What does in mean to be spiritually poor? It means to be humble. It means to understand that you have no merit to offer to God. It means to understand that all you deserve is hell. It means to understand that you are spiritually bankrupt. It means to understand the unfathomable riches of Christ that by God’s sovereign grace have been accredited to your account. It means to boast not in yourself, but in Christ. It means emptying yourself of all your pride that the Holy Spirit might fill you with all of Christ… The humble pursuit of spiritual poverty is the path to true happiness. Empty of self, filled with the Holy Spirit and His fruit of joy.

Randy Smith

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
		Mike02	4	servings

INGREDIENTS

1 1/2	c	Basmati rice
1	tb	Unsalted butter
1		Bay leaf
1	ts	Salt
		Several grinds white pepper
2 3/4	c	Cold water

INSTRUCTIONS

Examine the rice for foreign objects but do not wash. Combine all
ingredients except rice in a heavy-bottomed pot with a close-fitting lid.
Bring to a boil. Add the rice, cover, and cook over the lowest possible
heat for 17 to 20 minutes or in a preheated 350 degree oven for 16 minutes.
This recipe yields 4 servings.
Recipe Source: MICHAEL.S PLACE with Michael Lomonaco From the TV FOOD
NETWORK - (Show # ML-1B33 broadcast 02-02-1998) Downloaded from their
Web-Site - http://www.foodtv.com
Formatted for MasterCook by Joe Comiskey, aka MR MAD - jpmd44a@prodigy.com
~or- MAD-SQUAD@prodigy.net
04-12-1998
Recipe by: Michael Lomonaco
Converted by MM_Buster v2.0l.

A Message from our Provider:

“Time: A longing in man for reuniting with God.”

But imagine this church: It is huge and is still numerically growing. People like it. The music is good. Whole extended families can be found within its membership. The people are welcoming. There are many exciting programs, and people are quickly enlisted into their support. And yet, the church, in trying to look like the world in order to win the world, has done a better job than it may have intended. It does not display the distinctively holy characteristics taught in the New Testament. Imagine such an apparently vigorous church being truly spiritually sick, with no remaining immune system to check and guard against wrong teaching or wrong living. Imagine Christians, knee-deep in recovery groups and sermons on brokenness and grace, being comforted in their sin but never confronted. Imagine those people, made in the image of God, being lost to sin because no one corrects them. Can you imagine such a church? Apart from the size, have I not described many of our American churches?

Mark Dever