God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)
God has not given us one set of leadership principles for marriage relationships, another set for biological family relationships, and yet another for relationships in the larger (church) family. Though each sphere of influence broadens in terms of function and responsibility, the basic leadership principles are the same. A husband is to be a servant-leader to his wife, a father is to be a servant-leader in his family, and elders/overseers are to be servant-leaders in the family of God.
Because we are in Christ, there are no longer any hostilities in us that will always exist between those in the world. Ephesians 2:14, “For He Himself is our peace, who made both groups into one and broke down the barrier of the dividing wall.” We don’t employ the trite, superficial and flawed tactics of the world. Many of them are now championed more than ever in our day. We understand that the blood of Christ has cleansed us from our sin and has adopted us into His family. Thus, we see others different from us as part of the family of God, forgiven as we have been forgiven. We accept each other because God has accepted all of us. Our unity is not what we look like, but rather who we are in Christ. “[Christ] Himself [made] the two into one new man, thus establishing peace, and might reconcile them both in one body to God through the cross, by it having put to death the enmity” (Eph. 2:15b-16).
Press cloves into orange and place it in a heavy saucepan. Add water,
cranberry juice, sugar, cinnamon, bitters and allspice. Bring to a simmer,
stirring until sugar dissolves. Reduce heat to very low, cover and simmer
1 1/2 hours. Strain into punch bowl or crockpot.
Two tablespoons rum to each cup is optional. Walt MM
From Bon Appetite, December 1994
Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V3 #263
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 1996 23:36:59 -0400
From: Walt Gray <waltgray@mnsinc.com>
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