The Thanksgiving we celebrate today is a combination of two very different New England traditions: the purely religious day of thankful prayer and the harvest feast. The harvest feast is still with us and so, in subtler ways, is the religious spirit. The first Thanksgiving to God in the Calvinist tradition in Plymouth Colony was actually celebrated during the summer of 1623, when the colonists declared a Thanksgiving holiday after their crops were saved by much-needed rainfall. Puritan Thanksgiving Prayer (Invite a patriarch/matriarch of the family to read the following prayer) O My God, You are the fairest, greatest, and first of all objects. When we think upon You, ten thousand delightful thoughts spring up, ten thousand sources of pleasure are unsealed, ten thousand refreshing joys spread over our hearts. Once a staple of the daily offices of the Protestant Episcopal Church in America, the General Thanksgiving is one of the most beloved prayers in the Prayer Book. The prayer was authored by Bishop Edward Reynolds (1599-1676), the only Puritan to accept a Bishopric at the time of the Restoration. On this Thanksgiving Day, we can reflect on this Puritan prayer from The Valley of Vision. O My God, Thou fairest, greatest, first of all objects, my heart admires, adores, loves thee, for my little vessel is as full as it can be, and I would pour out all that fullness before thee in ceaseless flow. On this Thanksgiving Day, we can reflect on this Puritan prayer from The Valley of Vision. O My God, Thou fairest, greatest, first of all objects, my heart admires, adores, loves thee, for my little vessel is as full as it can be, and I would pour out all that fullness before thee in ceaseless flow. We need a spirit of thanksgiving! In that spirit, I share this Puritan prayer of thanksgiving to encourage us to thank and praise our great, holy, loving, and gracious God this Thanksgiving 2020. A Puritan Prayer of Thanks. O My God, The Puritans were thorough in their study, which spilled over into their prayers. Second only to the Psalms, these prayers are a great means of stretching our own verbage as we petition the throne of grace. Below is a personal favorite: PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING. O MY GOD, Thou fairest, greatest, first of all objects, my heart admires, adores ... Help me to gird up the loins of my mind, to quicken my step, to speed as if each moment were my last, that my life be joy, my death glory. -things animate, things inanimate that minister to my comfort. My cup runs over. Suffer me not to be insensible to these daily mercies. Thy hand bestows blessings. Thank You Sovereign God.
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