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The year was 1503 AD. The
gon-fa-lo-nie-re, or local
government official, of Florence
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PieroSoderini commissioned the
artist Leonardo da Vinci to
paint the depiction of the
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Battle of Anghiari in the Hall
of the 500 in the Palazzo
Vecchio, the town hall of
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Florence. In 1440 the Battle of
Anghiari was fought between the
Republic of Florence and Milan.
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The Republic of Florence emerged
victorious and gained their
place as the most important
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power of central Italy. It is
interesting to note, that at the
same time that da Vinci was
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commissioned for this piece,
Michaelangelo was also
commissioned to paint in the
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Hall of the 500. He was
commissioned to paint the Battle
of CascinaThe two world renowned
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painters were side by side in a
battle of artists, so to speak.
However Michaelangelo never got
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past the drawing stage of work
and abandoned the project
However, da Vinci worked with
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fervor on this scene from
Anghiari and it was noted for
its lifelike intensity. However,
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just a few short years later,
the city of Florence was
overthrown and it was believed
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that fire consumed a portion of
the hall of the 500. Giorgio
Vasari wascalled upon to
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redecorate and refresh the Hall
of the 500. It was at that time
that he painted frescos over the
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works of da Vinci and
Michaelangelo. However, for many
years, there were people who
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believed that this lost work of
da Vinci somehow survived
Centuries later, in 2012, there
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was finally a breakthrough.
Maurizio Seracini a fellow of
National Geographic,and others
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before him, noted, that on
Vasari's fresco were the words
"cercatrova," translated to
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English as "seek and ye shall
find." What a number of
scientists began to conclude is
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that Vasari had not, in fact,
painted over the works of da
Vinci, but had preserved them by
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painting his frescos on, what
was actually, a false wall.
Vasari's fresco was up for some
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works of restoration, so
scientists took this opportunity
and drilled holes in the fresco
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and inserted an endoscope in the
wall. They found a significant
air pocket and discovered forms
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and figures of what appeared to
be da Vinci's original work They
took samples of the paint
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from the wall and found that its
pigments were similar to da
Vinci's work, the Mona Lisa. It
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was believed that the lost work
of da Vinci had been found! Now,
there has been some controversy
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concerning the finding, but that
which was lost had been found.
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Original da Vinci paintings are
very valuable and this story
demonstrates to what lengths we
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will go to find something
important.Last week, we began
studying Luke chapter 15 and its
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three parables about three
valuable things that got lost.
They each teach us that Jesus
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Himself is on a quest to seek
and save something lost. And His
greatest joy is when He finds
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what He has been looking for.
Last week we studied the first
parable of the Lost Sheep and we
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discovered that Jesus is ever
concerned with finding you and
bringing you into a joyous
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relationship with Him. Today, we
turn again to Luke 15 and this
time, we are going to read about
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a lost coin.
Beginning in verse 8.
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In this second of three
parables, as we explore the
symbolism, we see that Jesus
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clearly outlinesthe defining
characteristic of His mission -
Seek and save the lost. Have you
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ever lost something? Certainly
you have and you know that
maddening feeling of not being
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able to find it. That is how
this woman in this parable was
feeling as she looked for her
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coin. The passage says that it
was a silver coin.In the
original Greek, it is the word
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"drachma." The drachma was a
Greek coin that was the
equivalent of the Roman
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denarius, equal to one day's
wage. It was definitely worth
something. We see in the lost
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coin a symbol of those people
who are lost in their way of
life, lost in their sins, but
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who do not have any sense of
their condition. They are far
from God, but are seemingly
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unconcerned or don't even know
what kind of shape they are
really in. However, this parable
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reminds us that God even cares
for those who are indifferent to
Him. The Bible says that she lit
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a lamp; she swept the room, and
carefully made her search.
