God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)
Biblical church discipline is simple obedience to God and a simple confession that we need help. We cannot live the Christian life alone. Our purpose in church discipline is positive for the individual disciplined, for other Christians as they see the real danger of sin, for the health of the church as a whole, and for the corporate witness of the church to those outside. Most of all, our holiness is to reflect the holiness of God. It should mean something to be a member of the church, not for our pride’s sake but for God’s name’s sake. Biblical church discipline is a mark of a healthy church.
A promise must be kept, even when it turns out to cost us more than we expected. Inconvenience does not dissolve obligation. Inconvenience makes promise-keeping all the more beautiful, even God-like. God is a promise-maker and a promise-keeper. He made us covenantal beings living in a covenantal universe. Our lives unfold with his beauty as we receive, believe, make and keep promises. It costs us. But it cost God too. His cross inspires in us the depth of personal character that doesn’t go with the flow but keeps a promise even when unforeseeable eventualities make it hard. The unforeseeableness of the future is the very reason why we make promises. It’s why promises are valuable. In a world of contingencies, promise-keeping is the glue that holds us together... Let’s cheerfully and wholeheartedly keep our word, no matter what. It’s the Christlike thing to do.
Mary Beth Roe "My Family's Favorites"
BAKE: 400
Bake chicken pieces 30 minutes. Mix apricot preserves, vinegar, salt and
pepper. Cook rice according to package directions. Add onion and chicken
flavoring, if desired. After chicken has baked 30 minutes, spoon apricot
mixture over chicken and bake 20 minutes more, basting occasionally. Stir
frozen peas into cooked rice. Serve chicken pieces and extra sauce with
rice pilaf.
Posted to EAT-L Digest 20 October 96
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 1996 08:35:41 -0400
From: Grace Wagner <wgmm@MAIN.CITYNET.NET>
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