Oh, it’s more than just the fear of being persecuted. When we choose to live lives that are not pleasing to the Lord, we do so because we fear missing out on fun, or fear that our idols of dependency will be snatched away, or fear God’s way won’t effectively get the job done, or fear we will be pulled out of our comfort zone, or fear that it is going to cost us too much. The list continues, but it all comes back to fear, and fear results because we walk by sight and a lack of faith in God’s promises (cf. 2 Cor. 5:7). We don’t always live to please God because we think we know better than God as to what it takes to make us more productive and content and happy.

Randy Smith

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
			100	Servings

INGREDIENTS

WATER

INSTRUCTIONS

1.  HEAT WATER TO A BOIL.
2.  IN STEP 2, USE 27 LB 4 OZ RAVIOLI, FROZEN, CHEESE, WITHOUT SAUCE.
PLACE
RAVIOLI IN BOILING WATER.  COOK 12-15 MINUTES OR UNTIL TENDER.  DRAIN.
3.  BRING SAUCE TO A BOIL.  SERVE OVER HOT RAVIOLI.
NOTE:  IN STEP 3, 1-B LADLE MAY BE USED.
Recipe Number: L18501
SERVING SIZE: 4 RAVIOLI
From the <Army Master Recipe Index File> (actually used today!).
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A Message from our Provider:

“We need to discover all over again that worship is natural to the Christian, as it was to the godly Israelites who wrote the psalms, and that the habit of celebrating the greatness and graciousness of God yields an endless flow of thankfulness, joy, and zeal. #J.I. Packer”

Such is Satan’s envy and enmity against a Christian’s joy and comfort, that he cannot but act to the utmost of his strength to keep poor souls in doubt and darkness. Satan knows that assurance is a pearl of such price that will make the soul happy forever; he knows that assurance makes a Christian’s wilderness to be a paradise; he knows that assurance begets in Christians the most noble and generous spirits; he knows that assurance is that which will make men strong to do exploits, to shake his tottering kingdom about his ears; and therefore he is very studious and industrious to keep souls off from assurance, as he was to cast Adam out of paradise.

Thomas Brooks