Thanksgiving Remembrance

“Thanksgiving Day comes, by statute, once a year; to the honest man it comes as frequently as the heart of gratitude will allow.” So wrote Edward Sandford Martin, founder of the “Harvard Lampoon.” It is Thanksgiving Week in the U.S. – a time of remembrance with gratitude. Short memory makes thanksgiving difficult. Good memory makes thanksgiving inevitable. Many are expressing their thankfulness on Facebook by stating one remembrance each day for which they are thankful. My lack of involvement in that activity is not a reflection of un-thankfulness. Rather I have had a pattern for many years of specifically expressing thanks to a few individuals each year. This year I am especially thankful to Frank Shearer for hosting my web site and assisting me in producing “Dr. Dan’s Monday Morning Memo” each week. Then I am thankful to the 300+ who subscribe to the Memo via e-mail and to the almost 1000 who receive it weekly via Facebook. I’m not sure how many people actually read the Memo since one address may affect several readers, but I am thankful for the ability to share a brief spiritual jump start each Monday and inspire a few global prayer concerns. So, to my readers, on this Thanksgiving week of 2009 – “I thank my God upon every remembrance of you” (Phil. 1:3).

Share with me in these global prayer concerns:
• Pray for missionaries who use American Thanksgiving observances in their countries as opportunities for evangelistic outreach and witness, especially in Ukraine.
• Pray for upcoming prayerwalking of Winter Olympic venues: Olympic Media Centre – December 5, 2009; BC Place – January 17, 2010.
• Pray that God will raise up pastors among the Lenca people of Central America.
• Pray for this week’s Seed Project (gift distribution to casino workers by missionaries) in Macau.