November 2024
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My Dear Friend and Partner,
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I first learned about Thanksgiving in first grade in the old one room schoolhouse that I went to. There was a boy in my class named Walter who was very poor. One day he stole my lunch from the cloak room.
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I went to the cloak room to get my lunch pail and it was gone! It was a Roy Rogers pail and as I went to tell the teacher I saw Walter eating my lunch. Miss Stevens was also my Sunday school teacher at church. When I told her she said I can share my sandwich with you, Walter lives with his grandparents and they are poor. You should be thankful that when you go home your mother will feed you supper tonight.
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Thanksgiving is when we pause to remember ALL THE BLESSINGS that the Lord has provided for us throughout the year. My wife and I celebrate THANKSGIVING with our family and friends like you. Canadians celebrate in October and the States celebrate in November.
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I am thankful for you!
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The Apostle Paul wrote under the inspiration of the Spirit to his partners in Philippi:
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I THANK my God upon every remembrance of you. For your fellowship in the Gospel from the first day until now. Philippians 1:3, 5
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The Amplified Bible gives us additional light on the fifth verse.
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[I THANK MY GOD] for your fellowship (your sympathetic cooperation and contributions and partnership) in advancing the good news (the Gospel) from the first day [you heard it] until now.
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My friend, I tell you that I am thankful for your prayers and financial partnership and without YOU, we could not do all that we are doing to advance the Gospel.
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THE WORLD AROUND US IS IN TROUBLE.
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The answer why that so many are in trouble today is found in these words, "This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, UNTHANKFUL, unholy." (2 Timothy 3:1, 2)
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AN UNTHANKFUL GENERATION IS ONE OF THE SIGNS OF THE END TIMES!
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I learned my first lesson about thankfulness in that old one room schoolhouse. You see we may have blessings that others don't have and we should be thankful for what we do have. The "good news" that we preach each month around the world by television and in our monthly healing meetings is that Jesus is our safe haven in every storm of life.
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YOU ARE HELPING ME MAKE A DIFFERENCE!
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Enter into His gates with THANKSGIVING and into his courts with praise be THANKFUL unto Him, and bless His name. Psalm 100:4
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May I challenge you this month to give an offering of THANKSGIVING? Perhaps you could link your faith with the 100th Psalm and give $100 as your Thanksgiving offering? Whatever you can give will go to advance the Gospel.
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Thank you,