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

When the law was written on tablets of stone, there was a significant weakness. The weakness of the Old Covenant was not in the law. The weakness of the Old Covenant was the people’s hearts. They couldn’t keep the law because they lacked two basic ingredients. Both of them interestingly were mentioned in the Old Testament when God used His prophets to speak while under the Old Covenant of the coming New Covenant. First, as God said through Jeremiah, “I will put My law within them and on their heart I will write it” (Jer. 31:34). The writing of the law went from tablets of stone to tablets of human hearts (2 Cor. 3:3). And second, as God said through Ezekiel, “I will put My Spirit within you and cause you to walk in My statutes, and you will be careful to observe My ordinances” (Eze. 36:27). We by far have greater power to obey the law with the fullness of the Holy Spirit dwelling within us as God says, “causing” us to obey. So there should be a radical difference between us and Israel. It’s not in the God we serve. It’s not in the desire to obey Him. It’s not in the faith of a Messiah to take away our sins. It’s not in a law that is given from God to be obeyed. It’s not even in a delight in that law. The difference is simply this. The Old Covenant is characterized by people who were stiff-necked and rebellious (Dt. 9:6; 10:16; 31:27), whereas the New Covenant is characterized by people who have soft hearts and the ability to obey.

Randy Smith

So what does the Christ-honoring, non-materialistic family look like? They invest primarily in the things that will leave this world with them and as a team they are all on this same pursuit. They experience freedom and more time for the things most important because they have limited resources that they own in order not to be owned by them. They experience constant joy because the only source of joy they expect is from the Lord. They do not need to have stuff to impress others because the only person they seek to please is the Lord. They have no compelling love for the shadows of the world because their hearts see the true Substance, the beauty of God’s marvelous light. They have their priorities right: things are to be used and people are to be loved. They are content people following Christ and therefore have a great family because their mutual trust is not in material things which will let us down, but in the One who always delivers.

Randy Smith

We Love God!

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

Poached Pears With Chocolate Sauce

January 28, 2023

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
		Desserts	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	c	Sugar
2	c	Water
1		3"cinnamon stick
3		Whole cloves
4		Bose pears with stems
		Attached, peeled
		Great Chocolate Sauce

INSTRUCTIONS

In med saucepan, dissolve sugar in water; heat to boiling. Add spices;
cover. Set aside. Core pears from bottom; add to liquid. Simmer pears
partially covered, basting & gently turning, 30 to 45 minutes,
according to ripeness, until tender when tested with wooden pick.  Cool
pears in poaching liquid. Chill thoroughly; drain. Serve with  sauce.
Submitted By THESERVS@GATE.NET (THOMAS E. HAUG)  On   TUE, 14  NOV 1995
183925 -0500  From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at
www.synapse.com/~gemini

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 781 Calories From Fat: 3 Total Fat: <1g Cholesterol: 0mg Sodium: 21.3mg Potassium: 31.8mg Carbohydrates: 201.2g Fiber: <1g Sugar: 199.6g Protein: <1g