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Thankfulness Is So Important! · Bible Tract Echoes Podcast

• 0:06
  [SPEAKER_00]: Hey, friend.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Welcome back to Bible Tract Echoes.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I'm Mike and McCurray.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Your host, thank you so much for taking your time and joining me right here today.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I'm so thankful for the privilege of speaking to each and every one of you who are in the middle of a week of thankfulness.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: What that means is I want to hear from you.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So often our prayers start with, dear Jesus, please give me.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Please do this.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Please help me.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Please bless me.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: How often?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: For myself.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I'm speaking to myself.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: One finger pointed out and three pointed back at me.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: How often do I start with?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Lord.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Thank you.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I'm thankful for.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I'm so appreciative of those of you that have reached out to share what you are thankful for and if you'd like to do so this week I'm going to share from a lot of different folks want to start with a William from Akron Ohio.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I know I know this William is a
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Man, it goes to my pastor that I worked for for about five, five and a half years.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Pastor Joe Gomaldi goes to church there in Akron and appreciate him, but maybe you can tune in.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: You can text in as well.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Text me at three, zero nine, three, one, six, seven, two, four, zero.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Tell me what you are thankful for.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: That's three, zero, nine, three, one, six, seven, two, four, zero.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I would not be bothered
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  [SPEAKER_00]: If we just had to, if we were forced to, if we were pressed into having to do a second week of thankfulness.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So do that if you would text me, three, zero, nine, three, one, six, seven, two, four.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Zero William says, I am thankful for my wonderful family, including my in-laws.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And thank you, William, for texting, and I appreciate that.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Let's see here, we have Ms.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Linda from Eddieville, Kentucky.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Kentucky says this, I'm thankful for my salvation, my church, God, and the church that God through a friend led me to join.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: My husband, my two boys, three grandchildren, my home that we have here in the country, my health,
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Wonderful childhood.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: She says you probably need me to stop now, but I could continue on.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I'm so, so blessed.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Miss Linda, I appreciate that.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It doesn't bother me at all.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: If you get quote unquote, carried away with what you are thankful for, that is a blessing.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Let's see here.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: All here's a good one.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: For Miss, Miss Bonnie in a Rockhill South Carolina.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Miss Bonnie says this.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: She is a deer senior saint.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: She's an homebound and alone most of the time.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But today, I feel better.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: No headaches and no severe back pain, and I'm able to walk.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Make a little supper.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: and having enough appetite to eat some.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I even got to sit outside with the neighbor for a short time.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Also, I'm so thankful how God provides for me in my old age.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The more I try and give for missions and others, the more he gives back to me, praise his holy name.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I know God will bless you richly, as you continue to serve him, as I was able to, when I was a missionary nurse.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He will never forsake you, or leave you, as he tells us in his word, and he means it.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Miss Bonnie you've you've given me pause sometimes these These texts and I'm gonna need to give me a percent if you're listening right now.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I need a text miss Bonnie back.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I'm gonna say this.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I would love to hear some hear some of your stories one of these days
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Let's send that back.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Miss Bonnie, what a blessing is to hear from you.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And if you're listening right now and you want to hear some of his Bonnie stories, I bet as a missionary nurse.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I bet she's got all kinds of incredible stories that she could share.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Miss Bonnie, thank you for that.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Thank you for not she's not just looking on the bright side.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: She's looking on the God side.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And Miss Bonnie that that warmed my heart today.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Miss, let's see, that was Bonnie from South Carolina Ryan from North Carolina says this.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I'm thankful for her salvation.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I'm thankful for the call to preach family Bible.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: My church family fellowship ability to go and do to pray the cross of Calvary, the simplicity of salvation, food on our table, bed to sleep and close on my body.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Shoes, vehicles, air conditioning, my job, the touch of the Lord and the Spirit's movement.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: What a blessing it is to hear Ryan.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Thank you so much for sharing that.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And there in North Carolina, it sounds like you go to a good Bible believe in church.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Thank you, Ryan.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And thank you for tuning in to Bible Tract Echoes today.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I appreciate that.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Let's see.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: We're going to go to Johnny from Pendleton or again.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He says, I'm thankful for.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Let's see.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Thank you for God's provision.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: From my daily family life to finances, ministry, family fellowship, his word and commune with the Lord and too many other things to list.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Johnny, thank you so much.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Thank you for checking in from the West Coast.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I appreciate that as well.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I think it's our first one this week from Oregon.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: How about brother Ed?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: This is a good man.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He's the songleader at my home church here in Dwight, Illinois.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Says there's I'm thankful for adult children living right and going the right direction, raising their families now to honor the Lord and serve him and others in the ministry.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I'm thankful for the chance to give back by investing in those who shall be able to teach others also.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Just like the opportunity was given to me years ago.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Thank you for our church and the emphasis that is placed on living unto Jesus.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And as a good man, I appreciate so much His heart.