God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)
Jesus’ burden for the lost multitude resulted in His instruction to pray that the Lord would send laborers into the harvest field (Matthew 9:38). In His deep burden for the unsaved He commanded prayer for the saints instead of the sinner. Likewise, the apostle Paul requested prayer for both the opportunity to witness (Colossians 4:3) and the courage to present the gospel (Ephesians 6:19-20). To pray for our lost friends is a naturally loving instinct, but it is God’s Word that guides us how to do so. It instructs us to pray that the Lord would send someone into their lives who would have the opportunity and the freedom to clearly present the gospel.
Unless the public sin of a believer is dealt with publicly, people will think the church does not take sin seriously and therefore gives tacit approval of it. A church that does not discipline sinning members (including the most prominent members) loses its credibility, because it does not take seriously its own doctrines and standards. A child who is not disciplined when he does wrong soon concludes that his parent’s standards are not really very important, because they are not enforced.
MICROWAVE DIRECTIONS: Combine walnuts and raisins; mix well. Slice cheese
in half horizontally; place one half, cut side up, on microwave-safe plate.
Top with half of walnut mixture; press gently into cheese. Top with
remaining half of cheese, cut side down. Combine jelly and remaining walnut
mixture; mix well. Spoon over cheese. Microwave at MEDIUM-LOW (30%) for 2
minutes or until warm. Serve with crackers.
Posted to brand-name-recipes by Beach Princess<barbra@pipeline.com> on Jan
24, 1998
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