While Thanksgiving should be a time of truly counting our blessings, it has become a time of overeating on Thursday and overspending on Friday. This year let’s start a counterculture of truly making Thanksgiving a time to remember our blessings and show gratitude to others. This Thanksgiving let’s give away to those who are hungry as much as we spend on the meal we will consume. On “black” Friday, the biggest retail day of the year, let’s stay home. Or if the “SALE” is just too tempting, make an offering on Sunday matching what we spend on Friday.
As we approach Christmas, let’s remember it’s not our birthday, it’s Jesus’ birthday. Several years ago, Adam Hamilton challenged his congregation to match every dollar spent on our Christmas gifts, parties, and vacations, with a gift of equal proportion to the work of Christ through the church. Wow! Do you think we could do that?
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