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Shawn Wasson

Dr. Shawn Wasson is senior pastor of Bethany Baptist Church.

Thanksgiving prayers

Saturday, November 19, 2022

Do you make a regular practice of saying a prayer before you eat a meal? In some traditions people pray specific phrases such as, "Bless us O Lord, and these thy gifts, which we are about to receive, from thy bounty, through Christ our Lord, Amen." Others pray spontaneously before they eat. Even if we do not use a previously memorized prayer, we tend to repeat ourselves.

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