Christian prayer is NOT: 1. To give God information – Matt. 6:8. 2. Telling God what to do – Rom. 11:34. 3. Asking God to engineer a situation to the end we desire. 4. Something we do to please or appease God – Jn. 19:30. 5. A meritorious performance God expects of us; a duty or obligation of obedience. 6. An exercise to make us better, stronger, or more “spiritual.” 7. For therapeutic psychological adjustment, “good feelings.” 8. Self-instruction to gain a knowledge of God’s will. 9. Soliciting more “blessings” or “benefits” from God. 10. An evasion of the problems and anxieties of contemporary existence. 11. Superstitious, mystical or magical trance. 12. A spiritual “power-tool” to employ the “power of prayer.” 13. A discipline or devotional exercise that will lead us to godliness. 14. Demanding our rights before God. 15. Persistence and shameless haranguing until we get what we want. 16. A mechanical ritual or rote formulas. 17. An external religious action, pretentious and ostentatious – Matt. 6:5, 6. 18. Verbosity of meaningless repetition – Matt. 6:7. 19. A religious activity executed “on command” – litanies, rosaries, etc. 20. Prescribed by place, time or procedure.

James Fowler

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Grains, Eggs		Cookies, Desserts	8	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1/4	c	Butter Or Margarine;
		Softened
1	c	Granulated Sugar
3/4	c	Peanut Butter
1	lg	Egg
1 1/4	c	Unbleaced All-Purpose Flour
1	ts	Baking Soda
1/2	ts	Ground Cinnamon
1/4	ts	Ground Nutmeg
1	c	Applesauce

INSTRUCTIONS

Cream the butter.  Gradually add the granulated sugar, blending well. Add
the peanut butter and egg and blend well. Combine the flour, baking soda,
salt, cinnamon and nutmeg, mixing well. Add to the creamed mixture
alternately with the applesauce.  Pour the batter into a greased 8-inch
square pan.  Bake in a preheated 350 Degree F. oven for about 40 minutes or
until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool, in the
pan, for 10 minutes and cut into squares.
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