Quotemeal for Monday, August 7, 2023

"Living for others, commitment to God's redeeming purposes, is a means of grace. We give because of our faith, and it deepens as we give. If we permit ourselves and our people to give casually, we are really teaching contempt."

— Richard S. Emrich

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