October 11, 2012
Commemoration of Philip the Deacon
The Lord be with you
Appreciating with all his heart the liberty from sin, death, and damnation which his Savior purchased for him at the cost of His own life, the Christian feels that a whole lifetime of service will not repay even a part of that which God has given him as a free gift. He, therefore, is a good steward, not because he desires to win a reward, but because he considers himself under grateful and perpetual obligation to Him by whose mercy he has been blessed beyond measure. In other words, not what he hopes to possess, but what he already has, is the mainspring of his stewardship.
Karl Kretzxchmar
The Stewardship Life
1929
Blessings in Christ
Pastor Rickert
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