A Prayer Updated

I am often of two minds. Sometimes I like formal sounding speech -- hymns written long ago that have been sung by generations, Psalms from the King James Version. Sometimes I like the more modern paraphrase of The Message, and praise songs written only this year. I like being of two minds -- I think it makes the possiblities endless.

I ran across this prayer today from The Book of Common Prayer. I like it -- I like the way it is written, but wonder what it would sound like updated:

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 our selves to thy service, and by walking before thee in holiness and righteousness all our days; through Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom with thee and the Holy Ghost, be all honour and glory, world without end. Amen. —Book of Common Prayer, 1928

So, here is my updated version:

Almighty God, Father of all mercies, we your unworthy servants, do give you the most humble and heart-felt gratitude for all of your goodness and loving-kindness to us and to all of your children. We worship you and sing your praises for our creation, preservation, and for all of the blessings of this life; but above all, for your infinite and immeaurable love given to us in the redempton of the world by our Lord Jesus Christ; for the unending ways in which you grant us grace, and for the hope of glory. We pray that you will flood us with the realization of your mercies, so that our hearts may be truly thankful; that we may praise you, not only with our lips, but in our lives, by giving up our selves to your service, and by walking before you in holiness and righteousness all our days; through Jesus Christ our Lord. May all glory and honor be yours, world without end. Amen.