Prayers of Confession on Thanksgiving

Adapted from Psalm 9:1-2

I will give thanks to the Lord with my whole heart; 

We will tell of all your wonderful deeds. 

We will be gland and exult in you; 

We will sing praise to your name, O Most High. 

May all that we do bring honor and glory to your name. 

Submitted by Austin D. Hill


Adapted from Psalm 9:1-2, 9-10

Pastor: I will give thanks to the LORD with my whole heart; I will recount all of your wonderful deeds.

All: I will be glad and exult in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.

Pastor: The LORD is a stronghold for the oppressed, a stronghold in times of trouble.

All: And those who know your name put their trust in you, for you, O LORD, have not forsaken those who seek you.

Submitted by Dustin Ray


Adapted from Psalm 9:1-2, NRSV 

We will give thanks to you, O LORD, with our whole heart;

we will tell of all your wonderful deeds.

We will be glad and exult in you;

we will sing praise to your name, O Most High.


Psalm 92:1-4 (ESV)

Leader: It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to your name, O Most High;

People: to declare your steadfast love in the morning, and your faithfulness by night,

Leader: to the music of the lute and the harp, to the melody of the lyre.

People: For you, O Lord, have made me glad by your work; at the works of your hands I sing for joy.

Dustin Ray


Adapted from Psalm 95:1-2

Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD;

let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation.

Let us come before him with thanksgiving

and extol him with music and song.


 Adapted from Psalm 95:6-7

Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD;

let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation.

Let us come before him with thanksgiving

and extol him with music and song. 


Adapted from Psalm 100 (ESV)

Leader: Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth.
People: come before him with joyful songs.
Leader: Worship the Lord with gladness; Come before him with joyful songs.
People: Know that the Lord is God. Come before him with joyful songs. Know that the Lord is God.
Leader: It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, the sheep of his pasture.
People: Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.
All: For the Lord is good and his love endures forever;
His faithfulness continues through all generations.


 Adapted from Psalm 105:1-3

Leader:            Give thanks to the Lord!

People:           Call upon God’s name;

                        Make God’s deeds known to all people!

Leader:            Sing to God; sing praises to the Lord.

                        Dwell on God’s wondrous works!

People:           Give praises to God’s holy name!

                        All those seeking the Lord, let your hearts rejoice!

All:                  Let us worship God!

Submitted by Chip Hardwick


Adapted from Psalm 116:12,13

Leader: What shall we return to the Lord for all the good things God has done for us?

People: We will lift up the cup of salvation and call on the name of the Lord.


Adapted from Psalm 118

Leader:            O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;

People:           God’s steadfast love endures forever!

Leader:            Let Israel say,

People:           God’s steadfast love endures forever!

Leader:            Let those who fear the Lord say,

People:           God’s steadfast love endures forever!

Leader:            This is the day that the Lord has made!

People:           Let us rejoice and be glad in it!

All:                   Let us worship God!

Submitted by Chip Hardwick


Adapted from Psalm 136:1-6 

Give thanks to the Lordfor He is good. 

   His love endures forever. 

Give thanks to the God of gods. 

    His love endures forever. 

Give thanks to the Lord of lords; 

    His love endures forever. 

To him who alone does great wonders 

    His love endures forever. 

Who by his understanding made the heavens, 

    His love endures forever. 

Who spread out the earth upon the waters, 

   His love endures forever. 

Submitted by Austin D. Hill


Adapted from Psalm 138:1-5

Pastor: I give you thanks, O LORD, with my whole heart; before the gods I sing your praise;

All: I bow down toward your holy temple and give thanks to your name for your steadfast love and your faithfulness, for you have exalted above all things your name and your word.

Pastor: On the day I called, you answered me; my strength of soul you increased.

All: All the kings of the earth shall give you thanks, O LORD, for they have heard the words of your mouth, and they shall sing of the ways of the LORD, for great is the glory of the LORD.

Submitted by Dustin Ray


Come into God’s presence with thanksgiving in your hearts.

We will enter his gates with praise.

He has made us glad.

His love endures forever.

We join with all of creation,

To sing a new song. Rejoice, oh my soul, again I say, “Rejoice!”

Let us worship God together.

Submitted by Austin D. Hill


Let us enter this time of worship through the gates of thanksgiving and worship in the courts of praise. For the Lord is good, the Lord’s mercy is everlasting, and his truth endures to all generations. Let us worship God. 

Hassell Bullock


Adapted from Psalm 107

O give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;

    for his steadfast love endures forever.

Let the redeemed of the Lord say so,

    those he redeemed from trouble

and gathered in from the lands,

    from the east and from the west,

    from the north and from the south.

Some were sick through their sinful ways,

    and because of their iniquities endured affliction;

they loathed any kind of food,

    and they drew near to the gates of death.

Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble,

    and he saved them from their distress;

he sent out his word and healed them,

    and delivered them from destruction.

Let them thank the Lord for his steadfast love,

    for his wonderful works to humankind.

And let them offer thanksgiving sacrifices,

    and tell of his deeds with songs of joy.

Adapted by Stuart Strachan Jr.