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

When we look down on others with haughty judgment, we invoke the same compassionless treatment from God toward our infirmities. What a terrifying response from the living God! Belligerent people are told they can expect to be handled by God, not according to His tender compassion, but with severity matching their contempt of others. Such words should sober even the most hardened heart and result in a fresh realization that self-righteousness tops God’s list of man’s most despised iniquities (Prov. 6:16-19).

Jerry Wragg

Jesus is quickly thrown backwards with His shoulders against the wood. The legionnaire feels for the depression at the front of the wrist. He drives a heavy, square, wrought-iron nail through the wrist and deep into the wood. Quickly, he moves to the other side and repeats the action, being careful not to pull the arms too tightly but to allow some flexion and movement. The patibulum is then lifted in place at the top of the stipes [the vertical beam].... The left foot is pressed backward against the right foot, and with both feet extended, toes down, a nail is driven through the arch of each, leaving the knees moderately flexed. The Victim is now crucified as He slowly sags down with more weight on the nails in the wrists, excruciating, fiery pain shoots along the fingers and up the arms to explode in the brain – the nails in the wrists are putting pressure on the median nerves As He pushes Himself upward to avoid this stretching torment, He places His full weight on the nail through His feet. Again there is the searing agony of the nail tearing through the nerves between the metatarsal bones of the feet. At this point, another phenomenon occurs. As the arms fatigue, great waves of cramps sweep over the muscles, knotting them in deep, relentless, throbbing pain. With these cramps comes the inability to push Himself upward... Air can be drawn into the lungs, but cannot be exhaled. Jesus fights to raise Himself in order to get even one small breath. Finally carbon dioxide builds up in the lungs and in the blood stream and the cramps partially subside. Spasmodically He is able to push Himself upward to exhale and bring in the life-giving oxygen... Hours of this limitless pain, cycles of twisting, joint-rending cramps, intermit tent partial asphyxiation, searing pain as tissue is torn from His lacerated back as He moves up and down against the rough timber: Then another agony begins. A deep crushing pain deep in the chest as the pericardium slowly fills with serum and begins to compress the heart... It is now almost over – the loss of tissue fluids has reached a critical level – the compressed heart is struggling to pump heavy, thick, sluggish blood into the tissues – the tortured lungs are making a frantic effort to gasp in small gulps of air... The body of Jesus is now in extremis and He can feel the chill of death creeping through His tissues... His mission of atonement has been completed. Finally he can allow His body to die.

C. Truman Davis

We Love God!

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

Chicken And Hominy Casserole

January 27, 2023

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Meats, Dairy			1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1		Hominy, drained
2	c	Cut-up cooked chicken {or
		turkey}
1/2	c	Sliced pitted ripe olives
1		Condensed cream of chicken
		soup
1		4 oz chopped green chiles
		undrained
1/2	c	Sour cream
1/2	t	Salt
1/2	t	Ground cumin
2	c	Coarsly crushed tortilla or
		potato chips

INSTRUCTIONS

Place hominy in ungreased casserole dish. Top with chicken and  olives.
Mix soup, green chiles {with liquid}, sour cream, salt, and  cumin.
Spread over chicken. Sprinkle with crushed chips. Cook,  uncovered in
350 degree oven until hot, about 45 minutes.  Chicken and Corn
Casserole: Substitute 1 can whole kernel corn,  drained, for the
hominy.  Posted to MM-Recipes Digest  by IceTeaLuvr@aol.com on Aug 21,
1998,  converted by MM_Buster v2.0l.

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“People disappoint. God doesn’t.”

Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 712 Calories From Fat: 465 Total Fat: 52.3g Cholesterol: 84.2mg Sodium: 6549.2mg Potassium: 1057.3mg Carbohydrates: 32.9g Fiber: 2.2g Sugar: 7.4g Protein: 27.2g