{"id":303734,"date":"2015-11-05T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-05T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/%series%\/forget-not-his-benefits\/"},"modified":"2015-11-05T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-11-05T17:00:00","slug":"forget-not-his-benefits","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/wp-stage.familylife.com\/www\/podcast\/familylife-today\/forget-not-his-benefits\/","title":{"rendered":"Forget Not His Benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>guest: Barbara Rainey | Series: The Season of Gratitude | Whether you realize it or not, you&#8217;re building a memory bank for your children. Barbara Rainey tells why remembering all God has done for us is so important. 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But they need to be trained to say, \u201cThank you,\u201d because as we\u2019ve already said, \u201cIt\u2019s not natural.\u201d\u00a0 So, that was a really big thing for me\u2014was to teach our kids to say, \u201cThank you,\u201d whenever they were given something, or helped, or served. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>This is <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> for Thursday, November 5<sup>th<\/sup>. Our host is the President of FamilyLife<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, Dennis Rainey, and I\u2019m Bob Lepine. We\u2019re going to continue to talk today about what moms and dads can do to help their children become more grateful. Stay tuned. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd welcome to <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. Thanks for joining us. You know, we had the opportunity\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>1:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014this was not long ago, when our family was together\u2014and we were talking about: \u201cWhat were the things that they remember from growing up?\u00a0 What are some of their favorite memories?\u201d\u00a0 It is interesting to me how many memories your kids have from when they\u2019re growing up are connected to holidays and vacations. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>And could I add one thing\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014additional?\u2014a tradition that is attached to a holiday or a vacation. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Well, that\u2019s\u2014when we are in the midst of it, I mean, we know that vacations are fun and that holidays are fun; but I don\u2019t know that we realize how significant these things are\u2014how much a part of the memory bank of a child. What you\u2019re going to do for Thanksgiving this year, what you\u2019re going to do for Christmas this year, or what you do next summer on vacation\u2014you are building a memory bank for your kids that will define\u2014in large measure, it\u2019s a part of what they take with them into adulthood. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>It is. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>2:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI was looking through some documents that I had to kind of catalogue some of our early Christmases together, as our kids began to get married and bring their spouses to Thanksgiving, and Christmas, and Easter. It was interesting\u2014some of the things that were written were thoughts by a new son-in-law or daughter-in-law, saying, \u201cI loved the fact that we got a chance to see a different tradition or a new tradition that, perhaps, we can make a part of our family as we establish our own.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI think it\u2019s that longing you are talking about, Bob. When your children grow up, they are going to anchor their own family around these holidays; and they, for the most part, are holidays that represent biblical truths and biblical holidays that families have been entrusted to help their children celebrate. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019m fortunate that I out-punted my coverage in that I married Barbara because she brought this strong emphasis\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>3:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014not that I didn\u2019t have one from my own childhood\u2014I did\u2014but she brought an even stronger emphasis around the holidays, but around celebrating them and the biblical message that each holiday brought. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Barbara, welcome back to the program. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Thank you. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Did you recognize, as a young mom, that holidays, and celebrations, and vacations\u2014that these are important for how your kids grow up and develop?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>I don\u2019t think I understood the value of vacations as much because we didn\u2019t do a lot of vacations in my childhood, growing up; but holidays were always really important to me, as a kid. I intuitively knew\u2014and I think this is true for all kids\u2014I intuitively knew there was something meaningful \/ something <em>really<\/em> important, and I couldn\u2019t express it. I didn\u2019t know what it was; but there was something about Christmas, and Thanksgiving, and Easter that was more meaningful and more important than anything else we did the rest of the year. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>4:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd so, as we got married, one of my objectives and goals was to try and find ways to make those holidays meaningful\u2014and especially to make them meaningful, biblically, because God made it really clear in the Old Testament, when He established the feasts, that the nation of Israel was to keep\u2014that setting aside your normal ordinary activities and focusing on Him\u2014and having a holiday, or a feast, or a time away from work\u2014He knew that was important for us, as people. Today, we don\u2019t celebrate those feasts; but we celebrate Christmas\u2014and Thanksgiving, here in America\u2014and we celebrate Easter. And those are very important spiritual religious holidays. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>We are\u2014as we invest in these moments, we\u2019re building a memory box \/ a memory bank. I don\u2019t know if we\u2019ve ever stopped to think about how important remembering is \/ how important reflecting on the past is. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>5:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou\u2019ve been digging around in the Scriptures to see what God\u2019s Word has to say about remembering and why remembering is so important; right?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>You know, out of all of these verses that there are in the Scriptures about giving thanks, and thanksgiving, and being grateful\u2014one of my favorites is one that says it in the opposite way\u2014and that\u2019s Psalm 103 [verse 2], where we are commanded to \u201c\u2026forget not His benefits...\u201d\u00a0 It\u2019s the opposite of remembering. They are two sides of the same coin; but it\u2019s a different way to look at it when you think about \u201cDon\u2019t forget what God has done,\u201d because we\u2019re all so prone to forget; right? All of us forget a whole host of things. God is saying: \u201cNo, no, no\u2014don\u2019t forget what I\u2019ve done. You can forget your car keys and all that kind of stuff, but don\u2019t forget what I\u2019ve done because what I have done is the most important thing that you can remember.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>If you start forgetting the goodness of God in the past\u2014in fact, how we live by faith today is really vitally connected to our recollection of God\u2019s faithfulness in the past. