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MasterCard Mentality

Christians, of all people, should understand that the MasterCard mentality is not the way to master life. The pattern Jesus established was one of deferring desires--not because the fulfillment of desiring is wrong, but because "my time has not yet come." Most of us think our time has come five minutes after the desire first pops into our minds.

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