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I appreciate so much His desire to serve the Lord and appreciate His dear family as well.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Here's a pastor friend of mine, Pastor Jeremy Houston.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He says this, the goodness and grace and goodness and mercy of God.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And but Houston, thank you so much for your friendship.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Get to talk to him not that long ago.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Here's a medicine from West Virginia.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: She says this, I'm thankful for the Lord's everlasting faithfulness and I'm the presence.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And I'm thankful for the fact that God is everywhere.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: There's nothing he misses.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: If you're listening right now, you let me share what you're thinking before.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Maybe you haven't mentioned on the radio text me.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Three, zero, nine, three, one, six, seven, two, four, zero.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Bobby from Ohio.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I think it's the first time we mentioned Ohio this week.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I'm thankful for God's amazing grace, and his salvation parents, some thankful for parents, some special teachers, and preachers.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: The taught me that Liverpool Lord was the best life to live.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Also, thankful that the Lord put you and a few other guys together to keep good gospel music going well.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I don't know if I'd go that far and say, say all that, but I appreciate your kind words.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I assume you may be referencing a goodly heritage, a music group that the Lord allowed us to put together not too long ago.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And I'm thankful for the men of goodly heritage and the opportunity to sing unto the Lord as time allows, speaking of, a goodly heritage.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: We'll be at our open house October fourth of this year coming up real quick If you're listening to this around the time it was released this particular radio broadcast.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Let's see We've got towards the middle of September would be a month and then early October.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: She got like seven weeks seven weeks until the open house October fourth so make she don't miss that I would love to see you there We'll talk more about that in just a moment
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Chandler from Illinois says, I'm thankful for a great church that's passed by a great man of God.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: There is never a message that you wouldn't get anything out of, and he says, I'm talking about Pastor Terry, Angel Pastor Terry, Angel's a good man.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Faith Baptist Church, Barbonne, Illinois, about forty five minutes away, consider our church, we're probably considered a faith Baptist, a sister church, and they're good folks over there.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I'm so thankful for brother, Angel.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: and his investment in my life.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Now speaking of goodly heritage, brothers, Stephen Lessmeister, the smooth baritone from goodly heritage, says this, I'm thankful for the men of goodly heritage.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It's a privilege to sing with other preachers for God's glory.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Now, Stephen, I can't tell you what a privilege it is to sing with you.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And I call you a friend.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And he is up in Rochester, Minnesota.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I think it's Midwest by Baptist Church.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: If my recollection serves me well.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And if you need it, by the way, I know a lot of good churches.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I travel in a evangelism.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I'm north, south, east, and west.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And sometimes outside of the US as well.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And so if you need a recommendation on a good church, just got a text in that that long ago, asked before a church recommendation in Arizona.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And so I'm going to respond to that here in just a little while after we're done on the radio.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And so
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  [SPEAKER_00]: If you have a need for a good church, maybe you're saved, and you just don't have a good family of God to fellowship with, maybe just because you don't know of any around you.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Text me.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Let me know, or maybe you're searching.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: You're not sure about this Christianity thing.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: You're like, alright, listen to this guy on the radio.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I'll give it a fair shake.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Text me.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Let me know, three, zero, nine, three, one, six, seven, two, four, zero.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: That's three, zero, nine, three, one, six, seven, two, four, zero.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Now let's see here.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: All right, we'll do just a couple more here.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: From Iowa, a good friend, Pete Schaffer, he is one of the referees at the Midwest Christian Boys Football Camp.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And we have that football game.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It was actually last week, as you're listening to the broadcast now, for the Pete has been a life or there.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: He's been such a good man for so many years.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: And he says, I'm thankful for my wife, children, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, and my eleven grandchildren.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: So thankful for God's mercy and grace.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I'm also thankful for God's protection and his will.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: If you would like any more information about man camp as we call it Midwest Christian Boys football camp put a man camp nineteen ninety four dot o rg man camp nineteen ninety four dot o rg you can also download the man camp app just search for a man camp you'll see a logo there that says man camp on it it's kind of black with a gold logo on it
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  [SPEAKER_00]: If you'd like more information, but for the people, thank you so much for that.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Let's go with just one more Mr. Debbie from Elgin, Illinois, says this.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I'm thankful that we are part of four generations at our church.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: My dad, my stepmom, my husband and me.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: a daughter in son-in-law in our four grand children ages fifteen thirteen twelve and ten it's a blessed new watch them grow spiritually and physically at each year our three grand sons have all been called to preach God is so good
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  [SPEAKER_00]: God is good, isn't he?
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  [SPEAKER_00]: I love the theme this week.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: It seemed to be salvation in family to a large degree.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Teach of you, listen and listen in the right now.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: We still have two days left of our week of thankfulness.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Maybe you'd like to text in.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Maybe you haven't called your name yet.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Text me at three.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: zero nine three one six seven two four zero now I'm going to sign off here in just a moment but if we can be helped you please don't hesitate to reach out if you need more information about our ministry or maybe you'd like to come to our open house
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  [SPEAKER_00]: Visit our website bibletracksink.org or text me one more time that number is zero nine three one six seven two four zero only two days left on this week of thankfulness my prayer is always simply this that you have a great day for God's glory
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  [SPEAKER_00]: But let's remember today to stay thankful.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: We will plan on talking to you soon and we'll come back with two more broadcasts towards the end this week about thankfulness from your own texts.
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  [SPEAKER_00]: God bless.