of the un security council. by the grace of god, the world narrowly averted a nucular catastrophe. last night we all waited to exhale as we watched the horrific situation unfold in real time. rushes attack last night put europe's largest nuclear power at grave risk. it was incredibly reckless and dangerous, and it threatened the safety of civilians across russia, ukraine, and europe. the u. n refugee agency says more than 1200000 people have fled ukraine to neighboring countries. many of them, a children fleeing with their mothers, while ukrainian men stay and fight, help us in neighboring countries say children are arriving traumatized. d, w correspondent, monica she, raska reports from shami shawl near the polish border with ukraine. around 40000 people are arriving here each day. when the refugee from wheel korean told me or is something for others, not for children. the children of ukraine are fleeing war and are arriving here at this railway station near the border. they bring with them the trauma of upheaval, fear, and sometimes wars. liam of william. if there had been no war,

by the grace of god, the world narrowly averted a new killer catastrophe. last night we all waited to exhale as we watched the horrific situation unfold in real time. rushes attack last night put europe's largest nuclear power, at great risk. it was incredibly reckless and dangerous, and it threatened the safety of civilians across russia, ukraine, and europe. let's bring in d, w, washington bureau chief in his pull. she's with us for more reaction. strong was there from the us ambassador. what more did you have to say? there has been concerns about how far put in is willing to go in this war for some time will a but this is really the 1st time where the global community is pointing out, that rush us aggression is posing a thruth to earth. sorry, a true threat to all of your security, even in his presumed isolation on the world stage, the condemnation is putting, put in to take more and more risk. and that's exactly what the ambassador was trying to say today. i mean, we had condemnation across the board at the un today. what else did afi? well, for me it's

by the grace of god, the world narrowly averted a new killer catastrophe. last night we all waited to exhale as we watched the horrific situation unfold in real time. rushes attack last night put europe's largest nuclear power. at great risk. it was incredibly reckless and dangerous, and it threatened the safety of civilians across russia, ukraine, and europe. well, from war now, i'm joined from vienna by gow har mu hunch a nova. she is a nuclear non proliferation and disarmament specialist. it's good to have you on the program. you know, we just heard the world narrowly averted a nuclear catastrophe. how dangerous was this incident last night? i think it had me. i well it's, it's certainly dangerous to the shooting at the nuclear power plant and to have a fight that and goodness, the building itself does not imply it was a training facility. so it's hard to say, just how close we were to india. catastrophe, but it's in imperative that russia stops attacking nuclear power plants in ukraine . yet you say, nuclear power plants. that's because there are several

has us ambassador linda thomas green fields by the grace of god, the world narrowly averted a new killer catastrophe. last night we all waited to exhale as we watched the horrific situation unfold in real time. rushes the tac last night put europe's largest nuclear power at grave risk. it was incredibly reckless and dangerous, and it threatened the safety of civilians across russia, ukraine, and europe. let's bring in d, w, washington, bureau chief in his pool. she's with us for more reaction. strong was there from the us ambassador. what more did you have to say? there has been concerns about how far put in is willing to go in this war for some time will a but this is really the 1st time where the global community is pointing out, that rushes aggression is posing a thruth to earth. sorry, a true threat to all of your security, even in his presumed isolation on the world stage, the condemnation is putting, put in to take more and more risk. and that's exactly what the ambassador was trying to say today. i mean, we had condemnation across the board after you and today what else did awfull

the entire world. it is humanity. and finally, it is the future of the next generations by the grace of god. the world narrowly averted a new killer catastrophe. last night we all waited to exhale as we watched the horrific situation unfold in real time. i applaud the ability of the ukrainian operators to keep all 6 reactors in safe conditions while under attack and to report as they were able to their new to their new killer regulator. we are gravely concerned that the ukrainian operators are now doing their jobs under extreme duress, rushes attack last night, put europe's largest nuclear power at grave risk. it was incredibly reckless and dangerous, and it threatened the safety of civilians across russia, ukraine, and europe, roches ambassador, see when visiting avenger denies his country's military ever attacked. the power plant soonest is a sudan. if that should hitler book. today's meeting is another attempt by keyboard dorothy to create artificial hysteria around what is happening in ukraine. and they being assisted in this by their wisdom beckers. to day we have once again heard lies a

