A Thanksgiving Day Prayer

A Thanksgiving Day Prayer

On behalf of the Freedom Fighter team, and the Board and Staff of America’s Keswick, Happy Thanksgiving.

The following prayer was written by the late Peter Marshall who served as the Chaplain of the United States Senate for many years.

Father, we around this table thank Thee:

For the great gift of life, that Thy love for us is not dependent upon any unworthiness of ours,

For good health, that we know neither hunger nor want,

For warm clothes to wear,

For those who love best,

For friends whose words of encouragement have often chased away dark clouds,

For the zest of living,

For many an answered prayer,

For kindly providences that have preserved us from danger and harm.

We thank Thee that still we live in a land bountifully able to supply all our needs, a land which still by Thy Providence knows peace, whose skies are not darkened by the machines of the enemy, who fields and woodlands are still unblasted by the flames of war, a land with peaceful valleys and smiling meadows still serene.

O help us to appreciate all that we have, to be content with it, to be grateful for it, to proud of it – not in an arrogant pride that boasts, but in a grateful pride that strives to be more worthy.

In Thy name, to whose bounty we owe these blessings spread before us, to Thee we give our gratitude. Amen.

Have a blessed Thanksgiving. – Bill Welte is President and CEO of America’s Keswick

Digging Deeper: Proverbs 25; Ezekiel 24-26; 1 Peter 2

Dig This Quote: “The solution to our need for holiness is Jesus. He alone has clean hands and a pure heart. He suffered an innocent death to remove our sin, as a substitute for any who will trust in him. At the moment of true belief, a believer’s sin is transferred to his account. Jesus also transfers to us his innocence. By faith in him God accepts us as holy before him. Now we dare to approach God’ holy presence—with boldness! Forgiven of sin, covered with Jesus’ innocence, our wings are now made of the right stuff! We not only ascend to God’s holy presence. We live there continually: “We are not seated with Christ in heavenly realms.” (Ephesians 2:6)”

Ancient Prayer, John F. Smed

Determined Digging: Level 1: John 14:6; Level 2: Matthew 5:10-16

Determined Prayer: The childish idea that prayer is a handle by which we can take hold of God and obtain whatever we desire, leads to easy disillusionment with both what we had thought to be God and what we had thought to be prayer.  Robert L Short