What Are You Thankful For?

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And now, here's today's Truth Talk Live host. Truth Talk Live, Truth Talk Live, yours truly here, Nikita Koloff. Great to be back with you. It's been a while. since I've been on Truth Talk Live and uh here to uh Talk about what you're thankful for.

I know we're a little over a week out from the next major holiday, that being thankful for Thanksgiving. And, you know, I want to know. We're going to do some call-ins today. I want to know what your favorite Thanksgiving memory is. Maybe if you and your family have some sort of Thanksgiving tradition, or you just want to call in and share what you're thankful for.

And maybe it has nothing to do with Thanksgiving. And interesting holiday that we celebrate because, you know, there's a great focus. Hence the name Thanksgiving of taking that day and really just. Sharing what we're thankful for. But you know, I've learned over the years that that's not the only thing that, or the only day that we can be thankful, right?

That can be each and every day if we choose to. I'm reminded of that scripture: this is the day that the Lord has made. And I like to say it this way: and I choose to rejoice. And be glad in it, right? What are you glad for today?

Of course, you know, if you've heard me on True Talk Live before, then you know I like to do giveaways, I like to do Bible trivia giveaways. We're gonna have some of that today as well. 866-348-7884-86634 TRUTH is the number that you can call in and share with me and our listening audience what you are thankful for. Or You can share a favorite Thanksgiving memory from your past, or choice number three. A Thanksgiving tradition.

What's one of your Thanksgiving traditions. And let's do our first little trivia question here before we really jump into or dive into all this. And I'm going to start with an easy one for you here, okay? I don't want to give you anything too difficult.

So let me just pull up our first question, trivia question here. And what you're going to receive by getting the question right, again, those who are familiar with me being on Truth Talk Live, you're going to get a personally autographed wrestling photo. If you're not familiar, I was a former world wrestling champion back in the 80s and 90s, and now also host here at Truth Radio Network. It's Time to Man Up, as well as QA with Koloff. And perhaps you listen to those shows.

A lot of great shows here on the Truth Radio Network. But let's throw out our first trivia question here. Which book has This Phrase, there is a time. For everything.

Now, before even giving you any choices, some of you already know the answer. But I'm going to go ahead and throw the four options out there for you. Is that in the book of Psalms, the book of Isaiah, Song of Solomon or the book of Ecclesiastes. And the quote is: There is a time for everything. 866-348-7884.

Maybe you're not a wrestling fan, but you know somebody who is, and I can personally autograph that for your favorite friend or family member. Call in if you have the answer to the first trivia question, which book has? This quote, there is a time For everything. And let me hear from you. Today, today, today.

And also, as we dive into a little bit more of this. Really, for me, just a Thanksgiving uh celebration. I I like to sh you know, give thanks uh every day of the year, not just one day of the year. Um, now there's lots of things uh you know, that uh that I have done over the years. Uh we of course we have a big Uh, usually a big family feast.

And what are some of your favorite foods? Here's another question: perhaps: what are some of your favorite foods for Thanksgiving? I'd love to. I'd love to hear that from you as well. You know, when I think about Thanksgiving, and I'm a history guy.

So, you know, I love I like to go back and not only review history and read about history, but I like to go tour. And uh I'm getting ready to uh here in just uh About 10 days, board a plane and head over to the state of Israel and To a summit, and I'm excited about that. It's my first overseas international trip in quite a while. The last time I was there, I went with the million-dollar man, Ted DiBiase. And another wrestling friend of ours on a pilgrimage.

We spent three days in Jordan and then eight days in Israel. If you go on my Facebook page, you'll see uh me standing in a river with the Million Dollar Man, and that was actually the Jordan River. Where the three of us took turns kind of baptizing each other. And so I'm very, very thankful, very, very grateful. You know, Thanksgiving, the history of Thanksgiving, by all accounts, goes back to that at Plymouth Rock, right, September of 1620.

Can you imagine? We're going back now, what, what is it, four hundred years where a small ship called the Mayflower. left Plymouth, England, uh carrying a hundred and two passengers. an assortment of religious separatists seeking a new home where they could freely practice their faith, And other individuals, lured by the promise of prosperity. and land ownership in the quote New World end quote.