the entire world. it is humanity. and finally, it is the future of the next generations by the grace of god. the world narrowly averted a new killer catastrophe. last night we all waited to exhale as we watched the horrific situation unfold in real time. i applaud the ability of the ukrainian operators to keep all 6 reactors in safe conditions while under attack and to report as they were able to. they're new to their new killer regulator. we're gravely concerned that the ukrainian operators are now doing their jobs under extreme duress, rushes attack last night, put europe's largest nuclear power at great risk. it was incredibly reckless and dangerous, and it threatened the safety of civilians across russia, ukraine, and europe, roches ambassador neil, and vaseline a benzo denies his country's military ever attacked the power plant. soonest news is you the news that should occur. brookwood, today's meeting is another attempt by keybo authorities to create artificial hysteria around what is happening in ukraine, and they being assisted in this by their western beckers. today we have once agai

of any damage that would create a radiological or nuclear incident. >> reporter: but the larger conflict has grown far more volatile. >> by the grace of god the world narrowly averted a nuclear catastrophe last night. >> reporter: republican senator lindsey graham drawing russian outrage after suggesting someone in russia should take out president vladimir putin. putin saying today he has no bad intention toward neighboring countries. as he warned them against doing anything to escalate the situation. u.s. secretary of state antony blinken meeting with nato allies in brussels. >> we seek no conflict. but if conflict comes to us, we're ready for it. >> reporter: the nato secretary general ruling out a no-fly zone over ukraine which would mean nato fighters shooting down russian jets to enforce it. >> we would end up with something that could end in a full-fledged war in europe involving many more countries. >> as his forces keep up the fight on their own ukraine president holding a moment of silence for the soldiers and civilians killed, with countless others desperately trying to make it out alive. on capitol hill lawmakers are weighing humanitaria

by the grace of god, the world narrowly averted a new killer catastrophe. last night we all waited to exhale as we watched the horrific situation unfold in real time. rushes the tac last night put europe's largest nuclear power. at great risk. it was incredibly reckless and dangerous, and it threatened the safety of civilians across russia, ukraine, and europe. let's bring it d, w, washington, bureau chief in his pool. she's with us for more reaction. strong. was there from the u. s. ambassador, what more did you have to say? there has been concerns about how far put in is willing to go in this war for some time will a but this is really the 1st time where the global community is pointing out, that rush us aggression is posing a thruth to earth. sorry, a true threat to all of your security, even in his presumed isolation on the world stage, the condemnation is putting, put in to take more and more risk. and that's exactly what the ambassador was trying to say today. i mean, we had condemnation across the board after you and today what else did awfully well f

of major risks if fighting does continue in that area. the attack also prompting an emergency meeting at the u.n. and new, serious condemnation of russia. >> by the grace of god, the world narrowly averted a nuclear catastrophe last night. we all waited to exhale as we watched the horrific situation unfold in real time. nuclear facilities cannot become part of this conflict. mr. putin must stop this madness and he must stop it now. >> that stern warning there from president biden's top diplomatic official to the u.n. we're also tracking new evidence of russian assaults against civilians, video shows ruins of a school damaged by bombing, this was 75 miles outside of kyiv and today, we heard again from president zelenskyy, speakic from another undisclosed location and demanding the world act. >> to the people of europe, i would like to call upon you not to be silent. i would like you to come out on the streets and support ukraine. support our efforts and support our fight, because if ukraine will not stand, europe will not stand. >> we're also tracking the sanctions as an on going soft power effort. there is evidence that the effects it's having on russia, putin, discussi

the entire world. it is humanity. and finally, it is the future of the next generations. by the grace of god, the world narrowly averted a new killer catastrophe. last night we all waited to exhale as we watched the horrific situation unfold in real time. rushes attack last night put europe's largest nuclear power at grave risk. it was incredibly reckless and dangerous, and it threatened the safety of civilians across russia, ukraine, and europe. that russia's ambassador to you ever seen a man yet denies his country's military ever attacked. the palatine soonest is this . you don't move that should have murdock, with today's meeting is another attempt by cube authorities to create artificial hysteria around what is happening in ukraine. and they're being assisted in this by their western beckers. today we have once again heard, lies about how russian troops to take this apparition, nuclear power plant. and this is all part of an unprecedented campaign of lies and disinformation against russia. you are trying to present the situation in such a way as though the zapata, she, a power plant, was

