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I have tried to say with as much clarity as possible, and often, that the assurance a (child) has that he or she is actually a Christian does not have to do with praying a prescribed prayer, being affirmed by a Christian leader, walking an aisle, signing a card or raising a hand, but whether that person has life from God… What are these signs of life? 1. There is the sign of repenting and believing itself. The dead boy or girl now trusts Christ as his or her only hope for heaven. There is no mixture of trust in self or works or religion, but only in Christ and what He has done and will do. 2. There is a new valuing of the Scriptures. I cannot say this clearly enough. If I am to know you, I will know you principally by your words as you express yourself and communicate your thoughts. God’s Word is His principal communication of Himself. But it is more than just the words themselves that is important in this change. It is the Spirit working in the words that gives understanding and that “knowing” of Christ. Christ said, “It is written in the Prophets, ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard and learned from the Father comes to Me” (John 6:45). This is granted – and not to all (Matthew 13:11). 3. There is obedience from the heart. All kids may be taught to obey like Pavlov’s dogs. If there is enough discipline and incentive, any child can straighten up. And, it is right for parents to expect this obedience even from unconverted children. Yet, when a child is made alive there is a new sensitivity to sin and a new and higher motivation and inner compulsion to obey. You will see obedience from the heart as if the child were newly constituted. In fact, he is. I am not saying that he will be perfect, any more than you are. But something has taken place on the inside that is unmistakable.

Jim Elliff

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God: "I looked for someone to take a stand for me, and stand in the gap" (Ezekiel 22:30)

Cinnamon Apple-nut Muffins

January 27, 2023

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Grains, Dairy, Eggs		Breakfast, Diabetic, Muffins	12	Muffinss

INGREDIENTS

3/4	c	Peeled, finely chopped appls
1	t	Ground cinnamon
3/4	c	Whole-wheat flour
1/4	t	Salt
2	T	Melted margarine
1/4	c	Chopped walnuts
1/2	c	Sugar, divided
1	c	All-purpose flour
2	t	Baking powder
1	c	Low-fat 2% milk
2		Egg whites, lightly beat
		Sugar for topping

INSTRUCTIONS

Preheat oven to 400~.  In a small bowl, toss apples with one-fourth
cup sugar and the cinamon.  In a large bowl, combine remaining 1/4  cup
sugar, flours, baking powder and salt.  Mix together milk,  margarine,
and egg whites.  Stir milk mixture into dry ingredients  just until
moistened. Add apples and nuts.  Fill lightly greased  muffin cups
three-quarters full; sprinkle each top lightly with  sugar.  Bake for
20 to 25 minutes.  Per muffin:  114 calories, 4g Prot, 24mg Chol, 16g
Carbo, 4g Fat, 117  mg Sod.  Exchange:  1 starch, 1 fat  This recipe
was was under a section of Diabetic recipes in the  newspaper on New
Orleans on 6/6/96, I think that as a Diabetic I  would try to
substitute some of the sugar with a diabetic replacement.  Chris
Tomlinson Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V5 #021 by "Robert Ellis"
<rpearson@snowcrest.net> on Jan 20, 1998

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 141 Calories From Fat: 33 Total Fat: 3.8g Cholesterol: <1mg Sodium: 173.8mg Potassium: 63.3mg Carbohydrates: 24g Fiber: <1g Sugar: 9.4g Protein: 3g