And it wasn't, as you might imagine, 400 years ago, it wasn't the easiest trip across the pond. You know, it was a bit treacherous and an uncomfortable crossing. That lasted, ready for this? I should make this a trivia question, but I won't. That lasted 66 days.

Can you fathom wrap your head around that? They got on a boat. to to cross the pond from from Europe over to what would become the United States of America. In sixty six days they dropped anchor north near the tip of Cape Cod. And quite amazing a journey.

And a month later, the Mayflower crossed. uh into Massachusetts Bay, where the Pilgrims, as they are now commonly referred to, commonly known, began the work of establishing a village at Plymouth. Just a little bit of history there. 866 348 7884. If you want to share with me what you're thankful for, you can share something that you're thankful for.

A favorite Thanksgiving memory. Or maybe a Thanksgiving tradition, or maybe some of your favorite Thanksgiving food. And of course, if you know the answer to the trivia question, which book of the Bible Right, is this phrase? There is a time for everything, it's in the book of Psalms. Isaiah Song of Solomon or the book of Ecclesiastes.

Give me a call and love to get mailed out to you a personally autographed 8x10. Wrestling photo and uh I know for me. Actually, one of I mean, I have a lot of favorite foods over Thanksgiving. One of it is, I'm just going to skip ahead, one of which is Pumpkin pie. I do love a good piece of pumpkin pie.

with a big dollop of cool whip, of cream on top. is is one of my Favorites and I know not a lot of people kind of along that same vein or along those same lines is like yams. You ever had yams with maybe some brown sugar and some marshmallow on top and kind of toasted in the oven? And I know not everybody's a sweet potato or a yam fan, but I, for one, Am a yam fan. That's one of my favorites as well.

But what about you? What's one of your favorite foods? What's one of your favorite memories? What's One of your favorite traditions when I come back. Let's discuss it some more.

Love to hear from you. 866-348-7884. And let's find a trivia winner as well. We'll be back in just a moment, Truth Talk Live. Yours truly, Nikita Kolov.

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Looks like we might have a trivia winner, Laura, down in South Carolina. Let's find out right now. Laura, are you there, Laura? Yes, I'm here. Hey, Laura.

What part of South Carolina are you in? Greenville. Greenville. I'm very familiar with Greenville, Laura. I understand the.

The old Civic Center is no longer there. They tore it down to build a new building, unfortunately. I say. Right. Yep, I missed it though.

I really loved it there. It was a lot of restaurants there. I know. Do you have a lot of memories there? Yeah.

We used to go, you probably know this already, but we used to go 48 times a year. To the Greenville Memorial Auditorium to wrestle there, to strap up the boots. Huh? Every Monday night. That is right.

Yes, ma'am. You are correct. Every Monday night. That is correct.

So well, wonderful. Do you do just a side note, do you have a favorite wrestling memory there at the auditorium, the Greenville Memorial? Oh man. Probably when I met A bunch of wrestlers at one time like You guys, Ricky Steamboat, Ric Flair, just several wrestlers at once outside. Ricky the Dragon Steamboat, right?

Yeah, he's. He was a good one.

Well, you have an answer, Laura, to the trivia question. Yeah, it is. Ecclesiastes. Boom. And 3-1.

And you know the address. I call it the address. Ecclesiastes 3-1. That is right. Well, my producer, Nick, will get a mailing address from you and just let him know who you want the photo.

Made out. I'll personalize it to whoever you want it made out to. Hey, since I got you on the phone, just a quick question too regarding Thanksgiving. Anything you want to mention that you're thankful for or Thanksgiving memory or tradition? Yes, I'm thankful for my family.

I'm thankful for God for having us here together. Thank you. most of all for God being in my life. Oh, well, amen.

Well, praise God for that, Laura.

Well, thank you for being a wrestling fan firstly. And then for and then really more important, great to hear that you have God in your life and you're thankful for that relationship with Him, right? Yes.

Well, wonderful.

Well, you hang on. Nick's going to get make sure we get your address so we can mail that 8x10 to you, okay?

Okay, thank you so much. All right.

Well, and happy Thanksgiving in advance. You as well. Enjoy your trip overseas. Thank you. Thank you, Laura.