of the country, while last night a russian attack sparked a fire in a training complex just behind the plant. earlier today, the u.s. ambassador to the un condemned the attack. >> by the grace of god. the worldtastrophe last night. russia's attack put europe's largest nuclear power at grave risk. it was incredibly reckless. and dangerous. and it threatened the safety of civilians across russia, ukraine and europe. >> tomorrow morning ukraine's president zelenskyy will hold a virtual meeting with the u.s. senate. nine days into the war, the humanitarian crisis is only getting worse, much worse. the u.n. says more than 1 million people have already left and many, many more are still trying to get out. tom llamas and richard engel are in ukraine with more. >> reporter: as russian

the united nations, linda thomas-greenfield, speaking about the dangers of a nuclear situation today. watch. >> by the grace of god, the worldowly, averted to a nuclear catastrophe last night. it was incredibly reckless, and dangerous. it threatened the safety of civilians across russia, ukraine, and europe. the united states remains highly concerned that russian military forces, controlling the chernobyl site, have not permitted operators there to have a shift change, since last week. this is highly irresponsible behavior, and causes grave concerns for continued, safe, operation, both sides. mr. putin stopped this madness. and he must stop it now. russian forces, now, are 20 miles, and closing, from ukraine's second largest nuclear facility. so, this imminent danger continues. >> as russian forces there, we are seeing, capture more territory, particularly in the south of ukraine. there is growing concern about where this goes. after taking the port of kherson, russian forces appear to try to consolidate control of the cities that are on the black sea. currently, they are advancing on the town of nikolai of, and ukrainian au

linda thomas greenfield warned the world narrowly, narrowly averted a major disaster. take a listen. >> by the grace of god, the world narrowly averted a nuclear catastrophe last night. we all waited to exhale as we watched the horrific situation unfold in realtime. >> during the meeting, ukraine's ambassador urged for a ban on all flights over ukrainian air space but secretary of state antony blinken pushed back noting a no fly zone could lead to a full fledged war in europe. in a late night address volodymyr zelenskyy visibly angry slammed nato for refusing the no fly zone saying all the people who die from this day forward will also die because of you. you have to see him to understand the anger. take a look. [speaking foreign language]. >> meanwhile, nato secretary general confirmed reports that russia has deployed cluster bombs. in a statement g 7 foreign ministers responded saying those responsible for the indiscriminate assaults on innocent civilians must be held accountable for war crimes. let get into it. joining me now, nbc news correspondent cal perry is live in lviv ukraine. i want to start wit

. >> by the grace of god the world narrowly averted a nuclear catastrophe last night russia's attack st night put europe's largest nuclear power at grave risk. it was incredibly reckless and dangerous. >> reporter: and secretary of state antony blinken praised the response so far from the european union >> we have to sustain this until it stops, until the war is over the russian forces leave, the ukrainian people regain their independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity. we are committed to doing that. >> reporter: tyler, we got a statement from the g it is 7 foreign ministers saying that vladimir putin, russian supporters and the belarusian government bears the responsibility. >> thank you. >>> it appears as though the threat of nuclear fallout is contained that nuclear plant eamon was just talking about it underscores the importance of energy and energy independence in this conflict and beyond it joining us now is ed mcginnis, ceo and former department of energy acting assistant secretary. good to have you with us. >> good to be here. >> how close did we come to a full disaster?

treatment for injured personnel and ensure that operators have full access to the site >> by the grace of god, the world narrowly averted a nuclear catastrophe last night, russia's attack last night put europe's largest nuclear power at grave risk it was incredibly reckless and dangerous. >> and secretary of state antony blinken braved the quick and decision i was response so far from the european union, but the key to this will be to keep the pressure up over time, because especially it seems like things can guesswork in ukraine before they get better. >> we have to sustain this until it stops, until the war is over, russian forces leave, the ukrainian people regain their independence, their sovereignty, their territorial integrity. we're committed to to doing that. >> and kelly, blinken underscored the emotional nature, saying officials were motivated by the ukrainian foreign minister who showed diplomats pictures from ukraine, including one of a father grieving over the body of his dead child, with blood still on the sheets that draped her, he said blinken said that was a reminder of what the western

then taunting the world with nuclear weapons speculation. >> translator: by the grace of god, the worldxhale as we watched the horrific situation unfold in real realtime. the world demands that russia abide by international humanitarian law which prohibits intentionally targeting civilians and civilian infrastructure. and allow humanitarian agencies full and secure access to people in need of aid. maria: but even as the u.n. ambassador to the united nations states the obvious, amazingly, putin has caused death and destruction and decries add across the world it is still negotiating on the u.s.' behalf with iran on a new version of the 2015 jcpoa nuclear agreement. joining me right now, the former ambassador to the united nations, former governor of south carolina, nikki haley. ambassador, thanks so much for being with us this morning. >> thank you, maria. great to be with you. maria: i want to get to the iran situation in a moment, but first, you just heard my interview with petro poroshenko. he said vladimir putin is a war criminal. is he committing war crimesesome if. >> well, i met w

