Messages from God: Simple Sermons Made Powerful by God

By A.L. Dorrough.

Messages from God
All messages in this book are from God, revealed by the Holy Spirit to the author.
All scripture is taken from the King James Version of the Holy Bible.
I make known to you, brothren, that the Gospel which was preached by me, is not after man, for I neither received it of man, neither, was I taught it. but by the revelation of Jesus Christ. (Galatians 1:11, 12)
Jesus said, The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He hath anointed me to preach the Gospel to the poor. (Luke 4:18)
God has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised (Isaiah 61:12)
Reverend A. L. Dorrough
Messages from God

• Language: English
• Publisher: Trafford Publishing
• Release date: Sep 12, 2013
• ISBN: 9781490713793

A.L. Dorrough.

Alda (Al) Dorrough served in the United States Army from 1948–1968, serving in Germany, Korea, and Vietnam. He was awarded several citations and medals for heroic acts. Al surrendered to follow Jesus full-time in August 1974. He pastored five Southern Baptist churches within the next thirty-one years. Following the years of pastoring, he served in other areas of ministry. He was an evangelist for a while, preaching revivals across the state. He served as director of evangelism at Falls Creek Baptist Assembly for two years. He also did supply pastoring. God blessed him in many ways during those years. He has been married to his childhood sweetheart for sixty-one years. They have four children, seven grandchildren, and ten great-grandchildren. Rev. A. L. Dorrough Messages from God

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MESSAGES

FROM

GOD

Simple Sermons Made

Powerful by God

A.L. DORROUGH

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Listings in the Library of Congress, cataloging in Publication Data

1. Many Crowns (Challenging Christians)

TXU 547-399, March 20, 1992

2. The Monkey and the Preacher (God Protects His Own)

TXU 727-576, March 1, 1996

3. More Faith in God: More Miracles God Performs

TXU 785-116, February 24, 1997

4. How to Become Rich, Witnessing on Salvation

TXU 727-576, March 1996

5. Messages from God

TXU 1-853-016

All biblical quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, the New King James Version. Copyright 1979, 1980, and 1982 by Thomas Nelson Inc. Used by written permission.

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Contents

Messages from God

Acknowledgments

Permissions

My Personal Calling, by God, to Serve Him

Thirty simple sermons made powerful by God.

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Chapter 19

Chapter 20

Chapter 21

Chapter 22

Chapter 23

Chapter 24

Chapter 25

Chapter 26

Chapter 27

Chapter 28

Chapter 29

Chapter 30

About the Author

May God have the glory now and forever.

Rev. A. L. Dorrough

Messages from God

Messages from God

A ll messages in this book are from God, revealed by the Holy Spirit to the author.

All scripture is taken from the King James Version of the Holy Bible.

I make known to you, brothern, that the Gospel which was preached by me, is not after man, for I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ (Galatians 1:11-12).

Jesus said, The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because He hath anointed me to preach the Gospel to the poor (Luke 4:18).

God has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised (Isaiah 61:1-2).

Rev. A. L. Dorrough

Messages from God

Acknowledgments

I am deeply thankful to my beloved wife, Juanita, who helped me put the words together and always prayed for me.

Special gratitude is expressed to those who loved me and allowed me to preach to them the messages from God.

Thank you to Jamey Hedgecock, who typed the manuscript. Her prayers and friendship were a special gift. I was her pastor for ten years, and she has always been faithful to the Lord’s work.

Thank you to Kaitlyn Elizabeth Dorrough who is a graphic designer and the daughter of the author.

Rev. A. L. Dorrough

Messages from God

Permissions

T he following sermons may be used in any way for the glory of God. Anyone preaching these sermons has my permission, with the leadership of God’s Spirit, to change or adapt any part of these to fit the needs of the people who hear them in order that they might come to know Jesus Christ, my Lord.

No part of this book may be reproduced for profit or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical (including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system), without permission in writing from the publisher.

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Rev. A. L. Dorrough

The Author

My Personal Calling,

by God, to Serve Him

A person can be called to serve Jesus Christ full-time in many different ways, at different places and times.

The first time I felt God’s call on my life, I was a very young man. I had just been saved at a tent revival in Fayetteville, North Carolina. I made an appointment to see the military chaplain as I was in the army at that time. The chaplain didn’t keep the appointment. After I waited a long period of time, I decided that maybe God didn’t call me, after all.

Over the next twenty years of military service, I would feel God calling at different times, but I never did anything about it.

After I retired from military duty, I was living in Denison, Texas, enjoying the good life of a civilian. God got my attention one last time. I remember it very well. Early one morning, the house was quiet. My son had gone to school. My wife was sewing. I was sleeping or trying to. It was still dark outside. I was awakened by a bright light in the bedroom. I went to the window to see what it was. No lights were on outside; even the streetlights were out. As I turned around toward the bed, the bright light again shone on the wall. It began to take the shape of a person. When I realized that it was Jesus Christ, I fell down on my knees. My legs gave out in weakness. The face of Christ was clear. There was a crown of thorns on his head, and blood was running down his face. His eyes seemed to look right through me. They were shining with tears. Some of His beard had been plucked out, and he looked very sad. Jesus Christ did not say one word to me verbally; however, I could hear Him say, Go and tell them what I did for them. Then He disappeared.

I went to tell my wife what had happened. As soon as she saw me, she quickly guided me to a chair to sit, asking What is wrong? You look like you have seen a ghost.

My only answer to her was Honey, I’ve got to preach about Jesus.

She didn’t understand what I was uttering, so she asked me again. This time I clearly stated I have got to start preaching about Jesus now.

She immediately called our pastor. She felt it was urgent. Apparently, he did too because he came right out to our home.

After my visit with the pastor, I wouldn’t talk to anyone about my experience. I didn’t really know what to do until I had time to pray through the situation.

As a boy, I had been taught if anything unusual happened to you or if you saw something out of the ordinary, just keep it to yourself or else people would think that you were lying or making up stories to get attention.

Some will believe and some won’t, but that is not important. What is important is to go and tell.

I’m about at my journey’s end in life. Perhaps some will read my testimony and know why I turned my life around so completely when I had such a promising future in the ways of the world. I took the best road that was ever made: that of following Jesus Christ.

Thirty simple sermons made powerful

by God.

Old Testament

1.   God is Calling

Genesis 3:8-9; John 11:28

2.   The Door is Closing

Genesis 6:5-7:16; Matthew 24:36-39

3.   Hearing it Through

Exodus 20:13

4.   The Finger of God

Exodus 31:18 and Daniel 5:5ff.

5.   The Battle is the Lord’s

1 Samuel 17:31-51

6.   Miracles of God

1 Kings 17:1-24

7.   Revival—Revival

2 Chronicles 7:14-16

8.   Visions from