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>6:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Correct. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>And what we\u2019re talking about here is spiritual amnesia. It\u2019s forgetting what God\u2019s done for you. The Bible spells it out\u2014He tells us what the benefits are in \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tPsalm 103\u2014He\u2019s the One who saved us. He is the One who is near the brokenhearted. He is the One who gives good gifts to His children. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br>I think, when we forget what God has done, there is a progression that takes place. I think we soon forget who He is, then, we forget how to trust Him. We forget that, in the crisis and in a tough moment, that the same God who gave you those benefits is also in those tough moments and wants you to reach out to Him and depend upon Him in faith. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>So, all of the work that goes into making a holiday, like Thanksgiving or like Christmas, memorable \/ something that the family will appreciate and enjoy\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>7:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014I think, at the end of those meals or the end of those celebrations, moms can often feel like: \u201cBoy, that was a lot of work. I don\u2019t know that that was worth all the work.\u201d\u00a0 But now, from the perspective of decades, you look back and go, \u201cIt was worth it because these are the deposits that we placed in the lives of our kids.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Yes, and I think what happens\u2014for moms, especially\u2014that we gauge the success of the event, so to speak, or the dinner or whatever on the responses that we get from our kids\u2014at least, I did\u2014when it\u2019s really just an investment. We\u2019re investing in their lives \/ we\u2019re making deposits in their lives\u2014we\u2019re feeding them truth, and we\u2019re reminding them of what\u2019s most important. That adds up over time. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>It does add up over time. In fact, what you\u2019re doing is\u2014you\u2019re making deposits that are relational as well. You are expressing love \/ you\u2019re giving children a place to belong to\u2014a place to come home to. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI love it\u2014that a clipping I have from a number of years ago that an insurance company, back in Massachusetts, commissioned a survey to find out if family members would take a thousand dollars and not go home for Thanksgiving. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>8:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe majority of family members said: \u201cYou can keep the thousand bucks. I want to go home.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Well, it\u2019s that sense of belonging that God created in us\u2014we want to belong. Family is the best place for that to happen. So, when you go to the trouble to make Thanksgiving extra special and more important than another meal that you might have the rest of the year, it does stand out in the minds of the kids. It is worth it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>You found something, as you were looking at the Bible, that kind of surprised you; and that is that the omniscient God, who forgets nothing, writes stuff down. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Yes. [Laughter]\u00a0 Yes, it really is interesting. I started noticing that there were these books\u2014that God refers to books in the Bible. I\u2019m thinking, \u201cThere must be a library\u2014a really big library in heaven.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>9:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, I started looking at some of these\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>You\u2019re not talking about the books of the Bible, now?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>No, I\u2019m talking about other books. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Oh, yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Lots of other books. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Like, for instance?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>There are three books that I found\u2014there may be more\u2014but there are three that I found that God has in His library in heaven. One of them is the Book of the Lamb, and that\u2019s where the names of everyone who believes in Jesus Christ are written in this book. I\u2019m thinking it must be a <em>really<\/em> <em>big<\/em>, thick book. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThen, there is another book that is referred to in Psalm 56:8. David said: \u201cYou have kept count of my tossings, put my tears in Your bottle. Are they not all in Your book?\u201d\u00a0 So, God has some kind of a book in heaven, where He writes down all of our concerns \/ all of the things that plague us and worry us\u2014that we toss and turn in the middle of the night over and that we cry over\u2014our losses. God keeps track of all of those. He keeps our tears in His bottle\u2014that\u2019s an amazing thought. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThen, the third book that I found\u2014and this is more than one book\u2014in Revelation [20:12], it says, \u201cAnd the books\u201d\u2014plural\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>10:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014\u201cwere opened, and they were judged from the things which were written in the books according to their deeds.\u201d\u00a0 So, there is a collection of books in which are written all of the deeds of every single one of us. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI started thinking about biographies. Biographies can be pretty thick books, but that\u2019s just a piece of somebody\u2019s life. That\u2019s not all of their deeds. So, these must be really big books, and there must be lots of them if God is writing down and recording everything that we\u2019ve done. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>And again, it\u2019s not because He can\u2019t remember it. So, the writing down is a way of making permanent\u2014keeping a record of\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>I think it\u2019s for <em>us<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u2014what\u2019s important. Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Yes, I think it\u2019s for <em>us<\/em>\u2014<em>not<\/em> <em>Him<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Dennis: <\/strong>And what I\u2019d want your children to know, as you approach Thanksgiving, is that first book Barbara mentioned\u2014the Book of the Lamb\u2014you want your kids\u2019 names \/\u00a0 you want your name written in that book because that\u2019s a book that records the people who have placed their faith\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>11:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>That\u2019s right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014in the Lamb of God, who came to take away the sin of the world\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>That\u2019s right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014who died for your sins. And if you\u2019ll place your faith in Him, not only will He ink you in the book, He will welcome you into heaven. And Thanksgiving ought to be a time when each of us, as followers of Christ, celebrate the fact that: \u201cYes, we have come to that point in our lives of placing our faith in Jesus Christ. And one of the benefits that He has given us is eternal life \/ forgiveness of sins.