. >> by the grace of god. the world narrowly a nuclear catastrophe last night. russia's attack put europe's largest nuclear power at grave risk. it was incredibly reckless. and dangerous. and it threatened the safety of civilians across russia, ukraine and europe. >> tomorrow morning ukraine's president zelenskyy will hold a virtual meeting with the u.s. senate. nine days into the war, the humanitarian crisis is only getting worse, much worse. the u.n. says more than 1 million people have already left and many, many more are still trying to get out. tom llamas and richard engel are in ukraine with more. >> reporter: as russian forces are getting closer to the city, people are streaming out of it, parents are tethered to their children, they are taking their pets, their grandparents, and everybody is heading west. this is the push right up at the door. there has been some people dropping bags, we've seen people holding their babies up in the air as they are trying to cram as many people possible on to this train. a lot of families we spoke to said they decided thi

of the country. last night, they sparked a fire in a training complex, just behind the plant. earlier today, the u.s. ambassador to the un condemn this attack. >> by the grace of god, the world narrowly averted a nuclear catastrophe last night. russia's attack, last night, put europe's largest nuclear power at a grave risk. it was incredibly reckless, and dangerous. it threatened the safety of civilians, across russia, ukraine, and europe. >> tomorrow morning, ukraine's president zelenskyy, will hold a virtual meeting with the u.s. senate. nine days into this war, the humanitarian crisis is only getting worse. much worse. the un says, more than 1 million people have, already, left. many more, still trying to get out. nbc's tom jonas, and richard engel, in ukraine with more. >> as russian forces get closer to the city, people stream away. parents tethered to their children, taking their pets, their grandparents, and everyone is heading west. >> this is the push, right at the door. there has been some people dropping bags, we've seen people holding their babies up in the air as they're trying to cram then if you pull on to the strain. a lot of family said, no data, cited their

. >> by the grace of god, the world narrowly avoided a nuclear catastrophe last night. ternational atomic energy agency said it was a close call and radiation did not like this leak. zelensky called this terror on an unprecedented lel and addressed russia. >> in 1986 we struggled with the consequencesf the chernobyl disaster. he must are member and if you have not forgotten, you cannot be silent. tell your authorities you want to live. radiation does not know where the border of russia is. nick: the town around the planet have been resisting the onslaught with barricades and trucks, as much people power as they can muster. this is the same road today. russians captured the town and the plan after missile strikes and soldiers. now there are counterattacks from russia's military. fo the south, the port city of mariupol is under siege. it is some of the fiercest fighting and unrestricted shelling. the siege is claiming mostly civilians. yesterday the victim was a 16-year-old boy. a father waits for the unspeakable. the city steeped in sorrow by the first week of pollutants

of the nuclear power plant yesterday. officials begged for help to avoid a disaster. here's the ambassador to the u.n. just moments ago. >> by the grace of god the world narrowly averted a nuclear catastrophe last night. russia's attack put russia's largest nuclear power at risk. it was incredibly dangerous and threatened people across russia, ukraine and europe. >> and officials assured us there's been no radioactive leakage from the plant and the damage has been fairly limited. president zelenskyy said it could have created a disaster six time larger than chernobyl in '96 as he pleaded with european leaders for more assistance in his fight against the russians. minutes ago we saw him speak again, urging the european union to admit his country immediately and he called on europeans to take to the streets in a show of support for ukraine. the white house said president biden also spoke with zelenskyy last night, that was basically over the nuclear plant situation he also spoke a short time ago with poland's president. and this morning the head of nato condemned the attack on the nuclear power plant calling it reckless and he condemned russia's increas

