As Jesus was willing to go to the cross to do the will of the Father (Philippians 2:8), so we must be willing to follow Jesus to the cross, daily dying to any desires that conflict with His so that we may daily live for Him. While we may truly speak of glory inaugurated by the resurrection and ascension of Jesus, identifying with following Him in this world involves suffering. Indeed, there will be no end to cross-bearing this side of Heaven.

Donald S. Whitney

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Meats		Meats, Barbecue	2	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1/3	c	Drained Kalamata or other brine-cured black olives
2	tb	Finely chopped red onion
2	ts	Minced fresh oregano leaves
2	ts	Extra-virgin olive oil
		Freshly ground black pepper to taste
2		3/4 inch thick boneless beef loin (strip) or rib eye steaks (each about 1/2 pound)

INSTRUCTIONS

Prepare grill.
Pit olives and coarsely chop.  In a bowl stir together olives, onion,
oregano, oil, pepper, and salt to taste.  Pat steaks dry and season with
salt and pepper.  Grill steaks on an oiled rack set 5 to 6 inches over
glowing coals about 4 minutes on each side for medium-rare. (Alternatively,
grill steaks in a hot oiled well-seasoned ridged grill pan over moderately
high heat.)  Serve steaks topped with relish. Yield: 2 servings Typed in
MMFormat by cjhartlin@email.msn.com Source: Gourmet Magazine June 1999
Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V4 #12 by cjhartlin@email.msn.com on Jun 23,
1999

A Message from our Provider:

“You can fool yourself. You can never fool God”

Spiritual battles are fought on the turf of the human mind. It is not about identifying territorial demons or binding demons or rebuking demons. So are we battling the forces of darkness? Yes, because our ultimate battle is “not against flesh and blood” (Eph. 6:12), but no, because we are not called in Scripture to go toe-to-toe engaging in hand-to-hand combat with demonic forces. The war is over the control of human minds. Our aim is to liberate people from demonic strongholds. We are to free the prisoners of war. Our call is to convert not demons, but people. The arena therefore is not mystical, but intellectual. Therefore, according to 2 Corinthians 10:5, we “destroy [intellectual things] raised up against the knowledge of God.” How? We do it with the Word of God. We combat the error that has already been sown in people’s minds with truth. We, verse 5, “are taking every thought captive to the obedience of Christ.” This shows that the primary problem is that people have a wrong understanding of Christ.

Randy Smith