Baking with fresh pumpkin

Now that's its that time of year would like to share with you pumpin recipes.. Enjoy and I hope you find something you will like...



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What's for supper tonight??

What's everybody having for supper tonight??? I think English muffin pizza here and applesauce cake maybe?

What to do with what you hear..

Be quick to receive the truth when someone corrects you and be quicker to dismiss the gossip about someone else.

It's easy to get distracted from what you should be thinking about. You can start the day by reading the Bible and meditating on a few spiritual thoughts. But during the course of the day, someone will say something that offends you (and then you;ll have resentful thoughts),or you;ll hear a rumor (and get caught in the snare of gossip).It is a constant struggle to keep your mind on the things of God. Moving to a monastery isn't an option for most of us,so you;ll have to learn to manage your thought.

If you hear a personal criticism, don't overreact. while some of the comment may be false, there just might be a shred of truth in there.

Maybe you can learn and from it. And if you hear a criticism  of someone else, don't dwell on it. When your mind strays, refocus on God.

Fix your thoughts on what is true and honorable and right.

Think about things that are pure and lovely and admirable.

Think about things that are excellent and worthy of praise.

PHILIPPIANS 4:8

Decorate the Outside of Your Home for Fall

From Coral Nafie, former About.com Guide

Fall is the time when people move indoors and welcome guests to warm visits over cider. Greet your guests with a beautifully decorated entrance. We've put together a slide show of beautiful and simple decorations for the outside of your home for fall. Using materials you may have in your yard or can pick up at the market, the outside of your home will look as warm and welcoming as it is inside. You'll want to see our Slide Show of Easy Indoor Decorations for Fall too!

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Spectacular Plant Arrangment on Stairs and Porch	Mini Pumpkins on Fence Posts	Twig Wreath on Weathered Shingled Home	Pumpkins on Stone Steps
Pumpkin Over White House Door	Plants and Gourds	Scraggly Twigs Over Outdoor Light	Two Big Pumpkins
Basket on Door of Red House	Dried Corn on Green House	Topiaries and Pumpkins	Pumpkins Over Door

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http://interiordec.about.com/od/fallindex/ig/Fall-Decorations-for-Outside/

Friendships Fit Together

The best way to compensate for your weaknesses is to find a friend who has strengths in those areas.

Friends can be useful. If you are moving to a new apartment, you need friends to help you pack up the boxes and lift the furniture. If you are traveling across the country, you need a free place to stay. (or is that what relatives are for?)But the value of friendship is more than a matter of convenience. It is a matter of completeness.

You are a person with strengths and weaknesses. Your friends can complement your weak areas. Although you have much in common with your friends, they will have perspectives and opinions that are different from yours. As a team of two or more, you can be more effective that any of you could be individually.

Take time to thank the Lord for your friends. Then call a few of your friends and than them for their friendships.

A person standing alone can be attacked and defeated,

but two can stand back to back and conquer

Three are even better,

for a triple braided cord is not easily broken.

ECCLESIASTES  4:12

Striped Bag Leaf Bouquet Centerpiece

 

 

What you'll need:

• 1 brown paper lunch bag
• 1 cup rice
• Re-sealable zipper sandwich bag
• Fresh and silk leaves
• Twigs
• 3-4 green chenille stems, cut into fourths OR tape
• 2 feet twine
• Paint: yellow, brown, green
• Scissors

How to make it:

1. Paint bag with wide green stripes. Let dry before painting other colors. When dry, add thin lines of yellow and brown. (See photo.)
2. Place a leaf at the top of a twig and secure with a section of chenille stem. Repeat with several twigs and leaves, both fresh and silk. You can also use tape instead of chenille. (See photo.)
3. Trim three inches off the top of the bag. Place rice inside sandwich bag, place bag of rice into the brown paper bag. (See photo.)
4. Place twigs into the bag. If twigs are too tall (leaves should touch the top of the bag), snap bottoms of twigs to shorten. (See photo.)
5. Wrap twine around the bag twice. Tighten the twine and adjust leaves and twigs as you tighten. Tie twine in a bow and trim the ends. (See photo.)

 

Tips:

1. Using fresh leaves is a temporary thing. The leaves will wilt and curl up, but they make a nice addition to the table. Try using dried fallen leaves for a more permanent arrangement.
2. For an even simpler project, paint stripes with only one color.
3. Instead of twine, use ribbon or yarn.

http://crafts.kaboose.com/striped-bag-leaf-bouquet.html

The Longing For Power

Embrace the power of love. Reject the love of power.

The last of the "big three"temptations is power. From your position as a student or laborer or office manager or pastor, you may fell that power will never temp you. Think Again.

Jesus came to earth as a servant (Phil.2:7). The prophet Isaiah wrote that Jesus was "despised and rejected a man of sorrow"(Isa. 53:3)If anyone was immune to the temptation of power, it was Jesus. Yet that's exactly where Satan tempted Him. He offered Jesus the world if only Jesus would kneel down and worship him (Matt. 4:9).

Satan used that tactic on Jesus, and you can be sure he will use it on you. Th only way you can resist is to do what Jesus did. Tell Satan to take a hike, and rely on the Word of God.

"Get out of her, Satan, "Jesus told him.

"For the Scriptures say,

'You must worship the Lord your God;

serve only him.

MATTHEW 4:10