SAVED!

Thursday – January 26, 2023

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"After this I heard what sounded like the roar of a great multitude in heaven shouting: "Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God" - Revelation 19:1


Spud Alford was determined to be an Olympian decathlete. A knee injury and a U.S. boycott kept him out of the 1980 games, but he began to train for the 1984 Olympics. He also began to drift from God.

“I was on the campus at Southern Mississippi one day, and I was in front of the Student Union in my car. I heard this gentleman singing with his guitar out in front there on the lawn.”

A young evangelist named Rice Broocks was there speaking to anyone who would listen.  

Spud said: “I listened to the songs, and I began to cry. When Rice Broocks got up there with his Bible and began to preach the word unlike I’d ever heard before in my life, I knew that day that my life would never be the same.”

Broocks invited the students to a meeting that night, where Spud accepted Christ.

“I maybe for the first time ever, earnestly, spoke with God and said, ‘I believe in You. I’ve always believed in You. I just had things I wanted to do first that I thought were more important than making You the complete Lord of my life.”

Spud said, “I’ve tried a lot of things in Spud’s ability in my life, from the decathlon to relationships to companies. I’ve failed at most. I eventually realized that yes, He is, in fact, concerned about everything in our lives and does want to be Lord of our lives, because obviously He’s been here longer and He knows better.” 

God is in the rescue business. He hears our cries for help and saved us with His finished work on the Cross. Today in prayer, praise Jesus Christ that He is your Savior!

"Seek not to explore the heights of the divine majesty, but to find salvation in the saving deeds of God our Savior." - William of St. Thierry

God's Word: "And they cried out in a loud voice: "Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb." - Revelation 7:10