Al's Devotional

Good Morning!   This is a longer study than I usually put out, and a touch more complicated to read as it was published in 1751.  George Whitefield was an Anglican preacher that was instrumental in bringing about what was called, the Great Awakening, which was a revival in England and America.  This was also the time of John and Charles Wesley.  George Whitefield was a remarkable man, and he died young, 51, from relentless overwork for the Kingdom of God.  The church during this time had become elitist, and, just like Israel during the time of Jesus, the common man was shut out from the things of God.  George Whitefield went directly to the people, and never stopped preaching to them.  He was always looking for opportunities to preach the gospel.  There is a story of him waiting outside of a coalmine, waiting for the coalminers to come out after their shift.  Hundreds of miners came out al...

Wow, After reading so much by Bonar about Grace, and entering into the Holy of Holies, it is a blessing to realize that these are foundations for our communion with God.   Confidence, what a word.  It means, "the quality or state of being certain; a relation of trust or intimacy."  Are you as excited as I am, that God hears our prayers?  Oh, Jesus, teach us by your Holy Spirit how to pray. ~Al  And this is the confidence that we have in him, that, if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us:  And if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.  1Jn 5:14-15    Confidence in Him Faith towards God in Jesus Christ is the essential activity of the Christian religion. Salvation begins where faith begins. When man opens his hand to ...

Blessings to you all,   I wanted to get this out as soon as possible.  It is an important study of the difference between true Christianity and religion.  I am reminded that when the children of Israel made the golden calf, they named it as the deity that brought them out of Egypt. " And he received them at their hand, and fashioned it with a graving tool, after he had made it a molten calf: and they said, These be thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.    And when Aaron saw it, he built an altar before it; and Aaron made proclamation, and said, To morrow is a feast to Jehovah . "  Exo 32:4 -5      And later, after God brought his people into the promised land, Israel and Judah split after the death of Solomon, and the king of Israel, Jeroboam, " … took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold t...

Glory to God! This book is such a blessing.  I don't want to bog anyone down with a lot of reading.  Actually, these are small chapters, but they have so much meat in them.  If you haven't read the previous lesson, please do, as it leads into this one.  In all, it takes me about 15 minutes to read each chapter.  Think about that; you are only 15 minutes away from being deeply blessed and having a greater understanding of our Lord Jesus Christ. God be with you this day, ~Al CHAPTER IX.   T HE C ONQUEROR .     The question had now been answered, "Is there grace in God to man the sinner?" There is grace, was God's own announcement. But how is this to be carried out? There may be free love in God, and a most sincere desire to bless, but what if righteousness forbid these to flow down? How are they to get vent to themselves, so that man...