Remember, in the previous
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parable, the sheep was to blame
for it's being lost.it somehow
wandered away.but in this case,
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no blame could be put on the
coin. No one know how it got
lost, maybe it was somehow
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misplaced. This story continues
to emphasize the infinite value
that God places upon one soul.
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No matter how you feel about
your own worth.God places great
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value on you. Think about the
woman's challenge. As was common
in those days, her home most
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likely had a dirt floor and not
a significant amount of natural
light. A coin falling would have
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stirred the loose dust of the
floor and been easily lost.it
would have required a diligent
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search. Lighting a lamp and
sweeping would have been
absolutely necessary for any
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chance of finding the coin. And
when she finally did find the
coin, there was so much
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excitement that she called the
neighbors to celebrate with her!
Can you imagine, if she was that
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excited about a coin, how much
more heaven celebrates when one
sinner is found?! Searching
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takes work and diligent effort.
But, Friend this is what God has
done and what He wants to do for
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you. And He wants us to treat
others in that same way. Jesus
lived and taught among the
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common people, especially those
who didn't know God and who were
lost and confused. He was to be
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an anchor that people could
cling to. The very heart of God
has a unquenchable desire to
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reach out to people and help
them find their way. In our
culture today, it is easy to
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dismiss,as insignificant or
bothersome to our busy lives,
those people who have the
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greatest needs. The poor, the
needy, people suffering from
disease and terminal sickness,
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people that just need someone to
talk to. But remember, Jesus
pursued those kinds of people.
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Maybe you are one of them. He
searches for them, He is
intensely searching for you, to
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pick you up from the dusty floor
of life and show you there is an
escape plan. Have you already
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been found by Jesus? Then share
the love and hope He has given
you with others. What is the
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value of a human life? For Jesus
it is of infinite value.so much
He was willing to die for you
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and for me. The
promise of scripture is that,
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1 John 3:16 states,
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If God places that kind of value
upon you, each of us must value
others in the same light.
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On May 28, 1708, the San Jose, a
1,066-ton ship built in 1696,
equipped with 60 cannons set
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sail for Europe from the Spanish
colonies in the New world. Its
plan was to stop first in
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Cartagena en route to Havana and
then on to Europe. It was an
important ship holdinga stash of
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gold and silver coins and
emeralds from the mines of Peru.
The San Jose was carrying a
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particularly large treasure.
This treasure would provide
needed funding for the War of
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Spanish Succession, a conflict
that saw the Spanish and French
against the English. Each year
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the Spanish fleets would escort
treasures back to Europe.
However, in a recent expedition
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the English fleet destroyed a
portion of the Spanish fleet, so
in turn small French warships
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took over the responsibility of
escorting the treasures. The San
Jose was part of the first group
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to make the long voyage in 6
years. Louis XIV,desperately
needed the treasure to continue
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funding the war. However, the
French ships were delayed so the
commander of the Spanish fleet,
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Admiral Jose Fernandez de
Santillan, Count of Casa Alegre,
made the decision to go ahead
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without them. With more than 500
men aboard the San Jose, they
unfortunately encountered the
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English fleet and a battle
ensued off the coast of
Cartagena. Cannons blasted back
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and forth. And finally the San
Jose was set ablaze and began to
take on water. With structural
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damage beyond repair, the San
Jose sank to the depths of the
Caribbean ocean. The treasure
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sank with the ship and remained
there for hundreds of years. In
November of 2015, the Colombian
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government claimed to have found
and identified the lost San
Jose. A US firm then claimed
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that they found the shipwreck
first in 1981. Then on top of it
all, the Spanish government laid
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their claim on the hundreds year
old treasure. Why did everyone
have an interest in this lost
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ship? The value of the precious
treasure on that ship was
thought to be valued at 4-17
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billion dollars. It was a sought
after prize! Treasure hunters
throughout modern history sought
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it out, the Columbian government
through their diligent searching
finally found the treasure. And
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while the treasure has yet to
be recovered, it has been found.
