C.H. Spurgeon's Evening Devotional
Friday May 30, 2025

"That henceforth we should not serve sin."-Romans 6:6
    
    Christian, what hast thou to do with sin? Hath it not cost thee enough already? Burnt child, wilt thou play with the fire? What! when thou hast already been between the jaws of the lion, wilt thou step a second time into his den? Hast thou not had enough of the old serpent? Did he not poison all thy veins once, and wilt thou play upon the hole of the asp, and put thy hand upon the cockatrice's den a second time? Oh, be not so mad! so foolish! Did sin ever yield thee real pleasure? Didst thou find solid satisfaction in it? If so, go back to thine old drudgery, and wear the chain again, if it delight thee. But inasmuch as sin did never give thee what it promised to bestow, but deluded thee with lies, be not a second time snared by the old fowler-be free, and let the remembrance of thy ancient bondage forbid thee to enter the net again! It is contrary to the designs of eternal love, which all have an eye to thy purity and holiness; therefore run not counter to the purposes of thy Lord. Another thought should restrain thee from sin. Christians can never sin cheaply; they pay a heavy price for iniquity. Transgression destroys peace of mind, obscures fellowship with Jesus, hinders prayer, brings darkness over the soul; therefore be not the serf and bondman of sin. There is yet a higher argument: each time you "serve sin" you have "Crucified the Lord afresh, and put Him to an open shame." Can you bear that thought? Oh! if you have fallen into any special sin during this day, it may be my Master has sent this admonition this evening, to bring you back before you have backslidden very far. Turn thee to Jesus anew; He has not forgotten His love to thee; His grace is still the same. With weeping and repentance, come thou to His footstool, and thou shalt be once more received into His heart; thou shalt be set upon a rock again, and thy goings shall be established.
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Monday, February 6, 2012

Cooper and Me and the Military by Moniqe & Alexa Peters

Be sure to read to the end as I'm giving away a copy of this book.



Looking for a good book to read to your child about military then this would be one of them.  This would be a wonderful book to add to the collection for military awareness books.  It is written in rhyme as to keep even the youngest ones interested.  I liked the sample letter given that your child can copy and send off to someone serving our country.  Nice way to teach children to honor those that serve.  There are a few additional pages of activities to do with your child at the end of this book.  Cooper and me books teach many life lessons and feature interactive materials.  They are nice teaching resource tools to have. 

Overview: 

Meet Trooper, Cooper’s best friend, and learn how he was adopted by Gracie and Joe and their parents, who both serve in the military. Find out how this family stays close despite being separated.
Be sure to visit Cooper and Me web site here to find all kinds of fun activities and additional resources. 

find out more information about this book here.

Now for the giveaway.  Thanks to flypropeller for providing a copy of Cooper and Me and the Military to be given away on my site.  Be sure to do the mandatory entry for bonus entries to count.  Please US residents only.  The winner will be drawn on Feb. 25th.  Make sure you also fill out the rafflecopter as that is how the winner will be drawn.  


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In exchange for my honest review a copy of this book was provided for this review and giveaway by flypropeller

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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousFebruary 13, 2012 at 8:14 AM

    I found that Cooper and Me blog has some fun pages you can download for kids to do coloring, word searches and more. lovely site. thanks

    GrandmaC

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  2. rubynrebaFebruary 19, 2012 at 8:45 PM

    I would like to get the book, Cooper and Me and the Winter Adventure.
    pbclark(at)netins(dot)net

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