. >> by the grace of god, the world narrowly averted a nuclear catastrophe last night. we all waited to exhale as we watched the horrific situation unfold in realtime. >> and the russian ambassador to the united nations said that russia did not attack the nuclear power plant. the russian ambassador actually said that russian forces were trying to defend the nuclear power plant. ukraine's president zelenskyy delivered a video message that was delivered to public screens throughout europe and watched by massive crowds like this one in prague. here is some of what those crowds heard. >> i would like to call upon you not to be silent. i would like you to come out on the streets and support ukraine. support our efforts and support our fight. because if ukraine will not stand, europe will not stand. do not turn a blind eye on this. come out and support ukraine as much as you can. >> tomorrow, presidents ellen's key will have a chance to speak to briskly to members of the united states and its. nbc news reports that every member of the senate's joint invited to join a conferenc

as we were getting into the ambassador's speech, she began by saying by the grace of god, the world narrowly averted a nuclear catastrophe last night. how close did we get to the unthinkable last night and what makes you most concerned about the other nuclear power stations that still exist in that country? >> i think we got very close. i mean, this scared me. i was up late into the night worried about this. and i've heard some experts calm people down and i saw the reassuring comments by the secretary energy but i'm telling you we came very close. we had a tank streaming heavy machine gun fire launching flairs. the one you see on your screen into the nuclear facility. you thing the artillery brigade understood what was at risk here in this nuclear reactor? in the history of nuclear energy, no one has attacked a nuclear power plant before. as bad as the israeli conflict has been, nobody has ever attacked the nuclear reactor. as bad as iran's tengszs have been, no one's attacked the nuclear power plant. if you breach a containment dome, if you cut off the electricity, if you sever the plumbin

. >> by the grace of god, the world narrowly averted a nuclear catastrophe last night. >> schifrin: theal atomic energy agency called it“" close call." officials say all the reactors remain intact, and radiation did not leak. ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky called the attack“ terror on an unprecedented level,” and addressed russia, in russian. >> ( translated ): together, in 1986, we struggled with the consequences of the chernobyl disaster you must remember. and if you have not forgotten, then you cannot be silent. you must tell your authorities, you want to live. radiation does not know where the border of russia is. >> schifrin: the town around the plant had been resisting moscow's onslaught, with human barricades and trucks, as much people power as they could muster. but, this is that same road today. russians captured the town and the plant after their missile strikes and soldiers left devastation. now, residents cower from moscow's military. >> ( translated ): armored vehicle is there-- >> ( translated ): keep quiet! >> schifrin: further south, the port city of mariupol, of

. >> by the grace of god, the world narrowly averted a nuclear catastrophe last night. mr. putin must stop this madness. and he must stop it now. >> nato also confirmed today that russia has dropped cluster bombs. those are banned under the geneva convention and condemned by the international community because they create a huge risk of civilian casualties. new video from the outskirts of kyiv shows more civilian buildings being attacked. here is the town of chica, a business center you're looking at. one of many destroyed by a russian attack. >> cnn's anderson cooper is live in lviv. we've seen schools and government buildings, shops, this industrial complex as well. the russians say they're not targeting civilians but there is this extreme disregard for civilian areas. >> reporter: that is absolutely right. and i think it goes beyond disregard. certainly part of the russian playbook is to break the back of resistance in ukraine and to do that by using overwhelming force in civilian areas and residential areas. cnn's national security correspondent alex marquardt joins us l

. >> by the grace of god, the world narrowly averted a nuclear catastrophe last night. >> reporter: ukraine sabotaging bridges to slow the advance of a russian column that at one point had been 40 miles long. it appears stalled about 17 miles from kyiv. everywhere in this besieged country, men and women joining a budding resistance. in a bomb-proof basement, these men learning the mechanics of ak-47s. outside, guns pointed at this car. it's a dry run, civilians learning how to operate checkpoints and spot russian infill tray or thes. and these women learning to care for the wound and twist on tourniquets. what are you learning to do? >> to stop bleeding and then to stop blood loss and to have the -- help the injured soldier to breathe. >> reporter: president zelenskyy is calling on everybody here to help, and civilians so critical in this resistance. i want to show you what they're using here. in addition to packing on these sandbags, this an old soviet mine. it has been rendered safe, but they hope to try to use it against russian tanks should they advance. but across this country, they ar

