Use self-control! Here are two pitfalls that most of us fall into in this regard. One is we let the individual take us off the main point. Maybe it's the scoffer: “What about those who never heard the Gospel?” “Where did Cain get his wife?” Maybe it’s the person that just wants to share unrelated stories. You need self-control to prevent yourself from going down rabbit trails that will take you away from the four core elements of the Gospel (God-Man-Christ-Response). Second, you will need self-control to avoid getting emotional, angry, discouraged, frustrated or offended. Oftentimes these conversations can get very sensitive. You need to be filled with the Holy Spirit and produce the fruit of self-control even if the other person has lost his. Don’t let their spirit dictate your spirit.

Randy Smith

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy, Eggs, Fruits	Philadelphia	Dessert, Cheesecake, Low-fat	12	Servings

INGREDIENTS

12		Reduced fat vanilla wafers
3	pk	(8-oz.) Philadelphia fat free cream cheese; softened
3/4	c	Sugar
1	ts	Vanilla
3		Eggs
1	c	Assorted cut-up fruit or reduced calorie cherry pie filling

INSTRUCTIONS

Place wafers, flat side down, on bottom of each of 12 paper-lined muffin
cups.
Beat cream cheese, sugar and vanilla with electric mixer on medium speed
until well blended.  Add eggs; mix just until blended. DO NOT OVERBEAT
AFTER ADDING EGGS.
Pour over wafers, filling each cup.
Bake at 325 degrees F. for 30 minutes.  Cool before removing from pan.
Refrigerate several hours or overnight. Top with fruit just before serving.
12    servings.
Variations:
Lemon:  Stir 1 Tbsp. fresh lemon juice and 3/4 tsp. grated lemon peel into
batter.
Pumpkin:  Mix 3/4 cup canned pumpkin, 3/4 tsp. ground cinnamon and dash
EACH ground cloves and nutmeg in with cream cheese. Omit fruit.
Cherry:  Omit fruit.  Top with 1 can (20 oz.) reduced calories cherry pie
filling before serving.
Quick Crust:  Substitute 1 (9 oz.) ready-to-use graham cracker crumb crust
(extra serving size) for crumbs. Makes 10 servings. (Adds 6g fat per
serving.)
Honey Crunch:  Omit sugar.  Mix 1/2 cup honey in with cream cheese. Omit
fruit.  Top with 3/4 cup lowfat granola ceereal; drizzle with 1 Tbsp. honey
before serving.
From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini

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