Send us a textWe were blessed with a guest preacher tonight, Professor Kenneth Cherney. Pastor Cherney talks about the Israelites giving their first fruits to the Lord, and how it was more than a basket of fruit, but it stood for a promise kept. The Lord promised the Israelites that he would alway be with them, and never forsake them, and he kept that promise! As you gather with your friends or family this Thanksgiving, take a moment to look around and rejoice in all that the Lord has given you: good food, loved ones, a roof over your head, and most of all, faith in your heart. And just as the Israelites did, also think of those that aren't with you, and those that aren't like you. They thought of the Levites and foreigners in the land and how they could help those who had nothing. Let us do the same and find ways to help those around us! Happy Thanksgiving from the Trinity family. God bless you! Deuteronomy 26:1-11 When you have entered the land the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance and have taken possession of it and settled in it, 2 take some of the firstfruits of all that you produce from the soil of the land the Lord your God is giving you and put them in a basket. Then go to the place the Lord your God will choose as a dwelling for his Name3 and say to the priest in office at the time, “I declare today to the Lord your God that I have come to the land the Lord swore to our ancestors to give us.” 4 The priest shall take the basket from your hands and set it down in front of the altar of the Lord your God. 5 Then you shall declare before the Lord your God: “My father was a wanderingAramean, and he went down into Egypt with a few people and lived there and became a great nation, powerful and numerous. 6 But the Egyptians mistreated us and made us suffer, subjecting us to harsh labor. 7 Then we cried out to the Lord, the God of our ancestors, and the Lord heard our voice and saw our misery, toil and oppression. 8 So the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with great terror and with signs and wonders. 9 He brought us to this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey; 10 and now I bring the firstfruits of the soil that you, Lord, have given me.” Place the basket before the Lord your God and bow down before him. 11 Then you and the Levites and the foreigners residing among you shall rejoice in all the good things the Lord your God has given to you and your household.

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