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it starts small

CONSOLIDATION:
To begin with, Repent, Repent, Repent of things like your preoccupation with money and worldly things.

Turn, and forcefully do things in the other direction, toward the Lord.

Recognize the harmful desires in your heart and value overcoming them (even though people may approve of them), showing the Lord you care about Him and His way of life, his everlasting principles.

It's not easy to give a large portion of your wealth to the poor.

God expects us to at least start by putting what we have to work in His service in some small way.

Major Connections

+    Recognizing the harmful desires in your heart and valuing overcoming them, and showing the Lord you care about Him and His way of life.

+    Putting what you have to work in God's service in some small way, and giving away a large portion of your wealth to the poor (you'll work up to it, just get started, the joy of the Lord will overtake you).

CORE: To begin with, Repent, Repent, Repent of things like your preoccupation with money and worldly things. Turn, and forcefully do things in the other direction, toward the Lord. Recognize the harmful desires in your heart and value overcoming them (even though people may approve of them), showing the Lord you care about Him and His way of life, his everlasting principles. It's not easy to give a large portion of your wealth to the poor. God expects us to at least start by putting what we have to work in His service in some small way.

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