No, you don't owe me a favor

If God is always a giver, in order to be His friends we need to be people who give naturally – not out of duty, debt or obligation. We need to give because it is the natural expression of our hearts when we see someone else in need. We respond to that need just as He would respond to that need.

Neither of us mentioned the hundred dollars that had changed hands. Why should we? He’d been glad to get it and I was glad to give it. A favor’s no good unless you pay for it. One way or the other, you always do.

try to repay what another person has provided us. If a woman does us a favor, we should do her one in return;

The reciprocation mindset is initiated when you give something to someone as a gift. It’s not something they should have to request from you. (If I have to request it, it’s a favor.) And it’s not something you give me in return for something I’ve done. (That’s a thank you.) Here are some examples of what I’m talking about. Are you a dog groomer? Gi

favor, I’d warn against minimizing the favor in all-too-common language that disengages the influence of the rule of reciprocation: “No big deal.” “Don’t think a thing about it.” “I would have done it for anybody.” Instead, I’d recommend retaining that (earned) influence by saying something such as,

Asking for something genuinely without expecting it is always allowed.