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Someone needs encouragement today!

Everyone needs encouragement! There is someone next to you that needs to be encouraged. Your co-worker might be going through a difficult time at home and needs your encouragement. The bodega worker where you buy your milk might need a kind and gentle word today. Your spouse might need a loving word from you today. Your child might need some extra understanding and grace today. You have within you God’s precious Spirit of grace. Let your words release love, grace, mercy and encouragement today. It might be the only encouraging word they they hear today, and they will greatly appreciate it

Hebrews 10: 25 “And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near”

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Are you ready for Thanksgiving yet?

It’s amazing to consider that it’sThanksgiving already. Tomorrow, people all over the United States will gather with their families to celebrate a time of thanksgiving. There will also be parades throughout the nation, including right here in NYC. This also marks the beginning of the holiday shopping season. People will spend billions of dollars during this season, just because it’s what people do on the holidays, right? I have to be honest with you. In my view, most have lost perspective of what true “thanksgiving” is. It’s not about eating turkey and spending a fortune on “things.” It’s about being grateful to God for His kindness and goodness. It’s about being thankful for family and good friends. It’s about realizing how blessed we are to be able to have a warm meal, a roof over our heads, a job, good health, and other “real” blessings. It’s time to get back to what is truly important. That “thing” that you buy today will be irrelevant in 6 months, but God’s love for us is eternal. We have to reconsider what we place “real value” on. It is only when we are truly thankful, that we will be able to “see” all of the great things that God has already blessed us with. Enjoy this precious week!

Psalms 100:4 “Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, And into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him, and bless His name”