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We Don't Have a Harvest Problem - Thanksgiving 2025

We Don't Have a Harvest Problem - Thanksgiving 2025

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 Hosts, Context, and Sponsor • Noah Wagner — returning after family health issues • Seth Pippin — co-host • Lyndon filled in the week beforeRelease timing: Wednesday before ThanksgivingSponsor: Fresh Grounds CoffeeLocal, affordable, fresh-roasted, grinds in-house, offers good food, knows customers by name, and exists to further the mission of God locally and globally.⸻Thanksgiving Foods and TraditionsNoah’s Thoughts • Loves turkey — “we only have it once a year.” • Prefers smoked turkey; baking this year. • Tips: brine for days, baste often, inject with butter. • Deep-fried turkey also a favorite. • Loves leftovers.Seth’s Thoughts • Prefers ham day-of; loves turkey mostly as leftovers (sandwiches). • If money weren’t an issue: prime rib or brisket. • Jokes that turkey being “high-maintenance” says something.Family and Logistics • Multiple family meals can be draining. • Seth once gained 10 pounds in one day between morning and night weigh-ins. • Noah planned Tennessee travel but stayed local due to his son’s hospitalization. • Noah and Deanna ended up with a “small turkey” that was actually 21 pounds.Seasonal Shift • No Christmas music until after Thanksgiving. • Except Noah helped decorate early because his wife is pregnant with twins.⸻Coffee SegmentNoah • Gingerbread shaken espresso — loves the seasonal flavor.Seth • Iced white mocha with brown sugar, cinnamon, sweet cream splash, caramel drizzle, brown butter toffee cold foam. • “Basically a dessert, but incredible.” • Usual orders: brown sugar shaken espresso; dirty chai. • Reminder: drink what you like — just don’t call frappes “coffee.”⸻American Thanksgiving: Historical Roots • 1620: Pilgrims flee religious persecution, cross 66 days on Mayflower, arrive late; nearly half die during winter. • 1621: Wampanoag help settlers plant and fish; after harvest, Bradford proclaims a thanksgiving feast (3 days; venison, local fowl). • 1623: Another thanksgiving after drought. • 1789: Washington proclaims national day of thanks. • 1863: Lincoln makes Thanksgiving a permanent holiday.Theme across all: Thanking God for provision.⸻ Biblical Foundation: Feast of Weeks (Pentecost)Deuteronomy 16:9–12 • “Pentecost” = 50 days after Passover. • Harvest thanksgiving: bring a freewill offering as the Lord blesses. • Celebrate with family, servants, Levites, foreigners, widows, and orphans. • Remember slavery; respond with joy, obedience, and generosity.Emphasis: God provides the harvest.⸻Acts 2 Pentecost: Harvest of SoulsTimeline: • Passover → Crucifixion & Resurrection • Ascension (Acts 1) → “Wait for the Spirit” • 50 days after Passover → PentecostEvent Highlights • Sound like rushing wind; tongues as of fire. • Jews from “every nation under heaven” in Jerusalem for the feast. • Miracle of languages: everyone hears the gospel in their own language. • Two views: 1. Apostles speak actual languages they never learned. 2. Apostles speak but hearers miraculously understand. • Either way: known languages, understood content — “the mighty works of God.” • Peter preaches; crowd asks, “What shall we do?” • Response: Repent and be baptized. • About 3,000 saved that day.Point: As God brings in the harvest of crops, He brings in a harvest of souls.⸻Living It Out: Gratitude and EvangelismWhy Christians Should Be Most Thankful • God provides life, food, safety, breath, and ultimately salvation. • Once “dead in sin,” now made alive in Christ.Daily Thankfulness Rhythms • Mealtime prayers. • Bedtime prayers with kids. • Thanking God even for withheld desires. • Journaling gratitude.Thanksgiving as an Evangelism Bridge • Ask people: “What are you thankful for?” • Then share what you’re thankful for: God’s provision, salvation, Jesus Himself.⸻Matthew 9:35–38 — The Harvest Is Plentiful • Jesus sees crowds “harassed and helpless.” • Says harvest is plentiful, laborers are few. • Pray for the Lord to send laborers — then go.Not a harvest problem — a laborer problem.⸻Simple Evangelism Framework: BOB • B — ...
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