Hi, I'm Kristi Graham, host of On the Ground with Samaritan's Purse.

On the Ground with Samaritan's Purse, brings you stories of how God is working

and I have the privilege of introducing you to staff, volunteers, and the people we help,

like Alex who received an Operation Christmas Child shoebox.

I'm looking back and realizing that many miracles that God had done to protect me through the war

and one of those miracles was that shoebox that I came at a time when I had lost hope.

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During today's conversation on back porch theology, we're going to use a uniquely American holiday

that involves consuming copious amounts of dead bird and marshmallow-slathered root vegetables.

As a springboard to talk about the global spiritual fruit of gratitude,

our hope is that this conversation will be beneficial to all backparchers,

whether you live in Nashville, Nairobi, New York, or New Zealand.

And the passage we're going to dive into, it's non-traditional as well.

More often than not, Christians turn to the new testament when the topic is Eucharistio.

That's the original Greek word, the English word Thanksgiving, is translated from.

But Ali and I are going to dive into the Old Testament today to talk about

how unlike the Thanksgiving holiday, we celebrate here in America the last Thursday

in November, gratitude is supposed to be an ongoing everyday expression of faith for Christ's

followers. One of my theological heroes, Sir G. K. Chesterton, who wrote the classic book,

Orthodoxy, said it well in this keen observation. When it comes to life, the critical thing is whether

you take things for granted or take them with gratitude. So please grab a cup of coffee in your

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