PRAYER FOR TODAY

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LORD, WHATEVER IT IS YOU HAVE

CALLED ME TO DO, BOTH NOW AND

IN THE FUTURE, I PRAY YOU WILL

GIVE ME THE STRENGTH AND

ENERGY TO GET IT DONE WELL.

MY PRAYER

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louisavdw@mweb.co.za
vanderwattlouisa@yahoo.com
Lord, please help me
in everything I do today
and for the rest of my life.
Lord, please help us
financially. We as a family
desperately need your help.
Please help us get a house
of our own; not a palace,
but a place we can call home
Help Loukie in his work -
please sort his life out.
Help Shaun - he desperately
needs a car & undertake
in his life and Samantha's
as well.
Lord I am asking you this
today. Let your will be
done in our lives.

KEEPING IN FOCUS

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Corinthians 7:29-35
29 Brothers and sisters,
this is what I mean: We
do not have much time
left. So starting now,
those who have wives
should live as if they had
no wives.
30 Those who are crying
should live as if they were
not crying. Those who are
happy should live as if they
were not happy. Those
who buy things should live
as if they own nothing.
31 Those who use the
things of the world should
live as if they were not
using them, because this
world in it present form
will be gone.
32. I want you to be free
from worry. A man who
is not married is busy
with the Lord's work,
trying to please the Lord.
33. But a man who is
married is busy with
things of the world,
trying to please his wife.
34. He must think about
2 things - pleasing his
wife and pleasing the
Lord. A woman who is
not married or a girl who
has never married is
busy with the Lord's
work. She wants to be
holy in body and spirit.
But a married woman
is busy with things of
the world, as to how
she can please her
husband.
35. I am saying this
to help you, not to
limit you. But I want
you to live in the right
way, to give yourselves
fully to the Lord with-
out concern for other
things.
CONSIDER: ASKING
GOD TO REVEAL ANY
DISTRACTIONS IN
YOUR LIFE THAT KEEP
YOU FROM FOCUSING
YOUR LOVE ON HIM.
IN NEED OF PRAYER?

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vanderwattlouisa@yahoo.com

SAVOURY TARTS

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SAVOURY TART:
Pastry:
1 cup flour
2 tsps. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
2 tablespoons butter
1/4 cup milk
Sift dry ingredients
together. Rub in
butter. Add milk.
Mix to a soft dough.
Roll out and line
a 9" pie dish.
Filling: 1 cup chopped
bacon (cooked in a
little water)
1 cup cheese
2 beaten eggs
1/4 tsp. pepper
1/4 tsp. mustard
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 cup milk
Mix all together, pour
into pie shell. Bake
at 300 - 400 deg. F

(160 - 200 deg. C)

HAM AND CHEESE TART

(CRUSTLESS)

250 g. Bacon

250 g. Strong Cheese

2 Cups Milk

4 Eggs

1 tsp. mustard

2 tablespoons

grated onion

2 tsps. chopped

parsley

2 tablespoons flour.

MIX ALL INGRE-

DIENTS WELL.

POUR INTO WELL

GREASED SQUARE

DISH AND BAKE

TILL LIGHT BROWN

AND SET.

YOU MAY BE ON THE

RIGHT TRACK, BUT IF

YOU JUST SIT THERE,

YOU'LL BE RUN OVER.

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LIKE GREAT-GRANDMOTHER

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PROVERBS 31:10-31
The Good Wife
10 It is hard to find a
wife, because she is
worth more than rubies.
11. Her husbands trusts
her completely. With
her, he has everything
he needs.
12. She does him good
and not harm for as long
as she lives.
13. She looks for wool
and flax and likes to
work with her hands.
14. She is like a trader's
ship, bringing food from
far away.
15. She gets up while
it is still dark and pre-
pares food for her
family and feeds her
servant girls.
16. She inspects a field
and buys it. With
money she earned, she
plants a vineyard.
17. She does her work
with energy, and her
arms are strong.
18. She knows that
what she makes is good.
Her lamp burns late
into the night.
19. She makes thread
with her hands and
weaves her own cloth.
20. She welcomes the
poor and helps the
needy.
21. She does not
worry about her
family when it snows,
because they all have
fine clothes to keep
them warm.
22. She makes cover-
ings for herself; her
clothes are made of
linen and other
expensive material.
23. Her husband is
known at the city
meetings, where he
makes decisions as
one of the leaders of
the land.
24. She makes linen
clothes and sells them
and provides belts to
merchants.
25. She is strong and
is respected by the
people. She looks for-
ward to the future with
joy.
26. She speaks wise
words and teaches others
to be kind.
27. She watches over
her family and never
wastes her time.
28. Her children speak
well of her. Her husband
also praises her,
29. Saying, "There are
many fine woman, but you
are better than all of them."
30. Charm can fool you,
and beauty can trick you,
but a woman who respects
the Lord should be praised.
31. Give her the reward
she has earned; she should
be praised in public for what
she has done.

