Thanksgiving prayers

Thanksgiving Prayers & Psalms

Thanksgiving Grace
Traditional, Circa 1800

Father we thank Thee for this food,
for health and strength and all things good.
May others all these blessings share,
and hearts be grateful everywhere.

Autumn leaf

Thank You Lord
Author Unknown

Thank you, Lord, for each new day you give to me,
For earth and sky and sand and sea,
For rainbows after springtime showers,
Autumn leaves and summer flowers,
Winter snowscapes so serene,
Harvest fields of gold and green,
Beauty shining all around,
Lilac scent and robin sound,
Stars that twinkle high above
And all the people that I love.

Psalm 145:15-16

The eyes of all look to you, Lord
You give us our food when we need it.
You open your hand and satisfy the desires of every living thing.

Psalm 100

Make a joyful noise unto the
Lord, all the lands!
Serve the Lord with gladness!
Come into his presence with singing!
Know that the Lord is God!
It is he that made us, and we are his;
we are his people,
and the sheep of his pasture.
Enter his gates with thanksgiving
and his courts with praise!
Give thanks to him, bless his name!
For the Lord is good;
his steadfast love endures for ever,
and his faithfulness to all generations.

Thanksgiving Prayer
Harry Jewel, Circa 1950

Our Father in Heaven,
We give thanks for the pleasure
of gathering together for this occasion.
We give thanks for this food
prepared by loving hands.
We give thanks for life, the freedom
to enjoy it all and all other blessings.
As we partake of this food,
We pray for health and strength to carry on
and try to live as You would have us.
This we ask in the name of Christ
Our Heavenly Father.

Psalm 100

Hebrew Prayer

Though our mouths were full of song as the sea,
and our tongues of exultation as the multitude of its waves,
and our lips of praise as the wide-extended firmament;
though our eyes shone with light like the sun and the moon,
and our hands were spread forth like the eagles of heaven,
and out feet were swift as hinds,
we should still be unable to thank thee and bless thy name,
O Lord our God and God of our fathers,
for one thousandth or one ten thousandth part
of the bounties which thou has bestowed
upon our fathers and upon us.

Traditional Christian Mealtime Prayer

Bless us, O Lord,
For these, your gifts,
Which we are about to receive
From the bounty
of Christ Our Lord
Amen.

Traditional Grace

Here's to the blessings of the year,
Here's to the friends we hold so dear,
To peace on earth...
Both far and near.

Thanksgiving Prayer
Author Unknown

For this we are blessed
The love of family
The company of friends
And all the abundance of Autumn.

The Best Things in Life Are Free
Author Unknown

When we count
our many blessings;
It isn't hard to see
that life's most valued
treasures are the
treasures that are free.

For it isn't what
we own or buy
that signifies
our wealth.

It's the special
gifts that have
no price:
our family,
friends and health.

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