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will be more joyful, your outlook will be more hopeful, and Thanksgiving is no more centered on a Turkey than Christ-
your friends and family will be more excited about being mas is centered around a Santa. They both call us to a spiritu-
around you. al experience. Having a thankful heart guides, us to a recog-
nition of Him who takes great pleasure in giving us good and
If we miss Thanksgiving on our way to Christmas , then the perfect gifts. The greatest gift ever given to mankind came
positive difference The Christmas holiday should make in to us by way of a barn in Bethlehem. His name is Jesus. True
our lives will be greatly diminished . I don’t think it’s too life and a thankful heart are rooted in a relationship to God
early to start singing the Christmas holiday songs or to enjoy through Jesus Christ. I hope that the Holidays ahead will help
Christmas TV presentations , but I do think it’s a mistake to us all to recognize how much our lives are blessed and how
get to Christmas without a genuine time to reflect on all the deserving God is for our love and devotion to Him and His
good things we enjoy each day and have a renewed determi- will for our lives.
nation to continue to develop an attitude of gratitude . May
I suggest that as you develop your list of things you want to
get, or do for people during Christmas, also develop a list of Pastor Charles P. Locklear, Bethany
things for which you can be thankful every single day . Christian Fellowship,
Box 2019, Pembroke, NC 28372
Encourage the children in your life to have the practice of be- [email protected] (910) 734-8795
ing thankful . Live before your children with the habit of ex- Director, Morning Star Ministries
pressing thankfulness . They will make you happy 1000 times www.morningstar-ministries.com
and more that you taught them the value of a thankful heart.
If they fail to have a thankful heart, they will Grieve your
heart 1000 times and more in their responses to all that you
try to do to make their life pleasant and comfortable. Don’t
give them Christmas until you have first giving them a proper
Thanksgiving.

Steve Runkle and his staff would like to wish you and your family a very Merry Christmas. Thank
you for dining with us this year and we look forward to serving you and your family in 2019.

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