{"id":2152,"date":"2025-12-02T18:56:50","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T22:56:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/?p=2152"},"modified":"2025-12-02T18:56:51","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T22:56:51","slug":"thanksgiving-making-your-thank-yous-mean-something","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/?p=2152","title":{"rendered":"Thanksgiving &#8211; Making Your &#8220;Thank Yous&#8221; Mean Something"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Presented at Curwensville Alliance on 11\/23\/25 by Pastor Steve Shields. <\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Doesn&#8217;t every &#8220;thank you&#8221; count?  <\/strong>There is the mandated thank you, the non-thinking thank you, and the faked thank you.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Clipboard04-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Clipboard04-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Clipboard04-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Clipboard04-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Clipboard04-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Clipboard04.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A thank you that doesn&#8217;t count is  based on self righteousness.  A thank you coming from comparison instead of objectivity.  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A thank you that counts is a thank you that <strong>recognizes Christ&#8217;s work<\/strong>.  A thank you that <strong>recognizes God&#8217;s grace<\/strong>.  A thank you that <strong>recognizes your need. <\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1778\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2152-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/curwensvillealliance.org\/mp3s\/2025\/20251123ThanksgivingMarkingYourThankYousMeanSomething.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/curwensvillealliance.org\/mp3s\/2025\/20251123ThanksgivingMarkingYourThankYousMeanSomething.mp3\">https:\/\/curwensvillealliance.org\/mp3s\/2025\/20251123ThanksgivingMarkingYourThankYousMeanSomething.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/curwensvillealliance.org\/mp3s\/2025\/20251123ThanksgivingMarkingYourThankYousMeanSomething.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/?powerpress_pinw=2152-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/curwensvillealliance.org\/mp3s\/2025\/20251123ThanksgivingMarkingYourThankYousMeanSomething.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"20251123ThanksgivingMarkingYourThankYousMeanSomething.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.curwensvillealliance.org\/podcasts\/?feed=podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Presented at Curwensville Alliance on 11\/23\/25 by Pastor Steve Shields. Doesn&#8217;t every &#8220;thank you&#8221; count? There is the mandated thank you, the non-thinking thank you, and the faked thank you. A thank you that doesn&#8217;t count is based on self righteousness. A thank you coming from comparison instead of objectivity. 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