The following sermon is by John MacArthur, pastor, author, and Bible teacher with Grace to You.

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Here is Grace to You Bible teacher John MacArthur.

One of the, if not, the greatest Thanksgiving that I have continually in my life is the fact that our four

children are in Christ.

And before I talk about that today and this month, I want to say a personal word of profound love and gratitude to my wife, Patricia,

for sustaining such an unwavering commitment to Christ and through righteous living that was

embedded in the life of our children so that they didn't just have a

preacher for a father.

They had a model for a mother.

And in addition to that, people sometimes say what influence was most important on your children.

And the answer, of course, is mom and dad, but very close behind that is the impact of so many

of you on my children, my grandchildren, and now great-grandchildren, and you touch all of their

lives here at Grace Church, so that it's not

just what I preach or what Patricia says and does, but it's undergirded by the strength

of conviction and Christian life and dedication that the kids grew up seeing and even the great grandkids are seeing

as well.

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