Thanksgiving Prayer 2018

Father,

There is an enemy and we are in a war. One of the weapons You have given us is thankfulness. You repeatedly tell us to give thanks and to be thankful. Although we set aside a day to give thanks, I pray that you would make us into, as You've said in your own words, a peculiar people, that wield that weapon at every turn. Not just on one day of the year, but every day, every moment.

With that as a backdrop, seven swings of the thankfulness sword...

thank you for amazing food, even if it has restrictions,

thank you for my dad,

thank you for family,

thank you for the Church, Your body,

thank you for life, life that You give abundantly to Your own,

thank you for death, for as only You can, You actually use it to bring forth LIFE! how crazy is that?

and

thank you for taking on flesh and dying a criminals death for actual criminals. sinners such as us, standing before You around this table.

bless this food,
in Jesus name Amen