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CD 1673 “Alone with an Awesome God"
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CD 1673 “Alone with an Awesome God”
October 27, 2024 P.M.
Being “alone” can be a good thing if we are “alone” for the right reasons and if we are “alone” in the spirit rather than “alone” in the flesh - the old man, the old carnal nature! The world and the devil will tell you to get “alone” with your thoughts - unsanctified thoughts are seeds for unsanctified feelings leading to unsanctified words which always produce unsanctified actions! We must make the conscious effort to get “Alone with an Awesome God” and let Him examine our thoughts, words and actions! Notice what the Psalmist said in faith because he understood his prayer time got him “Alone with an Awesome God”:
*Psalms 55:17 (KJV) Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and HE shall hear my voice.
Most Americans eat natural food 3 times a day.But we have a spiritual body just as real as our physical body and it must have spiritual food. Whatever part of our being we feed the most will no doubt be the strongest! When David wrote this Psalm he was going through the hardest trial to date in his life! He was surrounded by enemies even in his own house! He knew in prayer he was getting “Alone with an Awesome God”! Now turn to the Gospel of Matthew for our text this evening please:
*Matthew 6:5-6 (KJV) And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. 6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
Note Jesus said “when thou prayest” - not if! “Prayer” is not an option and it's not just for a public setting! If we desire powerful prayers in public then we must develop “alone time in prayer with an awesome God”! Notice our God works publicly in our lives the way we seek Him privately in our devotions! With that truth being said, let’s look once again to the teaching example of our Lord Jesus:
*Luke 5:15-17 (KJV) But so much the more went there a fame abroad of him: and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities. 16 And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed. 17 And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judaea, and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was present to heal them.
Notice in verse 15 there was much need! But as great as the needs of the people there is one need greater! Jesus had to “ withdraw himself into the wilderness, and pray”! Remember God the Father rewards openly what is done first in secret - or being “Alone with an Awesome God”!
Let’s more at the life of our Lord and Savior please just after feeding the 5,000 men with 5 loaves and 2 fishes:
*Read Matthew 14:20-23 (KJV) And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full. 21 And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside women and children. 22 And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away. 23 And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone”.
Notice just as read about the Psalmist David in “the evening” our Lord was “Alone with an Awesome God”! He was enjoying a refreshing time with His
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