Traditional Thanksgiving Prayers

In order to give thanks for the food that you are going to eat on Thanksgiving many families use some kind of Thanksgiving Day Prayer. These prayer will allow the family to bless the food they are about to eat, but also show that they are thankful for everything that they have.

Here are some examples of traditional Thanksgiving Day Prayers that people use before their Thanksgiving Day feast.

Prayer one: Thanksgiving Day Grace
Thank thee, Lord
for all my many blessings,
Thank thee, Lord.
I have bread,
Thank thee, Lord.
for room and board.
Thank thee, Lord.
for friends and family.
God takes such good care of me.
Amen.

Prayer two: Thanksgiving Day Prayer – Mary Fairchild
Heavenly Father, on Thanksgiving Day
We bow our hearts to You and pray.
We give You thanks for all You’ve done
Especially for the gift of Jesus, Your Son.
For beauty in nature, Your glory we see
For joy and health, friends and family,
For daily provision, Your mercy and care
These are the blessings You graciously share.
So today we offer this response of praise
With a promise to follow You all of our days.

Prayer three: Thanksgiving Mealtime Blessing
For food that stays our hunger,
For rest that brings us ease,
For homes where memories linger,
We give our thanks for these.

Prayer four: Thanksgiving Dinner Prayer
Dear Heavenly Father,
Thank You for this special day, a day to remember Your goodness to us.
We want to thank You for a roof over our heads, and more than enough food to eat.
We want to thank You for the relationships You have given to us, for family and friends.
Also, I want to thank You for all the bad experiences we’ve had. We have learned that you were there for us all the time. For this, we thank You and praise You. In Jesus name, amen.

Prayer five: Thanksgiving Prayer – Ralph Waldo Emerson
For each new morning with its light,
For rest and shelter of the night,
For health and food,
For love and friends,
For everything Thy goodness sends.

Prayer six: Traditional Thanksgiving Hymn
We gather together to ask the Lord’s blessing;
He chastens and hastens his will to make known;
The wicked oppressing now cease from distressing,
Sing praises to his name: He forgets not his own.
Beside us to guide us, our God with us joining,
Ordaining, maintaining his kingdom divine;
So from the beginning the fight we were winning;
Thou, Lord, wast at our side, All glory be thine!
We all do extol thee, thou leader triumphant,
And pray that thou still our defender wilt be.
Let thy congregation escape tribulation;
Thy name be ever praised! O Lord, make us free!
Amen.

Prayer seven: We Give Thanks Thanksgiving Grace – Harry Jewell
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.

Prayer eight: Give us this day our daily bread Prayer
Give us this day our daily bread, O Father in heaven, and grant that we who are filled with good things from Your open hand, may never close our hearts to the hungry, the homeless, and the poor; in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

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