And Natalie called in while we were, I think, on break. My producer, Nick, handed me and said, Natalie, thankful for God every day that she has with her son and her family. It looks like Carlos, it looks like called in as well. And Just the hope and giving and Yahweh, Yahweh, Yahweh. Thankful for God.

And what are you thankful for as we get ready to embark on this Thanksgiving? We've already embarked on this Thanksgiving season. I'm looking out the window here in the studio, all the variety of colors of leaves as we transition into this fall season and we get ready here in just a few days for Thanksgiving. What's your favorite Thanksgiving memory? Or your favorite Thanksgiving tradition throughout the first brutal winter, going back to a bit of history, throughout the first brutal winter.

Most of the colonists remained on board the ship where they suffered from exposure, scurvy, and outbreaks of contagious. disease, only half. of the Mayflower's original passengers and crew, live to see their first New England spring.

So here we are in the fall, but only half of them. lived through the brutal winter to experience Experience the spring. What are you thankful for? 8663487884-86634 Truth. Let me give you another.

Let's do another trivia here. Laura down in Greenville, South Carolina, our first trivia winner. And and um Let's give you another one. And this may be an easy one. We'll see.

Who wrote the book of Titus? Who wrote the book of Titus? Did Titus write it? He write his own book? Did Paul?

Did Peter? or John, who wrote the book of Titus 866-348-7884. eight six six three four Truth Call in and win a free 8x10 personally autographed photo. Uh and if you just want to call in to to my producer Nick and If you don't want to be on air for some reason, just call him in. Call in and tell him what you're thankful for, or maybe what your favorite memory of Thanksgiving is.

How about a favorite, I'd love to hear a favorite Thanksgiving tradition from somebody. a favorite Thanksgiving memory from somebody. And uh certainly always appreciate the You know, the things you're Thankful for, and of course. You know, when I think of Thanksgiving, I don't know about you, but I think of turkeys. I think of turkeys.

And Tom, the turkey, right now, is trying to run in the opposite direction of where he might end up, I'm thinking. But turkey and what else goes along with that, right? Stuffing, maybe mashed potatoes. And I'm a cranberry sauce guy. No, not everybody is.

But man, I just like cranberry sauce with my Thanksgiving dinner.

So if my family's living out there, listening out there, my daughter, I intend to look at forward to spending Thanksgiving with my four girls and grandchildren. And by the way, you probably don't know this, but I have grandchild ready for this. Grandchild number 15 on the way. Yeah, some of you just gasped for air right there, didn't you? Grandchild number 15 on the way.

My youngest daughter, Colby, her and her husband Andrew are getting ready to adopt their third baby. They're a third baby. And so amazing. They adopted Elliott last May. They adopted Maya this May.

And this baby, believe it or not, is going to be born next May. We have three babies, a newborn, one, and two. My daughter's birthday is in May, and their anniversary is in May. That's crazy. We got a call here from.

Who's down in Jacksonville, Florida? I think Ann, down in Jacksonville. Ann, are you there? Yes, good afternoon. How are you?

I am wonderful. Jacksonville. I'm going to be down that way next month. And who's it? Ponta Verda, did I say that right?

Ponta V dress. Oh, yes, that right there. That's where I'm going to be. I'm going to be down there.

Well, and what are you thankful for? What's a favorite memory, a favorite tradition as we get ready to celebrate Thanksgiving?

Okay, and you'd ask who wrote the book of Titus. What's that now? Did you get that answer? You'd ask who wrote the book of Titus. Oh, oh, oh, the trivia.

Oh, I just now I see the note. I was going to bust my chops of my producer there, but I actually see where. Where uh Where you did. Let me get over there so we can get that.

So you have the answer to that question. I do, but I can tell you something I'm thankful for. I'm always grateful.

Well go go ahead go ahead and give me the answer to the trivia Huh? wrote the book of TADIS. Boom, you are correct. Paul did write the book of Titus, and uh. He just lays it out right in Titus 1-1, right?

So. We'll uh now now Anne, were you a wrestling fan growing up or no? I beg your pardon. Were you a wrestling fan growing up, or you just called it because you knew the answer to the trivia? Yeah.

