C.H. Spurgeon's Evening Devotional
Tuesday April 1, 2025

"It is time to seek the Lord."-Hosea 10:12
    
    This month of April is said to derive its name from the Latin verb aperio, which signifies to open, because all the buds and blossoms are now opening, and we have arrived at the gates of the flowery year. Reader, if you are yet unsaved, may your heart, in accord with the universal awakening of nature, be opened to receive the Lord. Every blossoming flower warns you that it is time to seek the Lord; be not out of tune with nature, but let your heart bud and bloom with holy desires. Do you tell me that the warm blood of youth leaps in your veins? then, I entreat you, give your vigour to the Lord. It was my unspeakable happiness to be called in early youth, and I could fain praise the Lord every day for it. Salvation is priceless, let it come when it may, but oh! an early salvation has a double value in it. Young men and maidens, since you may perish ere you reach your prime, "It is time to seek the Lord." Ye who feel the first signs of decay, quicken your pace: that hollow cough, that hectic flush, are warnings which you must not trifle with; with you it is indeed time to seek the Lord. Did I observe a little grey mingled with your once luxurious tresses? Years are stealing on apace, and death is drawing nearer by hasty marches, let each return of spring arouse you to set your house in order. Dear reader, if you are now advanced in life, let me entreat and implore you to delay no longer. There is a day of grace for you now-be thankful for that, but it is a limited season and grows shorter every time that clock ticks. Here in this silent chamber, on this first night of another month, I speak to you as best I can by paper and ink, and from my inmost soul, as God's servant, I lay before you this warning, "It is time to seek the Lord." Slight not that work, it may be your last call from destruction, the final syllable from the lip of grace.
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Saturday, March 24, 2012

Rounding up Quick & Easy Dinners!

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Yesterday, we asked some of your what the topic of
today's Recipe Round-Up should be and
Quick & Easy Dinners
was the favorite!
That works out perfectly for two reasons:
1. We can ALWAYS use a new quick & easy dinner, right?
2. This week, the eBook version of our full-size cookbook,
Speedy Suppers
is on sale for just 99 CENTS!
It's a great deal and so easy...just visit our landing page, select your reader and you'll have this entire 224-page cookbook in no time! As always, even if you don't have an eBook reader, you can still enjoy this special deal! Download one of the free reading apps from Amazon or Barnes & Noble and it's like having an eBook reader right in your computer!

So tell us...
What are YOUR favorite QUICK & EASY DINNER recipes?
Share 'em all in today's Recipe Round-Up!


 Here's one of our favorites from the cookbook
we mentioned above, Speedy Suppers!
Crunchy Ranch Chicken
Click to learn more!Marla Caldwell of Forest, Indiana shared this quick & easy dinner recipe with us. She sums it up when she writes, "Simply mix, dip, cook…what a kid pleaser!" Grown-ups love it too!  
8-1/2 oz. pkg. cornbread
    muffin mix

1-oz. pkg. ranch salad
    dressing mix

1 c. milk
6 boneless, skinless
    chicken breasts

2 T. oil
Combine cornbread mix and salad dressing mix in a large plastic zipping bag; set aside. Pour milk into a shallow bowl. Dip chicken into milk; place in cornbread mixture and shake to coat. Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add chicken; cook until golden on both sides, about 6 to 7 minutes per side, or until juices run clear. Serves 6.

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share it with us on our website!


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