1 Timothy 4:5

“For it is sanctified by means of the word of God and prayer”: First, it is the word of God that has declared such things to be good. “Thanksgiving is not. magical formula which changes the nature of these things but it gives. sacred value to them as gifts whose source might otherwise be overlooked…Paul may mean that the Scriptures justify our use of these things by direct sanction…The reference is not to any specific prayer formula but rather to that constant habit of referring everything to God as the Giver of every good and perfect gift” (Hiebert p. 79). “Hence this is not indiscriminate license for the believer to use these privileges as he sees fit, but as God's Word reveals” (Kent p. 154). “He is not advocating an autonomous attitude that thinks anything that satisfies or gives pleasure is perfectly acceptable behavior” (Reese p. 168). Such prayers also keep Christians from abusing and taking such blessings for granted.