“Hear, O my people, and I will speak; O Israel, I will testify against you. I am God, your God. Not for your sacrifices do I rebuke you; your burnt offerings are continually before me. I will not accept a bull from your house or goats from your folds. For every beast of the forest is mine, the cattle on a thousand hills. I know all the birds of the hills, and all that moves in the field is mine. If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and its fullness are mine. Do I eat the flesh of bulls or drink the blood of goats? Offer to God a sacrifice of thanksgiving, and perform your vows to the Most High, and call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me.”
The only gifts I have to give You that are not already Yours are my love, obedience, thanksgiving, and praise. These are mine to give or mine to withhold.
I give you my pledge of obedience, together with my love; I will seek to praise You and give You thanksgiving in all circumstances. Forgive me, Lord, for my failings, and lead me in the way everlasting.
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