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God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

Joy is not just the spin-off of obedience to God, but part of obedience. It seems as though people are willing to let joy be a byproduct of our relationship to God, but not an essential part of it. People are uncomfortable saying that we are duty-bound to pursue joy. They say things like, 'Don't pursue joy, pursue obedience.' But Christian Hedonism responds, 'That's like saying, ';Don't eat apples; eat fruit.'' Because joy is an act of obedience. We are commanded to rejoice in God. If obedience is doing what God commands, then joy is not merely the spin-off of obedience, it is obedience. The Bible tells us over and over to pursue our joy (Psm. 32:11; 37:4; 67:4; Lk. 10:20; Phil. 4:4).

John Piper

The Lord bids each one of us in all life’s actions to look to his calling. For He knows with what great restlessness human nature flames, with what fickleness it is borne hither and thither, how its ambition longs to embrace various things at once. Therefore, lest through our stupidity and rashness everything be turned topsy-turvy, He has appointed duties for every man in his particular way of life. And that no one may thoughtlessly transgress his limits, He has named these various kinds of living “callings.” Therefore each individual has his own kind of living assigned to him by the Lord as a sort of sentry post so that he may not heedlessly wander throughout life.

John Calvin

We Love God!

God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

Keik Nistsimo (lenten Cake)

January 28, 2023

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Grains	Greek	Desserts, Greek	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

3 1/2	c	Flour
1	t	Baking powder
3/4	c	Oil
1/2	c	White raisins
1 1/4	c	Sugar
1/2	c	Chopped walnuts
2	t	Grated orange peel
1/2	c	Cognac
1	t	Baking soda
2	c	Orange juice
2	t	Cinnamon
		Cinnamon for sprinkling
		10x sugar

INSTRUCTIONS

Sift flour into ceramic bowl and mix the baking powder; scoop out a
well in center.  Heat oil in frying pan and pour into the flour. Add
raisins, sugar, nuts, orange peel, cognac, baking soda dissolved in
the orange juice, and cinnamon.  Mix to make a stiff dough. Put into  a
buttered tube pan or baking pan and bake in preheated 300 F. oven  for
abt. 1 hour. As soon as you remove it from the oven, sprinkle  with the
cinnamon and confectioner's sugar.  From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster
collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini

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