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe ought to be passing that onto our children and using this holiday, coming up, to proclaim the gospel. Tell your kids\u2014tell them you want them to be where God\u2019s going to be: \u201cYou want to be heaven for eternity.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>You mentioned the verse in Psalm 103 [verse 2] that says, \u201c\u2026forget not all His benefits\u2026\u201d\u00a0 The Bible really spells out for us the reasons why we are not to forget. There are dangers that come when we forget the goodness of God.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>12:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Well, there is another psalm, not far after 103\u2014it\u2019s Psalm 106. It\u2019s a really long psalm. It\u2019s one of Dennis\u2019s favorites; right?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>It is. The first 25 verses\u2014folks, if you\u2019ve not read it, I just want to challenge you to read Psalm 106, verses 1-25. Follow the progression\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014of what happens when we forget what God has done. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>And so, briefly, here is what happened when God\u2019s children forgot what He had done. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tFirst of all, they didn\u2019t consider. So, that means they didn\u2019t think about God\u2019s wondrous works. They didn\u2019t even think about what God had done. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThen, the second thing that happened is they didn\u2019t remember. So, if you are not thinking about it, you\u2019re not going to remember, which means you forgot. They <em>forgot<\/em> the abundance of God\u2019s love. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThen, the third thing that happened is they soon forgot His works, and they didn\u2019t wait for His counsel. They just ran right ahead and made their own decisions. They didn\u2019t stop and pray. They didn\u2019t think about what God wanted them to do. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>13:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThey just went and did their own thing. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThen, the fourth step in this downward spiral is they forgot God, their Savior, who had done great things in Egypt\u2014wondrous works and awesome deeds by the Red Sea. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Before you go on, that just strikes my memory of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn\u2019s great message at Harvard. It was entitled<em> \u201c<\/em>Men Have Forgotten God.\u201d\u00a0 This is the progression we follow\u2014not <em>they<\/em>\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014<em>we<\/em> follow when we forget what God has done. We forget His love, we forget who He is, and then, we forget Him. We fail to trust Him at key points in our lives. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Well, that\u2019s, really, the next thing it says in the psalm\u2014is that not only did they forget the miraculous things God had done, but it led them to a place of just disregard for God all together. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Yes, they didn\u2019t have faith anymore. So, what it illustrates, by contrast, is\u2014when you remember what God has done and you focus on what He has given, then, your faith grows. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>14:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, the consequences for them [who forget to remember God] is that their faith just withered up, and dried up, and blew away; but when we focus on what He\u2019s done, our faith is strengthened. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>And verse 25 says, \u201cAnd they grumbled in their tents.\u201d\u00a0 And what have we been talking about here?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Grumbling. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>We\u2019ve been talking about the opposite of giving thanks is grumbling, is griping, is complaining, is having discontent. I think this holiday coming up is a great time to be spiritually re-centered on who God is and just revisit all His benefits and what He has done for you, as individuals, but also, as a family. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>So, if a mom is saying to herself today, \u201cOkay, I really do want Thanksgiving to be memorable,\u201d\u2014and if you\u2019re going to coach her on how to do that without putting her under the pile\u2014because that\u2019s the competing dilemma\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>That\u2019s the tension. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u2014here; right?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>So, how does she do it?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Well, one suggestion is to expose your children to those who have less. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>15:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI know a lot of families who, over the Thanksgiving or the Christmas holiday, will take their entire family and go to a homeless shelter or to a soup kitchen and serve those people who come there. It\u2019s a way to put your children in touch with those who have less because it puts their life in perspective. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>I\u2019ve talked to a lot of kids who have come back from summer mission trips to third- world countries. A week of seeing how other people live\u2014they\u2019ve got a little different focus on what they have to have as they head back to school. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Absolutely. It\u2019s one of my favorite things to tell parents is: \u201cWhen your kids get old enough,\u201d\u2014when they are really teens or when you feel there is the right age for them\u2014\u201csend them on a mission trip. Don\u2019t send them to an easy place. They need to go to Haiti, or Guatemala, or somewhere\u2014where they see kids in orphanages \/ or they are out on the street, and they see the people who live in the slums or the street children\u2014because then, when they come back to America, it is like, \u2018I really do have it really, really good.\u2019\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>16:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>So, is there a way\u2014if you\u2019re not going to do the soup kitchen, is there a way, as you lead up to Thanksgiving, that you can help your kids understand that most people don\u2019t have as much as they have or that we have in this country?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>I think one of the easiest ways to help children get in touch with the benefits that they currently enjoy is to read stories to them about people who have far less. Take them to someone else\u2019s life, where they can hear a story about someone else who suffered or who had some difficult circumstances. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe\u2019ve put together a resource called <em>Written and Remembered<\/em>. In that resource, there\u2019s a small book; and it has four stories. You can read one of those stories each of the four weeks of the month of November\u2014you can read them every day for four days. What makes these stories unique is that there is a practical application at the end of the story that helps the children experience or act on what they felt coming out of the story. