Fruit And Bran Muffins – We Love God!

Bread magnifies Christ in two ways: by being eaten with gratitude for His goodness, and by being forfeited out of hunger for God Himself. When we eat, we taste the emblem of our heavenly food – the Bread of Life. And when we fast we say, “I love the Reality above the emblem.” In the heart of the saint both eating and fasting are worship. Both magnify Christ. Both send the heart – grateful and yearning – to the Giver. Each has its appointed place and each has its danger. The danger of eating is that we fall in love with the gift; the danger of fasting is that we belittle the gift and glory in our will-power.

John Piper

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Fruits, Eggs, Dairy, Grains		Fruits, Muffins	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

2	c	Water
5	t	Baking soda
1	c	Butter or margarine
2	c	Sugar
4		Eggs, beaten
5	c	Flour
1	t	Salt
4	c	All-BranÂ¨ Cereal
2	c	Bran flakes cereal
4	c	Buttermilk
2	c	Chopped dried fruit
		apricots raisins
1	c	Chopped nuts

INSTRUCTIONS

Bring water to boil and cool.  Add baking soda and set aside.  In a
large bowl cream butter and sugar, then add eggs.  Sift flour and  salt
and add to egg mixture.  Add cereals and buttermilk.  Add water  and
baking soda mixture and blend well.  Add fruit and nuts before  baking.
Bake at 400Â° for 20 minutes. Posted to EAT-L Digest 11 Aug 96  Date:  
Mon, 12 Aug 1996 06:57:33 -0300  From:    Betsy Burtis
<[email protected]> NOTES : This dough may  be stored in the
refrigerator for 4 to 6 weeks.  It only gets better  with age. If you
make a full recipe, you will need a LARGE mixing  bowl.

A Message from our Provider:

“Every good thing you have ever enjoyed comes from God”

Biblical confession also includes a horizontal dimension – confession to one another, where we find powerful healing. Confession to God alone often does not lift us into the freedom we desire. With God alone, confession can be too easy. It is too easy to save face, and there is no healing, no release, in saving face, however earnest the confession to God might seem to be. Confession to God alone can be a way of not really facing ourselves and our sins. James 5:16 shows us where freedom can be found: “Therefore confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.”

Ray Ortlund