Wisdom For Destiny Daily Devotional (20th February 2024)

by Sunday Akanni

TOPIC: How God Transformed John Newton

Jeremiah‬ ‭32:27‬ ‬‬
“Behold, I am the Lord, the God of all flesh. Is there anything too hard for Me?

*Message*

John Newton (1725-1801) was a strong atheist and blasphemer. As a young man, he was a bully, usually angry and wild. When he turned 18, he was forced into the Navy. He was notorious for always breaking the rules and was often publicly flogged for desertion. Before becoming a slave trader, he was greatly despised and feared by his crewmates.

When he was 23, his ship one day encountered a terrible storm, and it almost sank off the coast of Donegal. While the ship was filled with water and there appeared no more hope, Newton cried out to God for help. On March 1748, God rescued him, and he began a new life.

John Newton started praying and reading the Bible. He eventually became a prominent light in the campaign to abolish the slave trade.

He is best known as the author of the hymn:
"Amazing Grace"
Amazing grace
How sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost but now I'm found,
Was blind, but now I see....."

So delightful...

*Beloved, please don't despise anyone. The dirtiest sinner you see today can also become a pure child of God tomorrow. GOD is not giving up on any of His prodigal children still lost in the wild.*

Every atheist and hard unbeliever simply needs an encounter with God. Beyond giving them sermons and preaching to them, many stubborn atheists and unbelievers needs an encounter with God that will bring them into God's Kingdom. The LORD Himself must lovingly introduce Himself to them as He did Paul. Hence, we must keep interceding for them.

If you are currently an atheist or unbeliever, if you will open your heart, Jesus will come and visit you this week. And your life will never remain the same when you submit to the Lordship of Christ.

*As Christians, we must place great value on evangelism and all that concerns soul-winning. Many sinners out there will be saved by Jesus Christ when we arise to partner with the Holy Ghost to minister the gospel (which has an inherent capacity to break the hardest heart and is indeed the power of GOD unto salvation)*

*Prayers*
Today, we ask that the Lord in His mercy should encounter a lot of atheists around the world for the salvation of their souls.

*Further Reading*
Acts‬ ‭9:5‭-‬6‬ ‭NKJV‬‬

[5] And he said, “Who are You, Lord?” Then the Lord said, “I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. It is hard for you to kick against the goads.” [6] So he, trembling and astonished, said, “Lord, what do You want me to do?” Then the Lord said to him, “Arise and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”

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