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

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

Like the daily manna that God provided the Israelites in the desert, He provides the fresh grace that is sufficient for each day’s burdens (2 Cor. 12:9). Entrust the unpredictable future to the predictable grace of Him who promises “your strength will equal your days” (Dt. 33:25-NIV). “[Cast] all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you (1 Pet. 5:7). Then trust Him for all things. For all things and your life lie in the palm of His wise and loving hands (Pro. 3:5-8). And if His firm grip is upon you, how can you be gripped with anxiety?

Randy Smith

We Love God!

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

Coconut Frosting

January 22, 2023

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
			1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1/2	c	Crisco
1		Box powdered sugar
1/4	c	Water
		Salt; (amount not given)
1	ts	Vanilla

INSTRUCTIONS

NORMA WRENN
Put all ingredients into large bowl. Beat well with electric mixer until
fluffy. Frost Cake. Source: Sylvia Wilson, Abilene Reporter-News
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest by Brenda H. Alcorn Date: Friday, February 13,
1998 9:07 PM on Feb 13, 1998

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