No-bake Cocoa-bourbon Balls

The purpose of the church assembling together for the regular worship service is not for evangelism. The church is a gathering or assembly of believers who do not need to be evangelized. The purpose of the church meeting together is to edify the saints, equip them for service, and to bring them to maturity (Eph.4:13-15). The early church met together and “continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers” (Acts 2:42). They met together to worship God, and to minister to one another, thus building up the Body of Christ. When saints are taught and trained, then they will be brought to the “fullness of Christ” (Eph.4:13).

J. Delany

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
		Candies, Snacks	36	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1	c	Vanilla Wafers, crushed fine
1	c	Sugar, confectioners
1	c	Pecans, chopped
2	T	Cocoa
2	T	Syrup, lt. corn
1/4	c	Bourbon, rum or brandy
		Sugar, granulated

INSTRUCTIONS

Stir together crumbs, confectioners sugar, pecans and cocoa. Add corn
syrup and bourbon.  Mix well.  With wet hands, shape in 1" balls.  Roll
in granulated sugar. Store airtight in cool, dry place.  Makes 36
These are best if made about 6 weeks in advance and put up in an
airtight container.  Christmas 1980  From Gemini's MASSIVE MealMaster
collection at www.synapse.com/~gemini

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 22 Calories From Fat: 19 Total Fat: 2.2g Cholesterol: 0mg Sodium: <1mg Potassium: 17mg Carbohydrates: <1g Fiber: <1g Sugar: <1g Protein: <1g

1. Fasting increases our sense of humility and dependence on the Lord (for our hunger and physical weakness continually remind us how we are not really strong in ourselves but need the Lord). 2. Fasting allows us to give more attention to prayer (for we are not spending time on eating). 3. [Fasting] is a continual reminder that, just as we sacrifice some personal comfort to the Lord by not eating, so we must continually sacrifice all of ourselves to Him. 4. Fasting is a good exercise in self-discipline, for as we refrain from eating food, which we would ordinarily desire, it also strengthens our ability to refrain from sin, to which we might otherwise be tempted to yield. 5. Fasting also heightens spiritual and mental alertness and a sense of God’s presence as we focus less on the material things of this world (such as food) and as the energies of our body are freed from digesting and processing food. 6. Fasting expresses earnestness and urgency in our prayers: if we continued to fast, eventually we would die. Therefore, in a symbolic way, fasting says to God that we are prepared to lay down our lives that the situation be changed rather than that it continue.

Wayne Grudem