Well, hello, everyone. I'm James Dobson, and you're listening to Family Talk, a listener-supported ministry.

In fact, thank you so much for being part of that support for James Dobson Family Institute.

Welcome to Family Talk. I'm Roger Marsh, and I really hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving

yesterday with family and friends, or maybe friends who are more like family than your own family is.

Now that the holiday has passed, though, here's an important question to consider. On a day that many

consider to be one of the busiest shopping days of the year called Black Friday,

how can we cultivate gratitude today and throughout the rest of the holiday season,

let alone the rest of the year? Is thankfulness just a warm feeling we experience once a year,

or is God calling us to something deeper? On today's edition of Dr. James Dobson's family talk,

we're bringing you part two of a powerful

message from the late Pastor Adrian Rogers, who went home to be with the Lord back in 2005,

but this message still rings true the day after Thanksgiving 2025. It's about turning

Thanksgiving into thanks living. Now, Pastor Rogers served for over three decades as senior pastor

of Bellevue Baptist Church in Tennessee. He was also a best-selling author and founded the ministry

called Love Worth Finding, which continues reaching people in 150 countries plus all over the world.

On the last edition of Dr. James Dobson's family talk,

Pastor Rogers challenged us with the first of five spiritual sacrifices that we can offer to God

as an expression of genuine Thanksgiving. On today's edition of Family Talk, he'll complete

that teaching, showing us how true gratitude involves not just our words, but our whole lives.

Here now is Pastor Adrian Rogers to continue his message on turning Thanksgiving into thanks

living on today's edition of Dr. James Dobson's Family Talk.

All right, now let me mention another kind of a sacrifice. Now remember, we're talking about the

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