I doubt, indeed, whether we have any warrant for saying that a man can possibly be converted without being consecrated to God!... If he was not consecrated to God in the very day that he was converted and born again, I do not know what conversion means. Are not men in danger of undervaluing and underrating the immense blessedness of conversion? Are they not, when they urge on believers the “higher life” as a second conversion, underrating the length, and breadth, and depth, and height, of that great first chapter which Scripture calls the new birth, the new creation, the spiritual resurrection? I may be mistaken. But I have sometimes thought, while reading the strong language used by many about “consecration,” in the last few years, that those who use it must have had preciously a singularly low and inadequate view of “conversion,” if indeed they knew anything about conversion at all. In short, I have almost suspected that when they were consecrated, they were in reality converted for the first time.

J.C. Ryle

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Grains	Greek	Femina, Femina2, Relishes	4	servings

INGREDIENTS

1 1/2	ts	Oil; (7 ml)
1/4	ts	Mustard seeds; (1 g)
		A pinch of fenugreek seeds
		A pinch of turmeric powder
		A pinch of asafoetida
1	lg	Cooking apple; peeled, cored and
		; chopped fine
1/2	ts	Chilli powder; (2 g)
		Salt to taste
2	ts	Soft light brown sugar; (10 g)

INSTRUCTIONS

HEAT the oil over medium heat and season with the mustard seeds. When
they splutter, add the fenugreek seeds, turmeric powder and
asafoetida and immediately follow with the apples. Stir and mix
thoroughly. Add the chilli powder, salt and sugar, stir and cook
until the apple starts turning soft, stirring frequently.
Allow the chutney to cool and store in a dry airtight or screw top
jar. It can then be stored in the refrigerator for four to six weeks.
Serve with almost all snacks and starters.
Converted by MC_Buster.
NOTES : A mouth-watering relish with a sweet and sour, slightly hot
flavour. Cooking apples are first tossed in a few spices and cooked
until they are almost pulpy.
Converted by MM_Buster v2.0l.

A Message from our Provider:

“Awesome: you don’t know the meaning of the word until you meet Jesus”

Christian, it does not need to be this complicated! Do you really think the infinite lover of our soul has neither the desire nor power to keep you from despair? Didn’t He promise you His joy (Jn. 15:11)? Didn’t He promise you true life? So, not to minimize any of our trials, but when we despair, we can’t blame God. The trial is only made worse through our own choices and ignorance or unwillingness to do it God’s way and His ability to bring joy despite and through the trial (Jas. 1:2). We choose the bad attitude. We choose the unhealthy conversations. We choose to the bad theology. We chose to be ignorant of biblical teaching. We choose to exhibit unbelief in the promises of God.

Randy Smith