#0124 The Secret to Happiness: Thanksgiving -Further. Every. Day. Intro: Are you happy? Let me ask you a different question: Are you Joyful? The answers to those questions will be different for many people. Some people within the sound of my voice will say that their lives are full of joy, but much sadness is in their life. While others will say that they are happy in this moment, but they struggle with depression. One of the pillars for Joy and the ability for one to endure hardship is Thankfulness. Let's explore how our culture has lost sight of that virtue as we stray Further. Every. Day. Economics: Clips from this Veratasium video on the longest running study on happiness: 16:48-17:58 18:04-20:20 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSQjk9jKarg How do these studies show the difference between Happiness and Joy? When one is already thankful and happy, more money corresponds with more happiness. How has materialism twisted our ability to be Thankful? Politics: Will bring the original story of the pilgrims and compare the Plymouth settlement to the Jamestown settlement and explore the key difference between them: One was founded on God and the other on the pursuit of money for the King. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lslqtUMwDxA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dAmroKyzGY 1:32-3:43 Culture: Will deal on the distraction that Culture often brings to the Thanksgiving Holiday and compare the microcosm of the Counter-Thanksgiving Narrative to the way we as humans tend to shirk our responsibility to Godly thanksgiving by focusing on evil. Philosophy: Will focus on the original purpose of the holiday and similarities to the other fall festivals and why the American Thanksgiving has a uniquely Christian origin. The similarities to Sukkoth will be covered. https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/is-thanksgiving-modeled-on-sukkot-609014 Theology: Will deal with the reason we offer thanks up. Theology will go into the wave offering sacrifice and the origin of the thanksgiving offerings that God commanded and why those were for our benefit and not for the God's. God doesn't need us to eat before Him, He wants us to realize our true calling and purpose of glorious fellowship with Him. This is seen in our Thanksgiving when we eat together as family every year. It is, perhaps accidentally, an allegory of the Heavenly Feast we will enjoy for an Eternity. https://www.gotquestions.org/free-will-offering.html Final Thoughts One Last Question: Christmas Music: Before or After Thanksgiving? #respect #goodguyswinning #Guns #trans #nra #transgender #brettcooper #mattwalsh #changemymind #stevencrowder #michaelknowles #benshapiro #fed #woke #podcast #christianity #furthereveryday #america #rights #listenable #abortion #deathofthewest #israel #palestine #hamasattack #israelhamaswarnewstoday