Uh You would add? about being thankful and also About the Metropolitan.

So I don't know anything about wrestling.

Well, that's okay. Not everybody does. But if you. If you'd like an autographed photo, just give an address to Nick and who to sign it to. Maybe you know somebody who is, okay?

Okie dokie. All right.

Well, God bless you. Happy Thanksgiving in advance. When we come back, more trivia, more history of Thanksgiving. Thank you, Ann, for calling in. Bye.

You're listening to the Truth Network and TruthNetwork.com. Okay, we're back, Nakita Co-op, your host today on Truth Talk Live. We're talking about Thanksgiving. I know we're a bit ahead of the curve on that, but you know what? You know, it's one of my favorite times of the year, gathering together with family and overstuffing yourself with food till you can't breathe.

And just all the things that come along with it, going into a comatose state of mind in the afternoon as you fall asleep because you ate too much. And hey, what are you thankful for? Travis called in and said, thankful for Jesus dying for our sins. Thank you, Travis. That is definitely something to be thankful for.

What are you thankful for? Or do you have a favorite Thanksgiving memory? I'd love to hear it. 866-348-7884-866-34 Truth. Or maybe you have some Thanksgiving tradition that your family always does.

I'd love to hear that as well. We've had two winners. Laura down in Greenville, South Carolina, won the first trivia question and autographed 8x10. And down in Jacksonville, Florida, not A wrestling fan, Anne, but that's okay. If you know, if you know someone, a family member or a friend or someone who is, I remember Jacksonville very well, the building down there in Jacksonville, wrestling there many, many, many times in Jacksonville.

Let's try another trivia question. Let's see if we can maybe give at least one more 8x10 away today. A free 8x10, personally autographed by yours truly, former world wrestling champion. And as Stu Epperson likes to say, now the devil's nightmare. Once the Russian nightmare, now the devil's nightmare.

In the book of Philemon. A little bit tougher question, but I believe somebody can answer it. In the book of Philemon, who is Paul's fellow prisoner? Who's his fellow prisoner? Epaphras?

Archipus, Onemus, or Apalos Who is Paul's Fellow Prisoner in the Book of Philemon. Give us a call at 866-365. Three four eight 7884-ATS-866-364. Three, four. truth And give me the answer to the trivia question.

We'll get a free 8x10 autographed photo sent out to you here from the Truth Radio Network here in Winston-Salem. Going back to Some of the tradition while we're waiting on some other callers to call in. Fast forward to modern day, and of course. Thanksgiving uh centers around uh not only The food and the fellowship, certainly that's one of the main focuses, but uh Also, sports came into play. And I should have looked this up, but I'm not sure when the first sporting event was on Thanksgiving.

But of course, now Thanksgiving is, especially for a sporting fan, is related to football, right? Football. But going into going back to, I don't know if you're a football fan or not, but. We go all the way back to Yale versus Princeton in seventy excuse me, 1876, 1876. It was tied in around that Thanksgiving time frame.

And of course, by the late 1800s, parades had become common in the 1920s. There were stores like Gimbal's department store in Philadelphia that staged a a parade that actually even had a a Santa Claus there on on on the float. At the rear or the end of the procession. That kind of became a thing too. As I remember as a kid growing up, you know, the Macy's Thanksgiving parade on television, and it seemed like it always would conclude.

Or sometimes, you know, I'd be at a Thanksgiving parade live. That's a memory of mine, one of my memories. What's your favorite memory? What's your favorite Thanksgiving memory? 866-348-8648.

7884 or a Thanksgiving tradition. I haven't heard one of those yet. I've heard from Natalie and Carlos and Travis what they're thankful for, but I would love to hear somebody's favorite memory.

somebody's favorite tradition or An answer to the third trivia question. Since nineteen twenty four, The annual Macy's Parade in New York City has continued as a tradition. Pretty amazing. Um What's your favorite Thanksgiving. memory.

What is a Thanksgiving tradition? Of yours. Would love to hear from you. 866-348-4834. Seven.

Eight eight. Four or An answer to the trivia question. In the book of Philemon, Who is Paul's? fellow Prisoner is it? Epaphris?

