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
		Beverages, Punch	5	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	c	Water
1/2	c	Sugar
6	tb	Cinnamon decorator candies
92	oz	Unsweetened pineapple juice; (2 cans) chilled
8	c	Raspberry-flavored ginger ale; chilled
		Fresh mint sprigs; (optional)
		Pineapple cubes; (optional)

INSTRUCTIONS

Combine first 3 ingredients in a small saucepan; bring to a boil. Reduce he
at, and simmer, uncovered, 5 minutes or until candies melt, stirring occasi
onally. Cool completely.
Combine cinnamon mixture and juice in a large punch bowl; stir well. Add gi
nger ale; stir gently. Yield: 5-1/2 quarts (serving size: 1 cup).
Per serving: 524 Calories; 1g Fat (1% calories from fat); 2g Protein; 132g
Carbohydrate; 0mg Cholesterol; 36mg Sodium
NOTES : Make-ahead tip: Make the cinnamon mixture the day before serving. P
our into glasses, and garnish with mint and pineapple, if desired. Serve im
mediately.
Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 385 0 627 0 0
Posted to recipelu by Sarah Gruenwald 12-9-97 Contributor: Cooking Light,
Nov/Dec 1993, page 108 Preparation Time: 0:03
Posted to recipelu-digest Volume 01 Number 352 by P&S Gruenwald
<[email protected]> on Dec 09, 1997

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