In a word, [Paul] is calling for some spiritual sweat (1 Timothy 4:7)! Just as the athletes discarded everything and competed gumnos – free from everything that could possibly burden them – so we must get rid of every encumbrance, every association, habit, and tendency which impedes godliness. If we are to excel, we must strip ourselves to a lean, spiritual nakedness. The writer of Hebrews explains it like this: “Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us” (Hebrews 12:1). Men, we will never get anywhere spiritually without a conscious divestment of the things that are holding us back. What things are weighing you down? The call to discipline demands that you throw it off. Are you man enough?

Kent Hughes

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
	Australian	Super1	6	servings

INGREDIENTS

3		OO grams Australian leg ham
2 1/2	c	Spiral pasta
1	sm	Spanish onion; thinly sliced
100	g	Black olives
1	lg	Zucchini
400	g	Canned artichoke hearts; drained
3	tb	Olive oil
2	tb	White vinegar
2	tb	Dijon mustard
2	tb	Freshly chopped basil
		Freshly ground pepper; to taste
		Watercress; for garnish

INSTRUCTIONS

DRESSING
1 . Cook pasta in boiling water until tender, add a drop of oil to
prevent the pasta clinging together. Drain and rinse.
2. Cut ham into thin strips. Cut zucchini into thin slices then place
2 to 4 pieces together and cut into thin strips. Cut artichoke hearts
into quarters.
3. Assemble salad in a medium-sized salad bowl, mixing pasta, ham,
onion, olives, zucchini and artichokes gently together.
4. Combine dressing ingredients together in a covered container, shake
well. Pour dressing over salad and garnish with watercress.
Recipe by: Super Food Ideas (Aussie Magazine)
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A Message from our Provider:

“All suffering can be traced back to people disobeying God”

What a company we have here tonight! It fills my heart with gladness, and my eyes with tears of joy, to see so many hundreds of persons gathered together at what is sometimes wickedly described as “only a prayer meeting.” It is good for us to draw night unto God in prayer, and specially good to make up a great congregation for such a purpose. We have attended little prayer meetings of four or five, and we have been glad to be there, for we had the promise of our Lord’s presence; but our minds are grieved to see so little attention given to united prayer by many of our churches. We have longed to see great numbers of God’s people coming up to pray, and we now enjoy this sight. Let us praise God that it is so. How could we expect a blessing if we were too idle to ask for it? How could we look for a Pentecost if we never met with one accord, in one place, to wait upon the Lord? Brethren, we shall never see much change for the better in our churches in general till the prayer meeting occupies a higher place in the esteem of Christians.

C.H. Spurgeon