For Jesus, time alone with God was not an option… The gospel of Luke tells us that “Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed” (Lk. 5:16)… This is precisely where you and I so often miss out on all that God has for us. Unlike Jesus, we attempt to live life in our own energy. We think we can keep giving out without getting replenished. Then, wearied and weakened by the demands of life and ministry, we become impatient and annoyed with the very ones God has sent us to serve. Rather than exhibiting a gracious, calm, joyous spirit, we become uptight, frazzled, and frenzied (people), resenting, rather than welcoming, the people and opportunities God brings into our lives.

Nancy Leigh DeMoss

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Grains		Snacks	4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

7	c	Life Cereal
1 1/2	c	Pretzel Sticks
3/4	c	Peanuts
1/3	c	Butter, Melted
1	tb	Parmesan, Grated
2	tb	Chili Powder

INSTRUCTIONS

Preheat oven to 325&deg;F.  Combine cereal, pretzel sticks and peanuts. Add
butter and mix well.  Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese and chili powder and
mix well.  Spread onto ungreased 10" X 15" jelly roll pan. Bake for 20
minutes stirring occasionally during baking.
File ftp://ftp.idiscover.co.uk/pub/food/mealmaster/recipes/kids.zip

A Message from our Provider:

“Conviction of sin is God’s way of inviting you to restore fellowship with Him.”

Surely Paul could have made the gospel more palatable – and less dangerous – by saying it was about something else. Something cleaner and less ridiculous than the cross. Something more glorious. Less disgusting. He didn’t do that, though. “I decided,” Paul said, “to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and Him crucified” (1 Cor. 2:2). In the face of the worst cultural prejudice imaginable, he fixed the entire gospel squarely and immovably on the fact that Jesus was tacked to a stauros and left to die. If he had been trying to find a surefire way to turn first-century people off from his “good news,” he couldn’t have done better than that! So why did he do it? It’s simple. He did it because he knew that leaving the cross out, or running past it with a glance, or making it peripheral to the gospel, or allowing anything else to displace it at the center of the gospel would make it, finally, no gospel at all.

Greg Gilbert