Archipus Onemus, or Apollos, Give me a call. Let's see if we can give out a another Uh 8x10 photo here. And you know the uh another thing When it comes to Thanksgiving, um from that. When they had the very I guess what would be designated as as the very first official Thanksgiving during that autumn harvest feast. Um Acknowledged today, you know, for really it was for about two centuries.

The day of Thanksgiving was celebrated by by individual colonies and and and by the states. And then it it wasn't until 63. Ready for this? till eighteen sixty three in the midst of the Civil War. that President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a national Thanksgiving Day.

and a course to be held? Yeah. You guessed it. in the month of November, in the month of November.

Well, you know, many, many memories that I have Growing up in Siberia, Russia. Just kidding. That was just part of the story, part of my wrestling story, part of my character. I actually grew up in the great state of Minnesota. And late November, believe it or not, back in those days, Uh we would typically have snow on the ground.

I know that's probably Hard for many of you to believe, but we would typically by then, sometimes, sometimes snow came as early as the end of October. Or the very beginning of November. But usually I remember my childhood memories. That by Thanksgiving, there was always Snow on the ground. And of course, that just made for an extra special Thanksgiving as a kid growing up because we love to do all the outdoor activities.

Right? Go sledding, right? Go Well, we used to play. One of my memories over Thanksgiving holiday, because we had that break from school. was uh all the neighborhood boys.

Would meet out out front, and we'd have a football game out there on the asphalt, in the street. only interrupted by by an occasional car that would come through. Uh and I can remember Because even back way back then, when I was little, I loved catching that football, diving into the snowbanks. Right. And then uh while while that Turkey was being cooked, and the mashed potatoes, and everything else was being prepared.

Um just one one of or some of Uh my favorite Thanksgiving memories. What about you? Do you have? A favorite Thanksgiving memory. Don't be shy.

You can call eight six six. Three, four, eight. and share maybe one of your traditions. For Thanksgiving, that's 866-322. for truth or maybe You have the answer.

to the trivia question. in the Book of Philemon, New Testament, Who is Paul's fellow prisoner. And you know, I'm just reminded how many times.

Now, we talked about what the colonists went through, you know, coming off the Mayflower in that first brutal winter, and only about 50% of them. surviving Um Have you ever thought about what Paul went through for the sake of the gospel. you know, how how much he suffered. When you read the account of being shipwrecked and how many times he was Beaten and you know, they threw stones at him, and they beat him with rods, and and of course, he was scourged a number of times. Um But yet He never lost faith.

As much as he went through, even how about the thorn in his side? Right? You know, asking God, can you take this thorn from my side? And of course, You know, the Lord said, you know, it's in his weakness. Anybody know?

It's in his weakness that. That he is made strong because what it did was it made him. it made the Apostle Paul More dependent upon God. Right. Yeah, I think of those those first pil pilgrims who came over for religious freedom, really.

They called them separatists, but they were looking for religious freedom where they could. practice their their own religion and you know not be taught told you know, what religion they would practice, but the opportunity Uh here in the land uh of the free to be able to To practice their own faith and their own religion. And Which is one of the things, you know, as our nation was founded on, right? The religious liberties. and the ability to uh just Just to honor God, love God.

Well, the Apostle Paul. was an incredible illustration of of someone who went through Certainly, more hardships, and I know I've gone through some hardships, but certainly. More hardships than I could even really wrap my head around or even fathom. Every time I read that account, About what all he went through, and then he kind of concludes by saying, But these momentary light afflictions, and I don't know about you. But man, in my mind I'm like Paul.

Man, what you just described is not a light affliction. That's not a light affliction, man. That is, wow. That is. That is brutal what some of those things you went through for the sake of the gospel.

just to get the gospel message out. You know, if you have loved ones that you're going to be gathering with for this. uh Thanksgiving holiday. And maybe they don't have a relationship with Jesus yet. But you can pray for them.

you can pray for them and and be able to uh Be able to just share the love of Jesus, just be Jesus with skin on. You don't need to preach to Him or at Him. But you can pray with them and for them. When we come back, Alicia down in Beaufort, South Carolina, has an answer to our trivia question. Hold tight there, Alicia.

