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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

We learn throughout the years that God is faithful. You know when God gave new exhortations to the Israelites; often He reminded them of His faithfulness during the Exodus. He wanted the Jews to realize that He could be trusted in the present because of His faithfulness in the past. The same principle applies to our lives as well. The more we see His faithful hand shaping the events of our lives in the past, the more we realize that He can be trusted in the present. In hindsight, we can recall the situations when God either removed a trial or gave us sufficient grace to endure the trial. We can recall the good ways He has shepherded us along life’s journey. He has never disappointed us. Through experience, we learn that God keeps His Word and never fails on His promises. We learn that He is good. We learn that God can be trusted.

Randy Smith

We Love God!

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

Avocado And Broad Bean Salad With Lemon Dressing

January 27, 2023

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Grains		New	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1/2		Galia melon
2		Handful baby spinach leaves
1		90 grams pod ded broad
		beans 3oz
4		Spring onions, 4 to 5
1		Avocado cut into dice
1		Handful small radishes
1	T	Freshly chopped chives
		A few sprigs of fresh
		tarragon
1		Lemon
1		Fat clove garlic
1	t	Caster sugar
5	T	Extra virgin olive oil
		Salt and freshly ground
		black pepper

INSTRUCTIONS

Make the dressing: Squeeze the lemon into a bowl, crush the garlic  and
add to the lemon. Add all the other ingredients and whisk  together.
Leave for the flavours to infuse.  Cube the melon and the avocado, or
cut into balls. Blanch the beans.  Drop into iced water and then slip
off the skins to reveal the bright  green beans. Top and tail the
radishes and slice the spring onions.  Wash and dry the spinach.  Sieve
the dressing into a large bowl removing the pips and garlic.  Stir in
the chives. Put all salad ingredients into the bowl with the  dressing
and toss lightly.  Serve scattered with the chopped tarragon.
Converted by MC_Buster.  Per serving: 628 Calories (kcal); 68g Total
Fat; (92% calories from  fat); 2g Protein; 11g Carbohydrate; 0mg
Cholesterol; 12mg Sodium Food  Exchanges: 0 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat;
1 Vegetable; 1/2 Fruit; 13  1/2 Fat; 0 Other Carbohydrates  Converted
by MM_Buster v2.0n.

A Message from our Provider:

“We can do nothing, we say sometimes, we can only pray. That, we feel, is a terribly precarious second-best. So long as we can fuss and work and rush about, so long as we can lend a hand, we have some hope; but if we have to fall back upon God — ah, then things must be critical indeed! #A.J. Gossip”

Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 674 Calories From Fat: 238 Total Fat: 28.4g Cholesterol: 0mg Sodium: 1427.8mg Potassium: 2196.6mg Carbohydrates: 86.1g Fiber: 36.9g Sugar: 10.8g Protein: 28g