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What, then, does submission and respect look like for a woman in a dating relationship? Here are some guidelines: 1. A woman should allow the man to initiate the relationship. This does not mean that she does nothing. She helps! If she thinks there is a good possibility for a relationship, she makes herself accessible to him and helps him to make conversation, putting him at ease and encouraging him as opportunities arise (she does the opposite when she does not have interest in a relationship with a man). A godly woman will not try to manipulate the start of a relationship, but will respond to the interest and approaches of a man in a godly, encouraging way. 2. A godly woman should speak positively and respectfully about her boyfriend, both when with him and when apart. 3. She should give honest attention to his interests and respond to his attention and care by opening up her heart. 4. She should recognize the sexual temptations with which a single man will normally struggle. Knowing this, she will dress attractively but modestly, and will avoid potentially compromising situations. She must resist the temptation to encourage sexual liberties as a way to win his heart. 5. The Christian woman should build up the man with God’s Word and give encouragement to godly leadership. She should allow and seek biblical encouragement from the man she is dating. 6. She should make “helping” and “respecting” the watchwords of her behavior toward a man. She should ask herself, “How can I encourage him, especially in his walk with God?” “How can I provide practical helps that are appropriate to the current place in our relationship?” She should share with him in a way that will enable him to care for her heart, asking, “What can I do or say that will help him to understand who I really am, and how can I participate in the things he cares about?” 7. She must remember that this is a brother in the Lord. She should not be afraid to end an unhealthy relationship, but should seek to do so with charity and grace. Should the relationship not continue forward, the godly woman will ensure that her time with a man will have left him spiritually blessed (Richard and Sharon Phillips).

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God has hidden every precious thing in such a way that it is a reward to the diligent, a prize to the earnest, but a disappointment to the slothful soul. All nature is arrayed against the lounger and the idler. The nut is hidden in its thorny case; the pearl is buried beneath the ocean waves; the gold is imprisoned in the rocky bosom of the mountains; the gem is found only after you crush the rock which encloses it; the very soil gives its harvest as a reward to the laboring farmer. So truth and God must be earnestly sought.

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We Love God!

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

Seven-layer Salad

January 29, 2023

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs, Dairy		Salads	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1/2		Head of Iceburg Lettuce
		chopped
1	c	Clery, chopped
1	c	Green pepper, chopped
1		Med. onion, sliced or diced
1		Box, 10 oz. frozen peas
1	lb	Bacon, fried and crumbled
5		Hard boiled eggs, sliced
2	c	Mayonaise
2	T	Sugar
3	c	Shredded Cheddar cheese

INSTRUCTIONS

Note: The name in the family recipe book is "Seven Layer Salad."  Don't
ask me why?  It really isn't seven layers, but it has become my
favorite. (BC)  Using a fairly deep baking dish (I use a 4" deep 9" X
9" pyrex pan),  place a bed of chopped lettuce on the bottom, then lay
down a layer  of celery, then onion, then green peppersm then peas,
then eggs. The  order is really not that important, and they will nor
really  constitute a solid "layer."  Then and another layer of lettuce
and repeat the procedure.  Mix mayonaise and sugar together and spread
on top.  Sprinkle bacon and cheddar cheese on top of the whole thing.
Cover tightly and leave overnight in refrigerator, allowing mayonaise
to permeate the whole thing. From Bumgarner Family Recipes submitted
by Norma Wydick, Springfield, IL. (my Aunt Evelyn's neighbor)  Posted
on the Cooking Echo by Bud Cloyd.  From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster
collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 4911 Calories From Fat: 3166 Total Fat: 354.2g Cholesterol: 1975.5mg Sodium: 14309.8mg Potassium: 4669.4mg Carbohydrates: 96.1g Fiber: 23.5g Sugar: 49.3g Protein: 327.3g