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A quotation from The Bible

   Be careful that you don’t practice your religion in front of people to draw their attention. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.
   Whenever you give to the poor, don’t blow your trumpet as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets so that they may get praise from people. I assure you, that’s the only reward they’ll get. But when you give to the poor, don’t let your left hand know what your right hand is doing so that you may give to the poor in secret. Your Father who sees what you do in secret will reward you.
   When you pray, don’t be like hypocrites. They love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners so that people will see them. I assure you, that’s the only reward they’ll get. But when you pray, go to your room, shut the door, and pray to your Father who is present in that secret place. Your Father who sees what you do in secret will reward you.
 
   [Προσέχετε [δὲ] τὴν δικαιοσύνην ὑμῶν μὴ ποιεῖν ἔμπροσθεν τῶν ἀνθρώπων πρὸς τὸ θεαθῆναι αὐτοῖς· εἰ δὲ μή γε, μισθὸν οὐκ ἔχετε παρὰ τῷ πατρὶ ὑμῶν τῷ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς.
   Ὅταν οὖν ποιῇς ἐλεημοσύνην, μὴ σαλπίσῃς ἔμπροσθέν σου, ὥσπερ οἱ ὑποκριταὶ ποιοῦσιν ἐν ταῖς συναγωγαῖς καὶ ἐν ταῖς ῥύμαις, ὅπως δοξασθῶσιν ὑπὸ τῶν ἀνθρώπων· ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, ἀπέχουσιν τὸν μισθὸν αὐτῶν. σοῦ δὲ ποιοῦντος ἐλεημοσύνην μὴ γνώτω ἡ ἀριστερά σου τί ποιεῖ ἡ δεξιά σου, ὅπως ᾖ σου ἡ ἐλεημοσύνη ἐν τῷ κρυπτῷ· καὶ ὁ πατήρ σου ὁ βλέπων ἐν τῷ κρυπτῷ ἀποδώσει σοι.
   Καὶ ὅταν προσεύχησθε, οὐκ ἔσεσθε ὡς οἱ ὑποκριταί, ὅτι φιλοῦσιν ἐν ταῖς συναγωγαῖς καὶ ἐν ταῖς γωνίαις τῶν πλατειῶν ἑστῶτες προσεύχεσθαι, ὅπως φανῶσιν τοῖς ἀνθρώποις· ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, ἀπέχουσιν τὸν μισθὸν αὐτῶν. σὺ δὲ ὅταν προσεύχῃ, εἴσελθε εἰς τὸ ταμεῖόν σου καὶ κλείσας τὴν θύραν σου πρόσευξαι τῷ πατρί σου τῷ ἐν τῷ κρυπτῷ· καὶ ὁ πατήρ σου ὁ βλέπων ἐν τῷ κρυπτῷ ἀποδώσει σοι.]

The Bible (The New Testament) (AD 1st - 2nd C) Christian sacred scripture
Matthew 6:1-6 [CEB (2011)]

Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/bible-nt/10169/

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Marcus Dods, Free Church of Scotland minister, quotes the abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison. Slavery violates the Golden Rule, “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” Some need to be reminded that enslaved persons have the same feelings as ourselves.

How can you look afresh at your adversaries, people you might be hurting, as if they were a person of the same passions and feelings as yourself?

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http://beingmeallthetime2012.blogspot.com/2025/01/good-works.html

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Srsly, check out the horror he went through. (& didn't charge a dime) Give him your viewing time by watching the whole thing... & like, comment & subscribe.

✅ Her Tears Said It All: “My Prayers Have Been Answered”
https://youtube.com/watch?v=8pzVdpeD2gM&si=L-fvrSROU2kRjR4K

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Robert MacCulloch, Scottish minister, on Isaiah 58:7, bringing the poor that are cast out into thy house. This frequent command is from God and urged by humanity, the love of God, the grace of God, and his promises. It is our joy.

How many Christians, even liberal ones, are ready to bring “the poor that are cast out into thy house”? Do conservatives seek to week out tenderness?

How can you practice this duty?

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#BodyOfChrist #BornAgainChristians #ChosenOnes ~

🔥As we're led and guided by #HolySpirit ... Yield to the good works we're prompted to do for the glory of our heavenly Father #inJesusname 🙏

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"Illumination is characterized by a number of things. The basic shift in illumination is from seeing God as ‘out there’ to an experience of God present deep within our being. This goes hand in hand with the deep level of trust to which the purgative stage brings us. …

“Illumination is also characterized by increasing social concern, not out of obligation but out of a deep sense of God’s love poured into our hearts for others. Good works are a hallmark of the illuminative way, not as a responsibility or a duty but again as a response of love. What happens in illumination is a paradigm shift in our motivation. Rather than a self-referenced, self-concerned motivation for our relationship with God, our motivation becomes a heart burning with love for God.”

Mulholland, M. Robert, Jr. Invitation to a Journey: A Road Map for Spiritual Formation. Foreword, Practices and Study Guide by Ruth Haley Barton. Expanded edition. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2016, pp. 110-111

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A quotation from Billings, Josh:

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Iz it charity tew giv tew a thankless cuss in need? certainly; jest az mutch az it would be to save a drouning cow.

[Is it charity to give to a thankless cuss in need? Certainly; just as much as it would be to save a drowning cow.]
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Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/billings-josh/67674/

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A quotation from Carlyle:

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Beautiful it is to see and understand that no worth, known or unknown, can die even in this earth. The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green; it flows and flows, it joins itself with other veins and veinlets; one day, it will start forth as a visible perennial well.
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Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/carlyle-thomas/718/

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"Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others."

- Rosa Parks

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https://hickoryrecord.com/news/local/winston-salem-church-pays-off-medical-debt-in-forsyth/article_3c35bdd4-a656-11ee-bfc4-431e41050916.html

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For over five centuries, many readers of the #NewTestament have maintained that the letter of #James flat-out contradicts the teachings of #Paul, that a person is made right with #God only by #faith in the death and #resurrection of #Jesus.
James insists that a person is not justified by faith alone, but by doing #goodWorks; but Paul argues with equal passion that a person is justified by faith in #Christ and not by doing works of #theLaw.

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A quotation from Pratchett, Terry:

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Goodness is about what you do. Not who you pray to.
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Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/pratchett-terry/60191/

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"Alex Casey meets the vets and volunteers who go to great lengths to save the thousands of sick and injured patients brought into BirdCare every year."

#goodworks #wildlife #birds

https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/13-10-2022/birds-are-so-damned-hard-to-fix-inside-aotearoas-biggest-bird-hospital

Garbage collectors open library of abandoned books https://boingboing.net/2018/01/30/garbage-collectors-open-librar.html #goodworks #libraries #b-side #books #Post