{"id":235,"date":"2022-03-18T06:24:51","date_gmt":"2022-03-18T10:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info\/?p=235"},"modified":"2025-07-07T10:41:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T14:41:14","slug":"freely-open-your-hand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devos.mbros.info\/?p=235","title":{"rendered":"Freely Open Your Hand"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Good Morning! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the poor will never cease to be in the land; therefore I command you, saying, \u2018You shall freely open your hand to your brother, to your needy, and to your poor in your land.\u2019  -Deuteronomy 15:11  \u202d\u202d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is something that is easy to think, \u201cI\u2019ve worked hard for my money, I deserve every bit of it.\u201d But a closed fist holding on to our money not only doesn\u2019t allow us to give any away but it also makes it extremely hard to accept a blessing. There is so many blessings attached to being a generous person. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNo one has ever become poor by giving.\u201d  -Anne Frank<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> \u201cWe are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.\u201d  -Ralph Waldo Emerson <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dad Joke of the Day: As soon as you say, \u201cMy child would never\u201d Here they come nevering like they have never nevered before.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Have a great Friday and an awesome weekend!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Morning! 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