God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)
We constantly want to justify ourselves before God, to be good enough without Christ. But God does not want us to trust in our goodness. He does not want us to make up for our past sins through present obedience. He does not want us to think that we are good enough to go to heaven by comparing ourselves to the Hitlers and Stalins of the world. Comparisons are useless when it comes to establishing righteousness before God. God crucified His one and only Son for our justification, and He wants us to trust in Him alone. When it comes to being justified, faith plus anything else is quicksand. The only ground for right standing before God is Christ Jesus grabbed ahold of by faith.
Prayer is the product of [our] passion for people... Unaffected fervency in prayer is not whipped-up emotionalism but the overflow of [our] love for brothers and sisters in Christ Jesus. That means that if we are to improve our praying, we must strengthen our loving. As we grow in disciplined, self-sacrificing love, so we will grow in intercessory prayer. Superficially fervent prayers devoid of such love are finally phony, hollow, shallow.
From: aj471@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (Brenda Sharpe)
Date: Wed, 1 Jun 1994 11:02:17 GMT
Place ingredients in order into a large mixing bowl. Beat with electric
mixer 10 minutes--should be smooth and liquid. Grease and lightly flour a
13 x 9 inch pan. Bake at 350 degrees F for 1 hour. Turn off heat and leave
cake in over 1 more hour. Refrigerate for storage.
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“Many favors which God gives us ravel out for want of hemming through our unthankfulness; for though prayer purchases blessings, giving praise keeps the quiet possession of them. #Thomas Fuller”
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