Thankful Heart

By Dwayne Hicks | November 23, 2017 |

  I want to have a thankful heart no matter what my circumstances. I want to have a thankful heart in the middle of crisis. I want to have a thankful heart in the joy of victory. I want to have a thankful heart in the depths of grief.   A thankful heart can’t co-exist…

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Thanksgiving Sacrifice

By Dwayne Hicks | October 16, 2015 |

  We are just over a month away from the Thanksgiving holiday in the USA. We stop our work and connect together to celebrate around a meal with grateful hearts. This holiday event started out as a celebration of the harvest. The first US President, George Washington celebrated this holiday by proclamation in 1779. It…

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Give Thanks

By Dwayne Hicks | October 10, 2015 |

  I’ve grown up “saying Grace” before all my meals. “God is good; God is great; Let us thank Him for our food, Amen.” I learned later that I was doing more than just reciting some ritualistic saying. It is actually a time to pause and thank the Lord for His provision of food for…

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Thank You

By Dwayne Hicks | May 29, 2014 |

These are two very simple words that bring a certain level of understanding and gratitude. I understand that someone helped me. I also have a heart of gratitude for the help that others give to me. There are people who thing they are “owed something” or that they “deserve to be helped”. I’m not much…

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Thank You

By Dwayne Hicks | August 27, 2013 |

These two words carry some kindness and gratitude packed inside. These two words acknowledge that someone else blessed me. I learned at an early age to say “thank you” when someone did something nice for me. It can be really simple, like filling my glass with water at a restaurant, or as big as blessing…

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