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Helpful [items] to consider when seeking God’s will in matter of guidance: 1. Begin by prayer for wisdom. Do not doubt that God has a wise course of action for you and will make it known. 2. Intentionally seek God’s face even more than His answers. “In Your light we see light” (Psalm 36:9). 3. Seek to be willing to take any course that God would have for you. Be thorough in your work on yourself. Often people miss God’s will because they are not fully willing to be submissive to God whatever He leads them to do. 4. Carefully seek to discover if there are any directives already given in Scripture which could guide you. Are there illustrations, commands, principles, which speak to this issue? Meditate on these and see if Scripture promotes or rules out any action you are considering. Try to find not only what God permits and does not permit, but what God likes, what is dear to His heart. Go directly to any passage which deals with the general subject to see if there is help to be found which you had not discovered before. Always read the Bible in context. 5. List each possible course of action, and in a prayerful frame of mind write out what are the pros and cons of each option. Put these options before the lens of Scripture one by one to see if God has spoken on these issues in some way. You will find more being said about most issues than you might first believe. 6. When helpful, seek objective counsel from godly and wise men or women you can trust. 7. Finally, examine your will again. If you are willing to do anything God might direct and that is certain in your mind, then you are free to pursue what God may be placing in your thinking related to the issue. Is there a long-term righteous desire in you? 8. Now, act in faith. If God in His perfect cadence intervenes so as to cause everything to turn again, this is His business. For your part, you are required to take action along the lines of the wisest choice you can biblically make. Rejoice and do God’s will!

Jim Elliff

We Love God!

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

Orak Orik (cabbage Scramble)

January 28, 2023

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Vegetables, Eggs	Indo	Indonesian, Vegetables	4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2	T	Oil
1	T	Onion, chopped
3		Garlic clove
3	oz	Shrimp, small cooked & dice
1/2	t	Salt
1/2	t	Pepper, black
1/2		Cabbage, small very finely
4		Egg, beaten
2		Scallion, finely sliced

INSTRUCTIONS

Calories     per serving: 205 Fat grams per serving: 6 Approx. Cook
Time: 0:20 Heat the oil in a wok.  Add the onion, garlic, shrimp,  salt
and pepper and stir-fry until the onions are translucent. Mix in  the
cabbage and then add the eggs.  Cook, stirring, until the eggs  are
set. Transfer to serving dish and garnish with scallions.  From
Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 159 Calories From Fat: 107 Total Fat: 12g Cholesterol: 212.8mg Sodium: 485.8mg Potassium: 149.7mg Carbohydrates: 2.9g Fiber: <1g Sugar: <1g Protein: 9.7g