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>17:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, for instance, the first story is about Joni Eareckson Tada. Joni Eareckson Tada is a woman who is paralyzed and has been in a wheelchair since she was 17 years old. She\u2019s now in her early 60s. So, the activity for that\u2014after you read this very compelling story about Joni\u2014and how she is one of the most joyous people you will ever meet and she gives thanks in all things\u2014the activity is for everyone to sit in a chair and not move \/ and think about what it must feel like to be a quadriplegic\u2014to sit in a wheelchair. You can\u2019t scratch your nose. You can\u2019t get up and go to the bathroom. You can\u2019t feed yourself. You can\u2019t do anything. Just the exercise of helping your children sit still for a few minutes\u2014the longer the better\u2014but to help them experience what that must be like is a way to help them enter into someone else\u2019s world; and then, by contrast, look at their own and say, \u201cOh, I really have it good.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>18:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnother one of the stories is about a man who contracted meningitis. He went from being active and healthy and fully able to do everything to losing his memory\u2014eventually going blind\u2014but needing a lot of care. As you read that story together, the activity at the end is to make a list of everyone who serves you. And this man, John Bishop, had to be served. He had to be taught to eat. He had to be taught to walk. He had all these people that, because they loved him and cared for him, taught him to regain the use of his arms and his legs and learned how to speak again. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAs a family, if you can sit down together after reading this story and think, \u201cHow many people serve us on a regular basis that we just walk by?\u201d\u00a0 Well, there\u2019s the postman, there are teachers, and there are the checkout people at the grocery store, and maybe, the person who bags your groceries at the grocery store. If you will stop and think about: \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>19:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cWho are all the people who serve us on a regular basis?\u201d\u2014then, the resource comes with some cards\u2014and, as a family, you can write thank-you notes. Take a thank-you note to the checkout lady at the grocery store, or the bagger, or the postman, or whoever it might be. Again, it\u2019s a practical way to help your children think about being thankful \/ being grateful for all of the [people] that are in their lives that serve them \/ that make life comfortable. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Bob: <\/strong>And a lot of kids are going to\u2014when they are 25 and 30 years old\u2014remember taking thank-you notes to the lady at the checkout counter at the grocery store. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Because who does that?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>That\u2019s right. They\u2019ll never forget how \u201cMom had us do that\u201d; and it was meaningful to them. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Dennis: <\/strong>And whether or not the kids remember it or not\u2014I promise you\u2014the lady at the checkout counter won\u2019t ever forget it. I was checking out at the counter the other day, and I forget what caused me to turn to the woman and just say something personal to her\u2014and I don\u2019t remember exactly what it was\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>20:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014but that I paused and engaged her, as a human being, was fascinating. She was like a rose that moved from being a bud to a beautiful human being, reflecting the image of God. She began to share how she had a teenaged daughter that was struggling, and I was able to take a few moments and just minister to her. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI think we\u2019re walking by people, left and right, in this culture who, if we give them a good word of thanksgiving \/ of appreciation\u2014as Barbara is talking about\u2014just saying, \u201cThank you\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Bob: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014\u201cThank you for how you\u2019ve served me and my family,\u201d\u2014it\u2019s going to make a huge difference in their lives. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>We treat a lot of them like automatons and like robots, and just like, \u201cYou are just there to\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Why didn\u2019t you just say, \u201crobot\u201d?\u00a0 [Laughter]\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Because I\u2019m trying to sound impressive with automaton. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>I\u2019ve never heard the word!\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>You haven\u2019t heard automaton?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>I\u2019ve heard it, but I\u2019ve never tried to say it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>I\u2019m not sure I\u2019ve ever heard the word still. [Laughter]\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>But your point is a good point, which is\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>21:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014when we are in those situations, what happens in that moment is a reflection of what was in our heart in the first place. If we\u2019re not people who have hearts of thanksgiving and gratitude \/ if we\u2019re just so focused on our own agenda, that\u2019s what is going to spill out in the TSA line or wherever else we are, where we\u2019re not showing worth, or value, or dignity to other people. This is one of the reasons why we encourage people to take advantage of a holiday called Thanksgiving and use it to cultivate that spiritual discipline in your own life and in the lives of your family members. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAgain, we\u2019ve got resources to help make that happen in your home, whether it\u2019s the <em>Written and Remembered<\/em> resource we\u2019ve already talked about today, that you can use at the Thanksgiving meal, or the book that you\u2019ve written, Barbara, <em>Thanksgiving: A Time to Remember<\/em>\u2014which is available in both a hardback book and on audio CD\u2014or other resources that are designed with the idea of promoting gratitude in mind. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>22:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tGo to our website, FamilyLifeToday.com. Click the link in the upper left-hand corner of the screen that says, \u201cGO DEEPER,\u201d and look for information there about the <em>Written and Remembered<\/em> resource that Barbara has created for the Thanksgiving meal, the <em>Thanksgiving: A Time to Remember<\/em> book, and the other resources that we have available to help you cultivate a heart of thanksgiving for your family. Go to FamilyLifeToday.com. Click the link that says, \u201cGO DEEPER.\u201d The resources are all available right there; or call 1-800-FL-TODAY. 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The cost of producing and syndicating this program is covered by listeners, like you, who will pitch in occasionally, or we have a team of what we call Legacy Partners\u2014those who are contributing monthly to help defray the costs associated with this program. Thank you to those of you who are Legacy Partners or [those] who occasionally will make a donation in support of the ministry. