Sugar-coated Date Temptations

We give our hand to every man that loves the Lord Jesus Christ, be he what he may or who he may. The doctrine of election, like the great act of election itself, is intended to divide, not between Israel and Israel, but between Israel and the Egyptians, not between saint and saint, but between saints and children of the world. A man may be evidently of God’s chosen family, and yet though elected, may not believe in the doctrine of election. I hold that there are many savingly called, who do not believe in effectual calling, and that there are a great many who persevere to the end, who do not believe the doctrine of final perseverance. We do hope the hearts of many are a great deal better than their heads. We do not set their fallacies down to any willful opposition to the truth as it is in Jesus but simply to an error in their judgments, which we pray God to correct. We hope that if they think us mistaken too, they will reciprocate the same Christian courtesy; and when we meet around the cross, we hope that we shall ever feel that we are one in Christ Jesus.

C.H. Spurgeon

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs, Vegetables		Veg08	18	Servings

INGREDIENTS

8	oz	Chopped pitted dates
2		Strips orange zest
		1/2 by 2 inches long
6	T	Very hot water
2	c	Confectioners' sugar
2		Eggs, lightly beaten
1	T	Vegetable oil
1	T	Fresh lemon juice
1/2	c	Unbleached all-purpose flour
1/2	t	Ground cinnamon
1	pn	Salt

INSTRUCTIONS

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly butter a 9-inch square
baking pan. Finely chop the dates and orange zest in a food  processor.
With the motor running, gradually add the hot water to  moisten the
dates. Transfer to a large bowl. Add 1 cup of the  confectioners'
sugar, the eggs, oil and lemon juice. Beat with a  wooden spoon until
blended. Add the flour, cinnamon and salt, stir  until blended. Spread
the batter into the prepared pan. Bake for 25  minutes, or until the
edges begin to pull away from the side of the  pan. Cool on a wire rack
before cutting into bars. Place the  remaining 1 cup confectioners'
sugar on a plate. Roll the bars in the  sugar to coat them. These keep
especially well. Makes 18 bars.  Cookbook Bar Cookies A to Z by Marie
Simmons, 1994; ISBN  1-881527-55-7.  Recipe by: Bar Cookies A to Z, by
Marie Simmons  Converted by MM_Buster v2.0l.

A Message from our Provider:

“I committed my life to Christ because I believed He was true and real and I had no idea what He was going to do with a mess like me.”

Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 64 Calories From Fat: 12 Total Fat: 1.4g Cholesterol: 20.7mg Sodium: 24.5mg Potassium: 96mg Carbohydrates: 12.3g Fiber: 1.2g Sugar: 8g Protein: 1.4g

Brothers and sisters, I really feel that I’ve heard from God about the future of our church. While I was away, I was calling out to God to help us – to help me – understand what He wants most from us. And I believe I’ve heard an answer. It’s not fancy or profound or spectacular. But I want to say to you with all the seriousness I can muster: From this day on, the prayer meeting will be the barometer of our church. What happens Tuesday night will be the gauge by which we will judge success or failure because that will be the measure by which God blesses us… No matter what I preach or what we claim to believe in our heads, the future will depend upon our times of prayer

Jim Cymbala