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I know, skip it. Can’t.

3 day 4 night company sponsored conference at Hilton Resorts World. I don’t need advice on the hotel I’m stuck there regardless.

Been many a year since I was last in Vegas.

Definitely going to check out the Sphere.

Any other must do’s? October and wife will be with me. TIA.

Amarillo, TX is closer to Chicago than it is to Brownsville.

Poor Ryan still thinks it’s 1997 and the 20th century. Somebody needs to tell him that black kids today care about money just as much as him and they don’t give a flying “F” about gerrymandered districts.

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We've been lied to for generations. We've been told to get a job with a good salary, benefits, and a 401k, so we did. Those of us who haven't done so yet are breaking our own mental stability trying to do so. We've been told to climb the ladder, so we did. Those of us who haven't done this yet are busting our arse working harder and maybe even longer hours to do so. At the expense of our mental stability. We've been told that it's normal to ask for permission to spend time with our kids, so that's what we do. Then we start calculating when we'll have that allotted time accrued back to do so again. Next year or months later. We've been led to believe that taking some time for ourselves is called "recharging" so we can get back to the grind "with a fresh mind and/or clear vision" soon after. We've been promised that a 9-6 or 8-5 or 8-4 is normal, and we're believing it. We've been told that two days a week to ourselves is acceptable, and we squeeze household chores like laundry, errands, cutting the grass into these two days. We work around kid's sports, our own "down" time, and trying to make time for aging parents into these two days, and the evening before returning to work we're exhausted more than we are on worknights. Then we do it all again bright and early the following morning. Before we know it, our kids aren't children anymore and want nothing to do with us. Our parents are frail and/or deceased. We're aging and hurting in places we never hurt before and can't do the things that make us happy as much anymore. Then suddenly the kids are out of the house, we're burying parents, and staring down the barrel of 60 years old hoping and praying that somehow retirement is good to us and we're wishing we had taken more time for ourselves and our families when we still had the chance. And we hope our kids somehow do things differently but are successful at the same time. What the frick are we doing? It doesn't have to be this way. Why have we fallen into this trap?

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Truth is you weren’t put on this earth for your pleasure. You were put here for His pleasure. When you stop thinking about your needs and start thinking about the needs of those who are lost; you’ll be so spiritually enriched “the things of earth will grow strangely dim, in the light of His glory and grace”.

All in on Letlow.

Mamdani 2.0.

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1 player., over two thousand players entered the portal .We got 1. on the whole roster .

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As long as his check clears, he’s sleeping like a baby. This ain’t 2019.

Taking Icon of the Seas out of Miami next year. Flying in the day before. Would like to stay close to the port. Not interested in spending $500-$1K for a few hours sleep. Anyone got any hotel/ Airbnb recommendations that don’t cost as much as a used car? TIA.

Maybe they can AI generate Ice Man for a glorious return.

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The OP wasn't questioning the practice of tithing but whether 10% is required.

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Noted. See Mark 12:41-44.

God values the sacrifice of the offering over the total amount given.

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I think not

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God doesn’t need your money. The Bible says He owns all of the cattle on a thousand hills.

Tithing is for our benefit. We, through faith, give because it is commanded in scripture. We express obedience as followers of Christ through our faith in giving.