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

But Pastor, doesn’t the verse teach that I am to love myself? Doesn’t it say to love your neighbor “as yourself?” Yes it does. So shouldn’t we then teach, as many secularists do that we cannot love others until we learn to first love ourselves? Answer: no. Because everything about the Christian faith is a death to self. 1 Corinthians 13:5, “Love “does not seek its own.” There is nothing supernatural about loving yourself. Jesus Christ did not deny Himself and give up Himself to make us learn to love ourselves more. He died because we already love ourselves too much! We are experts at putting ourselves first. Ephesians 5:29, “For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it.” So this is not a command for self-love. This is an assumption that we already love ourselves (not of which all is evil) and the way we love ourselves already is to be the example of how we are to love others.
Randy Smith

The manner of God’s revealing His will to men is (also) very different. Some have had special, personal, and peculiar discoveries of it made to them. So had Samuel about the choice of the person whom he should anoint king… But now, all are tied up to the ordinary standing rule of the written Word, and must not expect any such extraordinary revelations from God. The way we now have to know the will of God concerning us in difficult cases, is to search and study the Scriptures, and where we find no particular rule to guide us in this or that particular case, there we are to apply general rules.
John Flavel

    • Apricot Crunch Surprise

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    Sainsbury13, Sainsbury’s 1 servings

    INGREDIENTS

    250 g Fresh apricots; cut in half and
    ; stones removed
    ; (8oz)
    50 g Demerara sugar; (2oz)
    1/2 Lemon; Juice of
    50 g Apricot bitesize wholewheat biscuits; crushed (2oz)
    25 g Demerara sugar; (1oz)
    1 200 gram tub creme fraiche

    INSTRUCTIONS

    FOR THE APRICOT BASE
FOR THE APRICOT BASE
Preheat the grill to a moderate heat.
Place the apricots on a baking sheet and sprinkle with the sugar and
lemon juice. Grill for 5-8 minutes, until the sugar caramelises and
the fruit starts to colour. Leave to cool.
Combine the wholewheat biscuits with the sugar and place on a baking
sheet and grill for 1-2 minutes, turning frequently. Leave to cool.
Place the caramelised apricots in 2 suitable sized sundae dishes or
onto serving plates then top with the creme fraiche and sprinkle with
the wholewheat biscuit topping. Serve immediately.
Converted by MC_Buster.
NOTES : A fruity style dessert comprising of caramelised apricots,
creme fraiche and crunchy wholewheat crumble.
Converted by MM_Buster v2.0l.

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