God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)
Christian prayer is NOT:
1. To give God information – Matt. 6:8.
2. Telling God what to do – Rom. 11:34.
3. Asking God to engineer a situation to the end we desire.
4. Something we do to please or appease God – Jn. 19:30.
5. A meritorious performance God expects of us; a duty or obligation of obedience.
6. An exercise to make us better, stronger, or more “spiritual.”
7. For therapeutic psychological adjustment, “good feelings.”
8. Self-instruction to gain a knowledge of God’s will.
9. Soliciting more “blessings” or “benefits” from God.
10. An evasion of the problems and anxieties of contemporary existence.
11. Superstitious, mystical or magical trance.
12. A spiritual “power-tool” to employ the “power of prayer.”
13. A discipline or devotional exercise that will lead us to godliness.
14. Demanding our rights before God.
15. Persistence and shameless haranguing until we get what we want.
16. A mechanical ritual or rote formulas.
17. An external religious action, pretentious and ostentatious – Matt. 6:5, 6.
18. Verbosity of meaningless repetition – Matt. 6:7.
19. A religious activity executed “on command” – litanies, rosaries, etc.
20. Prescribed by place, time or procedure.
James Fowler
Broiled Tomatoes with Dill Sauce
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CATEGORY
CUISINE
TAG
YIELD
Vegetables, Dairy
Vegetable
6
Servings
INGREDIENTS
3
Large; firm tomatoes
Butter or margarine
1/2
c
Sour cream
1/4
c
Mayonnaise
2
tb
Chopped onion
1/4
ts
Dill
1/4
ts
Salt
Pepper to taste
INSTRUCTIONS
Cut tomatoes in half and core. Dot tomato halves with butter and broil 3
inches from heat for 5 minutes. Make sauce with remaining ingredients and
spoon on tomato halves. Sauce may be served at room temperature or heated.
Yield: 6 servings.
SUSAN FREELING CARR (MRS. PHIL)
WASHINGTON, DC
From <Traditions: A Taste of the Good Life>, by the Little Rock (AR) Junior
League. Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive,
http://www.erols.com/hosey.
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