Welcome to the Daily Article podcast on Thanksgiving Day, November the 24th, 2022.

Today's article is written by Dr. Jim Denison and narrated by Chris Elkins of the Denison

Forum. From the 100th Psalm, verse 3, know that the Lord He is God's.

This is how Travis Sheets, president and CEO of the Sheets' gas station chain,

explained his decision to drop the price of unleaded gas at hundreds of stations to $1.99.

We hope this price reduction provides much-needed relief at the pump for our customers as they travel for the Thanksgiving holiday.

Cheats is a family-owned and operated company, and at the heart of everything we do, is giving back to our customers and communities we reside in.

In other good news, Southwest Airline employees found a novel way to help a traveler.

They noticed that a customer left a cell phone behind in a gate area.

The flight was already boarded and pushed back from the gate, so they rushed the phone out to the plane,

the pilot opened his window, reached down, and took the phone from them to

return to its owner. Such stories illustrate Henry Ward Beecher's observation. Let the thankful

heart sweep through the day and, as the magnet finds the iron, so it will find in every hour

some heavenly blessings. On this Thanksgiving day, let's be sure to

remember the intended focus of the day. Theologian Cornelius Plantinga Jr. observed,

it must be an odd feeling to be thankful to nobody in particular. Christians in public institutions

often see this odd thing happening on Thanksgiving

Day. Everyone in the institution seems to be thankful in general. It's very strange. It's a little

like being married in general." End quote. Our first president would have agreed. On November

the 16th, 1789, President George Washington issued the first Thanksgiving

proclamation by the government. He called upon Americans to express gratitude to God for the

conclusion of their war of independence, declaring a day of public Thanksgiving and prayer

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