Here’s a
scripture litany with a thanksgiving theme based on Psalm 100 and Deuteronomy 6
and 8. It could be read by one or two
voices, or by leader and congregation.
Scripture Litany
(based on Psalm 100 and Deuteronomy
6,8)
Shout with
joy to the Lord, all the earth!
Worship the
Lord with gladness.
Come before
him, singing with joy.
Know that the Lord is God!
He made us, and we are his.
We are his people, the sheep of his
pasture.
Never
forget what the Lord has done for you—
how he led
you out of slavery into a land flowing with milk and honey;
a land of wheat and barley,
of
grapevines, fig trees and pomegranates;
of olive oil and honey—
a land
where food is plentiful and nothing is lacking.
But when you have eaten your fill,
when you have become prosperous,
and built fine homes to live in,
when your flocks and herds have
become large,
and your silver and gold have
multiplied along with everything else,
then take care!
Take care
that you don’t become proud,
(Look what I’ve accomplished all by
myself!)—
that you
don’t become so full of yourself and your achievements
that you
forget the Lord your God,
from whose
hand all these good things come.
Instead, remember that it is the
Lord your God
who freed you from slavery in Egypt,
who led you
through the wilderness,
who gave you water to drink when
there was no water,
who fed you
with manna when there was no food,
who led you to this land of
abundance,
and who
gives you the strength to earn a living.
So praise God for what you have been
given!
Enter his gates with thanksgiving,
and his courts with praise.
Give thanks to him, and bless his
name.
For the
Lord is good,
his
unfailing love endures forever,
and his
faithfulness continues to every generation.
~ written
for ThanksGiving: A Service of Gratitude, published by the Canadian Foodgrains Bank. http://foodgrainsbank.ca/thanksgiving_worship_resources.aspx
