C.H. Spurgeon's Morning Devotional
Friday June 20, 2025

"For, lo, I will command, and I will sift the house of Israel among all nations, like as corn is sifted in a sieve, yet shall not the least grain fall upon the earth."-Amos 9:9
    
    Every sifting comes by divine command and permission. Satan must ask leave before he can lay a finger upon Job. Nay, more, in some sense our siftings are directly the work of heaven, for the text says, "I will sift the house of Israel." Satan, like a drudge, may hold the sieve, hoping to destroy the corn; but the overruling hand of the Master is accomplishing the purity of the grain by the very process which the enemy intended to be destructive. Precious, but much sifted corn of the Lord's floor, be comforted by the blessed fact that the Lord directeth both flail and sieve to His own glory, and to thine eternal profit.
    
    The Lord Jesus will surely use the fan which is in His hand, and will divide the precious from the vile. All are not Israel that are of Israel; the heap on the barn floor is not clean provender, and hence the winnowing process must be performed. In the sieve true weight alone has power. Husks and chaff being devoid of substance must fly before the wind, and only solid corn will remain.
    
    Observe the complete safety of the Lord's wheat; even the least grain has a promise of preservation. God Himself sifts, and therefore it is stern and terrible work; He sifts them in all places, "among all nations"; He sifts them in the most effectual manner, "like as corn is sifted in a sieve"; and yet for all this, not the smallest, lightest, or most shrivelled grain, is permitted to fall to the ground. Every individual believer is precious in the sight of the Lord, a shepherd would not lose one sheep, nor a jeweller one diamond, nor a mother one child, nor a man one limb of his body, nor will the Lord lose one of His redeemed people. However little we may be, if we are the Lord's, we may rejoice that we are preserved in Christ Jesus.
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Thursday, April 26, 2012

The Sound of Red Returning by Sue Duffy

Be sure to read to the end of this post as there is a book giveaway included.





This week, the
Christian Fiction Blog Alliance
is introducing
The Sound of Red Returning
Kregel Publications (December 9, 2011)
by
Sue Duffy


ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Sue Duffy is an award-winning writer whose work has appeared in Moody magazine, The Presbyterian Journal, Sunday Digest, and The Christian Reader. She is the author of Mortal Wounds (Barbour, 2001), Fatal Loyalty (Kregel, 2010), and The Sound of Red Returning (Kregel, 2011). Sue has also contributed to Stories for a Woman’s Heart (Multnomah). She and her husband, Mike, have three grown children.

ABOUT THE BOOK

After losing everyone she loves, concert pianist Liesl Bower has nowhere to go but to escape into her music. Searching for the peace she usually finds in her concertos and sonatas, Liesl can't shake the feeling that she is being haunted by her past . . . and by someone following her. When she spots a familiar and eerie face in the audience of a concert she's giving for the president in Washington, DC, the scariest day of her life comes back to her with a flash.

It has been fifteen years since Liesl watched her beloved Harvard music mentor assaulted on a dark night in Moscow and just as long since the CIA disclosed to her that he'd been spying for Russia. She had seen that man-that eerie face-the night Professor Devoe was attacked. And now he's back-and coming for her.


ENDORSEMENTS:

“Sue Duffy has mixed the mayhem of political intrigue with the melody of romance.” —Dick Bohrer, author, editor, and former journalism professor

“Intrigue and suspense come together in an incredible story of love and betrayal, commitment and courage, power and danger . . . and a God who controls it all. Sue Duffy is a wonderfully gifted writer and this book is a must-read.” —Steve Brown, founder and president of Key Life and host of Steve Brown Etc.

If you would like to read the first chapter of The Sound of Red Returning, go HERE.

I have a copy of this book for giveaway.  If you'd like a chance at winning, please leave a comment. Sorry but must limit this to US mailing addresses only.  Since I've been studying for a test here of late I'll make this easy.  Just be a follower of my blog - GFC or email and tell me what you have been doing of late.  I'll draw a winner for this book from those comments that meet requirements on Monday, May 14th.  Be sure to leave a way of contact.  Thanks.


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5 comments:

  1. Abigail MitchellApril 26, 2012 at 1:51 PM

    Looks interesting! I would love to read it.

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  2. LindaApril 26, 2012 at 4:09 PM

    I would love to win a copy of this. Espionage for another country gets one in trouble yesterday once found out. This is the type of book that raises the hair on the back of your neck!

    desertrose5173 at gmail dot com

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  3. LindaApril 26, 2012 at 4:11 PM

    I thought I entered, but the box ended up empty. So I'm trying again.

    Love books about espionage--gets a person in trouble yesterday!
    Please enter me. Thanks.

    desertrose5173 at gmail dot com

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  4. rubynrebaApril 28, 2012 at 4:07 PM

    I am a follower and an email subscriber. I'd love to read this book! Had a busy morning today going to garage sales with my granddaughter! Fun!
    pbclark(at)netins(dot)net

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  5. misskallie2000May 12, 2012 at 1:23 PM

    Danger, thrills, espionage and romance make for a great book. I have already added to my wish list. Thanks for the opportunity to enter giveaway.

    I am just chilling it today. No plans.

    Old GFC follower and
    Email subscriber

    misskallie2000 at yahoo dot com

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