Satan’s number-one objective is to destroy our joy of faith. We have one offensive weapon: the sword of the Spirit, the Word of God (Eph. 6:17). But what many Christians fail to realize is that we can’t draw the sword from someone else’s scabbard. If we don’t wear it, we can’t wield it. If the Word of God does not abide in us (Jn. 15:7), we will reach for it in vain when the enemy strikes. But if we do wear it, if it lives within us, what mighty warriors we can be!

John Piper

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy, Vegetables, Eggs		Coffee cake, Ethnic	10	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1 1/2	ts	Ground Cinnamon
1	c	Sugar; +5 tbs.
1 3/4	c	All-Purpose Flour
1 1/2	ts	Baking Powder
1/2	ts	Baking Soda
1	c	Nonfat Sour Cream
3/4	c	Plain Nonfat Yogurt
1	ts	Vanilla Extract
1/3	c	Vegetable Oil
2	lg	Eggs
2	lg	Egg Whites

INSTRUCTIONS

Oven 325&deg;F.
Postition a rack in the center of the oven. Grease a 9 1/2 x 4" Bundt or
fluted tube pan, greasing well.
Mix cinnamon with 3 tbs. sugar. Sift flour, baking powder, soda into a
bowl. In another bowl, mix sour cream, yogurt and vanilla.
In large bowl, beat oil with 1 cup sugar and 1 egg until smooth and fluffy.
Beat in second egg.  At low speed, stir in flour mixture alternately with
the sour cream mixtures, each in 2 portions.
In another large bowl, whip egg whites until soft peaks form. Beat in
remaining 2 tbs. sugar and whip until shiny but not dry.  Fold in batter
until just blended.
Pour about 1/3 of the batter into the prepared pan. Sprinkle with half the
cinnamon mixture.  Gently spoon another third of the batter in dollops over
the mixture.  Sprinkle with remaining cinnamon mixture. Gently spoon the
remaining batter in dollops over it.  Spread gently to cover the cinnamon
mixture.  Bake about 60 minutes or until cake tester comes out clean. Cool
in pan 15 minutes.
Run a thin-bladed flexible knife around the center tube, but not around
sides of pan. Invert the cake onto a rack and cool completely. (Cake can be
kept, wrapped, up to 2 days at room temp. or 3 days in refrig.) Serve at
room temperature.
Posted to Eat-L by bill spalding.
Per serving: 272 Calories; 8g Fat (28% calories from fat); 6g Protein; 43g
Carbohydrate; 40mg Cholesterol; 185mg Sodium
Recipe by: Palm Beach Post, 10/10/91
Posted to EAT-LF Digest by Betsy Burtis <ebburtis@ix.netcom.com> on Feb 4,
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A Message from our Provider:

“It will work out perfectly – if you let Jesus take control”

Some would suggest that Jesus was “seeker sensitive” in that He worked His miracles in order to attract large crowds to which He could share the gospel. But in several passages it is plain this is not His motive: Mark 5:43; 7:36; 8:26, 30; and Luke 4:9-12 (and these are by no means exhaustive). Clearly, Christ did not intend these miraculous works for public exploitation. There is little to indicate Christ worked miracles in order to draw a crowd. He was opposed to selling the gospel by appealing to their love for the sensational. (See Jn. 2:23-25)… He sharply rebuked the five thousand for seeking Him for merely physical satisfaction. Jesus did not teach us to draw people to Him by appealing to their senses. Instead He claimed full responsibility for drawing all to Himself by way of the cross (Jn. 12:32); therefore, exalting Christ, "and Him crucified," is to be the primary object in worship, as well as evangelism. (See Rev. 5:8.)

Bill Izard