Thursday, November 27, 2014 is Thanksgiving Day in the U.S.A. Therefore, our ministry will be observing this national holiday. We, at the Coffeehouse Bible Ministry, would like to extend our prayers and thanks to you, your families, and friends during this period of praising God for his generosity, and many blessings.
In order to give our wonderful ministry staff time to spend with their loved ones, assist where assistance is needed, and spread the Word wherever they are, the CHBM blog will resume on Monday, December 1, 2014. As always, our blog archives will be available during this holiday break. Please feel free to use them as God moves you!
On behalf of myself, and the Coffeehouse Bible Ministry, may God always bless you all! ~Eve
God of all blessings,
source of all life,
giver of all grace:
We thank you for the gift of life:
for the breath
that sustains life,
for the food of this earth
that nurtures life,
for the love of family and friends
without which there would be no life.
We thank you for the mystery of creation:
for the beauty
that the eye can see,
for the joy
that the ear may hear,
for the unknown
that we cannot behold filling the universe with wonder,
for the expanse of space
that draws us beyond the definitions of our selves.
We thank you for setting us in communities:
for families
who nurture our becoming,
for friends
who love us by choice,
for companions at work,
who share our burdens and daily tasks,
for strangers
who welcome us into their midst,
for people from other lands
who call us to grow in understanding,
for children
who lighten our moments with delight,
for the unborn,
who offer us hope for the future.
We thank you for this day:
for life
and one more day to love,
for opportunity
and one more day to work for justice and peace,
for neighbors
and one more person to love
and by whom be loved,
for your grace
and one more experience of your presence,
for your promise:
to be with us,
to be our God,
and to give salvation.
For these, and all blessings,
we give you thanks, eternal, loving God,
through Jesus Christ we pray. Amen.
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