I LONG TO DWELL IN YOUR

PRESENCE, LORD, AND I

WANT TO KNOW YOU IN

EVERY WAY YOU CAN BE

KNOWN.

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LIFE

This sms was sent to
me by a friend - Devi.
When I woke up this
morning in bed I said
to myself; whats life
about? I found the
answers in my very
room; the fan said be
cool, the roof said aim
high. The window said
see the world. The
clock said every minute
is precious, the mirror
said reflect before you
act. The calender said
be up to date. The door
said push hard for your
goals. The carpet said
kneel down and pray.
God bless.

LORD, MAKE ME TO BE

ONE OF YOUR FAITHFUL

INTERCESSORS, AND

TEACH ME HOW TO PRAY

IN POWER.

NEED SOMEONE TO

PRAY WITH YOU.

JUST ENTER YOUR

NAME AND REQUEST.

SPICY LEMON CAKE

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6 tablespoons butter
2 tsps. baking powder
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 cup flour
1/4 tsp. salt
2 tsps. grated lemon rind
3/4 cup milk and
water mixed.

Topping mixture:
3 tablespoons sugar
1 tsp. mixed spice
1 tsp. grated lemon rind
1/2 cup chopped
walnuts (or coconut).

Heat oven to 350 deg. F (180 deg. C)
and grease and flour 8" x 3" deep pan.
Cream butter and sugar, add lemon
rind. Add eggs one at a time and
beat well. Sift, flour, baking powder
and salt and add alternately with the
milk. Turn mixture into pan and
sprinkle with topping mixture.
Bake for approximately 50 minutes.

HOW TO KEEP YOUNG:
Do everything in moderation,
but DO everything.

THE BIG BLAST

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JOEL 2:1-2
Blow the trumpet in
Jerusalem; shout a
warning on my holy
mountain. Let all the
people who live in the
land shake with fear,
because the Lord's day
of judging is coming;
it is near.
2. It will be a dark,
gloomy day, cloudy
and black. Like the
light at sunrise, a
great powerful army
will spread over the
mountains. There
has never been any-
thing like it before,
and there will never
be anything like it
again.
Consider: Riding a
bicycle, walking or
just getting out in
nature to view God's
Power.

ANGER

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Psalm 4:
1. Answer me when I pray to you,
my God who does what is right.
Make things easier for me when
I am in trouble.
Have mercy on me and hear my
prayer.
2. People, how long will you turn
my honor into shame?
How long will you love what is
false and look for new lies?
3. You know that the Lord has
chosen for himself those who are
loyal to him. The Lord listens
when I pray to him.
4. When you are angy, do not sin.
Think about these things quietly
as you go to bed.
5. Do what is right as a sacrifice to
the Lord.
6. Many people ask, "Who will give
us anything good?" Lord be
kind to us.
7. But you have made me very happy,
happier than they are.
8. I go to bed and sleep in peace,
because, Lord, only you keep me safe.

Consider:
1) Seeking forgiveness from someone you've sinned
against because of your anger.
2) Picturing the place or situation in which you get
the angriest, and asking God to help you stay
calm the next time you're there.

GOD BLESS AND KEEP YOU SAFE.

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HERBS

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BASIL: Add fresh basil to sauces,
marinades, salads, cheese
and tomato dishes. Makes
an excellent pot plant on a
sunny window sill. Keeps
flies out of the kitchen.
Plant basil around tomatoes.

BRAGGING

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BIBLE READING 4 TODAY:

1 SAMUEL 2:1-10

Hannah Gives Thanks.

After reading consider:

1) Stopping yourself next time

you're temped to brag about

honor or public recognition.

Instead, use your gifts to

help others.

