God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)
What has exceedingly hurt you in time past, nay, and I fear, to this day, is lack of reading. I scarce ever knew a preacher who read so little. And perhaps, by neglecting it, you have lost the taste for it. Hence your talent in preaching does not increase. It is just the same as it was seven years ago. It is lively, but not deep; there is little variety; there is no compass of thought. Reading only can supply this, with meditation and daily prayer. You wrong yourself greatly by omitting this. You can never be a deep preacher without it, any more than a thorough Christian. Oh begin! Fix some part of every day for private exercise. You may acquire the taste which you have not; what is tedious at first will afterward be pleasant. Whether you like it or not, read and pray daily. It is for your life; there is no other way; else you will be a trifler all your days, and a pretty, superficial preacher. Do justice to your own soul; give it time and means to grow. Do not starve yourself any longer. Take up your cross and be a Christian altogether. Then will all the children of God rejoice (not grieve) over you, and in particular yours.
The Christian fight is a good fight - really good, truly good, emphatically good. We see only part of it as yet. We see the struggle, but not the end; we see the campaign, but not the reward; we see the cross, but not the crown. We see a few humble, broken-spirited, penitent, praying people, enduring hardships and despised by the world; but we see not the hand of God over them, the face of God smiling on them, the kingdom of glory prepared for them. These things are yet to be revealed. Let us not judge by appearances. There are more good things about the Christian warfare than we see.
CRUST
FILLING
Preheat oven to 350. Prepare a 9" pie pan with cooking spray and flour; set
aside. To prepare crust, combine corn flake crumbs and oil in a small
mixing bowl. Press into prepared pan. Bake for 10 minutes. Meanwhile to
prepare filling, combine cream cheese, sweetened condensed milk, water,
vanilla pudding. Mix until smooth. Fold in whipped topping. Spread half of
the cream cheese mixture into prebaked pie crust. Top with half of the
cherry pie filling. Repeat layers. Chill for 2 hours or until set.
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 09:07:44 -0500
From: matejka@bga.com (Anita A. Matejka)
MC-Recipe Digest V1 #122
From the MasterCook recipe list. Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive,
http://www.erols.com/hosey.
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