Quid Pro Quo

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Tomorrow in the worship service we'll look at the first half of James 4. He gets pretty worked up, rips into 'em.
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Their assignment for the week was to read this on Wikipedia.

I scratch you back, you scratch mine.
That's the translation of the Latin phrase Quid Pro Quo. An exchange of equal value. A favor for a favor.
But then it's not a favor, is it? It's a transaction.
Doing favors, true favors without any hint of a quid pro quo, is one of the few pure pleasures in life. I enjoy that, but often have to be almost stern with people who feel the need to return the favor in some way, do something to say thank you.
No!
Just say thank you. Anything more than that turns it into a transaction and takes the fun, the satisfaction out of it.