We'll be back in just a minute. Truth Talk Live You're listening to the Truth Network and TruthNetwork.com. All right, all right, all right. We are back. We are back here at Two Talk Live, Nikita Goloff, Alicia, down in Buford, South Carolina, Alicia.

Are you there? Hi, yes, I am here. Hi, Alicia. How are you today? I'm doing good.

Wonder doing wonderful.

Well, an early happy Thanksgiving to you. Happy Thanksgiving to you too. And Merry Christmas. Happy holidays. Just all of it, right?

We'll just include it all in, right? We're moving into some of the. For me, some of the funnest parts of the year. And so you're down there in Beaufort, South Carolina. I'm familiar with Beaufort.

I've been there before. Alicia. Oh, yes, you have? Yes, it's great here. It's great weather.

Nice community. It's a beach town slash military town. Slash small town. It's it's it's really it's really nice and and good here. And and how long have you lived in Buford?

I've been in Beauford most of my life.

Okay.

So kinda o bor born and raised more or less, huh? Oh, ye not born, but raised.

Okay.

Raised. I hear you.

Well, that's wonderful. Wonderful.

Well, you have an answer to our trivia question? Yes, I do.

So the answer, Paul's fellow prisoner, was Epiphus? I don't know if I'm pronouncing it correctly, if I'm wrong.

Well, you got the answer right, and the Lord only knows how to pronounce his name. I don't know if it's I think I say a papras, but you got it right. Philemon 123 is where that is noted. And we'll be sure to get your mailing address to my producer, Nick, and tell him who you'd like the 8x10 assigned to.

Now, before I let you go, take a minute, Alicia. I'm still looking for a favorite Thanksgiving memory or a favorite Thanksgiving tradition. Do you have either of those, one of those? No, not really. They're just so long as the food is good.

I have a bad memory, and that was when the turkey was dry. Other than that, if the food's good, everything else is good. I hear you.

Family, you know, and close friends, you know, just being together. Yeah, you know, I can't wait for next week. Um, yeah, we're gonna, our family's gonna do a whole new. Thing. We're going to do a dance line, karaoke, and all that stuff.

But I'm thinking about. thinking about your question, what came to my mind was My um my uncle, St. Carl, And I say St. Carl because he's recently passed, but he had the choice of. Either being a man of the cloth or going into law enforcement.

He chose to go into law enforcement. Um And because I think if he was going to be the man in the clock, he couldn't marry his. his wife. Right. And he wanted to be with her.

Right. So he became, he went into law enforcement, he was a parole officer, and the people wanted to know how he had such a good success rate. Most of his people that, you know, his parolees, you know, they didn't recommit. They didn't go back into the system. They went on to lead successful lives.

And he just said, you know what? Just like Jesus, sometimes you got to meet people where they are. People will come to the church and they'll come searching for God. you know, and and searching for whatever they're missing in life, which is Jesus. But he said, sometimes if you just meet people where they are and you look at them through the lens of God and you look at them as, you know, they're people worthy to be saved.

You know, that's how you help people. Yeah. Well, so I'll whatever song you have next, I want to dedicate that to my uncle.

Well, you know what? That is I'm just making a note as you're talking. Meet people where they are.

So this was his philosophy. Meet people where they are and look look through the lens of God, right? Yeah. Well, that my uncle taught his children that, and he taught others that. And um He was a catalyst.

for prison reform. And so, you know, prison, you know, the you know, the first, you know, Prison ministry right there in the New Testament.

So people can be saved. um while they're while they're in while they're in jail and um you know the convicts you know while they're serving their time but it also expands to you know the the the prison guards As well. Yeah, and to that point, I mean, I haven't done a lot of prison ministry. I've done some, but, and, and I'll say this about the prison, man, if you're not real, they see right through you, right? They'll just see right through you.

Um, but I've experienced some genuine salvations and some genuine transformation of some of the prisoners and and you know, post-prison that have gotten out and just gotten in, whether it's into ministry or just back into society. And that's pretty amazing. That's a pretty amazing testimony you have there. That's a wonderful story. Wow.

Yes, it is. And um his uh fraternity. Um I believe they Christmas, they get together and they donate money For the convicts who are in prison, they donate money to their children so that their children can have a special Christmas. Wow, that is amazing. Yeah, he used to be, after he was a parole officer, he became a warden in upstate prisons in New York.

