Carrot Muffins (gh) – We Love God!

The excessive preeminence given to the Holy Spirit in their devotions and their preoccupation with gifts, ecstasies, and “prophecies” has tended to neglect of the Scriptures. Why be tied to a Book out of the past when one can communicate every day with the living God? But this is exactly the danger point. Apart from the constant control of the written revelation, we soon find ourselves engulfed in subjectivity; and the believer, even if he has the best intentions, can sink rapidly into deviations, illuminism or exaltation. Let each remind himself of the prohibition of taking anything away from Scripture or adding anything to it (Deut. 4:2; Rev. 22:18–19). Almost every heresy and sect has originated in a supposed revelation or a new experience on the part of its founder, something outside the strictly biblical framework.

Rene Pache

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs		Breads, Breakfasts, Lowfat, Muffins	8	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2 1/4	c	All-Purpose Flour
1/2	c	Sugar
1	t	Ground Cinnamon
1	t	Salt
1	t	Baking Soda
1/2	t	Ground Ginger
1 1/2	c	Carrots, shred fine
8	oz	Vanilla Nonfat Yogurt
1/2	c	Egg Substitute
1/2	c	Unsweetened Applesauce
1/2	c	Raisins
1/3	c	Light Brown Sugar, packed
1	t	Vanilla Extract
1	t	Confectioner's Sugar

INSTRUCTIONS

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray eight jumbo muffin cups (3x1-1/2)
with nonstick cooking spray.  Place the prepared muffin pan in a 15x10
jelly-roll pan for easier  handling. In medium bowl, combine flour,
sugar, cinnamon, salt, baking  soda, baking powder and ginger. In large
bowl with wire whisk or  fork, mix carrots, yogurt, egg substitute,
applesauce, raisins, brown  sugar and vanilla extract until
well-blended. With spoon, stir flour  mixture into carrot mixture just
until flour is moistened. Spoon  batter into pans. Bake 30 minutes or
until toothpick inserted comes  out clean.  Cool muffins in pans on
wire racks 10 minutes; remove muffins from  pans and cool slightly on
racks. Sprinkle with confectioners' sugar.  Recipe by: Good
Housekeeping Magazine  Posted to MC-Recipe Digest by KitPATh
<phannema@wizard.ucr.edu> on  Feb 26, 1998

A Message from our Provider:

“You’re not God’s judge. One day you’ll discover it’s the other way around”

Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 250 Calories From Fat: 17 Total Fat: 1.9g Cholesterol: 57.1mg Sodium: 488.7mg Potassium: 200.3mg Carbohydrates: 51.8g Fiber: 1.7g Sugar: 22.4g Protein: 7g

Alcohol is sinful when a person becomes addicted. It’s all over the Bible: In 1 Timothy 3:3, “[Elders must] not [be] addicted to wine.” The same is true for deacons (1 Tim. 3:8). The same is true for all believers. Isaiah 5:11 says, “Woe to those who rise early in the morning that they may pursue strong drink, who stay up late in the evening that wine may inflame them!” Titus 2:3 calls “older women...to be reverent in their behavior, not malicious gossips nor enslaved to much wine.” It is undeniable that alcohol is addictive. The consequences suffered as a result of alcoholism are devastating: Divorce, job loss, traffic accidents, breakup of families, destruction of the addict’s health and so on. We are called to be slaves to Christ (Eph. 6:5-6) which promises liberation, not slaves to a substance which always results in unrelenting bondage. 2 Peter 2:19, “for by what a man is overcome, by this he is enslaved.” 1 Cor. 6:12 “All things are lawful for me, but not all things are profitable. All things are lawful for me, but I will not be mastered by anything.” And let’s be clear, this is not a disease problem, this is a sin problem. It is mastery by an idol that one is in submission to. The question is this – is Jesus Christ your Lord or are you mastered by alcohol? Are you addicted? Ask yourself: When stressed out, is alcohol a better solution than Jesus? Do you forget what happens when you drink? Do you feel the need to have alcohol? Has a family or close friend shared concerns about your drinking? Do you make excuses for your drinking? Are you unable to stay within a prescribed limit of drinks? If you answered yes to any of these, you might be facing a problem. I’d encourage you to get some help!

Randy Smith