Prayers of thanksgiving

Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands.
Serve the Lord with gladness:
come before his presence with singing.

Know ye that the Lord he is God:
it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves;
we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

Enter into his gates with thanksgiving,
and into his courts with praise:
be thankful unto him, and bless his name.

For the Lord is good;
his mercy is everlasting;
and his truth endureth to all generations.

Amen.

My soul doth magnify the Lord,
and my spirit hath rejoiced
in God my Saviour.

For he hath regarded
the low estate of his handmaiden:
for, behold, from henceforth
all generations shall call me blessed.

For he that is mighty hath done to me great things;
and holy is his name.

And his mercy is on them that fear him
from generation to generation.

He hath shewed strength with his arm;
he hath scattered the proud
in the imagination of their hearts.

He hath put down the mighty from their seats,
and exalted them of low degree.

He hath filled the hungry with good things;
and the rich he hath sent empty away.

Amen.

Blessed be the Lord God of Israel;
for he hath visited and redeemed his people.

And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us
in the house of his servant David.

To perform the mercy promised to our fathers,
and to remember his holy covenant.

And thou, child, shalt be called
the prophet of the Highest:
for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord
to prepare his ways.

To give light to them that sit in darkness
and in the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into the way of peace.

Amen.

Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place
in all generations.

Before the mountains were brought forth,
or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world,
even from everlasting to everlasting,
thou art God.

Thou turnest man to destruction;
and sayest, Return, ye children of men.

For a thousand years in thy sight
are but as yesterday when it is past,
and as a watch in the night.

So teach us to number our days,
that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.

Establish thou the work of our hands upon us;
yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.

Amen.

I pause and become aware of God's presence.
I look at my day with gratitude — for the gifts, large and small.

I ask the Spirit to help me see my day clearly,
not as I wish to remember it but as it was.

I review the hours: where was I drawn toward love?
Where did I turn away?

I bring what I find — the joys, the failures —
to God, asking forgiveness where I need it
and giving thanks where I can.

I look toward tomorrow,
asking for grace to meet what comes.

Amen.