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Good morning.

Welcome to the episode for Thanksgiving Week 2025.

If you're listening on launch day,

of course, it's Monday. I hope you had an amazing day of worship that that has become the fuel,

the assurances that drive you through the week in faith. I pray that your week goes well as you head

towards family in the back half, Thanksgiving coming up on Thursday.

I want to deal with two things today that I hope converge well.

One of them is the passing of time and the cycle and rhythm and cadence of life as we come

around to the holidays once again that seem to be accelerating towards us.

Also, I want to talk about gratitude and prayer and thankfulness

and how that needs to be present throughout all of these cycles. I'm hoping this episode is something

you can listen to on your own, and then maybe on Wednesday or Thursday or the weekend when you're

traveling with family, you'll feel comfortable playing it for them as well. If you are,

let me just say hello to your family. Thanks everybody for listening. I'm waving right now to no video at all,

so just imagine that, I guess. In fact, if I can have a little fun today, I'm going to

imagine this being played on Thursday morning when my family is headed to see our extended

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