>  Heartlight Daily Devotional  November 5, 2005
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>This is also why you pay taxes, for the authorities are God's 
>servants, who give their full time to governing. Give everyone what 
>you owe him: If you owe taxes, pay taxes; if revenue, then revenue; 
>if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor.
>--Romans 13:6
>New International Version
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>THOUGHTS ABOUT TODAY'S VERSE...
>Ouch! I hate taxes. But I have to admit, I enjoy many of the 
>privileges and blessings that those taxes afford. Paul keeps 
>reminding us in Romans 13 that civil authorities are God's tools to 
>hold back anarchy, chaos, and lawlessness. As a Christian, I'm 
>immune to most laws because my faith in Jesus is going to regulate 
>my behavior far more strictly than a legal code. But I do have a 
>responsibility (I owe it, Paul says) to be a good citizen, a good 
>financial manager, a nice respectful neighbor, and a person who 
>willingly honors those who have merited it.
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>MY PRAYER...
>Almighty God, I pledge allegiance to you. You alone are Sovereign, 
>Ruler, and King. But because you call me to honor my government, 
>because you have so richly blessed me to be in a land such as this, 
>because you have lavished your grace on me so richly, I will live 
>today in a way that honors my allegiance to you, my citizenship in 
>my country, and my respect toward those whom I meet this day. In 
>Jesus I pray. Amen.
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The Mighty One, will save;
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He will quiet you with His love,
He will rejoice over you with singing.
         ~ Zephaniah 3:17 (NKJV)