http://www.gospeltranslation.org/w/index.php?title=Meal_Time_Prayers&action=history Revision history for this page on the wiki en MediaWiki 1.16alpha Sun, 05 Apr 2026 19:48:48 GMT http://www.gospeltranslation.org/w/index.php?title=Meal_Time_Prayers&diff=16270&oldid=prev <p>New page: {{info}}I believe in spontaneous prayers and carefully crafted prayers. Both can be equally earnest and heart-felt. It is true that some small-souled people resort to written prayers becau...</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{info}}I believe in spontaneous prayers and carefully crafted prayers. Both can be equally earnest and heart-felt. It is true that some small-souled people resort to written prayers because their own hearts are without a song. But the reason I have produced some written prayers is that my own spontaneity tends to degenerate into familiar repetitions. We’ve all heard of the anti-liturgical Baptist deacon whose prayers are as predictable in their “spontaneous” phraseology as any prayerbook. I find that writing prayers now and then enriches my spontaneous prayers. We need to take time to think about what we say. Writing helps. <br /> <br /> About eight years ago I became dissatisfied with my sometimes banal meal time prayers. They were all very similar, of course. So I said, “If meal time prayers are almost always the same, why not craft some which really say something significant?” So I wrote a prayer for each meal. Now, eight years later, we can all say them in unison as a family. They have meant a lot to us! I’d like to share them with you. <br /> <br /> '''Breakfast'''<br /> <br /> Our Father, every day you give&lt;br&gt;The food by which our bodies live.&lt;br&gt;For this we thank you from our heart,&lt;br&gt;And pray that as we this day start,&lt;br&gt;You might allow our eyes to see&lt;br&gt;Your endless generosity.&lt;br&gt;And grant that when we thus are filled&lt;br&gt;We may do only what you’ve willed. <br /> <br /> '''Lunch'''<br /> <br /> We’re grateful, Father, for this hour&lt;br&gt;To rest and draw upon your power,&lt;br&gt;Which you have shown in sun and rain&lt;br&gt;And measured out to every grain.&lt;br&gt;Let all this food which you have made&lt;br&gt;And graciously before us laid&lt;br&gt;Restore our strength for these next hours&lt;br&gt;That you may have our fullest powers. <br /> <br /> '''Supper'''<br /> <br /> How faithful, Father, is your care!&lt;br&gt;Again, as always, food is there.&lt;br&gt;Again you have set us before&lt;br&gt;A meal we pray will mean much more&lt;br&gt;Than single persons filled with food;&lt;br&gt;Let there be, Lord, a loving mood.&lt;br&gt;And as you make our bodies new&lt;br&gt;Come now and feed our oneness, too. <br /> <br /> Praying with you, <br /> <br /> Pastor John</div> Wed, 26 Nov 2008 18:29:31 GMT Greetje http://www.gospeltranslation.org/wiki/Talk:Meal_Time_Prayers