HE WANTS ALL TO BE SAVED

“This is good, and pleases God our Savior, who wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth” – 1 Timothy 2:3-4

 

After graduation from college, Al Hollingsworth was recruited in sales by a paper and packaging manufacturer. In just a few, short years, he was on his way to starting his own packaging company.

“I’m so busy catching all the blessings of God that I forget that He was the one who sent it,” Al recalls. “I began saying, ‘Just a minute, God. I’ll be with You in just a minute. Let me take care of this deal. Let me do that. Then I’ll be with You. I’ll be right there.'”

Al hired an eager young salesperson named Hattie. She rose in sales in his company, and then she married the boss.

“We were considered wealthy and successful business people, but our lives were falling apart,” Al says.

Hattie concurs, “Al and I both being in the same place kind of backslid. We knew the Lord. We [made an effort] to do the right thing, but we were not in the right place.”

It wasn’t until the business went bankrupt, that the couple decided to give their full, undivided attention to the Lord. 

“We recommitted our lives through The 700 Club in January 1977,” Hattie says. “We knew that morning, when we heard that invitation, all that we were going through, it was like throwing yourself on the altar. Just in our bedroom, the two of us [were] weeping and just really wanting the Lord to take control of our lives. That was a turning point.”

Al and Hattie started Christian business ministries. They developed a program called B.O.S.S., which stands for Building on Spiritual Substance. It was created to give children principles of entrepreneurship through Godly self-esteem.

Al and Hattie are committed to keeping their promise to take care of God’s business first.

Hattie says, “We don’t ever want to be separated from God again. God is our source.”

 

Jesus desires all men and women to be saved. Today in prayer, pray for those people you know who have not accepted Christ as their Savior.

 

“Only in Jesus Christ do we have assurance of salvation, forgiveness of sins, entrance into God’s family, and the guarantee of heaven forever when we die.” – Luis Palau

 

God’s Word: “And pray for us, too, that God may open a door for our message, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains.” – Colossians 4:3