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br>If you can help with a donation today, we\u2019d like to send you a devotional book that Barbara Rainey has written on the subject of gratitude. It\u2019s called <em>Growing Together in Gratitude<\/em>\u2014seven stories about being grateful. It\u2019s our gift to you when you make a donation today. Go to FamilyLifeToday.com. Click the link in the upper right-hand corner of the screen that says, \u201cI care,\u201d\u2014make an online donation. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>24:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOr call 1-800-FL-TODAY to make your donation over the phone; or mail your donation to us at <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> at PO Box 7111, Little Rock, AR; our zip code is 72223. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, tomorrow, we\u2019re going to continue to explore this issue of gratitude and things we can do to promote thanksgiving in our own heart and in our families. Hope you can tune in for that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI want to thank our engineer today, Keith Lynch, along with our entire broadcast production team. On behalf of our host, Dennis Rainey, I\u2019m Bob Lepine. 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It was interesting\u2014some of the things that were written were thoughts by a new son-in-law or daughter-in-law, saying, \u201cI loved the fact that we got a chance to see a different tradition or a new tradition that, perhaps, we can make a part of our family as we establish our own.\u201d \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI think it\u2019s that longing you are talking about, Bob. When your children grow up, they are going to anchor their own family around these holidays; and they, for the most part, are holidays that represent biblical truths and biblical holidays that families have been entrusted to help their children celebrate. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019m fortunate that I out-punted my coverage in that I married Barbara because she brought this strong emphasis\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>3:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014not that I didn\u2019t have one from my own childhood\u2014I did\u2014but she brought an even stronger emphasis around the holidays, but around celebrating them and the biblical message that each holiday brought. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Barbara, welcome back to the program. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Thank you. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Did you recognize, as a young mom, that holidays, and celebrations, and vacations\u2014that these are important for how your kids grow up and develop?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>I don\u2019t think I understood the value of vacations as much because we didn\u2019t do a lot of vacations in my childhood, growing up; but holidays were always really important to me, as a kid. I intuitively knew\u2014and I think this is true for all kids\u2014I intuitively knew there was something meaningful \/ something <em>really<\/em> important, and I couldn\u2019t express it. I didn\u2019t know what it was; but there was something about Christmas, and Thanksgiving, and Easter that was more meaningful and more important than anything else we did the rest of the year. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>4:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd so, as we got married, one of my objectives and goals was to try and find ways to make those holidays meaningful\u2014and especially to make them meaningful, biblically, because God made it really clear in the Old Testament, when He established the feasts, that the nation of Israel was to keep\u2014that setting aside your normal ordinary activities and focusing on Him\u2014and having a holiday, or a feast, or a time away from work\u2014He knew that was important for us, as people. Today, we don\u2019t celebrate those feasts; but we celebrate Christmas\u2014and Thanksgiving, here in America\u2014and we celebrate Easter. And those are very important spiritual religious holidays. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>We are\u2014as we invest in these moments, we\u2019re building a memory box \/ a memory bank. I don\u2019t know if we\u2019ve ever stopped to think about how important remembering is \/ how important reflecting on the past is. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>5:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tYou\u2019ve been digging around in the Scriptures to see what God\u2019s Word has to say about remembering and why remembering is so important; right?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>You know, out of all of these verses that there are in the Scriptures about giving thanks, and thanksgiving, and being grateful\u2014one of my favorites is one that says it in the opposite way\u2014and that\u2019s Psalm 103 [verse 2], where we are commanded to \u201c\u2026forget not His benefits...\u201d\u00a0 It\u2019s the opposite of remembering. They are two sides of the same coin; but it\u2019s a different way to look at it when you think about \u201cDon\u2019t forget what God has done,\u201d because we\u2019re all so prone to forget; right? All of us forget a whole host of things. God is saying: \u201cNo, no, no\u2014don\u2019t forget what I\u2019ve done. You can forget your car keys and all that kind of stuff, but don\u2019t forget what I\u2019ve done because what I have done is the most important thing that you can remember.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>If you start forgetting the goodness of God in the past\u2014in fact, how we live by faith today is really vitally connected to our recollection of God\u2019s faithfulness in the past. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>6:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Correct. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>And what we\u2019re talking about here is spiritual amnesia. It\u2019s forgetting what God\u2019s done for you. The Bible spells it out\u2014He tells us what the benefits are in \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tPsalm 103\u2014He\u2019s the One who saved us. He is the One who is near the brokenhearted. He is the One who gives good gifts to His children. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br>I think, when we forget what God has done, there is a progression that takes place. I think we soon forget who He is, then, we forget how to trust Him. We forget that, in the crisis and in a tough moment, that the same God who gave you those benefits is also in those tough moments and wants you to reach out to Him and depend upon Him in faith. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>So, all of the work that goes into making a holiday, like Thanksgiving or like Christmas, memorable \/ something that the family will appreciate and enjoy\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>7:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014I think, at the end of those meals or the end of those celebrations, moms can often feel like: \u201cBoy, that was a lot of work. I don\u2019t know that that was worth all the work.\u201d\u00a0 But now, from the perspective of decades, you look back and go, \u201cIt was worth it because these are the deposits that we placed in the lives of our kids.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Yes, and I think what happens\u2014for moms, especially\u2014that we gauge the success of the event, so to speak, or the dinner or whatever on the responses that we get from our kids\u2014at least, I did\u2014when it\u2019s really just an investment. We\u2019re investing in their lives \/ we\u2019re making deposits in their lives\u2014we\u2019re feeding them truth, and we\u2019re reminding them of what\u2019s most important. That adds up over time. