God is our all-sufficient Creator and Provider. In the first of the Ten Commandments He says, “You shall have no other gods before Me” (Ex. 20:3). Yet with addictions, we are revealing the fact that our hearts are bowing down to something we believe God cannot provide. The alcohol and drugs are not the essence of the issue. The problem is a heart that worships other gods. Maybe it’s the god of pleasure or the god of love or the god of acceptance or the god of peace or the god of control. You see, the problem is not outside of us. It’s not ultimately at the liquor store or on the Internet. The problem is within us and the booze and pornography are only satisfiers of deeper idols within our hearts. The problem is not the idolatrous substance. The problem is a passion in our heart that is wrongly satisfied with a false god (Concept adapted from Ed Welch, Addictions, p. 49).

Randy Smith

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs, Grains		Cookie	16	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2/3	c	Flour
1	ts	Baking powder
1/4	ts	Salt
1/4	c	Butter
1	c	Packed brown sugar
1		Egg
1	ts	Vanilla
3/4	c	Nuts — chopped

INSTRUCTIONS

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Sift flour with baking powder and salt and
set aside.  Melt butter in a saucepan over low heat, add sugar, and stir
until dissolved; cool 5 minutes.  Beat in egg and vanilla, mix in dry
ingredients and nuts.  Spoon into a greased 8x8 pan and bake 30-35 minutes
until brownies just begin to pull from sides of pan. Cool in pan on a rack
before cutting.
Recipe By     : The Doubleday Cookbook
From: Alison Meyer                    Date: 05-10 Cooking
Posted to MM-Recipes Digest  by "Rfm" <Robert-Miles@usa.net> on Aug 28, 98

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