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>                     HEARTLIGHT DAILY VERSE
>                     (formerly Today's Verse)
>                              by Phil Ware
>
>February 17, 2004
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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
>
>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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