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Thanksgiving-giving thanks in everything-prepares the way that God might show us His fullest salvation in Christ.

Ann Voskamp

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Ann Voskamp
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: August 10
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Is the height of my chara joy dependent on the depths of my eucharisteo thanks?
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All fear is but the notion that God's love ends.
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...life change comes when we receive life with thanks and ask for nothing to change.
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