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that they are not their own, that they are bought with a price and are
therefore the Lord’s property, and that all they have is simply entrusted
to them as His stewards, they will with cheerful heart and unswerving
fidelity render to God the things that are His. The Lord will not accept
an offering that is made unwillingly, grudgingly. With your present
feelings there would be no virtue in making more pledges. When
you recover from this snare of the enemy, when you heal the breach
that you have made, and realize that the wants of God’s cause are
as continual as are His gifts to the children of men, your works will
correspond with your faith, and you will receive a rich blessing from
the Lord.
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