To worship God…is to “glory in His holy name” (Ps. 105:3), that is, to revel adoringly in who He is in His revealed character. But before we can glory in God’s name, we must know it; hence the propriety of the reading and preaching of the Word of God in public worship… These things are not an intrusion into worship; they form the necessary foundation of it. God must speak to us before we have any liberty to speak to Him. He must disclose to us who He is before we can offer Him what we are in acceptable worship. The worship of God is always a response to the Word of God. Scripture wonderfully directs and enriches our worship.

John Stott

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy, Eggs		Desserts	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1		Unbaked; (9-inch) pastry shell
1	cn	(16-ounce) pumpkin (2 cups)
1	cn	(14-ounce) sweetened condensed milk; (not evaporated milk)
2		Eggs
1	ts	Almond extract
1/2	ts	Ground cinnamon
1	pk	(6-ounce) almond brickle chips or 1 cup toasted and finely chopped almonds

INSTRUCTIONS

Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. In large mixer bowl, combine all ingredients
except pastry shell and brickle chips; mix well. Stir in '/2 cup brickle
chips. Pour into pastry shell. Top with remaining brickle chips. Bake 15
minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees F, bake 30 minutes longer
or until knife inserted near center comes out clean. Cool. Garnish as
desired. Refrigerate leftovers.
Recipe by: Treasury of Christmas Recipes (1991)
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #938 by "Eugene Johnston"
<ejohnston@mailexcite.com> on Nov 30, 1997

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What has exceedingly hurt you in time past, nay, and I fear, to this day, is lack of reading. I scarce ever knew a preacher who read so little. And perhaps, by neglecting it, you have lost the taste for it. Hence your talent in preaching does not increase. It is just the same as it was seven years ago. It is lively, but not deep; there is little variety; there is no compass of thought. Reading only can supply this, with meditation and daily prayer. You wrong yourself greatly by omitting this. You can never be a deep preacher without it, any more than a thorough Christian. Oh begin! Fix some part of every day for private exercise. You may acquire the taste which you have not; what is tedious at first will afterward be pleasant. Whether you like it or not, read and pray daily. It is for your life; there is no other way; else you will be a trifler all your days, and a pretty, superficial preacher. Do justice to your own soul; give it time and means to grow. Do not starve yourself any longer. Take up your cross and be a Christian altogether. Then will all the children of God rejoice (not grieve) over you, and in particular yours.

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