Don't shrink back. Don't lose your gratitude. God hasn't abandoned you. He's called you to such a time as this.

Imagine if when David took the lunch to his brothers and the battlefield that he heard Goliath bellow his challenges. He said, oh, this is

awful. I'm supposed to be king and there's a big guy down there. Oh, he said, he doesn't understand.

He said, this nation exists to serve God. And he's about to come down.

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Now it's on to Pastor Allen. Be blessed.

This is really the second part of a discussion I began in the previous session.

So if you didn't hear the previous one, you can watch it if you want the whole narrative.

It's really centered in Thanksgiving.

I chose for my title this morning, Pecan pie and more.

Because when I get this close to Thanksgiving I'm making a dessert plan I put

vegetables and side dishes on my plate as a distraction so nobody will notice

that I eat how much dessert but the week really is about more than satisfying

our desires for too much food it's centered in the ability to give thanks.

And, you know, it isn't new to us. It's a, in many ways, a uniquely American holiday, not

exclusively so, but I have friends around the world. And the one American holiday, most of them

would prefer to be here to visit for it would be Thanksgiving. They want to know what pumpkin pie is, what's dressing.

We would be happy to explain to them.

But it's not a new thing.

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