November 24, 2009

Dear OAK Members,

     We especially want to welcome all of our new OAK Members from Ohio and Michigan. It was great to be with you. Your faith in the Lord and devotion to being responsible, knowledgeable, and engaged citizens was inspiring.

     This is the week of one of the great holidays—Thanksgiving. We do have more to be thankful for than we could ever express but it is good to take this day each year to try. We are told in Ps.100 that we enter the Lord’s gates with thanksgiving. We see as a custom in Scripture that whenever someone addressed a king, or potentate, they would begin with thanking them for their justice, generosity, and etcetera. How much more should this be the way that we come before the King of kings? If we want to abide in the presence of the Lord it begins with simply being a thankful person.

     How could we not thank the Lord for everything, even our trials, as He has promised us that everything will work together for good for those who love Him, and that He will always lead us in His triumph? You can read