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nusseibeh: i think the representative of albania for their statement and i give the floor to the representative from the united states. >> thank you, madam president. by the grace of god, the world narrowly averted a nuclear catastrophe last night. we all waited to exhale as we watched the horrific situation unfold in real time. i applaud the ability of the ukrainian operators to keep all six reactors in safe conditions while under that, to report as they were able to to their new career regulator. moreover, we appreciate the state regulatory inspectors to ukraine for their continuous updates to the iaea. we are concerned that ukrainian operators are now doing their jobs under extreme duress. russia's attack last night put europe's largest nuclear power at grave risk. it was incredibly reckless, and dangerous. editor and the safety of civilians across russia, ukraine, and europe. as a first step, we: russia to withdraw its troops from the plant to submit medical treatment for injured personnel. to ensure operators have full access to the site and are able to communicate with nuclear regulators. and to the operators to conduct shift changes to ensure the continued safe operation

of blackmailing the world. the situation led to an emergency meeting of the u.n. security council where u.s. ambassador to the united nations linda thomas greenfield had this to say. >> by the grace of god world narrowly avert add nuclear catastrophe last night. the attack putt europe's largest nuclear power at grave risk. it was incredibly reckless and dangerous and it threatened the safety of civilians across ukraine and europe. >> on the ground in ukraine there's fierce fighting. the senior u.s. defense official telling nbc news 92% of the russian forces at the border of ukraine are now inside the country of ukraine. and that while the russian advance into kyiv remains stalled troops are making gains in southern ukraine. in mariupol officials say residents are running out of food an enno running water, no heat and no electricity. and as it has been for months fueling flurry of diplomacy. an emergency nato meeting top diplomats rejected any possibility of imposing a no-fly zone over ukraine despite increasingly desperate pleas from ukrainian leader. president zelenskyy today speaking from an undisclosed location in kyiv with a message for the west. >> >> translator: i would like to ca

of the soul. >> uh-huh. >> and the world in its its increasingly secular condition is losing its capacity to see. to see the presence of god. the stirrings of grace. as well as conversion experiences. >> hold that thought. >> okay. >> we will take a brief break. we'll be back gan shortly with our guest dr. margaret turek and talk about faith, fiction and film. theme hello, welcome back. we're talking with dr. market turek and that is evangelizing. not only approaching the christian message, but seeing the christian truth and finding unexpected ways to see it. you mentioned flannery o'connor, and her incancellation of provocation as a writer was? >> well, she had said at one point that the primary gift that she needed as a catholic writer was the government error of prophetec vig. the capacity to see. and to see prophetically. by which she meant not the capacity to read the future, but the capacity to see what is hidden. >> yeah. >> again, for her, it's primarily the hidden presence of god. our god is emmanuel. our god is with us. in our increasingly secular age, god is less and less visible. more and more easily forgettable. >> uh-huh. >> and so

and we've got a cold winter next year, we should provide relief to the rest of the world, but there but for the grace of godistmas future for us right now. so i see why they're calling it the marshall plan, but i think it should be the putnic plan or the moon plan. we need to go out for all kinds of energy but certainly for natural gas. >> not just to supply europe because the prices could be so high here they already are, gas prices are hurting a large part of our population, but it's already taking a big bite out of people's monthly income to fill their tanks >> think about this, the marshall plan was a funding plan and maybe they want to lend money to europe to build out things like liquefied natural gas including in germany where u.s. producers can send their gas to them, okay? that's business, kind of like what dr. gottlieb talked about with pharmaceuticals but from natural gas. ing which is the biggest bank in the netherlands today announced its ending or severely cutting back all financing on any fossil fuel projects. given what's going on ing picked today to say they're going to stop that with the u

of many faiths, and in the work of the world wildlife fund. almighty god, whose loving hand hath given us all that we possess in creation; grant us grace that we, grant us also to know that it is not the beginning, but the continuing of the same unto the end, until it be thoroughly finished, which yieldeth the true glory; through him who for the finishing of thy work laid down his life, our redeemer, jesus christ. amen. let us give thanks to our heavenly father for all his blessings and mercies, and dedicate ourselves anew to his service. almighty god, father of all mercies, we thine unworthy servants do give thee most humble and hearty thanks for all thy goodness and loving kindness to us and to all men. we bless thee for our creation, preservation, and all the blessings of this life; but above all for thine inestimable love in the redemption of the world by our lord jesus christ, for the means of grace, and for the hope of glory. and we beseech thee, give us that due sense of all thy mercies, that our hearts may be unfeignedly thankful. _ and that we show forth thy praise, not only with our lips, but in our lives; by giving up ourselves to t