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>It does add up over time. In fact, what you\u2019re doing is\u2014you\u2019re making deposits that are relational as well. You are expressing love \/ you\u2019re giving children a place to belong to\u2014a place to come home to. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI love it\u2014that a clipping I have from a number of years ago that an insurance company, back in Massachusetts, commissioned a survey to find out if family members would take a thousand dollars and not go home for Thanksgiving. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>8:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThe majority of family members said: \u201cYou can keep the thousand bucks. I want to go home.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Well, it\u2019s that sense of belonging that God created in us\u2014we want to belong. Family is the best place for that to happen. So, when you go to the trouble to make Thanksgiving extra special and more important than another meal that you might have the rest of the year, it does stand out in the minds of the kids. It is worth it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>You found something, as you were looking at the Bible, that kind of surprised you; and that is that the omniscient God, who forgets nothing, writes stuff down. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Yes. [Laughter]\u00a0 Yes, it really is interesting. I started noticing that there were these books\u2014that God refers to books in the Bible. I\u2019m thinking, \u201cThere must be a library\u2014a really big library in heaven.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>9:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, I started looking at some of these\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>You\u2019re not talking about the books of the Bible, now?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>No, I\u2019m talking about other books. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Oh, yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Lots of other books. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Like, for instance?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>There are three books that I found\u2014there may be more\u2014but there are three that I found that God has in His library in heaven. One of them is the Book of the Lamb, and that\u2019s where the names of everyone who believes in Jesus Christ are written in this book. I\u2019m thinking it must be a <em>really<\/em> <em>big<\/em>, thick book. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThen, there is another book that is referred to in Psalm 56:8. David said: \u201cYou have kept count of my tossings, put my tears in Your bottle. Are they not all in Your book?\u201d\u00a0 So, God has some kind of a book in heaven, where He writes down all of our concerns \/ all of the things that plague us and worry us\u2014that we toss and turn in the middle of the night over and that we cry over\u2014our losses. God keeps track of all of those. He keeps our tears in His bottle\u2014that\u2019s an amazing thought. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThen, the third book that I found\u2014and this is more than one book\u2014in Revelation [20:12], it says, \u201cAnd the books\u201d\u2014plural\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>10:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014\u201cwere opened, and they were judged from the things which were written in the books according to their deeds.\u201d\u00a0 So, there is a collection of books in which are written all of the deeds of every single one of us. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI started thinking about biographies. Biographies can be pretty thick books, but that\u2019s just a piece of somebody\u2019s life. That\u2019s not all of their deeds. So, these must be really big books, and there must be lots of them if God is writing down and recording everything that we\u2019ve done. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>And again, it\u2019s not because He can\u2019t remember it. So, the writing down is a way of making permanent\u2014keeping a record of\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>I think it\u2019s for <em>us<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u2014what\u2019s important. Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Yes, I think it\u2019s for <em>us<\/em>\u2014<em>not<\/em> <em>Him<\/em>. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Dennis: <\/strong>And what I\u2019d want your children to know, as you approach Thanksgiving, is that first book Barbara mentioned\u2014the Book of the Lamb\u2014you want your kids\u2019 names \/\u00a0 you want your name written in that book because that\u2019s a book that records the people who have placed their faith\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>11:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>That\u2019s right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014in the Lamb of God, who came to take away the sin of the world\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>That\u2019s right. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014who died for your sins. And if you\u2019ll place your faith in Him, not only will He ink you in the book, He will welcome you into heaven. And Thanksgiving ought to be a time when each of us, as followers of Christ, celebrate the fact that: \u201cYes, we have come to that point in our lives of placing our faith in Jesus Christ. And one of the benefits that He has given us is eternal life \/ forgiveness of sins.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe ought to be passing that onto our children and using this holiday, coming up, to proclaim the gospel. Tell your kids\u2014tell them you want them to be where God\u2019s going to be: \u201cYou want to be heaven for eternity.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>You mentioned the verse in Psalm 103 [verse 2] that says, \u201c\u2026forget not all His benefits\u2026\u201d\u00a0 The Bible really spells out for us the reasons why we are not to forget. There are dangers that come when we forget the goodness of God.\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>12:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Well, there is another psalm, not far after 103\u2014it\u2019s Psalm 106. It\u2019s a really long psalm. It\u2019s one of Dennis\u2019s favorites; right?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>It is. The first 25 verses\u2014folks, if you\u2019ve not read it, I just want to challenge you to read Psalm 106, verses 1-25. Follow the progression\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014of what happens when we forget what God has done. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>And so, briefly, here is what happened when God\u2019s children forgot what He had done. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tFirst of all, they didn\u2019t consider. So, that means they didn\u2019t think about God\u2019s wondrous works. They didn\u2019t even think about what God had done. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThen, the second thing that happened is they didn\u2019t remember. So, if you are not thinking about it, you\u2019re not going to remember, which means you forgot. They <em>forgot<\/em> the abundance of God\u2019s love. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThen, the third thing that happened is they soon forgot His works, and they didn\u2019t wait for His counsel. They just ran right ahead and made their own decisions. They didn\u2019t stop and pray. They didn\u2019t think about what God wanted them to do. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>13:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThey just went and did their own thing. