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  document.writeln("<span class=\"body\"><b><span class=\"headings2\"><span class=\"actsititle\">From Gratitude Comes Generosity </span></span></b><br>");
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document.writeln("</font><p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"><font face=\"Calibri\"><i>Don\'€™t worry about anything; instead,");
document.writeln("pray about everything. Tell God what you need and thank him for all he has");
document.writeln("done. Then you will experience God\'€™s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand.");
document.writeln("His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.<sup>1</sup></i></font></span></p><p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\">&nbsp;</p><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"3\">");
document.writeln("</font><p style=\"background: white;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(10, 10, 10); font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"><font size=\"3\">In the middle of President Lincoln\'€™s Presidency, an");
document.writeln("elderly lady made an appointment to see him. As she entered his office, he");
document.writeln("inquired, \"How can I be of service to you, Madam?\"</font></span></p><p><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"3\">");
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document.writeln("lady answered, \"Mr. President, I know you are a very busy man, and I have not");
document.writeln("come to ask you for anything. I simply came to bring you this box of");
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document.writeln("<span style=\"color: rgb(10, 10, 10); font-family: &quot;Calibri&quot;,sans-serif; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"><font size=\"3\">There");
document.writeln("was a long silence. Tears flowed from Lincoln\'€™s eyes as he began:</font></span></font><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"3\">");
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document.writeln("I am greatly moved by what you have done. For since I have become President,");
document.writeln("people have come into this office one after another asking for favors and");
document.writeln("demanding things from me. You are the first person who has ever entered these");
document.writeln("premises asking no favor but bringing a gift. I thank you from the bottom of my");
document.writeln("heart.\"</font><sup><font size=\"2\">2</font></sup></span></font></p><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"3\">");
document.writeln("</font><p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"><font face=\"Calibri\">Yesterday we celebrated Thanksgiving");
document.writeln("and gave thanks to God for the many blessings he gives us. Yet today, people across");
document.writeln("the country are running to the stores to fulfill their premade lists of Black");
document.writeln("Friday items they want to buy! Now, there is nothing wrong with buying a needed");
document.writeln("item on sale. However, many will buy simply because the item is on sale, not");
document.writeln("because they need it. Before we run out and spend money on unnecessary items, could");
document.writeln("this be an opportunity God is giving us to bless someone else? One of the best");
document.writeln("gifts we can give God, is by caring for those in need. </font></span></p><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"3\">");
document.writeln("</font><p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"><font face=\"Calibri\">God cares for us, and when we learn to");
document.writeln("trust his provision in our life, we will experience His peace and contentment");
document.writeln("in our lives. Let us not forget all the things we are thankful for and may this");
document.writeln("attitude of gratitude lead us to practice generosity towards those around us. </font></span></p><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"3\">");
document.writeln("</font><p style=\"margin: 0in 0in 8pt;\"><span style=\"line-height: 107%; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin;\"><font face=\"Calibri\">Suggested prayer: Dear God, in moments");
document.writeln("when I start to worry about the things I don\'€™t have, let me bring it to you in");
document.writeln("prayer and trust your faithfulness. Help me learn to be content and keep me");
document.writeln("from the temptation of always wanting more. Please shift my focus to ways in");
document.writeln("which I can bless someone else today and show them your love. In the name of Jesus I pray, amen. </font></span></p><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"3\">");
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