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## [Freely Given, Freely Give](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/freely-given-freely-give)

 By [Taylor Phillips](https://blog.ywamoxford.org/blog/author/taylor-phillips) on September 10, 2020 12:31:01 PM NZST

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 When I first was introduced into missions, I was very turned off by the idea of having to raise my own money. Who does that? That was not the way I was raised or the type of job I went to college for. I have a college degree and plenty of work experience. But, when I thought about it there was a deeper-rooted issue of independence. **I thought that my way of earning money was better because I could do it, and I could control every step of the way: where I worked, how much I earned, how much I was able to give away, and what I bought. But that is not God’s heart for me.** I had to give up every concept of earning that I was taught from a young age

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