Happy
Thanksgiving! Today’s blog will mostly be the words of my dad. For several years, part of Dad’s ministry as
a Christian radio announcer was his afternoon prayer time. I remember that he received numerous compliments regarding his prayer time. I often expressed my appreciation for it as well. His
prayers were sincere, genuine, powerful, and riveting. It is for this reason that I am so happy to
be able to present to you a prayer from my dad that I have in my possession.
Here now are the words of Jerry Bauer, the man I
got to call my father:
“Father,
we come into Your throne room today with praise and appreciation on this
Thanksgiving Day.
At
this time of the year when we give thanks, we thank You, Lord, for the
tremendous blessings that You have poured out on this country. We thank You for our forefathers who
determined that our nation would be “under God.” We pause and give thanks to You today, just
like our early countrymen did so many years ago.
We
pray a special prayer for America. We
pray that she would repent and turn from her ways and that she, once again,
would indeed be a nation “under God.”
Father,
we cannot get to each individual request today, but we lift up those people who
need prayer this afternoon. Physical,
emotional, spiritual, and financial hurts and needs are all around us. We pray that You would be near and dear to
those hurting today, that You would lift their burdens. Fill their hearts with joy today as they
remember what Your Son has provided for us.
We pray for hope, Lord, for hurting people – true hope – which only
comes from You.
Lord,
thank You for the privilege of coming to You and laying down our burdens; and
for the privilege of praising You with our lips. Help us to thank You and praise You with our
lives lifted up to You. Father, for what
You do through our lives, we humbly thank You.
As families and friends gather, we pray that they will indeed praise
You, from whom all blessings flow.
It’s
in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ we pray, amen.”
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