C.H. Spurgeon's Evening Devotional
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"Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling."-2 Timothy 1:9
    
    The apostle uses the perfect tense and says, "Who hath saved us." Believers in Christ Jesus are saved. They are not looked upon as persons who are in a hopeful state, and may ultimately be saved, but they are already saved. Salvation is not a blessing to be enjoyed upon the dying bed, and to be sung of in a future state above, but a matter to be obtained, received, promised, and enjoyed now. The Christian is perfectly saved in God's purpose; God has ordained him unto salvation, and that purpose is complete. He is saved also as to the price which has been paid for him: "It is finished" was the cry of the Saviour ere He died. The believer is also perfectly saved in His covenant head, for as he fell in Adam, so he lives in Christ. This complete salvation is accompanied by a holy calling. Those whom the Saviour saved upon the cross are in due time effectually called by the power of God the Holy Spirit unto holiness: they leave their sins; they endeavour to be like Christ; they choose holiness, not out of any compulsion, but from the stress of a new nature, which leads them to rejoice in holiness just as naturally as aforetime they delighted in sin. God neither chose them nor called them because they were holy, but He called them that they might be holy, and holiness is the beauty produced by His workmanship in them. The excellencies which we see in a believer are as much the work of God as the atonement itself. Thus is brought out very sweetly the fulness of the grace of God. Salvation must be of grace, because the Lord is the author of it: and what motive but grace could move Him to save the guilty? Salvation must be of grace, because the Lord works in such a manner that our righteousness is for ever excluded. Such is the believer's privilege-a present salvation; such is the evidence that he is called to it-a holy life.
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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

1st Day of Christmas Baking....


On the first day of Christmas baking I made for my true love......

Chocolate Covered Cherries

ingredients:  
2 pounds powdered sugar (or 7 & 1/2 cups)
1can of sweetened condensed milk
1 stick butter, melted
1 teaspoon vanilla
3-4 jars of maraschino cherries 
1-2 packages almond bark chocolate


Drain the cherries, saving some of the juice for any left-over cherries.  Line cookie sheets or baking pans with wax paper.

Mix the powdered sugar, condensed milk, melted butter and vanilla in a large mixing bowl.  When the mixture begins to  form a dough, then mix by hand (this helps get the lumps out of the powdered sugar.)  


Pinch off a small amount of dough.  Press the dough into a circle in the palm of your hand.  I have found that sprinkling powdered sugar on surface and pressing it in the powdered sugar is best; otherwise it does get gooey on your hands and the gooeier it is, the harder to form the circle this is a time consuming step.  make the circle of dough slightly larger than your cherry.  (tip:  more powdered sugar on your hands/surface the better keep applying all the while making these.)


Take one cherry and roll the dough around it

 
Place on cookie sheet or baking pan.  After all the dough is gone, place the cherries in the freezer for about an hour.  

After cherries have been in freezer at least an hour melt chocolate according to directions on package.  Remove the cherries from the freezer as you need them (I have found they are easier to chocolate coat frozen than room temperature.)  

Dip the cherries in chocolate and replace them on wax covered cookie sheets.  I have found the easiest way to cover the cherry is stabbing the frozen cherry with a toothpick and using a spoon to kind-of pour chocolate on top of cherry.  

Make sure the whole cherry is covered with chocolate.  If you desire you may return back to freezer for about 10 minutes to harden the chocolate.  These are better with age.  Make about three weeks before you want them.  the centers will get gooey like your store bought cherries.  You'll see seepage here and there but that is ok too,  it'll harden up

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