A Christian is not a person who experiences no bad desires. A Christian is a person who is at war with those desires by the power of the Spirit. Conflict in your soul is not all bad. Even though we long for the day when our flesh will be utterly defunct and only pure and loving desires will fill our hearts, yet there is something worse than the war within between flesh and Spirit – namely, no war within because the flesh controls the citadel and all the outposts. Praise God for the war within! Serenity in sin is death. The Spirit has landed to do battle with the flesh. So take heart if your soul feels like a battlefield at times. The sign of whether you are indwelt by the Spirit is not that you have no bad desires, but that you are at war with them!

John Piper

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
		Relishes, Sauces	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	md	Onion, peeled and quartered
2	sm	Garlic cloves, peeled
1 1/2	ts	Salt or to taste
1	c	Cilantro, minced
		4 to 6 fresh serranos chilies -=OR=-
		2 or 3 jalapenos, stemmed and roasted whole
1 1/2	c	Tomatillos, husked, roasted or broiled in water
		1/3 to 1/2 cup water
	pn	Sugar
1	ts	Salt or to taste
8		Sprigs fresh cilantro, chopped
3/4	c	White onion, peeled and minced

INSTRUCTIONS

Add onion, garlic and salt to a mortar or food processor. If using a
mortar, grind well.  If using a processor, pulse once very quickly. It is
very important not to overporcess or the texture of the salsa will suffer.
Add minced cilantro and pulse again, very quickly. Add chilies, tomatillos
and water and pulse again. Season to taste. Garnish with chopped cilantro
and onion.  To prepare without a mortar or processor, mince all ingredients
extremely finely and combine.
From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini

A Message from our Provider:

“When God saw you – It was love at first sight”

First, faith believes God when He says that sexual relations in marriage are good and clean and should be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. Second, faith increases the joy of sexual relations in marriage because it frees us from the guilt of the past. Faith believes the promise that Christ died for all our sins, that in Him we might have guilt-free, Christ-exalting sexual relations in marriage. And finally, faith wields the weapon of sexual intercourse against Satan. A married couple gives a severe blow to the head of that ancient serpent when they aim to give as much sexual satisfaction to each other as possible. Is it not a mark of amazing grace that on top of all the pleasure that the sexual side of marriage brings, it also proves to be a fearsome weapon against our ancient foe?... It is not surprising then that Satan’s defeat, Christ’s glory, and our pleasure should come together in this undefiled marriage bed.

John Piper