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Why do we expect God to prohibit war? Or why should God prevent war? Apart from the theoretical reason that God should prevent war because it is sinful...there can be no doubt that the real reason why people expect God to prevent war is that they desire a state of peace and feel that they have the right to live in a state of peace. But that immediately raises another question, which, in a sense, is the fundamental question with respect to this whole matter. What right have we to peace? Why do we desire peace? How often, I wonder, have we faced this question? Has not the tendency been to take it for granted that we have a right to a state and condition of peace? Do we stop to ask what is the real value and purpose and function of peace?... It is not enough that we should desire peace merely that we may avoid the horror and suffering of war... Man’s chief business in life is to serve and to glorify God. That is why the gift of life has been given to him. That is why we are here on earth. All other things are subservient to this—all the gifts and the pleasures which God gives us so freely... But is that our reason for desiring peace? Is that the real motive in our prayers for peace?... Do we deserve peace? Were we justified in asking God to preserve peace and to grant peace? What if war has come because we were not fit for peace, because we did not deserve peace, because we by our disobedience and godlessness and sinfulness had so utterly abused the blessings of peace? Have we a right to expect God to preserve a state of peace merely to allow men and women to continue a life that is an insult to His holy Name?

Martyn Lloyd-Jones

Parenting needs to move from simply providing for physical needs like food, shelter, and clothing and for the emotional and social well-being of children to providing for the nurture of their souls, for their spiritual well-being. Parenting needs to move from simply protecting them from bad people and physical harm to protecting them from the Evil One and from a world view that leaves God out. Parenting needs to move from focusing primarily on their behavior to focusing primarily on their heart. Parenting needs to move from merely telling them what they should do to showing them how through the parents' own example.

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We Love God!

God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

Jigglers(Tm) Creamy Valentines

January 23, 2023

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy		Desserts	8	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2 1/2	c	Water,boiling
4	pk	JELL-O Brand gelatin (sm)
1	c	Milk,cold
1	pk	JELL-O Vanilla Pudding (sm)

INSTRUCTIONS

1. STIR boiling water into gelatin. Dissolve completely; cool to room
temperature, about 30 minutes.
2. POUR milk into mixing bowl. Add pudding mix, Beat with wire whisk until
well blended, 1-2 minutes. Quickly pour into gelatin. Stir with wire whisk
until well blended.
3. POUR into 13x9" pan. Refrigerate until well firm (3 hours).
4. TO CUT Jigglers(tm). Dip bottom of pan in warm water for 15 seconds to
loosen gelatin. Cut shapes with cookie cutters. Lift from pan.
From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini

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