God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)
Exulting in Christ is evidence of the Spirit’s work! The focus of the church is not on the dove but on the cross, and that’s the way the Spirit would have it. As J.I. Packer puts it, “The Spirit’s message to us is never, ‘Look at Me; listen to Me; come to Me; get to know Me,’ but always, ‘Look at Him, and see His glory; listen to Him, and hear His word; go to Him, and have life; get to know Him, and taste His gift of joy and peace.
Church discipline is one of the primary means God uses to correct and restore His children when they fall into sin. It is also one way in which He maintains the unity, purity, integrity, and reputation of the church. Through private or public instruction, warning, counsel, or rebuke, and in some cases even social avoidance or expulsion from membership, God corrects his disobedient children or removes those who are not truly His. Christ Himself declared the church to be heaven’s instrument in carrying out this difficult but necessary function (Matthew 18:15-20).
Preparation time: 20 minutes Chilling time: 4 hours Baking time: 10
minutes
1. Put flour, sugar, butter, baking powder, salt, almond extract and egg
into large bowl of an electric mixer. Mix together, using low speed. Dough
will be crumbly. Then knead dough with hands until mixture holds together.
2. Remove 1/3 cup of the dough; wrap and refrigerate. Divide remaining
dough in thirds. Using hands, roll each into a 6-inch log.
3. Put sugar crystals on a sheet of wax paper. Roll each log in the sugar
crystals to coat well; use the wax paper as a guide to press in crystals.
Shape each log into a triangle, pressing gently on wax paper to give three
sharp corners. Make sure to make 2 sides longer than the third side. Wrap
each log well and refrigerate at least 4 hours or until dough is firm
enough to slice. To this point, cookies can be made up to a week in
advance.
4. Heat oven to 350 degrees. To bake, slice logs crosswise into 1/4-inch
slices. Put slices about 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie sheets. For each
cookie, shape about 1/2 teaspoon of the reserved 1/3 cup dough into a tree
trunk. Attach to bottom underside of each tree. Sprinkle each cookie
lightly with candy decorations, if desired. Bake until lightly browned,
about 10 minutes. Carefully remove to wire racks. Cool completely.
Note: The logs can be divided and shaped into 3 sizes and sliced to form
a 3-tiered tree. These second-place winning cookies are easily shaped
into trees that are edged with glittery green sugar.
Of her simple cookies, Pat Egan of Dolton, Illinois writes, "They're not
a fancy or gourmet cookie, but a simple symbol of the Christmas season that
is so close to my heart." from the Chicago Tribune annual Food Guide
Holiday Cookie Contest December 8, 1988
Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V3 #340
From: Linda Place <placel@worldnet.att.net>
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 1996 11:32:51 +0000
A Message from our Provider:
“Let us thank God heartily as often as we pray that we have His Spirit in us to teach us to pray. Thanksgiving will draw our hearts out to God and keep us engaged with Him; it will take our attention from ourselves and give the Spirit room in our hearts. #Andrew Murray”
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