God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)
It is wisdom to take occasional furlough. In the long run, we shall do more by sometimes doing less. On, on, on forever, without recreation, may suit spirits emancipated from this “heavy clay,” but while we are in this tabernacle, we must every now and then cry halt, and serve the Lord by holy inaction and consecrated leisure. Let no tender conscience doubt the lawfulness of going out of harness for a while, but learn from the experience of others the necessity and duty of taking timely rest.
What, after all, is church membership? I would argue that it is a covenant grounded in the affirmations of both the church through the elders, and the member. That is, the member publicly affirms both his dependence on the finished work of Christ alone, his affirmation of the faith once delivered, and his willingness to submit to the church. The church, on the other hand, affirms its conviction, through the elders of the credibility of the profession of faith of the member, and vows to serve and protect the member through the means of grace, including faithful church discipline. To put it more simply, the undershepherds affirm the sheepness of the member, the member the undershepherdness of the elders.
Preparation : Cut out 6 white leaf shapes. Roll one end of each petal to
make it curl. Glue onto paper to form a lily. Curled ends facing out. Add
stems with crayons.
Recipe by: Cookbook USA Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #736 by Gerald
Edgerton <jerrye@wizard.com> on Aug 11, 1997
A Message from our Provider:
“Man’s way leads to a hopeless end — God’s way leads to an endless hope.”
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