C.H. Spurgeon's Morning Devotional
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"Thou art weighed in the balances and art found wanting."-Daniel 5:27
    
    It is well frequently to weigh ourselves in the scale of God's Word. You will find it a holy exercise to read some psalm of David, and, as you meditate upon each verse, to ask yourself, "Can I say this? Have I felt as David felt? Has my heart ever been broken on account of sin, as his was when he penned his penitential psalms? Has my soul been full of true confidence in the hour of difficulty as his was when he sang of God's mercies in the cave of Adullam, or in the holds of Engedi? Do I take the cup of salvation and call upon the name of the Lord?" Then turn to the life of Christ, and as you read, ask yourselves how far you are conformed to His likeness. Endeavour to discover whether you have the meekness, the humility, the lovely spirit which He constantly inculcated and displayed. Take, then, the epistles, and see whether you can go with the apostle in what he said of his experience. Have you ever cried out as he did-"O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death"? Have you ever felt his self-abasement? Have you seemed to yourself the chief of sinners, and less than the least of all saints? Have you known anything of his devotion? Could you join with him and say, "For me to live is Christ, and to die is gain"? If we thus read God's Word as a test of our spiritual condition, we shall have good reason to stop many a time and say, "Lord, I feel I have never yet been here, O bring me here! give me true penitence, such as this I read of. Give me real faith; give me warmer zeal; inflame me with more fervent love; grant me the grace of meekness; make me more like Jesus. Let me no longer be 'found wanting,' when weighed in the balances of the sanctuary, lest I be found wanting in the scales of judgment." "Judge yourselves that ye be not judged."
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Friday, August 6, 2010

FFF ~ Aug. 6th



1. fellow comrades (cooks) at Church camp



2. mystery gifts from campers


3. surprise mail giveaway winnings
I won this group of Simple green products over at
The Knowlton Nest
it came this week.


4. you my blog readers. Where would I be without you?? It's because of you I exist. Well, not really just my blog exists.



5. Books and my local library. I received a call last night telling me I won a gift card for Barns and Noble playing their Summer Reading Bingo game. WooHoo!!!!





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6 comments:

  1. elizabethAugust 6, 2010 at 1:15 PM

    What a fun list! I love all things Simple Green and even better to win it I'm sure. :)

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  2. Lisa notes...August 6, 2010 at 1:53 PM

    Camp must have been fun. Good for you! Glad to be a blog reader for your blog. :-) Books and libraries are a perennial favorites for me! Congrats on winning the gift card.

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  3. momma24August 6, 2010 at 10:37 PM

    I love to win things, love the library, and blog readers! Great list.

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  4. Laura@OutnumberedMomAugust 6, 2010 at 11:01 PM

    A Barnes and Noble gift card would make my whole week!! Sounds like you had a good one. Happy Friday.

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  5. SusanneAugust 8, 2010 at 9:50 AM

    A gift card to a book store would definitely be making my list. Had I won one. LOL. Enjoy going and choosing.

    Your camp volunteer time sounds like it was fun!

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  6. JaeydeAugust 15, 2010 at 4:09 PM

    yey for winning fun stuff.

    double yay for camp funness!

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