Use self-control! Here are two pitfalls that most of us fall into in this regard. One is we let the individual take us off the main point. Maybe it's the scoffer: “What about those who never heard the Gospel?” “Where did Cain get his wife?” Maybe it’s the person that just wants to share unrelated stories. You need self-control to prevent yourself from going down rabbit trails that will take you away from the four core elements of the Gospel (God-Man-Christ-Response). Second, you will need self-control to avoid getting emotional, angry, discouraged, frustrated or offended. Oftentimes these conversations can get very sensitive. You need to be filled with the Holy Spirit and produce the fruit of self-control even if the other person has lost his. Don’t let their spirit dictate your spirit.

Randy Smith

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs		Potatoes	4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2	lb	Potatoes
2	tb	Flour
2		Eggs; Beaten
1		Clove Garlic; Crushed
2	tb	Chopped Parsley
1	tb	Butter; Melted

INSTRUCTIONS

Peel, boil, and mash the potatoes.  Blend the flour, eggs, garlic, parsley,
and melted butter into the potatoes.  Add salt, pepper and nutmeg to taste.
Mix well and place large tablespoons of the mixture (not quite touching) in
a buttered baking dish.  Bake in a 325 oven for about 12 minutes. Sprinkle
with paprika.  Run under broiler to brown. From:  Country Inn & Bread &
Breakfast Cookbook
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #176
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 1996 19:52:15 -0700
From: "Keri, J. (Mike)" <[email protected]>

A Message from our Provider:

“Let Him therefore send and do what He will. By His grace, if we are His, we will face it, bow to it, accept it, and give thanks for it. God’s Providence is always executed in the ‘wisest manner’ possible. We are often unable to see and understand the reasons and causes for specific events in our lives, in the lives of others, or in the history of the world. But our lack of understanding does not prevent us from believing God. #Don Fortner”

The stakes in the current conflict over sex are more critical, more central, and more essential than in any controversy the church has ever known. This is a momentous statement, but I make it soberly, without exaggeration. Conflict over sex these days is not just challenging tradition, orthodoxy, and respect for authority in areas such as ordination, marriage, and gender roles. And it does not just affect critically important decisions like the sanctity of human life, the authority and trustworthiness of Scripture, the Trinity and the incarnation of Christ. Rather, war over sex among Christians is now raging over absolutely essential matters of faith without which no one can be a Christian in the first place – matters such as sin, salvation, the gospel and the identity of God Himself (Daniel Heimbach).

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