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About Prayer (November)

Ephesians 5:20  “Always give thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our lord Jesus Christ”

November is here again and there couldn’t be a better year than this one, to thank our God for all the wonderful things he provides for us. I hear a lot of complaining of all the financial losses and the prices of our gas and heating, prices of food and clothing and all of the things we have to do without. But what do we still have to be grateful for?  It’s that time to remember everything we are truly blessed with.

Thanks giving did not begin with the Pilgrims. In the Old Testament there were many feast days that God’s chosen people, the Israelites, set aside for remembrance and thanksgiving. Many of these special days are still continued today such as Passover and Atonement.

Early New Testament Christians, as seen in the above Ephesians verse, were asked to give thanks always and to offer themselves, as seen in Romans 6:13.  We are asked to give thanks many times in the Bible.  In Psalm 106 we see we should thank the Lord because He is good and his love endures forever. Forever is still now. God still is worthy of our praise and thanksgiving.

An exercise we can do to brainstorm is, to write the Alphabet down and list things we are thankful to God for.  This could be done individually or work on it together as a family. See how many things you can list for each letter (I gave you some examples) and see what ideas you may have for Q and/or X. Let me know how you do!!

A:
Aunt…
all things
autumn

B:
bananas    blue

C:
children

D:
dogs

E:
energy
eggs

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“Offer yourselves to God as people who have died and now live. Offer the parts of your body to God to be used in doing good” Romans  6:13
Prayer Vigil in our Grace Sanctuary is
November 1, 2008 from 10AM-4PM!
Come in through the front entrance!

Have a wonderful thankful November!  

Sue Perry – Prayer coordinator

For further prayer resources, guidance and prayer helps, check out the ELCA website at:  www.elca.org/prayer.

 
Prayer Focus

1: All Saints (All Saints Day)

2: A worshipful and restful Sunday

3: Homemakers (Housewife’s Day)

4: Election of God blessed political leaders (Election Day)

5: Football players (AFL formed in 1960)

6: Those attending Holy Grounds Bible Study

7: Those suffering from diabetes (Diabetes Month)

8: Those with a sense of humor (“Pun”ster Day)

9: The safety of children (National Child Safety Council founded 1955)

10: All Marines (US Marine Corps Day)

11: Veterans (Veteran’s Day)

12: Variety of food available to us (National Pizza with the Works Except Anchovies Day)

13: Kindness (World Kindness Day)

14: All nurses (Perioperative Nurse Week)

15: Things that give us comfort {National Teddy Bear Day)

16: American Educators (American Education Week)

17: Peace (World Peace Day)

18: Those suffering from lung cancer (Lung Cancer Awareness Week)

19: Those dying in wars (Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address)

20: Children of all ages (Universal Children’s Day)

21: Personal communication (World Hello Day)

22 Our Grace family (Family Week):

23 All those afflicted with Alzheimer’s (Alzheimer’s Disease Month)

24: Family time together

25: All caregivers (Family Caregiver’s Week)

26: Thanking God for his Word (Bible Week)

27: All of our blessings this year (Thanksgiving Day)

28: Wise spending (Black Friday)

29: All Native Americans (Native American Heritage Month)

30: Safety with computers (Computer Security Day)