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Jan 23Liked by Michael & Emily Foster

May God bless you in many new ways for honoring what He has put on your heart.

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Jan 23Liked by Michael & Emily Foster

We all have our own journey and the financial one is tricky to navigate for sure. Personally I have been so encouraged by your teachings I saw the paid subscription as an opportunity to bless you back in a small way. My prayer from Australia is God blesses you and your family even more greatly.

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Dear Pastor Michael, I'm so humbled by your announcement! Thank you so much to you & Emily for blessing me and so many with your generosity. This truly comes as a very welcome surprise! Pastor, it is very clear that you think outside of the box and are in the business of taking courageous leaps of faith (not without counting the cost). I pray that the Lord will abundantly bless your ministry outreach throughout the world for the glory of God! May the Lord continue to abundantly bless you and your family!!! With love and gratitude from your sister in Christ. 🙏

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Like! While doing booth outreach at local festivals here in the Midwest, we have a white board on which we write various messages throughout the course of a weekend. The message that has garnered more, and more positive, attention than any other?

Not about money.

Not about politics.

About preparing for eternity.

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Thank you for doing this. I just read The Dorean Principle by Conley Owens (https://thedoreanprinciple.org/) and it was thought-provoking on the proper relationship between money and ministry. May God bless you with all you need as you serve him and minister to others.

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Thanks Pastor Michael. Appreciate the content so much and was happy to pay but also appreciate your decision!

Just a quick note, though, that now some of your older posts e.g "The Discipline of Sleep" are paywalled with "This post is for paid subscribers", which I don't seem to be able to access any more now that the memberships have been converted to "Free subscriber". Maybe there's an admin option to make those posts visible to free subscribers too? Thanks again!

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Thanks, I've supported a couple very dedicated writers who have been working for years, and was happy to do so, but $5 per month (or more) actually adds up pretty fast for most of us. Not everyone blows that much or more on Starbucks every day.

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Right on! Encouraging to see this. This is exactly what we've decided to do with our ministry, League of Believers.

https://garrettpleague.substack.com/p/please-ignore-substacks-subscription

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