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tThen, the fourth step in this downward spiral is they forgot God, their Savior, who had done great things in Egypt\u2014wondrous works and awesome deeds by the Red Sea. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Before you go on, that just strikes my memory of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn\u2019s great message at Harvard. It was entitled<em> \u201c<\/em>Men Have Forgotten God.\u201d\u00a0 This is the progression we follow\u2014not <em>they<\/em>\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014<em>we<\/em> follow when we forget what God has done. We forget His love, we forget who He is, and then, we forget Him. We fail to trust Him at key points in our lives. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Well, that\u2019s, really, the next thing it says in the psalm\u2014is that not only did they forget the miraculous things God had done, but it led them to a place of just disregard for God all together. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Yes, they didn\u2019t have faith anymore. So, what it illustrates, by contrast, is\u2014when you remember what God has done and you focus on what He has given, then, your faith grows. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>14:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, the consequences for them [who forget to remember God] is that their faith just withered up, and dried up, and blew away; but when we focus on what He\u2019s done, our faith is strengthened. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>And verse 25 says, \u201cAnd they grumbled in their tents.\u201d\u00a0 And what have we been talking about here?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Grumbling. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>We\u2019ve been talking about the opposite of giving thanks is grumbling, is griping, is complaining, is having discontent. I think this holiday coming up is a great time to be spiritually re-centered on who God is and just revisit all His benefits and what He has done for you, as individuals, but also, as a family. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>So, if a mom is saying to herself today, \u201cOkay, I really do want Thanksgiving to be memorable,\u201d\u2014and if you\u2019re going to coach her on how to do that without putting her under the pile\u2014because that\u2019s the competing dilemma\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>That\u2019s the tension. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>\u2014here; right?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>So, how does she do it?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Well, one suggestion is to expose your children to those who have less. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>15:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI know a lot of families who, over the Thanksgiving or the Christmas holiday, will take their entire family and go to a homeless shelter or to a soup kitchen and serve those people who come there. It\u2019s a way to put your children in touch with those who have less because it puts their life in perspective. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>I\u2019ve talked to a lot of kids who have come back from summer mission trips to third- world countries. A week of seeing how other people live\u2014they\u2019ve got a little different focus on what they have to have as they head back to school. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Absolutely. It\u2019s one of my favorite things to tell parents is: \u201cWhen your kids get old enough,\u201d\u2014when they are really teens or when you feel there is the right age for them\u2014\u201csend them on a mission trip. Don\u2019t send them to an easy place. They need to go to Haiti, or Guatemala, or somewhere\u2014where they see kids in orphanages \/ or they are out on the street, and they see the people who live in the slums or the street children\u2014because then, when they come back to America, it is like, \u2018I really do have it really, really good.\u2019\u201d\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>16:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>So, is there a way\u2014if you\u2019re not going to do the soup kitchen, is there a way, as you lead up to Thanksgiving, that you can help your kids understand that most people don\u2019t have as much as they have or that we have in this country?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>I think one of the easiest ways to help children get in touch with the benefits that they currently enjoy is to read stories to them about people who have far less. Take them to someone else\u2019s life, where they can hear a story about someone else who suffered or who had some difficult circumstances. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe\u2019ve put together a resource called <em>Written and Remembered<\/em>. In that resource, there\u2019s a small book; and it has four stories. You can read one of those stories each of the four weeks of the month of November\u2014you can read them every day for four days. What makes these stories unique is that there is a practical application at the end of the story that helps the children experience or act on what they felt coming out of the story. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>17:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tSo, for instance, the first story is about Joni Eareckson Tada. Joni Eareckson Tada is a woman who is paralyzed and has been in a wheelchair since she was 17 years old. She\u2019s now in her early 60s. So, the activity for that\u2014after you read this very compelling story about Joni\u2014and how she is one of the most joyous people you will ever meet and she gives thanks in all things\u2014the activity is for everyone to sit in a chair and not move \/ and think about what it must feel like to be a quadriplegic\u2014to sit in a wheelchair. You can\u2019t scratch your nose. You can\u2019t get up and go to the bathroom. You can\u2019t feed yourself. You can\u2019t do anything. Just the exercise of helping your children sit still for a few minutes\u2014the longer the better\u2014but to help them experience what that must be like is a way to help them enter into someone else\u2019s world; and then, by contrast, look at their own and say, \u201cOh, I really have it good.\u201d\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>18:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnother one of the stories is about a man who contracted meningitis. He went from being active and healthy and fully able to do everything to losing his memory\u2014eventually going blind\u2014but needing a lot of care. As you read that story together, the activity at the end is to make a list of everyone who serves you. And this man, John Bishop, had to be served. He had to be taught to eat. He had to be taught to walk. He had all these people that, because they loved him and cared for him, taught him to regain the use of his arms and his legs and learned how to speak again. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAs a family, if you can sit down together after reading this story and think, \u201cHow many people serve us on a regular basis that we just walk by?\u201d\u00a0 Well, there\u2019s the postman, there are teachers, and there are the checkout people at the grocery store, and maybe, the person who bags your groceries at the grocery store. If you will stop and think about: \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>19:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u201cWho are all the people who serve us on a regular basis?