Easter Bread No 2 (masa Savada)

One of the problems [with the] disease model doesn’t really let anyone get to the heart of the matter. The addictive substance can be dangerous, but our hearts are more so. When we examine our hearts, we find is that the greatest danger is that we are hooked on ourselves. If I am an alcoholic, my ultimate idol is not the bottle. It is I. I idolize myself. My desires are of first importance. My cravings rule – cravings for popularity, freedom from pain, revenge, or freedom from frustrations at home or work. Addiction is self-worship. This means that even if I give up alcohol, unless I deal head on with my biggest problem, I will never truly find freedom. I will just find something else to serve my desires.

Edward Welch

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Dairy, Eggs	Portuguese	Breads, Portuguese	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	c	Scalded milk
2		Yeast cakes
1/4	c	Warm water
3		Eggs
1	c	Sugar
1/2	c	Butter
5	c	Bread flour
1	t	Salt

INSTRUCTIONS

Dissolve yeast in warm water. Cool milk and beat in the yeast mixture
and the eggs. Add the sugar and the butter. Stir in the flour.and the
salt and knead the dough about 20 minutes. Place dough in a buttered
bowl, cover then let rise until double in size. Punch down and make
into round loaves. Place into buttered pie plates. Cover and let rise
and let rise until double in size. Brush top with milk and make a
cross on top with a knife. Bake at 350 degrees for 40 - 50 minutes
Recipe by: Portuguese-American Cookbook  by E.D. Asselin  Posted to
MC-Recipe Digest by "tautog78@yahoo.com"  <tautog78@yahoo.com> on Feb
27, 1998

A Message from our Provider:

“Our God is an *_AWESOME_* God!”

Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 4275 Calories From Fat: 1033 Total Fat: 117.7g Cholesterol: 802mg Sodium: 2568.4mg Potassium: 924.3mg Carbohydrates: 697.9g Fiber: 16.4g Sugar: 202.3g Protein: 101.9g

In the film Chariots of Fire there is a memorable scene involving Eric Liddell and his sister, Jenny. She is chiding him for what she regards as his divided loyalty between his athletics and his commitment to Christ. She reminds him that God made him for Himself. He replies: “Aye, Jenny, I know, but He also made me fast, and when I run, I feel His pleasure.” For us, this may not be athletics. It may be accounting or selling or teaching or nursing or mothering. In the latter case, this would allow a mother to declare with conviction: “And when I make the lunches, I feel His pleasure.”

Alistair Begg

You and aren’t called to use our extensive powers to convict and change the sinner while God stands back as a gentleman, quietly waiting for the spiritual corpse, His declared spiritual enemy, to invite God into his heart. Rather, we should resolve to preach the gospel like gentlemen, persuading while knowing we can’t regenerate anyone, and then stand back while God uses all His extensive powers to convict and change the sinner. Then we’ll see clearly who it is that can really call the dead to life, and although He’ll use us in the doing of it, it’s not you and I who are actually doing it.

Mark Dever