C.H. Spurgeon's Evening Devotional
Sunday July 27, 2025

"Who shall lay anything to the charge of God's elect?"-Romans 8:33
    
    Most blessed challenge! How unanswerable it is! Every sin of the elect was laid upon the great Champion of our salvation, and by the atonement carried away. There is no sin in God's book against His people: He seeth no sin in Jacob, neither iniquity in Israel; they are justified in Christ for ever. When the guilt of sin was taken away, the punishment of sin was removed. For the Christian there is no stroke from God's angry hand-nay, not so much as a single frown of punitive justice. The believer may be chastised by his Father, but God the Judge has nothing to say to the Christian, except "I have absolved thee: thou art acquitted." For the Christian there is no penal death in this world, much less any second death. He is completely freed from all the punishment as well as the guilt of sin, and the power of sin is removed too. It may stand in our way, and agitate us with perpetual warfare; but sin is a conquered foe to every soul in union with Jesus. There is no sin which a Christian cannot overcome if he will only rely upon his God to do it. They who wear the white robe in heaven overcame through the blood of the Lamb, and we may do the same. No lust is too mighty, no besetting sin too strongly entrenched; we can overcome through the power of Christ. Do believe it, Christian, that thy sin is a condemned thing. It may kick and struggle, but it is doomed to die. God has written condemnation across its brow. Christ has crucified it, "nailing it to His cross." Go now and mortify it, and the Lord help you to live to His praise, for sin with all its guilt, shame, and fear, is gone.
    
    "Here's pardon for transgressions past,
    It matters not how black their cast;
    And, O my soul, with wonder view,
    For sins to come here's pardon too."
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Thursday, July 11, 2013

Recipe Round-Up: Lighter Recipes


Favorite Lightened Up Recipes | Gooseberry Patch Recipe Round-Up

Summertime calls for lighter fare! It's the season when cool, crunchy salads, grilled goodies and fat-free desserts are on the menu! Share your best LIGHTER versions of everyday dishes or your favorite new discoveries on the lighter side at this week's party...we can't wait to see what you're cookin' up!
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We love this easy wrap because it incorporates flavorful chicken with fresh veggies...it's just made for summertime picnics! You'll find it in our cookbook, 101 Soups, Salads & Sandwiches.

Grilled Chicken Zucchini Wraps Recipe | Lightened Up Recipe Round Up | Gooseberry Patch

Grilled Chicken & Zucchini Wraps
Teresa Willett of Ontario, Canada, shared this recipe with us. She writes, "These wraps are a huge hit with my family...even my son who claims he doesn't like zucchini!"
101 Soups, Salads and Sandwiches cookbook from Gooseberry Patch4 boneless, skinless
    chicken breasts
4 to 6 zucchini, sliced
    lengthwise into
    1/4-inch thick slices
olive oil
salt and pepper
    to taste
1/2 c. low-fat ranch
    salad dressing, divided
8 10-inch whole-grain
    flour tortillas
8 leaves lettuce
Garnish: shredded Cheddar cheese

Brush chicken and zucchini with olive oil; sprinkle with salt and pepper. Grill chicken over medium-high heat for 5 minutes. Turn chicken over; add zucchini to grill. Grill 5 minutes longer, or until chicken juices run clear and zucchini is tender. Slice chicken into strips; set aside. For each wrap, spread one tablespoon salad dressing on a tortilla. Top with a lettuce leaf, 1/2 cup chicken and 3 to 4 slices of zucchini. Sprinkle with cheese; roll up. Makes 8 servings.
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