A Thanksgiving to the Lord ~ Blessed be God Forever

Blessed are you, Lord our God.

How sweet are your words to the taste,

sweeter than honey to the mouth.

How precious are your commands for our life,

more than the finest gold in our hands.

How marvellous is your will for the world,

unending is your love for the nations.

Our voices shall sing of your promises

and our lips declare your praise.

Blessed be God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

Blessed be God forever, AMEN.

Praise the Lord, AMEN.

All Glory, Honour, Power, Wisdom, Praise and Thanksgiving 

belongs to the God Almighty, our Father in Heaven.

AMEN.

Beside us to guide us, our God with us joining,

Ordaining, maintaining his kingdom divine;

So from the beginning the fight we were winning;

Thou, Lord, wast at our side;

All glory be thine!

Thanksgiving prayer to St. Jude

Dearest St. Jude thank you for your prayer and intercession on my behalf to the Lord, you have always answered my prayer but still I will never be able to thank you enough. Please forgive me on occasion that I may have forgotten or overlooked in thanking you for the favours granted. I promise you St. Jude to ever grateful and always be, devoted to you as my my patron saint. For by the good Lord's grace has got me to this point in life, and there is still a very long road for me to traverse. Therefore, St. Jude, I will always need you by my side and please continue to guide and help me with God's grace. I ask you St. Jude to not leave any prayers unanswered whether it is one of mine or from other who have invoked your aid. Look upon us the hopeless and desperate for the Lord help in our life. I will always be in  need your help and always hear my prayers otherwise my life will be very difficult to lead. AMEN.

Prayer of Thanksgiving for Graces Received from the Infant Jesus of Prague

I kneel before Your holy image, 

O most gracious Infant Jesus, 

to offer You my most fervent thanks 

for the blessings You have bestowed on me, 

I shall incessantly praise 

Your overwhelming mercy and confess that You

alone art my God, my helper, and my protector. 

My entire confidence shall be placed in You! 

Everywhere I will proclaim aloud 

Your mercy and generosity, 

so that Your great love and the great deeds 

which You grant through this miraculous image

may be acknowledged by all.

May devotion to Your holy infancy 

increase more and more 

in the hearts of all Christians, 

and may all who experience Your assistance 

persevere with me in showing unceasing gratitude 

to Your most holy Infancy, 

to which be praise and glory forever. 

Amen.

Divine Infant Jesus, 

I know you love me 

and would never leave me. 

I thank you for your close presence in my life. 

Miraculous Infant, 

I believe in your promise 

of peace, blessings, and freedom from want. 

I place every need and care in your hands. 

Lord Jesus, 

may I always trust 

in your generous mercy and love. 

I want to honour and praise you, 

now and forever. 

Amen.

St.Jude Thanksgiving Prayer

I receive the gifts of God with a grateful spirit. 

St. Jude, help me to see the blessings 

that surround me and give me life. 

I offer you my prayer of thanksgiving. 

Give me the grace to be ever thankful 

for the love and mercy of God 

and the gift of life each day. 

May this gratitude inspire me to give 

generously without heeding the cost. 

Be with me now, St. Jude. 

Linger with me in gratitude, 

and let thanks fill my heart, 

washing away all pain and trouble. 

May I desire nothing except 

to be in your presence, 

walking with you in the world 

to spread hope, love and thanksgiving 

among all of God's children. 

AMEN.

Thanksgiving to Saint Anthony

Thanksgiving Prayer

St. Anthony, God has helped me abundantly through your prayer and has strengthened me in my need. I thank God and I thank you. Accept this prayer and my serious resolve which I now renew, to live always in the love of Jesus and of my neighbour. Continue to shield me by your protection and pray to God for the final grace of one day entering the kingdom of heaven to sing with you the everlasting mercies of God.

AMEN.

Let Us Pray

Almighty God, you have given St. Anthony to your people as an outstanding preacher and a ready helper in time of need. With his assistance may we follow the Gospel of Christ and know the help of your grace in every difficulty. Grant this through Christ our Lord.

AMEN.

Family Prayer for Advent

Heavenly Father,

we come with thanksgiving
for the lives You have given us,
for the lives You have sustained
through Word and Sacrament,
for the lives You have redeemed
through Jesus Christ.
Send now Your Spirit to guide us
as we pray in Advent and every day.
Come, Lord Jesus.
Come into our hearts,
repair the brokenness of sin,
heal the wounds of mind and spirit,
comfort the sick and grieving,
warm the cold-hearted,
fill the lonely and empty.
Come into our homes,
make them grace places,
places of forgiveness,
of safety,
of joy,
of peace.
Come to our children,
babies,
teenagers,
adult children
and all the ages in between,
protect them from anything
that would harm them,
guide their learning
and increase their wisdom
as well as knowledge.
Let them know love
from those around them
and the perfect love from You.

