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1. Fasting increases our sense of humility and dependence on the Lord (for our hunger and physical weakness continually remind us how we are not really strong in ourselves but need the Lord). 2. Fasting allows us to give more attention to prayer (for we are not spending time on eating). 3. [Fasting] is a continual reminder that, just as we sacrifice some personal comfort to the Lord by not eating, so we must continually sacrifice all of ourselves to Him. 4. Fasting is a good exercise in self-discipline, for as we refrain from eating food, which we would ordinarily desire, it also strengthens our ability to refrain from sin, to which we might otherwise be tempted to yield. 5. Fasting also heightens spiritual and mental alertness and a sense of God’s presence as we focus less on the material things of this world (such as food) and as the energies of our body are freed from digesting and processing food. 6. Fasting expresses earnestness and urgency in our prayers: if we continued to fast, eventually we would die. Therefore, in a symbolic way, fasting says to God that we are prepared to lay down our lives that the situation be changed rather than that it continue.

Wayne Grudem

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Pesto Double-Stuffed Potatoes

January 24, 2023

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy		Potatoes, Luncheon	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

4	lg	Idaho baking potatoes; baked
1/2	c	Part-skim ricotta cheese
1/3	c	Prepared pesto
1/4	ts	Salt
1/4	ts	Black pepper
		Nonstick cooking spray

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 450°F.
2. Cut 1/2 inch from long side of each potato: into bowl, scoop inside of
potato, leaving a 1/4-inch thick shell. With fork or potato masher, mash
cooked potato in bowl. Stir in ricotta, pesto, salt and pepper until well
blended. Spoon potato mixture into potato shells, dividing evenly, heaping
on top if necessary.
3. Lightly spray cookie sheet with nonstick cooking spray, place stuffed
potato on cookie sheet. Bake until golden brown and heated through, about
10 to 15 minutes.
Makes 4 servings. Preparation time: About 30 minutes. Cooking time: About
15    minutes.
Per serving: About 229 cal, 6 g pro, 34 g car, 7 g fat, 27% cal from fat,
12 mg cholesterol, 261 mg sod, 4 g fiber.
Busted by Gail Shermeyer <4paws@netrax.net>
Recipe by: Low-Fat Meals, Woman's Day, 4/96
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #896 by 4paws@netrax.net (Shermeyer-Gail) on
Nov 09, 1997

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