\u201d\u2014then, the resource comes with some cards\u2014and, as a family, you can write thank-you notes. Take a thank-you note to the checkout lady at the grocery store, or the bagger, or the postman, or whoever it might be. Again, it\u2019s a practical way to help your children think about being thankful \/ being grateful for all of the [people] that are in their lives that serve them \/ that make life comfortable. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Bob: <\/strong>And a lot of kids are going to\u2014when they are 25 and 30 years old\u2014remember taking thank-you notes to the lady at the checkout counter at the grocery store. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>Because who does that?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>That\u2019s right. They\u2019ll never forget how \u201cMom had us do that\u201d; and it was meaningful to them. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Dennis: <\/strong>And whether or not the kids remember it or not\u2014I promise you\u2014the lady at the checkout counter won\u2019t ever forget it. I was checking out at the counter the other day, and I forget what caused me to turn to the woman and just say something personal to her\u2014and I don\u2019t remember exactly what it was\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>20:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014but that I paused and engaged her, as a human being, was fascinating. She was like a rose that moved from being a bud to a beautiful human being, reflecting the image of God. She began to share how she had a teenaged daughter that was struggling, and I was able to take a few moments and just minister to her. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI think we\u2019re walking by people, left and right, in this culture who, if we give them a good word of thanksgiving \/ of appreciation\u2014as Barbara is talking about\u2014just saying, \u201cThank you\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Bob: <\/strong>Yes. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>\u2014\u201cThank you for how you\u2019ve served me and my family,\u201d\u2014it\u2019s going to make a huge difference in their lives. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>We treat a lot of them like automatons and like robots, and just like, \u201cYou are just there to\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br><strong>Dennis: <\/strong>Why didn\u2019t you just say, \u201crobot\u201d?\u00a0 [Laughter]\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>Because I\u2019m trying to sound impressive with automaton. [Laughter]\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>I\u2019ve never heard the word!\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>You haven\u2019t heard automaton?\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Barbara: <\/strong>I\u2019ve heard it, but I\u2019ve never tried to say it. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Dennis: <\/strong>I\u2019m not sure I\u2019ve ever heard the word still. [Laughter]\u00a0 \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>Bob: <\/strong>But your point is a good point, which is\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>21:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014when we are in those situations, what happens in that moment is a reflection of what was in our heart in the first place. If we\u2019re not people who have hearts of thanksgiving and gratitude \/ if we\u2019re just so focused on our own agenda, that\u2019s what is going to spill out in the TSA line or wherever else we are, where we\u2019re not showing worth, or value, or dignity to other people. This is one of the reasons why we encourage people to take advantage of a holiday called Thanksgiving and use it to cultivate that spiritual discipline in your own life and in the lives of your family members. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAgain, we\u2019ve got resources to help make that happen in your home, whether it\u2019s the <em>Written and Remembered<\/em> resource we\u2019ve already talked about today, that you can use at the Thanksgiving meal, or the book that you\u2019ve written, Barbara, <em>Thanksgiving: A Time to Remember<\/em>\u2014which is available in both a hardback book and on audio CD\u2014or other resources that are designed with the idea of promoting gratitude in mind. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>22:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tGo to our website, FamilyLifeToday.com. Click the link in the upper left-hand corner of the screen that says, \u201cGO DEEPER,\u201d and look for information there about the <em>Written and Remembered<\/em> resource that Barbara has created for the Thanksgiving meal, the <em>Thanksgiving: A Time to Remember<\/em> book, and the other resources that we have available to help you cultivate a heart of thanksgiving for your family. Go to FamilyLifeToday.com. Click the link that says, \u201cGO DEEPER.\u201d The resources are all available right there; or call 1-800-FL-TODAY. That\u2019s 1-800-358-6329\u20141-800-\u201cF\u201d as in family, \u201cL\u201d as in life, and then, the word, \u201cTODAY.\u201d\u00a0 And you can order any of these resources from us over the phone as well. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tWe ought to take just a minute here and just let our listeners know how thankful we are that they join us each day for this program\u2014those of you who tune in regularly\u2014\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>23:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t\u2014always happy to have this time together with you. And it\u2019s encouraging to us when we hear from listeners as well. Some of you will get in touch with us, from time to time, and let us know how God is using this ministry in your life. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tAnd we appreciate those of you who make this program possible through your financial support of <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em>. The cost of producing and syndicating this program is covered by listeners, like you, who will pitch in occasionally, or we have a team of what we call Legacy Partners\u2014those who are contributing monthly to help defray the costs associated with this program. Thank you to those of you who are Legacy Partners or [those] who occasionally will make a donation in support of the ministry. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<br>If you can help with a donation today, we\u2019d like to send you a devotional book that Barbara Rainey has written on the subject of gratitude. It\u2019s called <em>Growing Together in Gratitude<\/em>\u2014seven stories about being grateful. It\u2019s our gift to you when you make a donation today. Go to FamilyLifeToday.com. Click the link in the upper right-hand corner of the screen that says, \u201cI care,\u201d\u2014make an online donation. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>24:00<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tOr call 1-800-FL-TODAY to make your donation over the phone; or mail your donation to us at <em>FamilyLife Today<\/em> at PO Box 7111, Little Rock, AR; our zip code is 72223. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tNow, tomorrow, we\u2019re going to continue to explore this issue of gratitude and things we can do to promote thanksgiving in our own heart and in our families. Hope you can tune in for that. \n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\t<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t<p>\n\t\t\t\tI want to thank our engineer today, Keith Lynch, along with our entire broadcast production team. On behalf of our host, Dennis Rainey, I\u2019m Bob Lepine. 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