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

Through no fault or choice of my own, I am unable to express my sexuality in the beauty and intimacy of Christian marriage, as God intended when He created me a sexual being in His own image. To seek to do this outside of marriage is, by the clear teaching of Scripture, to sin against God and against my own nature. As a committed Christian, then, I have no alternative but to live a life of voluntary celibacy. I must be chaste not only in body, but in mind and spirit as well. Since I am now in my 60’s I think that my experience of what this means is valid. I want to go on record as having proved that for those who are committed to do God’s will, His commands are his enablings... My whole being cries out continually for something I may not have. My whole life must be lived in the context of this never-ceasing tension. My professional life, my social life, my personal life, my Christian life - all are subject to its constant and powerful pull. As a Christian I have no choice but to obey God, cost what it may. I must trust Him to make it possible for me to honor Him in my singleness. That this is possible, a mighty cloud of witnesses will join me to attest. Multitudes of single Christians in every age and circumstance have proved God’s sufficiency in this matter. He has promised to meet our needs and He honors His word. If we seek fulfillment in Him, we shall find it. It may not be easy, but whoever said that Christian life was easy? The badge of Christ’s discipleship was a cross. Why must I live my life alone? I do not know. But Jesus Christ is Lord of my life. I believe in the sovereignty of God, and I accept my singleness from his hand. He could have ordered my life otherwise, but He has not chosen to do so. As his child, I must trust His love and wisdom.

Margaret Clarkson

Some of the things we can do to oppose abortion are: 1. Realize the urgency of the situation – each year over one and one-half million unborn babies are aborted. Over 5000 every day. 2. Realize that God’s judgment rests on a nation that allows or condones murder, unless it truly repents. Numbers 35:33 warns: “So shall you not pollute the land and no expiation can be made for the land for the blood that is shed on it except by the blood of him who shed it.” 3. Communicate to elected officials and legislators that God has His moral standards that we must honor, and that one of those standards condemns abortion. 4. Educate and organize your Christian friends to stand unashamedly for the sanctity of human life in their own communities and before their state legislators. 5. Establish and get involved with a local chapter of the Christian Action Council. 6. Keep yourself informed by subscribing to one of several good pro-life newsletters, such as Action Line (Christian Action Council), A.L.L. (American Life Lobby), etc. 7. Involve yourself in crisis pregnancy ministries in your local church, ministering to women with unwanted pregnancies. 8. Check with local Christian adoption agencies for the possibility of adopting an otherwise unwanted infant. 9. Consider taking unwed pregnant women into your home. 10. Teach your children about marital sexuality, the sanctity of human life, and the joy and beauty of pre-marital chastity. 11. Check with your Ob-Gyn and find out if he does abortions. If he does, drop him, and encourage other Christians to do the same. 12. Have funerals for children who die before birth. 13. Identify the Planned Parenthood Federation as an accomplice in this holocaust. 14. Write letters to editors of newspapers and elected officials about the holocaust. Push for pro-life legislation in your state legislature. Send petitions to your representatives. 15. Get involved in a sidewalk counseling program. 16. Leave denominations which are either pro-abortion, or which are not actively pro-life. 17. Pray Psalm 58 against abortionists. 18. Find out where political candidates stand on the issue of abortion. 19. Evangelize!! Evangelize!! Evangelize!!

Joe Morecraft

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Lisa’s Peanut-Butter-Banana Quick Bread

January 23, 2023

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Vegetables, Eggs, Grains		Polkadot, Lisa, Bread:quick, Autumn, Holidays	4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1 1/2	c	Flour
1/2	ts	Salt
1	c	Sugar
1	ts	Baking soda
1/2	c	Vegetable oil
2		Eggs, beaten
2		Ripe bananas, mashed
1/2	c	Peanut butter

INSTRUCTIONS

Preheat oven to 325. Coat 4 small loaf pans with vegetable cooking spray.
Combine dry ingredients; blend well and set aside.  Combine wet
ingredients; blend well.  Mix together wet and dry ingredients.  Do not
overmix.  Distribute batter among the 4 pans, and bake for 30 to
40    minutes.
Notes:  Suprisingly good!
These small loaves freeze well, wrapped tightly in plastic wrap, once
completely cooled.  To defrost, set out at room temperature, loosely
wrapped, for about an hour.
These breads are great for making the house smell Autumnal!  They also make
great Christmas gifts for the neighbors.
Source: Lisa Clarke
* From the Polka Dot Cottage, 1-201-822-3627, NJ's BBS for Homemakers!
Posted by LISA on 11-03-95
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #710 by Lisa Clarke <lisa@gaf.com> on Aug 1,
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