2) Thanking God for the gifts

you have, instead of bragging

about them.

HOW TO BAKE A CAKE

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Switch on oven. Grease pan.
Crack nuts. Get out bowl,
spoons, ingredients. Remove
18 blocks and 7 toy cars from
kitchen table. Measure 2 cups
flour into piece of waxed paper.
Get sifter out of cabinet.
Remove Johnny's hands from
flour. Wash flour off him.
Measure out 1 cup more flour
to replace what is now on floor.
Put flour, 2 1/2 tsp. baking
powder and 1/4 tsp. salt in sifter.
Get dustpan and brush up pieces
of bowl which Johnny has
accidently knocked off table.
Get another bowl, sift ingredients.
With spoon work 1/4 cup shorten-
ing against sides of bowl.
Answer door bell. Return to
kitchen. Remove Johnny's hands
from bowl. Wash shortening off
him.
Add 1 cup granulated sugar grad-
ually.
Answer telephone. Return to
kitchen. Remove Johnny's hands
from bowl. Wash shortening and
sugar off him.
Get out egg.
Answer door bell. Return to
kitchen. Mop up floor. Change
Johnny's shoes which are eggy.
Get another egg. Beat. Remove
toy car from bowl. Add flour
mixture alternately with eggs, 3/4
cup milk and 1 tsp. vanilla. Answer
knock at back door. Remove
Johnny's hands from bowl. Wash
shortening, sugar, flour, milk and
vanilla off him. Beat - (mixture).
Take up greased pan, find it has 3/4
inch layer of salt in bottom. Get
another pan and grease it. Answer
telephone. Return to kitchen and
find Johnny - of all people. Remove
his hands from bowl. Wash shorten-
ing, etc., etc., etc ........... off him.
Take up greased pan, find it has 1/4
inch layer of nutshells in it. Head for
Johnny who flees, knocking bowl off
table. Wash kitchen floor. Wash
kitchen table. Wash kitchen walls.
Wash dishes.
PHONE THE NEAREST BAKERS.
LIE DOWN!

AN ANTIDOTE FOR FEAR

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FEAR: PSALM 27:

1. The Lord is my light and
the one who saves me.
I fear no one.
The Lord protects my life;
I am afraid of no one.
2. Evil people may try to
destroy my body.
My enemies and those who
hate me attack me,
but they are overwhelmed
and defeated.
3. If an army surrounds me,
I will not be afraid.
If war breaks out,
I will trust the Lord.
4. I ask only one thing from the Lord.
This is what I want:
Let me live in the Lord's house all my life.
Let me see the Lord's beauty
and look with my own eyes at his Temple.
5. During danger he will keep me safe in his shelter.
He will hide me in his Holy Tent, or he will keep
me safe on a high mountain.
6. My head is higher than my enemies around me.
I will offer joyful sacrifices in his Holy Tent.
I will sing and praise the Lord.
7. Lord, hear me when I call;
have mercy and answer me.
8. My heart said of you, "Go, worship Him."
So I will worship you, Lord.
9. Do not turn away from me.
Do not turn your servant away in anger;
you have helped me.
Do not push me away or leave me alone, God, my Savior.
10If my faither and mother leave me, the Lord will take me in.
11Lord, teach me your ways, and guide me to do what is right
because I have enemies.
12Do not hand me over to my enemies, because they tell lies
about me and say they will hurt me.
13I truly believe I will live to see the Lord's goodness.
14Wait for the Lord's help. Be strong and brave, and wait
for the Lord's help.

GOD BLESS YOU ONE AND ALL.

"YOURS FREE"

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All around us are too-good-to-be-true offers. Most are hoaxes.

GOD IS OFFERING YOU A ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME OFFER OF HIS LOVE.

All he is asking of you is to go down on your knees and ask him for his help. His love is unconditional. There are no strings attached.

Galations 4:4-7

4: But when the right time came God sent his Son who was born of a woman and lived under the law.

5: God did this so he could buy freedom for those who were under the law and so we could become his children.

6: Since you are God's children, God sent the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, and the Spirit cries out, "Father".

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Question: How are YOU going to respond to this offer?

Please contact me: Louisa van der Watt

e-mail: louisavdw@mweb.co.za

vanderwattlouisa@yahoo.com

cell: +27 72 843 0318

GOD BLESS YOU ONE AND ALL.