{"id":746,"date":"2019-08-17T20:05:05","date_gmt":"2019-08-17T20:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/?p=746"},"modified":"2019-08-17T20:05:05","modified_gmt":"2019-08-17T20:05:05","slug":"compensation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/?p=746","title":{"rendered":"\u201cCompensation\u201d?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Absorbing God\u2019s Word<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTherefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers.\u201d Galatians 6:10 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Applying God\u2019s Word<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The buyout contract between the new owner and myself does not allow me to receive compensation for servicing some of the smaller customers that I have come to love over the last 30-40 years. Therefore, I still service them out of loyalty. These good people have been there for me through thick and thin.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Not all of my customers are believers, but as far as God and I are concerned, they are part of an extended family. There is still an opportunity that, in time, they too will believe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We should not expect compensation for our service to God, either. Our service to God should come out of our love for Him.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">God is asking me to take care of all of His people, when given the opportunity.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Accounting of God\u2019s Word<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Do I do good for \u201cAll\u201d of God\u2019s people or only when compensation is involved? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Absorbing God\u2019s Word \u201cTherefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all people, especially to those who belong to the family of believers.\u201d Galatians 6:10 Applying God\u2019s Word The buyout contract between the new owner and myself does &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/?p=746\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books-of-the-bible"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/746\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.act-ministries.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}