God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)
When a True Christian sins, what happens?
1. His Fellowship with God is severed. David, when backslidden, mourned, “Day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer” (Psalm 32:4). As clouds hide the sun for days, so sin comes between the soul and God.
2. The Joy of salvation is lost. One loses all relish for spiritual things: the heart is empty. David, in this condition, confessed, “My sin is ever before me” and “Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free Spirit” (Psalm 51:3, 12).
3. Power for service is lost. The Holy Spirit’s power is essential for any real witness for Christ. It cannot be faked. David prayed, “Thou desirest truth in the inward parts” and “Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me” (Psalm 51:6, 10).
4. The Christian invites divine chastisement. Hebrews 12:6-7 – “Whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth…What son is he whom the father chasteneth not?” Psalm 89:32-33 – “I will visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes. Nevertheless, my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.”
5. There is loss of reward. (Read 1 Corinthians 3:11-15.) Out of Fellowship means out of Service – out of service means that one is failing to lay up treasures in heaven. He is building of “wood, hay, and stubble” which cannot endure the test of the rewarding day (1 Corinthians 3:12-15). Many will be chagrined in that day by suffering Loss of Reward. Take the Way Back Now. Psalm 32:5; 1 John 1:9 (Keith Brooks).
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Cream Peas and Onions
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CATEGORY
CUISINE
TAG
YIELD
Vegetables, Dairy
Peas, Vegetables
1
Servings
INGREDIENTS
2
c
Shelled peas or 1; (10 oz.) pkg. frozen peas
1
c
Whole pearl onions
1
tb
Butter or margarine
1
tb
All-purpose flour
1/2
ts
Salt
1
ds
Pepper
1
c
Milk
INSTRUCTIONS
In a covered saucepan cook fresh peas and onions in boiling salted water
until tender, about 10 minutes. (If using frozen peas, add onions only the
last 5 minutes.) Drain peas and onions well. Meanwhile, melt butter in
saucepan over low heat. Blend in flour, salt, and pepper. Add milk all at
once; cook and stir until thickened and bubbly. Pour over hot vegetables;
stir and coat vegetables. Ready to serve.
Posted to recipelu-digest by "Diane Geary." <diane@keyway.net> on Feb 4,
1998
A Message from our Provider:
“Our hopelessness and our helplessness are no barrier to (God’s) work. Indeed our utter incapacity is often the prop He delights to use for His next act… We are facing one of the principles of Yahweh’s modus operandi. When His people are without strength, without resources, without hope, without human gimmicks – then He loves to stretch forth His hand from heaven. Once we see where God often begins we will understand how we may be encouraged. #Ralph Davis”
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