Hi, I'm Kathy Keller. Each year when we get to Thanksgiving, we pause to recognize all the ways God has been so gracious in his provision,

both for our basic physical needs and for the ways that he provides for us spiritually to give us joy, hope, and renewal through his son, Jesus Christ.

Thanksgiving has the potential to become rote or generic if we don't put our focus on God and His goodness.

I want to encourage you to use the day as an opportunity to meditate on His Word

in the direction it gives us to see God and all He is, our strength and shield, our helper, our refuge,

our Savior, and friend. And I know I'm going to be just as much as you are up to my ears and

stuffing and mashed potatoes and guests and everything, but just go lock yourself in the

bathroom for five minutes for heaven's sakes and be thankful or something.

Listen to these words from Psalm 28, verses 6 and 7. Blessed be the Lord, for he has heard the voice

of my pleas for mercy. The Lord is my strength and my shield. In him my heart trusts, and I am helped and my heart exalts.

And with my song, I give thanks to him. These verses are a powerful reminder of all we have

because Jesus loved us so much that he gave his life for us. I encourage you to think of all the

ways God provides for you,

and I trust that God's spirit will generate joy, praise, and thanksgiving that comes from

focusing on his amazing love. Please join us as we give thanks for all God is doing and for all

he's done through gospel and life this past year.

We're so grateful for the encouragement we get from the messages we receive, telling us how

God is bringing people to trust God through you and through this ministry. So it's not merely a

throwaway kind of statement when I say say we have so much to be thankful for

this year.

We really do.

I want to note just a few things our team here at Gospel and Life gives thanks for in

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