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For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to… 2 Corinthians 8:12

For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has—not according to what one does not have. 2 Corinthians 8:12	For if the readiness is there, it is acceptable according to what a person has, not according to what he does not have. encouragement giving generosity
Remove far from me falsehood and lying; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that I need. Proverbs 30:8	Remove far from me falsehood and lying; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me. materialism food money

Whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone; so that your Father in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses. Mark 11:25	And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. prayer forgiveness Father
But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to make this freewill offering? For all things come from you, and of your own have we given you. 1 Chronicles 29:14	But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able thus to offer willingly? For all things come from you, and of your own have we given you. money giving dependence
For in it the righteousness of God is revealed through faith for faith; as it is written, “The one who is righteous will live by faith.” Romans 1:17	For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith for faith, as it is written, “The righteous shall live by faith.” faith righteousness salvation
Therefore let us go on toward perfection, leaving behind the basic teaching about Christ, and not laying again the foundation: repentance from dead works and faith toward God, instruction about baptisms, laying on of hands, resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment. Hebrews 6:1-2	Therefore let us leave the elementary doctrine of Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and of faith toward God, and of instruction about washings, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment. conversion faith baptism
Now I would remind you, brothers and sisters, of the good news that I proclaimed to you, which you in turn received, in which also you stand, through which also you are being saved, if you hold firmly to the message that I proclaimed to you—unless you have come to believe in vain. 1 Corinthians 15:1-2	Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you—unless you believed in vain. faith evangelism salvation

Bible verse of the day

For you were called to freedom, brothers and sisters; only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for self-indulgence, but through love become slaves to one another.

Galatians 5:13 freedom humility desires