The Thanksgiving Prayer My Mother Said Over Every Table for 60 Years

🍎 Lord, thank you for the hands that grew it, the hands that cooked it, and the hands we're holding: the Thanksgiving prayer my mother said over every table for sixty years, page 39, and 51 more Sundays: a verse, a story and a prayer for every week of the year, three minutes each 👉 https://lorettaschurch.com/sunday?src... Hands folded on the table, honey. This is a short prayer, about the length of a cup of coffee. I'm Loretta, and in this video I read it to you slowly, one pair of hands at a time, and tell you where each part came from: the farm, the church basement kitchen, and the empty chair. THE PRAYER Lord, thank you for the hands that grew it, the hands that cooked it, and the hands we're holding. Amen. THE VERSES USED 1 Thessalonians 5:18: "In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you." Galatians 6:9: "And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not." Acts 2:46: "And they, continuing daily with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart." Psalm 147:3: "He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds." John 6:12: "Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost." THE WEEK PAGES The Thanksgiving prayer is week 35, page 39, of my book, Fifty-Two Sunday Mornings with Loretta. Every week has a verse, a little story from my life, one small thing to do that week, and a short prayer. CHAPTERS 0:00 Hands folded on the table 1:13 What we will do together 1:41 The verse: 1 Thessalonians 5:18 2:36 The prayer, the way she said it 3:24 First pair of hands: the ones who grew it 4:44 Galatians 6:9 on the tailgate 6:55 Second pair of hands: the church kitchen 7:33 Acts 2:46 at the Sunday table 8:01 The extra chair 10:01 Third pair of hands: the ones we hold 10:30 Psalm 147:3 and the empty chair 11:47 The prayer again, slowly 12:15 Do not wait for the perfect table 12:57 John 6:12: gather up the fragments 14:06 What is coming next 15:33 The closing prayer 16:13 Go in peace, honey MORE FROM LORETTA Last video: the six things my mother did every night before bed Next on this channel: 5 Habits That Push God Away Without You Noticing On my other channel: Church Kitchen, the turkey gravy the church ladies never let go lumpy REAL ARCHIVE MATERIAL Film and photographs are public domain, from archive.org and Wikimedia Commons: 1952 Texas farm family film (archive.org); "The Faro Caudill family eating dinner in their dugout, Pie Town, New Mexico, 1940" (Wikimedia Commons); "In her kitchen, Door County" (Wikimedia Commons); "Family of Raymond Fazio eating supper in their home" (Wikimedia Commons); Grace (1942) and the Grimm and Winn family photographs (Wikimedia Commons). No music from the films is used. Questions about the book: bagasystudio@gmail.com This video shares one family's prayers and memories from an old church lady's little book. It is not a sermon or professional counsel. #thanksgivingprayer #gratitude #churchlady #sundaymorning #grace