thanksgiving

Opening Prayer: We give thanks to you, O God; we give thanks, for your name is near.  We recount your wondrous deeds. (Psalm 75:1)

Scripture Reading for the Day:  Psalm 105:1-6

Reading for Reflection:

I am gradually learning that the call to gratitude asks us to say "everything is grace."  When our gratitude for the past is only partial, our hope for the future can never be full. (All is Grace by Henri Nouwen)

Reflection and Listening: silent and written

Prayer: for the church, for others, for myself                                                                   

 

Closing Prayer: Oh, thank God—he’s so good!  His love never runs out.  All of you set free by God, tell the world!  Tell how he freed you from oppression, then rounded you up from all over the place, from the four winds, from the seven seas. (Psalm 107:1-3, The Message)