Come to our parents,
new parents,
stepparents,
single parents,
foster parents,
grandparents,
and to all who do,
did or would care for others.
Give them wisdom,
courage and the assurance
that You are with them every minute
as they nurture the lives entrusted to them.
Come to our loved ones,
our extended families,
our church family,
our friends and our neighbors.
Thank You for the blessing
they are to us
and let them experience
and extend Your grace
into their homes,
to their children and their parents.
Come to all hearts and homes,
in every country and culture.
We ask for their families
all the blessings
we seek for our own,
especially the gift of Your grace.
Come, Lord Jesus, come. AMEN.

Thanksgiving Day

Thursday, November 22, 2012
Thanksgiving Day

First Reading: Sirach 50: 22 - 24

22	And now bless the God of all, who in every way does great things; who exalts our days from birth, and deals with us according to his mercy.
23	May he give us gladness of heart, and grant that peace may be in our days in Israel, as in the days of old.
24	May he entrust to us his mercy! And let him deliver us in our days!

Psalm: Psalms 138: 1 - 5

1	I give thee thanks, O LORD, with my whole heart; before the gods I sing thy praise;
2	I bow down toward thy holy temple and give thanks to thy name for thy steadfast love and thy faithfulness; for thou hast exalted above everything thy name and thy word.
3	On the day I called, thou didst answer me, my strength of soul thou didst increase.
4	All the kings of the earth shall praise thee, O LORD, for they have heard the words of thy mouth;
5	and they shall sing of the ways of the LORD, for great is the glory of the LORD.

Second Reading: 1 Corinthians 1: 3 - 9

3	Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
4	I give thanks to God always for you because of the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus,
5	that in every way you were enriched in him with all speech and all knowledge --
6	even as the testimony to Christ was confirmed among you --
7	so that you are not lacking in any spiritual gift, as you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ;
8	who will sustain you to the end, guiltless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
9	God is faithful, by whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

Gospel: Luke 17: 11 - 19

11	On the way to Jerusalem he was passing along between Sama'ria and Galilee.
12	And as he entered a village, he was met by ten lepers, who stood at a distance
13	and lifted up their voices and said, "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us."
14	When he saw them he said to them, "Go and show yourselves to the priests." And as they went they were cleansed.
15	Then one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, praising God with a loud voice;
16	and he fell on his face at Jesus' feet, giving him thanks. Now he was a Samaritan.
17	Then said Jesus, "Were not ten cleansed? Where are the nine?
18	Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?"
19	And he said to him, "Rise and go your way; your faith has made you well."

Thanksgiving, take a moment..... to Praise and Thank GOD

 

 

REJOICE always,
PRAY without ceasing in everything
and
GIVE THANKS for it is the will of GOD in Jesus Christ for you.

O Lord my Saviour Thanksgiving Prayer

O Lord my Saviour and my Master,

I, Thine unprofitable servant,

with fear and trembling

give thanks unto Thy loving goodness

for all Thy benefits

which Thou hast poured

so abundantly upon me, Thy servant.

I fall down in adoration

before Thee and offer Thee,

O god, my praises;

with fervour I cry to Thee:

O God, deliver me henceforth

from all adversities and mercifully fulfil

in me such of my desires

as may be expedient for me.

Hear me, I entreat Thee,

and have mercy,

for Thou art the Hope

of all the ends of the earth,

and unto Thee,

with the Father,

and the Holy Spirit,

be ascribed glory,

now and ever,

and unto ages of ages.

Amen.

Heavenly Father Thanks, in Appreciation of Each Other

We thank you, Father, for the gift of Jesus your Son who came to our earth and lived in a simple home. We have a greater appreciation of the value and dignity of the human family because he loved and was loved within its shelter. Bless us this day; may we grow in love for each other in our family and so give thanks to you who are the maker of all human families and our abiding peace.
AMEN.

 

Heavenly Father Thanks, in Gratitude

Thank you, Father, for having created us and given us to each other in the human family. Thank you for being with us in all our joys and sorrows, for your comfort in our sadness, your companionship in our loneliness. Thank you for yesterday, today, tomorrow and for the whole of our lives. Thank you for friends, for health and for grace. May we live this and every day conscious of all that has been given to us.
AMEN. 
 

