Alone With God Devotional

Tag: Grace

  • Tricky Deception

    Tricky Deception

    And the chief priests and the scribes that very hour sought to lay hands on Him, but they feared the people—for they knew He had spoken this parable against them.So they watched Him, and sent spies who pretended to be righteous, that they might seize on His words, in order to deliver Him to the power…

  • The Holy Sinner

    The Holy Sinner

    Now behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus who was a chief tax collector, and he was rich. And he sought to see who Jesus was, but could not because of the crowd, for he was of short stature. So he ran ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see Him, for He…

  • 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…