praying

[eh7]

How often do you pray when you are having meals? 3 times a day? or everytime you eat?

Can anyone give me some sample of prayers during meals?

Thank you

 

[epy]

1. Whenever I can remember...

2.(The list is nearly endless.)

"God is great. God is good. Let us thank Him for our food. Amen."

Philmont Grace

For food, for raiment,
For life, for opportunity,
For friendship and fellowship,
We thank thee, O Lord. Amen.


Thank you for food, family, and wonderful experiences. Guide our use of these things to Your glory. Amen

 

[Alenci]

At college I was in the habit of praying at every meal, but over the summer I've gotten somewhat lazy and I don't always remember. I'm working on it, though. I just thank God for the meal before me and proceed to pray for a minute or two about whatever is on my mind at the moment. It's not structured; it's not formal. It's just another three short chats in a series strung out throughout the day.

 

[rebee]

anyway here is the one i always said growing up

(now i just thank God for the food and the day usually before i eat)

When i have a family of my own i will do this one again.
'Bless us o'Lord,
and these thy gifts,
which we are about to receive
from thy bounty
through christ our Lord. Amen. Thank you Jesus.

 

[Luther073082]

Lutherans pray typically with:

Come Lord Jesus be our Guest, let these gifts to us be blest.

Or "Be present at our table Lord, be here and everywhere adored. And grant that by these gifts we may, strenghtened for thy service be. Amen (Often done in hymn form)

 

[micbmac]

I always try to thank God for my food before I eat. I forget sometimes (ok a lot) . Just a quick thank you is all I really do. My favorite thing in the world is to listen to my kiddos say grace. Before every meal they say "God is great, God is good, Let us thank Him for our food. Amen". They say it in this sing songy kind of way. It's really cute. The things that make us smile.

 

[Marycita]

anyway here is the one i always said growing up

(now i just thank God for the food and the day usually before i eat)

When i have a family of my own i will do this one again.
'Bless us o'Lord,
and these thy gifts,
which we are about to receive
from thy bounty
through christ our Lord. Amen. Thank you Jesus.

yep....this is the one I always said growing up as well...

and then I stopped praying before I ate because that prayer, to me, was just something I said by memorization and not because I was actually praying it....

but I've started to pray again before meals...I just do my own thing...

 

[Akinson]

i pray before breakfast, lunch & dinner [location is insignificant] in Mackers, at home, school, church, restaurants or any public place lol

My prayer is quite short:

Dear Lord,

Thankyou for our lives. Please bless this food.

In Jesus' wonderful name we pray,

amen.

My friend Mickey prays like this:

Dear Lord,

Please bless this food. Bless those who have nothing to eat.

In Jesus wonderful name we pray,

Amen.

 

[Gam3rG1rl4Chr1st]

We tend to pray over dinner. But since I talk to God a lot during the day, that's really the only meal I feel led to pray at. Simply because it's tradition. heh.

My grandpa has said the same prayer at the dinner table for decades. He's 93.

"Bless us oh Lord, for these Thy gifts which we are about to receive through the bounty of Christ our Lord. Bless our friends and family wherever they may be and thank-you for this time we have together. Amen."

At my family's dinner table here at home we are a bit more informal. We basically say something like this although it varies from day to day:

"Dear Lord, thanks for this day and for bringing us all home safely. Please bless this food and let us enjoy the rest of the day together. Amen"

 

[Bunnymedic]

I always try to thank God for my food before I eat. I forget sometimes (ok a lot) . Just a quick thank you is all I really do. My favorite thing in the world is to listen to my kiddos say grace. Before every meal they say "God is great, God is good, Let us thank Him for our food. Amen". They say it in this sing songy kind of way. It's really cute. The things that make us smile.

Oh gosh,thats the same meal time prayer my parents had us say at meals growing up.funny

My meal time prayers tend to be random,and when I think of it.(I know that sounds bad,but it's honest)
I think of it more when I'm with guest or friends.
I think thats because,growing up we prayed before meals as a family and having other people at meal time kind of reminds me of it.

 

[connectadot18]

I try to pray before every meal and my prayers are usually not the same. It has some components that are the same such as Thankyou for this food and help it to be good for me and give me the energy that I need. And then I tend to go on a small tangent of what else might be on my mind. Like

If I am with a friend, I thank God for our fellowship.

If I am outside eating alone, I thank him for the weather and I "invite" him to sit with me...

If I am frustrated about something, ditto...

So kind of whatever is on my mind, My meal prayers are generally short.

 

[redheadskiangel]

When I'm at home I generally pray before every meal... or at least dinner. When I'm at school I try to pray before I eat... but I have so many things on my mind I don't do it as often as I should.