Nov
29
2009
Lancelot Andrews' Thanksgiving Prayer
I bless you, O Lord, for creating me and bringing me into life.
I thank you for setting me free from many sins,
for enduing me with the gifts of grace,
with the gifts of nature and fortune.
I praise you for your abundant mercy,
for bringing us into a lively hope
by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled,
that will never fade away.
I thank you for Jesus,
in whom you have blessed me with all spiritual blessings.
I thank you for comforting me in the time of trial,
and for the knowledge that -
as the sufferings of Christ abound in me,
so my consolation also abounds in Christ.
To you, O God of my fathers, I give thanks!
I am the work of your hands,
the price of your blood,
the image of your countenance,
the servant of your purchase,
the seal of your name,
the child of your adoption,
a temple of your spirit,
a member of your church.
- Lancelot Andrews, 1555-1626 (adapted)