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Receiving not struggling

on September 15, 2015

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Where Grace Abounds

It is more blessed to give than to receive (Acts 20:35) Today, I'm going to share something that is very personal and I've kept to myself for a while now. But I think my post will stand testament to God's amazing grace. You need a little background to fully understand this story. I work for one of the biggest companies in India and it's a very fancy job - quite elitist, I get to tell people with 20-25 years work ex that they've got it all wrong. Having said that the pay scale doesn't exactly match up to a few of my friends who have maybe the same work ex as I. But I'm happy, and I thank God everyday for this job because my boss and colleagues are heaven sent, I get to leave work at a decent hour and nobody ever and I mean EVER stresses me out. After I completed a year, I received a 33% increase in salary. That figure is really really unheard of in a company such as mine. My mother has worked with the same organisation for over 30 ye...

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Vertical and Horizontal kinda love

Have you met people who are so in tune with God that they forget to tune into people around them. God never made selfish Christians! I’d like for each of us to take some time off today and introspect. For every 10 things you asked from God did you at least look around you once? And I don’t mean doing something enormously selfless, in the small things, in the everyday things, just one small way you could help someone, or be a kinder person or just forgive a friend. We must remember that our Christian responsibility is both vertical and horizontal: to God and to others.

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