The intellectual source for the notion that your experience of your father determines your view of the heavenly Father is psychodynamic psychology, not the Bible... In an earlier generation, one of the stock human excuses for unbelief was, “The church is full of hypocrites, so I don’t want anything to do with God.” That was more willful and bitter: “Get lost, God.” The new variant is more self-pitying: “I just can’t seem to trust God.” But the net effect is the same. No cry of “Abba, Father” springs from the heart. “My father didn’t love me, so my self-centeredness, self-pity, and unbelief have an underlying reason. Somebody else caused my problems; somebody else must fix them.”… People change when the Holy Spirit brings the love of God to their hearts through the Gospel. Whoever receives the Spirit of adoption as God’s child learns to cry out, “Abba, Father.” People change when they see that they are responsible for what they believe about God. Life experience is no excuse for believing lies; the world and devil don’t excuse the flesh. People change when biblical truth becomes more loud and vivid than previous life experience. People change when they have ears to hear and eyes to see what God tells us about Himself.

David Powlison

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy, Eggs			66	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	c	Granulated sugar
3/4	c	Brown sugar — packed
3	c	Unbleached flour
1/4	ts	Salt
1/4	ts	Baking soda
1/2	c	Margarine — softened
1/4	c	Skim milk — at room
		Temperature
2	tb	Orange juice
1		Egg white — whipped
2 1/2	c	Cranberries — chopped

INSTRUCTIONS

Preheat oven at 350.  Prepare a baking sheet with cooking spray.  In a
mixing bowl, combine sugars, flour, salt, and baking soda.  In another
mixing bowl, combine margarine, milk, orange juice, egg white, and
cranberries.  Mix dry ingredients with wet ingredients just until
moistened.  Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls about 2" apart on a prepared
baking sheet.  Push down slightly with a spoon.  Bake for 10 to 15 minutes.
Recipe By     : Anita A. Matejka
File ftp://ftp.idiscover.co.uk/pub/food/mealmaster/recipes/mmdja006.zip

A Message from our Provider:

“A state of mind that sees God in everything is evidence of growth in grace and a thankful heart. #Charles Finney”

God did not rescue Paul in Asia (2 Cor. 1:8-11) or spare Epaphroditus from death (Phil. 1:27) in order to encourage others to seek a miraculous deliverance from affliction. Rather, these acts of deliverance were intended to encourage Paul and the rest of God's people to endure suffering in their own lives as a profound testimony of God's sufficiency (2 Cor. 1:6; 4:7-12; Phil. 4:6). This side of Christ's return, God does not reveal His power and love in our lives primarily by performing miracles but by enabling us to persevere in the midst of adversity because of our trust in Him. God rescued Paul in the past to teach him to trust God for his future, in order that he might endure in the present.

Scott Hafemann