Thanksgiving is technically a day given to prayer, meditation, and fasting. A Harvest Celebration is given to having a feast, enjoying family and friends, and grateful for having a year of plenty...just sayin.'
As we bow our hearts and heads in prayer before we eat, watch football, enjoy our friends, tolerate our relatives (just kidding), and prepare for Black Friday sales, here is a prayer you might consider.
This prayer is based on the passage of Sacred Scripture found in Philippians 4: 8-9. Here it goes:
" Father, as we gather to celebrate the joy of our friends and family, let our hearts and minds be filled with things that are noble, reputable and true about one another. Allow our thoughts to be authentic, compelling, and given to see the good in one another.
Let us never forget those who have enabled us to have our freedom, to experience all the comforts in life we have now, and take this moment to remember those who sacrificed much. Let us never forget the lives of those that ended in the horrors of war, the tragedies of standing up for what we believe, and sacrificing their very lives so we can enjoy today. (pause)
Let us equally remember the beautiful things in life, and allow us to encourage us to have grateful hearts for all we have received. Let us enter His Throne of Praise with thankful hearts, and refuse to go down paths that curse and regret our lives and the lives of those around us. Let us forgive others and forgive ourselves of the selfish and hurtful actions we have taken in past days, and do our utmost on this day to make things right where we possibly can.
May we put into practice the art of learning from Him, to do more of things He said to do, and do more of things He has done. By doing such things, may each of us see Him...walking in our lives. Thank You for your faithfulness to us. Let us look directly at those who are here this very minute, take a moment, make eye contact, and appreciate their lives. By the grace of God, let us move forward... In His Name we seek this. Amen"
As we bow our hearts and heads in prayer before we eat, watch football, enjoy our friends, tolerate our relatives (just kidding), and prepare for Black Friday sales, here is a prayer you might consider.
This prayer is based on the passage of Sacred Scripture found in Philippians 4: 8-9. Here it goes:
" Father, as we gather to celebrate the joy of our friends and family, let our hearts and minds be filled with things that are noble, reputable and true about one another. Allow our thoughts to be authentic, compelling, and given to see the good in one another.
Let us never forget those who have enabled us to have our freedom, to experience all the comforts in life we have now, and take this moment to remember those who sacrificed much. Let us never forget the lives of those that ended in the horrors of war, the tragedies of standing up for what we believe, and sacrificing their very lives so we can enjoy today. (pause)
Let us equally remember the beautiful things in life, and allow us to encourage us to have grateful hearts for all we have received. Let us enter His Throne of Praise with thankful hearts, and refuse to go down paths that curse and regret our lives and the lives of those around us. Let us forgive others and forgive ourselves of the selfish and hurtful actions we have taken in past days, and do our utmost on this day to make things right where we possibly can.
May we put into practice the art of learning from Him, to do more of things He said to do, and do more of things He has done. By doing such things, may each of us see Him...walking in our lives. Thank You for your faithfulness to us. Let us look directly at those who are here this very minute, take a moment, make eye contact, and appreciate their lives. By the grace of God, let us move forward... In His Name we seek this. Amen"
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