Heavenly Father Thanks, in my Thanksgiving to You
Father,
I come to You in the name
of the Lord Jesus Christ,
entering into Your presence
with thanksgiving and a worshipful heart.
My soul will bless You
for I know the reason behind my creation,
and my heart desires to bring You pleasure.
Praising You for Your mercy
and goodness in my past,
offering up to You the sacrifice of praise in my present,
and thank You
for what You are preparing for my future
it is the joy and purpose of my life.
You have chosen me in this generation
to show forth Your praise,
expressing to all how You have called me out
of my former darkness into a life filled with light.
I know when I praise You
I am given access to your very Presence.
I know that heaven opens up to my life
and supernaturally intervenes on my behalf.
As I magnify You,
my troubles are minimized;
as I worship Your Name, help is on the way.
I choose to praise You.
I refuse to permit an unthankful heart
to interfere with my inheritance.
My mind will be filled with thoughts
about how good You are.
My emotions will release their joy.
My body will express itself freely.
You alone are God
and worthy to be praised,
and I will worship none other.
Praise is going before me
and dealing with every evil tactic
and scheme of my enemies.
Thank You that I am living under an open heaven,
free to praise and worship the One
who loves me with an everlasting love.
AMEN.

Heavenly Father Thanks, for the Holy Spirit
Lord, thank you
for sending the Holy Spirit to help me. 
The Spirit of God
is falling into my situation with me;
joining me as my Partner,
collaborating with me in prayer;
becoming a part of my team,
and putting me on a right and stable path. 
I confess that the Holy Spirit
is my companion. 
When I call out to Him
in my moments of need,
He quickly comes to my rescue. 
He opens my spiritual eyes
and shows me what I cannot see for myself
and opens my spiritual ears
so that I may hear His voice,
and He gives me the right words
to say when I pray.
AMEN.

Psalm 100

A psalm. For giving grateful praise.

¹ Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth.
² Worship the Lord with gladness;
come before him with joyful songs.
³ Know that the Lord is God.
It is he who made us, and we are his;
we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.

⁴ Enter his gates with thanksgiving
and his courts with praise;
give thanks to him and praise his name.
⁵ For the Lord is good and his love endures forever;
his faithfulness continues through all generations.

 

 

Acts 2:44-47

⁴⁴ All the believers were together and had everything in common. ⁴⁵ They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need. ⁴⁶ Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, ⁴⁷ praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.
 

 

1 Chronicles 16:8-11

⁸ Give praise to the Lord, proclaim his name;
make known among the nations what he has done.
⁹ Sing to him, sing praise to him;
tell of all his wonderful acts.
¹⁰ Glory in his holy name;
let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice.
¹¹ Look to the Lord and his strength;
seek his face always.

 

 

 

Ephesians 5:20

"always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ."

 

Romans 5:5

“God has poured out his love into our hearts.”

Psalms 30:12

“To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.”

Colossians 3:17

“And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by him.”  

Psalms 50:14

"Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay your vows unto the most High.”

1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

“Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God.”

Psalms 75:1

“Unto thee, O God, do we give thanks, unto thee do we give thanks: for that thy name is near thy wondrous works declare.”
 

1 Timothy 4:4-5

“For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.”
 

Psalms 18:49

“I give thanks unto thee, O Lord, and sing praises unto thy name.”

Thanksgiving Blessing Prayer

 

O God,
We thank you for this earth, our home;

for the wide sky and the blessed sun, 

for the ocean and streams,

for the towering hills

and the whispering wind,

for the trees and green grass.

We thank you for our senses

by which we hear the songs of birds,

and see the splendor of fields of golden wheat,

and taste autumn's fruit,

rejoice in the feel of snow,

and smell the breath of spring flowers.

Grant us a heart opened wide to all this beauty;

and save us from being so blind

that we pass unseeing

when even the common thornbush

is aflame with your glory.

For each new dawn

is filled with infinite possibilities

for new beginnings and new discoveries.

Life is constantly changing

and renewing itself.

In this new day of new beginnings with God,

all things are possible.

We are restored

and renewed in a joyous awakening

to the wonder that our lives are

and, yet, can be.

AMEN.

By

 

Walter Rauschenbusch

 (October 4, 1861 – July 25, 1918)

A Christian theologian and Baptist pastor.