C.H. Spurgeon's Evening Devotional
Tuesday June 3, 2025

"He humbled Himself."-Philippians 2:8
    
    Jesus is the great teacher of lowliness of heart. We need daily to learn of Him. See the Master taking a towel and washing His disciples' feet! Follower of Christ, wilt thou not humble thyself? See Him as the Servant of servants, and surely thou canst not be proud! Is not this sentence the compendium of His biography, "He humbled Himself"? Was He not on earth always stripping off first one robe of honour and then another, till, naked, He was fastened to the cross, and there did He not empty out His inmost self, pouring out His life-blood, giving up for all of us, till they laid Him penniless in a borrowed grave? How low was our dear Redeemer brought! How then can we be proud? Stand at the foot of the cross, and count the purple drops by which you have been cleansed; see the thorn-crown; mark His scourged shoulders, still gushing with encrimsoned rills; see hands and feet given up to the rough iron, and His whole self to mockery and scorn; see the bitterness, and the pangs, and the throes of inward grief, showing themselves in His outward frame; hear the thrilling shriek, "My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?" And if you do not lie prostrate on the ground before that cross, you have never seen it: if you are not humbled in the presence of Jesus, you do not know Him. You were so lost that nothing could save you but the sacrifice of God's only begotten. Think of that, and as Jesus stooped for you, bow yourself in lowliness at His feet. A sense of Christ's amazing love to us has a greater tendency to humble us than even a consciousness of our own guilt. May the Lord bring us in contemplation to Calvary, then our position will no longer be that of the pompous man of pride, but we shall take the humble place of one who loves much because much has been forgiven him. Pride cannot live beneath the cross. Let us sit there and learn our lesson, and then rise and carry it into practice.
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Friday, October 26, 2012

It's a Halloween Party!

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With Halloween just a week away, this week's Recipe Round-Up
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costumes, decorating ideas and anything else that'll get us inspired
for the spooky celebration coming up on the 31st!
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 Share YOUR best Halloween recipes, crafts, costumes, ideas and more in this week's Recipe Round-Up!

Here's a recipe that's always a hit at costume parties and to munch on while you're greeting little ghosts and goblins for trick-or-treat night. It appears in our cookbook, Autumn with Family & Friends!
Crunchy Cashew Mix
Denise Faust from LaFontaine, Indiana shared this recipe with us...it's perfect for any get-together!
Autff9 c. crispy corn or rice
    cereal squares
9-oz. can cashews
2 c. sweetened, flaked
    coconut
1/2 c. butter
1/2 c. corn syrup
1 c. brown sugar, packed
1 t. vanilla extract
1/2 t. baking soda
Combine cereal, cashews and coconut in a large heat-proof bowl; set aside. Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat; add corn syrup and brown sugar. Stir well and bring to a boil; boil for 5 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in vanilla and baking soda. Pour over cereal mixture; stir well to coat. Pour mixture out onto a greased 15"x10" jelly-roll pan. Bake at 250 degrees for one hour, stirring every 15 minutes. Store in an airtight container. Makes about 25 servings.


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