Wow. And he became a catalyst for prison reform and just helped a lot of people. And at his funeral, there were a lot of ex-convicts and a lot of prison guards. you know, that he may have mentored or worked with decades ago. you know, maybe even like, you know, thirty and forty years ago, but they still remembered him.

So Carlberry Um Google him. And um Thank you so much for your question, and thank you so much for your ministry. Thanks. just for everybody, I just want you to know that it it lifts my spirit, you know, music and songs. And I just appreciate you guys for that.

Thank you. And everybody there at Truth. Thank you, Alicia. We appreciate you. Thanks for calling in.

Hold tight here. Nick's going to get a mailing address from you, okay? And you have a just have a blessed Thanksgiving and Christmas, right?

So. Yeah. Thank you. All right, Alicia, Buford, South Carolina. We've had some fun today and down in Jacksonville, Florida, as well.

And it's all the ladies today. Laura over in Greenville, South Carolina, are the winners of the 8x10s today. Appreciate Travis and Carlos and Natalie calling in with some of the things they're thankful for. And think about what Alicia just said: meeting people where they are, looking through the lens of looking at them. through the lens of God, right?

There's some lessons in that that we could all learn from, right? And we are talking about the Thanksgiving, upcoming Thanksgiving holiday today. Thank you for all the trivia winners calling in. And I'm just grateful, and I too am grateful for. Stu Epperson, Truth Radio Network, Nick, my producer, all the folks, all the amazing folks that work here at Truth and produce It's Time to Man Up and my radio show and podcast and QA with Koloff.

If you hadn't had a chance to check those out, get the Truth app. Go get the Truth app. If you have not downloaded the Truth Network app, you really should do that. And it's going to give you access to a whole host of podcasts and, of course, the Truth Talk Live, the radio, radio right through your app. And so, you know, as you prepare for the Thanksgiving holiday, you know just just be mindful from from now till then You know, be thinking about some things that you're thankful for.

And each and every day, we can spend some time, just take a moment and reflect whether it's thankful for good health or thankful for friends, thankful for family, thankful for a job. I mean, there's so many things that we take for granted, right? Like thankful for a roof over our head, thankful for a, I'm thankful for a comfortable bed and, you know, at night and comfortable pillow to put my head on, you know, blankets to cover up with, the clothes on my back, the car outside that the Lord's blessed me with to drive. The list could really go on and on and on. And Just really appreciate all of you faithful.

Listeners here, you know, Thanksgiving. Yeah, and one of a couple of things, you know, a little. A little, just a couple little fun facts about Thanksgiving. You know, every year the president pardons a turkey. I wonder if you know who was the first president.

Little fun fact here as we get ready to wrap up True Talk Live today. Who was the first president? Who pardoned the first turkey, shall we say?

Well, if you didn't know, President John F. Kennedy was the first American president to spare a turkey's life. Quote. We'll just let this one grow. JFK quipped in nineteen sixty-three.

We'll just let. this one grow. It's our Thanksgiving present. To him.

So a bit of a fun fact there you may not have known about. And so that's just kind of fun, you know, going back and even looking at some of the fun facts and. Just some of the traditions, maybe not family traditions, but just traditions across our great nation. uh as well and just want to encourage you want to uh Challenge you And encourage you. Let me just end on this note today.

We're almost out of time, but I just want to. And on on this note, um Carlos uh not Carlos Travis Called in and said he was thankful for Jesus for dying for our sins. You know, if you've never made that decision, maybe you just stumbled across True Talk Live today, flipping through channels or through your app or however you got here. And you've never given your heart, never surrendered your heart and your life to Jesus. I want to challenge you to not wait any longer.

The Bible says there's no promise of tomorrow. Today is the day of salvation. And you do that. And this would, I would venture to say, potentially be the best thing. Thanksgiving you've ever had.

You know, the celebration of Christmas is the birth of Jesus, right? But you don't have to wait till then to honor him. Nikita Koloff, your host. Thanks for dialing in today to True Talk Live. Until next time, happy Thanksgiving to all of you.

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