I’m sure, like me, your thoughts have naturally been tuned to thanksgiving this month. Oh, that we would have hearts full of thankfulness all year, not just in November. Next month, you’ll receive a year end recap of some of the wonderful things the Lord has done through Fishbowl this year, because of your faithfulness in prayer and giving. But this month, let’s take an additional moment of quiet to express our thanks to God for his goodness to us.
The following is a Prayer of Thanksgiving, from The Book of Common Prayer.
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 Christ and make him known; and through him, at all times and in all places, may give thanks to you in all things. Amen.
Thank you for your continued support of Fishbowl Ministries. I’m grateful for you.
Grace and Peace,
Lyle
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