The Lord has truly blessed our church - He has provided for our every need! Thank God for the people He has brought into your life for relationships that have been strengthened for opportunities you have had to share His love.
This Thanksgiving let us remember and be truly thankful for the joys and blessings of the past year. Weetoomoo Carey, 8, left, and Jackolynn Carey, 5, Wampanoag. As we celebrate thanksgiving this month, let’s remember this Pilgrim’s prayer and send it Heavenward once again. 400 Years After the ‘First Thanksgiving,’ the Tribe That Fed the Pilgrims Continues to Fight for Its Land Amid Another Epidemic. And, we pray, give us such an awareness of your mercies, that with truly thankful hearts we may show forth your praise, not only with our lips, but in our lives, by giving up ourselves to your service, and by walking before you in holiness and righteousness all our days through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with you and the Holy Spirit, be honor and glory throughout all ages. We bless you for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this life but above all for your immeasurable love in the redemption of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ for the means of grace, and for the hope of glory. Pray this one with me…Īlmighty God, Father of all mercies, we your unworthy servants give you humble thanks for all your goodness and loving-kindness to us and to all whom you have made. I want to share with you one of the prayers of “General Thanksgiving.” Oh, what a prayer – and it’s one we should still pray today because God has not changed. Ferris of the first Thanksgiving ceremony with Native Americans and the Pilgrims in 1621. The Book of Common Prayer was created in 1549, and would have been a staple for prayer in the New World. pilgrims and indians thanksgiving stock illustrations Painting by J.L.M. The Pilgrims used something called The Book of Common Prayer as well as the Bible. Ever wonder about what the Pilgrims prayed on what we call the “first Thanksgiving,” when they praised God for a successful harvest.