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Are You a “Thrillionaire”?

Somewhere I read that God teaches us to be thrillionaires. Thrillionaires believe that everyone has gifts to give—talent, time, ideas, money, and more. More importantly, Snow_to_a_treethrillionaires know that the thrill is in the giving, not the gift. When we look at the abundance of creation, our God of fullness must be thrilled. Are you?

If I won a million dollars, I’d be thrilled. I can only imagine God’s capacity to be thrilled.  God must be a God of exuberant joy!

Come to me, God of exuberant joy.

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  1. I love when I allow myself to see the gifts others offer. Sometimes it brings out the thrill in me, reminding me of the gifts I can share as well.

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