Thursday Thinking - Thanksgiving Prayers

The Lord be with you. 
    And also with you.
Lift up your hearts.
    We lift them to the Lord.
Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
    It is right to give him thanks and praise.

Accept, O Lord, our thanks and praise for all that you have done for us. We thank you for the splendor of the whole creation, for the beauty of this world, for the wonder of life, and for the mystery of love.

We thank you for the blessing of family and friends, and for the loving care which surrounds us on every side.

We thank you for setting us at tasks which demand our best efforts, and for leading us to accomplishments which satisfy and delight us.

We thank you also for those disappointments and failures that lead us to acknowledge our dependence on you alone.

Above all, we thank you for your Son Jesus Christ; for the truth of his Word and the example of his life; for his steadfast obedience, by which he overcame temptation; for his dying, through which he overcame death; and for his rising to life again, in which we are raised to the life of your kingdom.

Grant us the gift of your Spirit, that we may know him and make him known; and through him, at all times and in all places, may give thanks to you in all things. Amen.

Let us give thanks to God our Father for all his gifts so freely bestowed upon us. For the beauty and wonder of your creation, in earth and sky and sea.
    We thank you, Lord.

For all that is gracious in the lives of men and women, revealing the image of Christ,
    We thank you, Lord.

For our daily food and drink, our homes and families, and our friends,
    We thank you, Lord.

For minds to think, and hearts to love, and hands to serve,
    We thank you, Lord.

For health and strength to work, and leisure to rest and play,
    We thank you, Lord.

For the brave and courageous, who are patient in suffering and faithful in adversity,
    We thank you, Lord.

For all valiant seekers after truth, liberty, and justice,
    We thank you, Lord.

For the communion of saints, in all times and places,
    We thank you, Lord.

Above all, we give you thanks for the great mercies and promises given to us in Christ Jesus our Lord; To him be praise and glory, with you, O Father, and the Holy Spirit, now and for ever.
    Amen.

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Prayers from The Book of Common Prayer.