Giving Back to God

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Giving Back to God

I just bought a used car. I need to get a license plate bracket that says, "Given by God, owned by God, and to be used for the purposes of God." It's not my car, not my house, not my money. I have to keep giving them back to God, because I am an acquisitive person and I want to have my own stuff.

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