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The conception of the Holy Spirit as a divine influence or power that we are somehow to get hold of and use, leads to self-exaltation and self-sufficiency. One who so thinks of the Holy Spirit and who at the same time imagines that he has received the Holy Spirit will almost inevitably be full of spiritual pride and strut about as if he belonged to some superior order of Christians. One frequently hears such persons say, “I am a Holy Ghost man,” or “I am a Holy Ghost woman.” But if we once grasp the thought that the Holy Spirit is a divine Person of infinite majesty and glory and holiness and power, who in marvelous condescension has come into our hearts to make us His abode there and take possession of our lives and make use of them, it will put us in the dust and keep us in the dust. I can think of no thought more humbling or more overwhelming than the thought that a Person of divine majesty and glory dwells in my heart and is ready to use even me.

R.A. Torrey

We have turned to a God that we can use rather than a God we must obey; we have turned to a God who will fulfill our needs rather than to a God before whom we must surrender our rights to ourselves. He is a God for us and for our satisfaction, and we have come to assume that it must be so in the church as well. And so we transform the God of mercy into a God who is at our mercy. We imagine that He is benign, that He will acquiesce as we toy with His reality and co-opt Him in the promotion of our ventures and careers.

David Wells

We Love God!

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

Cranberry Ribbon Cake with Pink Puff Frosting

January 22, 2023

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
		Bobbie – no, Cakes, Cakes – lay, Cranberries, Desserts	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	pk	Yellow cake mix
1 3/4	c	Jellied cranberry sauce
1/2	ts	Grated orange rind
1	pk	Fluffy white frosting mix
1/2	c	Cranberry juice cocktail

INSTRUCTIONS

Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease and flour two 8 inch round layer cake pans.
Prepare yellow cake according to package directions. Spoon 1 cup of batter
into each pan. Cut cranberry sauce into 8 equal slices. Place 4 slices over
batter in each pan, placing close to the center of the pans. Sprinkle with
orange rind. Spoon remaining batter evenly over cranbery slices. Bake in a
maderate oven 350 F. for length of time recommended on package for 8 inch
layers. Cool layers in a pan for 5 minutes, then remove to coll on racks.
Heat cranberry juice to boiling point; add frosting mix. Beat with electric
beater until frosting is stiff and holds peaks. Place one layer, cranbery
side up, on a platter. Frost. Top with second layer, cranberry side up.
Frost top and sides of cake. Makes one 2 layer, 8 inch cake. MC formatting
by bobbi744@sojourn.com
Recipe by: Lansing State Journal, 4-24-69
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest by Roberta Banghart <bobbi744@sojourn.com> on
Mar 20, 1998

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