God gives gifts and distributes gifts so that He might receive glory in the universe (Eph. 4:10) through things like: His will accomplished though us, His people ministered to through us and the mere fact that His people are not selfish, but they serve and they are not useless, but they are equipped. Therefore, when we refuse to use our spiritual gifts, the body of Christ suffers and God does not receive the glory He deserves. On a cosmic level, any believer not using his or her gifts is a problem of God-sized proportions.

Randy Smith

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy		Copycat, Quick bread	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

4	c	Pioneer Biscuit Mix
8	oz	Sour Cream
6	oz	7-Up

INSTRUCTIONS

Cut sour cream in biscuit mix, add 7-up. Roll on floured surface. Cut or
shape with hands. Bake 6 to 8 minutes at 400~.
(wrv)
Recipe by: Waldine Van Geffen
Posted to TNT - Prodigy's Recipe Exchange Newsletter  by Bill Spalding
<billspa@icanect.net> on Mar 10, 1997.

A Message from our Provider:

“Peace starts with a smile.”

Displaying a Christmas nativity scene is a long-standing tradition, but it can also present a bit of a skewed view of the actual events of Jesus’ birth. While each person depicted in a traditional nativity scene is a part of the Christmas story, not all the characters were present in one place on the night Jesus was born. Mary, Joseph, and Jesus were in a stable that night due to the overcrowding in Bethlehem’s inn (Luke 2:7), but the Bible never mentions whether or not animals were present—in fact, it never even mentions a stable. The shepherds, once told of Jesus’ arrival, left their flocks to worship the newborn King (Luke 2:16). However, the angels, which are often part of nativity scenes, bore the good news to the shepherds in the fields (Luke 2:8–14). As far as we know, there were no angels flying visibly over the place where Jesus was when the shepherds arrived. In addition, the wise men (the Bible never says how many there were) were also probably not present that first night. The magi visited Jesus some time later, when He was in a house (Matthew 2:1–11).

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