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January 21, 2018

To Give and Receive

Katherine Rice (Oregon)

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Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. - Luke 6:38 (NIV)

My husband, John, is a window washer and was finishing his last job before a holiday weekend. Then I got a call from him. “I need you to come and get me. I’ve fallen, and I’m hurt.”
In the ER we talked about our faith in God. We began to...

Today's Prayer
Dear God, help us to be generous in giving and gracious in receiving. Amen.
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Galatians 6:9-10

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God calls us to give and teaches us to receive.

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