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Friend, Jesus Christ wants to
find you. You are His precious
treasure. Jesus said these words
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in John 10:11,
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His seeking for you led to His
death. He desires to find you so
much that He was willing to give
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up His life for
you. 1 John 4 states,
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There is no better news for you
and me than that. Lost and
found.it is God's quest to bring
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you back to Him fully. This is
most clearly reveled in the
often quoted passage of John
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3:16-17,
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Jesus loves you so much. Are you
lonely? In His most desperate
time of need, the disciples of
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Jesus left Him alone. Have you
felt abandoned by someone? Maybe
even by God Himself? On the
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cross of Calvary, Jesus
agonizingly cried, My God, My
God! Why have You forsaken me?
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Do you want to be found today?
Do you want to start over? Do
you want a new life? Jesus'
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resurrection from the dead paved
the way for you, through
baptism, to be symbolically
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buried as Christ was buried and
to be raised symbolically as He
was raised. Then Jesus promises
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that He will give you the
ability to live a new life
through the power of the Holy
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Spirit. Jesus understands your
every need. You will never be
satisfied while you lay on the
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dusty floor. Jesus earnestly and
urgently seeks for you as a
precious and valued treasure. He
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knows your true worth and has
paid the price for you. You are
worth it to Him. What is He
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worth to you? Dear friend, He's
been searching for you. Why
don't you respond to His call to
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you today?
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Dear heavenly Father, I want to
pray for each and every
individual that was listening
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today. We want to be found by
You. You died that we might
live. So today, we choose to be
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found and live in You. We
pray in Jesus' name, amen.
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BEV MILLER: Hi, everyone. If
you're like me, you've got great
memories of growing up, you
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know, as a child, having oatmeal
for breakfast. My mom used to
make oatmeal, and we just loved
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it; so delicious. Raisins and
nuts and other things, coconut
inside. How do you make your
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oatmeal? Today, I've got a
really great recipe for you.
This one is a baked oatmeal.
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Now, oats are so fabulous.
They're high in fibre, they're
good for lowering your blood
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cholesterol, and all kinds of
other wonderful things that they
do in your body. So how do you
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do yours? Today, I'm going to be
using some fruits, some nuts,
some hemp seeds, and it's going
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to be so delicious. So let's
start. First of all, I've got
one apple, and I've diced it
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into nice, large chunks. I'm
going to add it to this
casserole dish that's already
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greased. So we're just going to
put it on the bottom there. And
then I'm also going to use a
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nice pear. I like to use Bosc
pears because they're much
sweeter, I find. I like the
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fruit, the really sweet. So
we're going to add that. We've
got it on the bottom there. And
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then we are going to use a
banana as well. This is
chock-full of fabulous fruits.
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It's going to be more like
dessert. Dessert for breakfast;
now there's a really neat thing
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that your kids will probably
love. Okay, so we've got our
fruit base. Then, look what I've
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got here: some beautiful
raisins, some dates, and some
coconut. We're going to put
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those in as well. Sprinkle all
of that. And then the dates are
going to just add the really
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yummy sweetness. And there's a
lot of fibre going on in dates
as well. So this is going to be
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a fibrous kind of breaky. And
then, what I'm going to do, is
I'm going to sprinkle in some of
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the oats - not all of it yet
because I'm going to layer it,
kind of. So, got some there. And
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then I'm going to add the
coconut, sprinkle on that
shredded coconut. We don't want
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sweetened coconut, just the
unsweetened one is good. And now
look, hemp seeds. Fabulous
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protein, omega 3 and 6 fatty
acids. There we go, we're going
to sprinkle that in as well.
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This breakfast is totally,
totally nutritious. Then I'm
going to sprinkle on some more
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of the oats, just get it into
all of the nooks and crannies.
