Christian prayer is NOT: 1. To give God information – Matt. 6:8. 2. Telling God what to do – Rom. 11:34. 3. Asking God to engineer a situation to the end we desire. 4. Something we do to please or appease God – Jn. 19:30. 5. A meritorious performance God expects of us; a duty or obligation of obedience. 6. An exercise to make us better, stronger, or more “spiritual.” 7. For therapeutic psychological adjustment, “good feelings.” 8. Self-instruction to gain a knowledge of God’s will. 9. Soliciting more “blessings” or “benefits” from God. 10. An evasion of the problems and anxieties of contemporary existence. 11. Superstitious, mystical or magical trance. 12. A spiritual “power-tool” to employ the “power of prayer.” 13. A discipline or devotional exercise that will lead us to godliness. 14. Demanding our rights before God. 15. Persistence and shameless haranguing until we get what we want. 16. A mechanical ritual or rote formulas. 17. An external religious action, pretentious and ostentatious – Matt. 6:5, 6. 18. Verbosity of meaningless repetition – Matt. 6:7. 19. A religious activity executed “on command” – litanies, rosaries, etc. 20. Prescribed by place, time or procedure.

James Fowler

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Meats, Grains		Meats, Chili	6	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2	lb	Beef; ground
1	lg	Onion; chopped
2	cn	Kidney beans in chili gravy
2	cn	Tomatoes, whole; peeled
		(16 oz)
2	ts	Salt
1/4	c	Sugar; brown
1	tb	Chili powder
		(or more to taste)

INSTRUCTIONS

Combine onion and hamburger in skillet, cook, stirring frequently, until
meat is brown and crumbly. Pour off excess fat. Transfer to large pot, add
kidney beans, canned tomatoes, salt, brown sugar and chili powder. Cook
slowly - the longer you can allow the chili to simmer the better it is. Add
more chili powder to taste.
From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini

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