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Put In All You Have

by Eric Holter on December 10, 2004

“…for they all put in out of their surplus, but she out of her poverty, put in all she owned, all she had to live on.”
Mark 12:44

I will probably never have the honor of the poor widow. God has put me in the place of the one who gives out of surplus. How humbly then, should I give? I should never compare my giving with the world’s – who thinks that a fraction of a percent is a huge sacrifice. No, I should compare my giving with the widows and humbly confess, “I have only done my duty.” The honor of giving goes to the widow, not to those who put in large sums of money out of surplus.

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Divided for Devotion

by Eric Holter on November 15, 2004

“This I say for your own benefit; not to put a restraint upon you, but to promote what is appropriate and to secure undistracted devotion to the Lord.”
1 Corinthians 7:35

Listen up my soul. Take note and try to remember this important observation from 1 Corinthians 7:32-35. Souls that dwell in the bodies of busy people like you need to grasp this principle.

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