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Pride is the presumption that we can be happy without depending on God as the source of our happiness and without caring if others find their happiness in God. Pride is the passion to be happy contaminated and corrupted by two things: 1) the unwillingness to see God as the only fountain of true and lasting joy, and 2) the unwillingness to see other people as designed by God to receive our joy in Him. If you take the desire to be happy and strip away from it God as the fountain of your happiness, and people as the recipients of your happiness, what you have left is pride. Pride is the pursuit of happiness anywhere but in the glory of God and the good of other people.

John Piper

The example of Jesus and the testimony of lovers of Christ throughout the centuries points us to early morning prayer as decisively important… First, it signals to our conscience that this is of first importance in the day. Second, it strikes the first blow in the battle of the day, instead of waiting till we are besieged from all sides. Third, what we do daily and do early shapes the spirit of our minds and brings us into a disposition of humility and trust that will bear better fruit than anxiety or self-reliance. Fourth, since beginning the day with the Word of God is crucial, prayer is equally crucial since the Word will not open its best wonders to us without prayer (Psm. 119:18). Fifth, it is uncanny how Satan can use even good things to squeeze prayer out of our schedule if we miss the early-morning hour. I have seen it again and again. If I say to myself, “I will give some time to prayer later,” it generally does not happen.

John Piper

We Love God!

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

Raisin-spice Cookies

January 30, 2023

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs			1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1/2	c	Shortening
4	T	Stick butter, softened
1	c	Dark brown sugar
1		Egg
1/3	c	Molasses
1 1/2	t	Finely grated fresh ginger
2 1/4	c	All purpose flour
1	t	Salt
3/4	t	Ground cinnamon
1/4	t	Ground cloves
1 1/2	c	Raisins
1/4	t	Mace granulated sugar

INSTRUCTIONS

Beat the shortening and butter in large bowl until creamy. Add the
brown sugar, egg, molasses and ginger, beating until light and  fluffy.
Combined cups of the flour, the baking soda, salt, cinnamon  and cloves
in a small bowl. Gradually stir into the butter mixture.  Dust the
raisins with the remaining 1/4 cup flour and the mace; stir  into the
batter and mix well. Covet and refrigerate until the dough  is firm
enough to handle. Preheat the oven to 375F. Grease cookies  sheets.
Roll the chilled dough into small balls; roll each ball in  granulated
sugar. place about 1 1/2 inches apart on the prepared  cookies sheets.
Bake for 10 mins. Remove the cookies to wire racks to  cool. Store in
an airtight container.  Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V4 #086 by ELAINE
TSAI  <etsai@acs.ryerson.ca> on Mar 25, 1997

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 4335 Calories From Fat: 1405 Total Fat: 157.4g Cholesterol: 365.5mg Sodium: 2540.8mg Potassium: 4201.2mg Carbohydrates: 713.2g Fiber: 18g Sugar: 445g Protein: 43.8g