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For the Acceptance of Prayer

Heavenly Father, you have promised to hear what we ask in the Name of your Son: Accept and fulfill our petitions, we pray, not as we ask in our ignorance, nor as we deserve in our sinfulness, but as you know and love us in your Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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For Deliverance From Peril

Almighty God, our strong tower of defense in time of trouble: We offer you praise and heartfelt thanks for our deliverance from the dangers which lately surrounded us. We confess that your goodness alone has preserved us; and we ask you still to continue your mercies toward us, that we may always know and acknowledge you as our Savior and mighty Deliverer; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

BCP 2019, p. 683

Provenance

BCP 1662

Draft — AI-assisted research under editorial review.

This prayer of thanksgiving for a narrow escape is attested in the 1662 Book of Common Prayer, where it thanked God for deliverance from wartime enemies. Later prayer books broadened it into a general thanksgiving for any peril survived, which is the form behind today's wording.