Couscous With Apricots, Currants, And Pistachios

Have you noticed how much praying for revival has been going on of late – and how little revival has resulted? I believe the problem is that we have been trying to substitute praying for obeying, and it simply will not work. To pray for revival while ignoring the plain precept laid down in Scripture is to waste a lot of words and get nothing for our trouble. Prayer will become effective when we stop using it as a substitute for obedience.

A.W. Tozer

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
		Cklive13	8	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2 1/4	c	Water
2	T	Extra-virgin olive oil
2		Cinnamon sticks, halved
3/4	t	Ground cumin
1 1/4	t	Coarse salt
1/2	c	Chopped dried apricots
1		Box Couscous -, 10 oz
3/8	c	Dried currants
1/2	c	Pistachios, toasted and
		Coarsely chopped
1 1/2	T	Chopped fresh mint
		Salt, to taste
		Freshly-ground black pepper
		to taste

INSTRUCTIONS

In a medium-sized saucepan over medium heat, bring the water, oil,
cinnamon, cumin, salt, and apricots to a boil. Stir in the couscous,
remove from the heat, cover and allow to stand for 5 minutes. Allow  to
cool and flake with a fork, stirring in the currants, pistachios,
mint, salt, and pepper to taste. Serve at room temperature. This
recipe yields 8 servings.  Recipe Source: COOKING LIVE with Sara
Moulton Recipe courtesy of David  Ruggerio From the TV FOOD NETWORK -
(Show # CL-9146)  Formatted for MasterCook by Joe Comiskey, aka MR MAD
-  jpmd44a@prodigy.com -or- MAD-SQUAD@prodigy.net  02-16-1999  Recipe
by: David Ruggerio  Converted by MM_Buster v2.0l.

A Message from our Provider:

“Jesus: The half has never been told”

Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 114 Calories From Fat: 2 Total Fat: <1g Cholesterol: 0mg Sodium: 406.8mg Potassium: 200.8mg Carbohydrates: 25.7g Fiber: 2.1g Sugar: 9g Protein: 3.1g

But there are some who say, “It is hard for God to choose some and leave others.” Now, I will ask you one question. Is there any of you here this morning who wishes to be holy, who wishes to be regenerate, to leave off sin and walk in holiness? “Yes, there is,” says someone, “I do.” Then God has elected you. But another says, “No; I don’t want to be holy; I don’t want to give up my lusts and my vices.” Why should you grumble, then, that God has not elected you to it? For if you were elected you would not like it, according to your own confession. If God this morning had chosen you to holiness, you say you would not care for it. Do you not acknowledge that you prefer drunkenness to sobriety, dishonesty to honesty? You love this world’s pleasures better than religion; then why should you grumble that God has not chosen you to religion? If you love religion, He has chosen you to it. If you desire it, He has chosen you to it. If you do not, what right have you to say that God ought to have given you what you do not wish for?

C.H. Spurgeon