Alone With God Devotional

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  • Children and Prayer!

    Children and Prayer!

    Then they also brought infants to Him that He might touch them; but when the disciples saw it, they rebuked them. But Jesus called them to Him and said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of God. Assuredly, I say to you, whoever…

  • Prepare To Be Offended

    Prepare To Be Offended

    Then He said to the disciples, “It is impossible that no offenses should come, but woe to him through whom they do come! It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.” Take…

  • Richie Rich and Mise Lazi (Worlds Apart)

    Richie Rich and Mise Lazi (Worlds Apart)

    “There was a rich man (Richie Rich) who was dressed in purple and fine linen and lived in luxury every day. At his gate was laid a beggar named Lazarus (Miserable Lazi), covered with sores and longing to eat what fell from the rich man’s table. Even the dogs came and licked his sores.“The time…

  • Brothers: A Tale Of Two Sons

    Brothers: A Tale Of Two Sons

    To illustrate the point further, Jesus told them this story: “A man had two sons. The younger son told his father, ‘I want my share of your estate now before you die.’ So his father agreed to divide his wealth between his sons.“ A few days later this younger son packed all his belongings and…

  • Dinner Conversations

    Dinner Conversations

    It happened one Sabbath, when He went for a meal at the house of one of the ruling Pharisees, that they were watching Him closely and carefully [hoping to entrap Him]. ~ Luke 14:1 Now it may be surprising to see Jesus on the Pharisees’ turf after He had criticized and denounced them so many…

  • Jesus! It’s A Disaster

    Jesus! It’s A Disaster

    Interestingly Jesus didn’t attempt to answer why any of the disasters happened; neither did He play the blame game. Jesus rather dismissed the idea that accidents or human cruelties were God’s judgment on especially bad sinners. “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans because they suffered this way?””Or…

  • Abundance of possessions

    Abundance of possessions

    “And He said to them, “Take heed and beware of covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of the things he possesses.” ~ Luke 12:15 And the one on whom seed was sown among thorns, this is the one who hears the word, but the worries and distractions of the world and…

  • Jesus’ School of Prayer

    Jesus’ School of Prayer

    Now it came to pass, as He was praying in a certain place, when He ceased, that one of His disciples said to Him, “Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.” So He said to them, “When you pray, say: #1. Prayer Works! Believe in it! The disciples believed strongly that Jesus’ private prayer…