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Give Thanks Like Daniel

Hard to believe, but It's almost Thanksgiving again.  For the next 30 days, I want to focus on giving thanks. Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went home. And in his upper room, with his windows open toward Jerusalem, he knelt down on his knees three times that day, and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as was his custom since early days.   Daniel 6:10 Most of us are familiar with this story.  If you’re not, you should pick up your Bible and read the whole account.  Daniel was exiled to Babylon years earlier.  He distinguished himself as trustworthy and was in line for a promotion.  Others who were also being considered for the position tried to  “find some dirt on him.”   Daniel acted with integrity, so they could find nothing wrong with him.  They finally decide to get to him through his faith in God.  They convinced Darius to make it illegal to ask anything of anyone  but the king for thirty d