There is nothing we have
that we have not received;
all we have and are belong to God,
bought with the blood of Jesus.
To spend everything on ourselves,
and to give without sacrifice
is the way of the world
that the Father cannot abide.
But generosity is the way of those
who call Christ their Lord;
who love him with free hearts,
and serve him with renewed minds;
who withstand the delusion of riches
that chokes the word;
whose hearts are in heaven, and not on earth.
We are determined to increase in generosity
until it can be said
that there is no needy person among us.
We are determined to be faithful stewards
of such a little thing as money
that Christ may trust us with true riches.
Above all things, we are determined to be generous
because our Father is generous.
It is the delight of His daughters and sons
to share their Father’s traits,
and to show what He is like to all the world.
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