God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)
We battle the unbelief of anxiety with the promises of God. When I am anxious about some risky new venture or meeting, I battle unbelief with the promise: 'Fear not for I am with you, be not dismayed for I am your God; I will help you, I will strengthen you, I will uphold you with my victorious right hand' (Isaiah 41:10). When I am anxious about my ministry being useless and empty, I fight unbelief with the promise, 'So shall my word that goes forth from my mouth; it will not come back to me empty but accomplish that which I purpose, and prosper in the thing for which I sent it' (Isaiah 55:11).
When I am anxious about being too weak to do my work, I battle unbelief with the promise of Christ, 'My grace is sufficient for you, my power is made perfect in weakness' (2 Corinthians 12:9), and 'As your days so shall your strength be' (Deuteronomy 33:25). When I am anxious about decisions I have to make about the future, I battle unbelief with the promise, 'I will instruct you and teach you the way you should go; I will counsel you with my eye upon you' (Psalm 32:8). When I am anxious about facing opponents, I battle unbelief with the promise, 'If God is for us who can be against us!' (Romans 8:31). When I am anxious about being sick, I battle unbelief with the promise that 'tribulation works patience, and patience approvedness, and approvedness hope, and hope does not make us ashamed' (Romans 5:3–5). When I am anxious about getting old, I battle unbelief with the promise, 'Even to your old age I am he, and to gray hairs I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear; I will carry and will save' (Isaiah 46:4). When I am anxious about dying, I battle unbelief with the promise that 'none of us lives to himself and none of us dies to himself; if we live we live to the Lord and if we die we die to the Lord. So whether we live or die we are the Lord's. For to this end Christ died and rose again: that he might be Lord both of the dead and the living' (Romans 14:8–9). When I am anxious that I may make shipwreck of faith and fall away from God, I battle unbelief with the promise, 'He who began a good work in you will complete it unto the day of Christ' (Philippians 1:6). 'He who calls you is faithful. He will do it' (1 Thessalonians 5:23). 'He is able for all time to save those who draw near to God through him, since he always lives to make intercession for them' (Hebrews 7:25).
John Piper
Chocolate Trinity Parfaits (Marcel Desaulniers)
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CATEGORY
CUISINE
TAG
YIELD
Dairy
1
Servings
INGREDIENTS
12
oz
Semisweet chocolate (8 ounces broken into 1/2-ounce pieces and 4 ounces finely grated)
6 1/2
c
Heavy cream
3/4
c
Granulated sugar
2
tb
Unsweetened cocoa
1
ts
Pure vanilla extract
INSTRUCTIONS
To prepare the dark chocolate cream, heat 1-inch of water in the bottom
half of a double boiler over medium heat. Place the 8 ounces semisweet
chocolate broken into pieces in the top half of the double boiler. Tightly
cover the top with film wrap and allow to heat for 8 to 10 minutes. remove
from the heat and stir until smooth. Transfer the melted chocolate to a
stainless steel bowl and set aside until needed. Place 2 1/2 cups heavy
cream and 2 tablespoons sugar in the well-chilled bowl of an electric mixer
fitted with a well-chilled balloon whip. Whisk on high until stiff peaks
form, about 1 1/2 minutes. Remove the bowl from the mixer. Use a hand whisk
to combine 1/4 of the whipped cream into the melted chocolate until smooth
and completely incorporated. Add the combined whipped cream and chocolate
to the remaining whipped cream and use a rubber spatula to fold together.
Transfer the dark chocolate cream to a stainless steel bowl. Tightly cover
the top with film wrap and refrigerate until needed. To prepare the cocoa
cream, place 2 cups heavy cream, 1/2 cup sugar, the cocoa and 1/2 teaspoon
vanilla extract in the well-chilled bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a
well-chilled balloon whip. Mix on medium until stiff peaks form, about 4 to
5 minutes. Transfer the cocoa cream to a stainless steel bowl. Tightly
cover the top with film wrap and refrigerate until needed. To prepare the
speckled chocolate cream, place the remaining 2 cups heavy cream, 2
tablespoons sugar and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract in the well-chilled bowl
of an electric mixer fitted with a well-chilled balloon whip. Mix on high
until stiff peaks form, about 1 1/4 minutes. Remove the bowl from the mixer
and use a rubber spatula to fold in the 4 ounces grated chocolate. Transfer
the cream to a stainless steel bowl and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes
before assembling the parfaits. To assemble the parfaits, fill a pastry
bag (without a tip) with the dark chocolate cream. Pipe an even layer of
about 1/2 cup of the cream into each of the brandy snifters. Then fill a
clean pastry bag with the cocoa cream and pipe an even layer of it onto the
layer of dark chocolate cream. For the final layer of cream, fill a clean
pastry bag with the speckled chocolate cream and pipe an even layer of the
cream onto the cocoa cream. Refrigerate the parfaits until just a few
minutes before serving.
Recipe By : BAKERS' DOZEN (MARCEL DESAULNIERS) SHOW #BD1A25
Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #311
Date: Sat, 23 Nov 1996 22:31:08 -0600
From: Jackie Bordelon <[email protected]>
A Message from our Provider:
“Our hopelessness and our helplessness are no barrier to (God’s) work. Indeed our utter incapacity is often the prop He delights to use for His next act… We are facing one of the principles of Yahweh’s modus operandi. When His people are without strength, without resources, without hope, without human gimmicks – then He loves to stretch forth His hand from heaven. Once we see where God often begins we will understand how we may be encouraged. #Ralph Davis”
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