be With Us God, today, we gather in a way that others may not be able. We enjoy the blessings of warmth, shelter, and provision. Thanks for giving us this time and this meal. You are The Provider, so we offer you our first thanks. And God, thank you for the family and the friends who are joining us today. May our conversations be bright, may we be grateful for each other, and give us the courage to be appreciative of each other. For those who cannot be with us today, we remember them and celebrate them in their absence. Bless this meal to our bodies. Amen. THREE | A Prayer For Thanks In A Hard Year God, this year has been hard for many of us at this table. While this is a sweet moment, it's also hard. The challenges we have faced this year have been overwhelming, and as we gather today, we cannot ignore the fact that these feelings still linger as does the pain. But for these next few hours, we remember that you are a God who loves us, cares for us, heals us, and forgives us. Help us to enjoy this time. In the lingering bitterness give us peace. We thank you for this meal and pray a blessing for our strength. Amen. FOUR | A Prayer Of Thanks In Loss God, we are thankful for this time and this meal. While one who was among us this year is not with us today, we know you have welcomed them into a heavenly home. It's hard to be here and be thankful without them today. A chair is empty this year. But we know you save a seat at a heavenly meal today. That they are dining at a heavenly feast. And while our meal might not match with theirs, we miss them at this table and are yet still jealous for them. God, thank you that we will meet them again in heaven at the same feast. So, God, we thank you today not only for this great meal but for salvation and the opportunity for eternity together - until we meet one day again. Amen ... Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread |
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