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IT'S A NEW YEAR....SO SHAKE OFF THE OLD AND PUT ON THE NEW

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We all know that Christmas is about the birth of Christ and when you think about it's only fitting  that in just a few days  we will celebrate the coming of a new year. My friend always uses the example of a dog walking up out of a pond. You know what she means, you've seen it, they come up out of the pond and they start shaking all that old water off. Do you know how many times putting off the old or being made new, or starting over is mentioned in the Bible? Neither do I. But I know it's a lot. I'll list just a few so that you get the idea. Ezekiel 36:26  I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you 2 Corinthians 5:17  Therefore, if anyone is in Christ the new creation has come. The old has gone, the new is here. Ephesians 4:24 To be made new in the attitude of your minds, and to put on the new self. Don't we all want a new start? Don't we want the chance feel clean and fresh? Have you ever wanted to do like that old dog and

Cookie Baking Tips

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You all are just the sweetest! Even when I post a picture of a sheet of burned to a crisp cookies you still message me with cookie baking questions. Thank you for having mercy on me and believing in me. This will be a simple list of cookie baking tips. Accurate measurements are a must! Don't guess or hurry. To much flour will make the cookies dry. Use the correct ingredients. Most cookie recipes call for all purpose flour, even if it doesn't say that unless it says otherwise that's what it usually means. If it calls for softened butter, then soften it. The best way to do that is to set the butter out several hours before you are going to make the cookies. You can soften it in the microwave but remember, it calls for softened butter, not melty butter, so be careful. When the recipe says, cream until light and fluffy, that's what it means, it will make a difference in the end product. It's going to take longer than you think. Several minutes,

How to Help Yourself and Your Children Find Christ in Christmas

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If you are looking for something fun to do with your kids or grandkids this Christmas or if you are wanting to find a way  to keep the real meaning of Christmas, then go get your Bible. God has given us a whole bunch of examples of things we can do and learn. Open your Bible to the Christmas Story, you will find it in Matthew and Luke. The Christmas story is full of angels. Make angle cookies, make paper angels. Find scriptures about angels. Did you know that contrary to what people say, we don't become angels when we die? God created the angels and he created men, we are two different creations. There was a bright light that shone around the angels when Jesus was born. Jesus is called the light of the world. Shut all the lights off in the house and talk about how dark it is. Have the kids try and do something that would be easy to do in the light but difficult in the dark. Then turn on the light, they will see how much easier life is when we walk in the lig

Ten Words Every Child or Spouse or Friend Needs to Hear

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Parenting is the easiest job in the world, it's a no brainer, you know exactly what to do.....and then you become a parent. Suddenly all that stuff you knew, you forget. Or, you find out it's hard to carry through with it even if it is the right thing to do.  When you were thinking about it before you had a child, it was easy to be tough or soft or say it just right. But now, now there is a real child and they're part of you and it's not so easy anymore. Fred A. Hartley has a wonderful thought on raising kids. The great thing is, it works even after they have been raised, you know that time of life when you see what all you did wrong. This idea will even work in your marriage relationship, it works with co-workers and church friends and neighbors, well it just plain works with every relationship you have. It works because it reaches out to us in the perfect way, it reaches a deep need that each of us has. The idea didn't originate with Fred, he got i

Grandma Money's Orange Slice Cake

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Here's the recipe for Grandma Money's Orange Slice Cake. This is a heavy cake, it has a fruit cake type texture only it's better. I really do think if you like orange slice candy you will like this cake. Make sure you grease and flour your tube pan really really well or you will have a terrible time getting it out of the pan, ask me how I know? You might even take to making it in an angel food cake pan, sometimes it's easier to handle than a tube pan, especially a fluted tube pan. The original recipe calls for letting it set in the fridge overnight before you serve it, Grandma said a week or more. To my way of thinking she is right, it only improves with time. So are you ready?  Here we go. 3 1/2 cups all purpose flour 1 lb. orange slice candy, chopped, buy more for the eating you will need to do while chopping. 1 (8 oz.) chopped dates, pitted 2 cups chopped walnuts 1 can flaked coconut, you can used bagged, I did. 1 cup butter, real butter 2 cups s

Chicken Pot Pie

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I found this recipe in an old USDA cookbook. It was old when I got it, or it looked old anyway and that's been 25 years or more ago so now it's really old. I saw this recipe and tried it, and it's always been my favorite ever since. Mark's mom, makes this now too and she sometimes makes it ahead and freezes it and takes it out as she needs it. I never do that because we always want it right now but it's a good idea and one you might want to try. So here's the recipe. Chicken Pot Pie 3 TBSP. butter, always use real butter, salted real butter 1/4 cup all purpose flour 1 1/4 cups chicken broth 1 cup milk, (sometimes if I've got it I'll use half and half) 1 1/2 salt 1/2 tsp black pepper 2 cups cubed cooked chicken 1 3/4 cooked carrots, peas and potatoes 1 unbaked pie crust, top and bottom crust Melt butter, stir in flour, salt and pepper, add broth and milk, stirring constantly until it bubbles and thickens. Add well drained chicken