Perfect. Alright. And now, I'm
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going to add some milk. I like
to use an almond milk. And to
the milk, I'm going to add some
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vanilla, a little bit of salt,
and a little bit of cinnamon. So
I'm going to put that all in
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there. There you go. A little
bit of salt, just to bring out
the flavours. That's why we're
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doing the salt. And then
cinnamon is so medicinally good
for us. So you just put big
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splashes of cinnamon there. Then
we're just going to mix that
around a little bit, and then
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we're going to pour it directly
on top of the oats. Okay, here
we go. Now, I need two cups of
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this, so I'll do it again. But I
like to just do it nice and
carefully so that I'm getting
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the top of the oats that are
just soaking everything
beautifully. So when it's
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finished, when it's finished
baking, we've got a nice, soft,
wonderful oatmeal. Alright. And
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then I'll do that just one more
time. And a little milk, add
some more of the cinnamon, some
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more of the vanilla, and a
little dash of the salt again.
Perk up those flavours, mix it
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all together. And again, you can
add more exotic things like a
nice cardamom, and that will
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just add a really unique kind of
flavour to the whole thing.
Okay, so pouring it on to soak
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that all up there. And then
we're going to put it in the
oven, we're going to bake this
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at 350 for about 40 minutes. And
it's going to bubble, it's going
to get golden, and it's just
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going to scent your kitchen so
deliciously. Alright. So, I'm
going to put this aside for now,
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because now what we're going to
do, is we are going to make a
cashew cream to go on top of
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this. So it's already decadent
with all the fruits, but the
cashew cream is just going to
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kick it up a notch. So what I've
got here are some dates that are
soaked, about six dates. I've
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got about a three-quarter cup of
cashews that have been softened,
they've been soaked for a while,
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just to soften them up. And then
I'm going to add about a cup of
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water. Alright. And then we are
going to whiz that all together
in our wonderful Vitamix
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machine. Now, I like to talk
about Vitamix machines not
because I'm selling anything,
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but because I really swear by
them. They're going to get your
product nice and creamy, very
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smooth, so luscious. And that's
what you want in this cashew
cream. So here we go, I'm going
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to just turn
that on. Turn it up.
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There you go. And so, what we're
going to do now, this is the one
you just saw me make. Beautiful.
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And this is one that's been
baked already. And it's got the
nice golden colour at the top,
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it's ready to go. So here's what
I'm going to do. I'm going to
push this out so you can see how
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wonderful this is going to look.
Let me just clear off some of
these things first. Okay, here
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we go. And it just comes out
like a nice casserole there. Oh,
and look at the beautiful fruits
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that are there. And then, what
we want to do with this, is to
just pour some of that cashew
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cream on top. It's a beautiful
consistency. Look at this.
Creamy. Oh, isn't that awesome?
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Look at that. And it's going to
be nice and sweet from the
dates, and it's going to be
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totally nutritious, not like
your regular creams. Cashews,
you've got the wonderful fats in
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there, the healthy fats. You've
got the dates that are sweet and
that have the fibre. So this is
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a totally nutritious, nutritious
dish for you. Here you go. Isn't
that excellent? You can go to
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our website,
itiswrittencanada.ca, for this
recipe and so many others and
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for health tips and so much
more. Enjoy your breakfast, and
I'll see you next time.
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My dear friend, when we have
been found by Jesus, Jesus then
wants to become our teacher,
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that we would then become His
disciple, a learner of Jesus.
And so today, I'd like to offer
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you the book Christ's Object
Lessons. In that book, you'll
find an array of the teachings
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of Jesus and help you in your
relationship with Him. Here's
the information you need to
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receive today's offer.
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My dear friend, just like that
lost coin sitting on the dusty
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ground, many of us find
challenges in life that have us
feeling low, that have us
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feeling dirty. Jesus wants to
find you, to clean you, and to
make you whole. I hope you've
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found wholeness in Him today.
Please join us again next week.
Until then, remember, it is
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written: "Man shall not live by
bread alone, but by every word
that proceeds from the mouth of
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