Coming to Christ means I die to self. It’s allowing Christ to reign as Lord in my heart and desiring to see Him live His will through me. It’s death to the relentless but never-satisfying quest for affirmation. It’s freedom from the vain need to promote self. It’s separation from fight to find personal worth and identity. Fighting less for my rights. Decreasing so He increases in me. It’s finding approval in Him and realizing the true fulfillment in living for His glory. Death to self so life might live within us. When the pride goes so does the selfish agendas and the traits like the bitterness, the jealousy, the unforgiving spirits, the critical attitudes. Christ reigns resulting in joy and peace. Eyes are opened to new horizons. Curse is reversed. Life is restored.

Randy Smith

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Vegetables, Grains	Vegan	Soups, Vegan, Vegetables, Low-cal, Low-fat	12	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1/2	c	TVP Chunks
2		Garlic cloves
1	c	Chopped onions
1	c	Carrot chunks
5	ts	Vegetable Broth Powder
1/4	c	Uncle Ben's Conv. Rice
2	cn	Hunt's No-Salt Tomatoes
3 1/2	c	Water
2	c	Pinto beans, cooked
		Pepper to taste
1/2	ts	Basil, dried
		(or 2 T fresh)
1	cn	Green beans, cut
1	c	Okra, frozen or fresh, cut
		Salt to taste, optional

INSTRUCTIONS

Directions:
Place all ingredients in crockpot. Cover and cook until done, about 6
hours.  Serving size: 1 Cup
12 Servings: 120 Cal, 8.25 Prot, Chol 0, Carb 21.5, Sodium 255, Fiber 2,
Fat .5, Iron 5, Calcium 65, % Cal from Prot: 27% / Carb: 71% / Fat 2%
Update of old family favorite - Alice in Houston 5/07/93
From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini

A Message from our Provider:

“If the church wants a better pastor, it only needs to pray for the one it has.”

We teach our children about the world and the Bible. We teach them that the world is bad (1 Jn. 2:15). And we teach them that the Bible is good (Pr. 16:20). That is true, but our children are rarely taught (guided) as to how the two intersect with each other. The result is that they will either be seduced by the world or they will be cocooned from the world. Both are useless to Jesus. The desired biblical mindset is when Christians reject the influence of the world (see it for the deceptive garbage that it is), but desire to love and influence those trapped the world.

Randy Smith