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If you want to raise a Pharisee, just follow these simple steps (sarcasm!). 1. Make the Christian home all about rule-keeping (do’s and don’t’s), but never explain to them why we should follow God’s Word. 2. Add your own rules to God’s Word and make them more important than God’s Word. 3. Strictly enforce the rules on your children, but give yourself a pass. 4. Show your children nothing about grace, forgiveness, mercy and love. 5. Preach at them until they are blue in the face (bore them with the Bible) and never listen to what they have to say about God’s Word. 6. Make Jesus a burden rather than a blessing – make God’s Word a bondage rather than a liberation. 7. Give them no opportunity to think spiritually for themselves. 8. Fail to guide them in a spiritual worldview – teaching them how to process life with the Bible. 9. Praise their externals regardless of their motives. 10. Teach them to obey only because they have to and not because they should also want to as God’s commands come from a loving and trustworthy Father. 11. Make your disciple punishment rather than correction. 12. Demand self-reformation, rather than pointing them to Christ-transformation by grace. 13. Teach them to obey you as God rather than to obey God by obeying you. 14. Use Scripture and church as punishment. 15. Never pray for them. 16. Correct them more than you encourage them. 17. Beat your kids into external conformity, often to simply make yourself look good and do nothing to shepherd their hearts.

Randy Smith

We Love God!

God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

Beef Burgundy Casserole

January 25, 2023

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Meats, Grains		Mr. food, Mrfood1	1	servings

INGREDIENTS

1 1/2	c	Burgundy or other dry red wine
1	cn	Condensed golden mushroom soup; (10 3/4 ounces)
2	lb	Boneless beef top sirloin steak; trimmed and cut
		; into 1-inch cubes
1/4	lb	Mushrooms; sliced
1	pk	Uncooked long-grain and wild rice mix; (6 ounces)
		; with seasoning packet

INSTRUCTIONS

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. In a 5-quart casserole dish,
combine the water, wine, soup, steak, mushrooms, and the seasoning
packet from the rice; mix well. Cover and bake for 30 minutes. Remove
from the oven and stir in the rice. Cover and bake for 60 to 70
minutes, or until the rice is tender.
NOTE: If you want to give this extra color and crunch, top it with
diced red and yellow bell peppers.
Converted by MC_Buster.
NOTES : 4 to 6 servings
Converted by MM_Buster v2.0l.

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