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

"Straightway they forsook their nets, and followed Him."-Mark 1:18
    
    When they heard the call of Jesus, Simon and Andrew obeyed at once without demur. If we would always, punctually and with resolute zeal, put in practice what we hear upon the spot, or at the first fit occasion, our attendance at the means of grace, and our reading of good books, could not fail to enrich us spiritually. He will not lose his loaf who has taken care at once to eat it, neither can he be deprived of the benefit of the doctrine who has already acted upon it. Most readers and hearers become moved so far as to purpose to amend; but, alas! the proposal is a blossom which has not been knit, and therefore no fruit comes of it; they wait, they waver, and then they forget, till, like the ponds in nights of frost, when the sun shines by day, they are only thawed in time to be frozen again. That fatal to-morrow is blood-red with the murder of fair resolutions; it is the slaughter-house of the innocents. We are very concerned that our little book of "Evening Readings" should not be fruitless, and therefore we pray that readers may not be readers only, but doers, of the word. The practice of truth is the most profitable reading of it. Should the reader be impressed with any duty while perusing these pages, let him hasten to fulfil it before the holy glow has departed from his soul, and let him leave his nets, and all that he has, sooner than be found rebellious to the Master's call. Do not give place to the devil by delay! Haste while opportunity and quickening are in happy conjunction. Do not be caught in your own nets, but break the meshes of worldliness, and away where glory calls you. Happy is the writer who shall meet with readers resolved to carry out his teachings: his harvest shall be a hundredfold, and his Master shall have great honour. Would to God that such might be our reward upon these brief meditations and hurried hints. Grant it, O Lord, unto thy servant!
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Tuesday, October 16, 2012

1 Message DVD


This month being breast cancer awareness this was a very fitting movie to review.  The message of the movie is right on theme with BCA courage, strength and hope.  Oh, the power of 1 message.  It can change a life turn a person around and bring the beginning of healing.  Helps us to see that we need to reach out to those that are truly hurting.  During the movie you flip back and froth between present day and 1 year past and Becca's diagnosis and treatment and how she shuts herself away from the world.   It is a longer movie about two and a half hours.  There are a few brief scenes where Rebecca does take a drink to try to forget all her life's problems that she is so caught up in.  It is a wonderful message.  Very well done.  It isn't a bad movie but not sure if little kids would want to really set for the movie since it isn't a message that they'd be interested in; may find them bored with it, but good tool if you want to teach teens a good message and learn more of one's breast cancer journey.  Nothing bad in it just don't think little kids would be thrilled by it like a cartoon or action movie.  I really think it is a wonderful movie for teen and twentish girls to watch and learn from.



She was broken, betrayed, and finished with life. But life wasn’t finished with her.

Becca had it all: beauty, a successful fiancé, and the job of her dreams. Everything was going according to her plan until the day she was diagnosed with breast cancer. In the blink of an eye, her entire life came crashing down around her. The fiancé ran off with some new fling. The dream job wouldn’t wait for her to get better. The toll cancer took on her body made her feel like less than a woman. Broken and alone, she refused to leave the house. She wanted cancer to finish what it started. But in her darkest hour, she found a mysterious ray of hope in the most unlikely of places.

Kelly’s Filmworks and director Jefferson Moore (Clancy) present this inspiring story of a shattered woman who discovers the resilience to keep living in the message of a man she’s never even met. Also starring: Ashley Kate Adams (Royal Pains), Mark Smeby (The Perfect Gift), and Matt Wallace (Forrest Gump).

Learn more about this movie @ echolight

A copy of this DVD was provided by ALRC in exchange for my honest review.






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