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\u201cAnyone who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with their own hands, that they may have something to share with those in need.\u201d <\/b>Ephesians 4:28<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cIn all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, \u2018It is more blessed to give than to receive.\u2019\u201d\u00a0<\/b>Acts 20:35<\/b><\/p>\n

Here, Paul reminds us of a foundational truth laid down by The Savior, Himself. We are to be a blessing to others. Those who work toward this end, come into alignment with our purpose in life, and our work brings God glory. As instruments of His will in the earth, we understand the blessing of giving, and serve in humility.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Dear Lord, In the midst of so much \u2018self-care\u2019 talk, we need your Spirit for wisdom and balance. The flesh will always lead us to selfish gain and hoarding. Help us to seek first your kingdom, and obey your Word. Lead us in the way of Biblical giving and sharing, so that every need will be met. In Jesus\u2019 Name, Amen.<\/i><\/p>\n

For further study:\u00a0
Matthew 25:40-46\u00a0
Ephesians 2:10
Romans 12:13 \/ Galatians 6:10 \/ Hebrews 6:10
Proverbs 19:17 \/ Proverbs 3:27
Luke 12:15\/James 5:1-3\/Proverbs 22:16<\/p>\n

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\u201cAnyone who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with their own hands, that they may have something to share with those in need.\u201d Ephesians 4:28 \u201cIn all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":625,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"\"\"\n\n\u201cAnyone who has been stealing must steal no longer, but must work, doing something useful with their own hands, that they may have something to share with those in need.\u201d <\/b>Ephesians 4:28<\/b>\n\n\u201cIn all things I have shown you that by working hard in this way we must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, \u2018It is more blessed to give than to receive.\u2019\u201d <\/b>Acts 20:35<\/b>\n\nHere, Paul reminds us of a foundational truth laid down by The Savior, Himself. We are to be a blessing to others. Those who work toward this end, come into alignment with our purpose in life, and our work brings God glory. As instruments of His will in the earth, we understand the blessing of giving, and serve in humility. \n\nDear Lord, In the midst of so much \u2018self-care\u2019 talk, we need your Spirit for wisdom and balance. The flesh will always lead us to selfish gain and hoarding. Help us to seek first your kingdom, and obey your Word. Lead us in the way of Biblical giving and sharing, so that every need will be met. In Jesus\u2019 Name, Amen.<\/i>\n\nFor further study: \nMatthew 25:40-46 \nEphesians 2:10\nRomans 12:13 \/ Galatians 6:10 \/ Hebrews 6:10\nProverbs 19:17 \/ Proverbs 3:27\nLuke 12:15\/James 5:1-3\/Proverbs 22:16","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-afterbirth","category-blogs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deborahjeankelly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deborahjeankelly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deborahjeankelly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deborahjeankelly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deborahjeankelly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=624"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/deborahjeankelly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":815,"href":"https:\/\/deborahjeankelly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624\/revisions\/815"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deborahjeankelly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/625"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deborahjeankelly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deborahjeankelly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deborahjeankelly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}