Open Heavens Daily Devotional Messages, By Pastor E.A Adeboye. |
- OVERCOMING TRIALS I – Thursday April 28th 2016
- KNOW YOUR ENEMY II – Wednesday April 27th 2016
- KNOW YOUR ENEMY I – Tuesday April 26th 2016
| OVERCOMING TRIALS I – Thursday April 28th 2016 Posted: 24 Apr 2016 08:51 AM PDT OVERCOMING TRIALS I Memorise: Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which he Lord hath promised to them that love him. James 1:12 Read: Proverbs 1:11-15, 11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause: 12 Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit: 13 We shall find all precious substance; we shall fill our houses with spoil: 14 Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse: 15 My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:  Bible in one year: 1st Kings 8:22-9:28, Proverbs 16:20-33 MESSAGE The irony of the spiritual realm is that the tempter is the prosecutor. The Bible says: "And the great dragon was cast out that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceieveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him. And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night." Revelation 12:9-10 The above scripture points to one bitter truth; trials and temptations are characteristics of life whether we believe it or not. It is, however, better to believe it because it is then we can preparedly overcome it. The Bible also confirms it by attaching a blessing to overcomers of temptation: "Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him." James 1:12 It takes genuine love for God to be able to overcome temptation. Joseph was able to overcome the temptation of sleeping with his master's wife because of the love he had for God. This love was what produced his victory. He said: "There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?" Genesis 39:9 As said earlier, there will always be temptations as long as we are on this earth. Temptation is not a sin but falling into it is the sin. The bad thoughts that the devil flashes at you are not sins until you begin to hatch and execute them. It is our resistance to temptation that makes us overcomers. The Bible says: "Ye have not yet resisted unto blood, striving against sin." Hebrews 12:4 My prayer for someone using this devotional is that you remain an overcomer over sin from now on in Jesus' name. Prayer Point Father, sanctify me wholly from every besetting sin by the Blood of Jesus shed on the Cross. |
| KNOW YOUR ENEMY II – Wednesday April 27th 2016 Posted: 24 Apr 2016 08:47 AM PDT KNOW YOUR ENEMY II Memorise: O wretched man that I am! Who shall deliver me from the body of this death? Romans 7:24 Read: Romans 7:18-25, 18 For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not. 19 For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. 20 Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. 21 I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. 22 For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: 23 But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. 24 O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death? 25 I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord. So then with the mind I myself serve the law of God; but with the flesh the law of sin.  Bible in one year: 1st Kings 7:1-8:21, Proverbs 16:6-19 MESSAGE The flesh is another deadly enemy of man. The flesh attacks the soul through its poisonous activities. These activities are listed in Galatians 5:19-21; "Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God." The above listed activities of the flesh are deadly, primarily because they prevent a man inheriting the kingdom of God. An enemy is not a serious one if it can only kill you, but cannot prevent you from making it to heaven. Jesus Christ said: "And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul; but rather fear him which is able to destroy both souls and body in hell." Matthew 10:28 Consequently, the flesh and its activities are very dangerous, but Christians have become so complacent that they sit back and allow these activities drag them off the track of heaven. The Bible says: "Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned? So he that goeth into his neighbour's wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent… But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destoryeth his own soul." Proverbs 6:28, 32 The works of the flesh can be destroyed through only one means and that means is Jesus Christ. Beloved, I encourage you to give you life to Christ totally today, and do away with all works of the flesh. Action Point Read Colossians 3:5 and pray with it. |
| KNOW YOUR ENEMY I – Tuesday April 26th 2016 Posted: 24 Apr 2016 04:34 AM PDT KNOW YOUR ENEMY I Memorise: My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. Proverbs 1:10 Read: Genesis 3:1-5, 3 Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? 2 And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: 3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die. 4 And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: 5 For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.  Bible in one year: 1st Kings 4-6, Proverbs 15:25-16:5 MESSAGE One of the earliest weapons of the devil against both the spiritual and physical well-being of man is enticement. He has, from time immemorial, been successfully using this weapon against humanity. The first time He used it was in the Garden of Eden. "And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die: for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. Genesis 3:4-6a As a matter of fact, the fruit was not better looking than other fruits of the garden, but the mental picture that the devil painted about it suggested to the woman that the fruit was better than the ones God had generously given them to eat. Today, there are many good things of life that God has provided for humanity and His children in particular, but the enticement of the enemy has robbed many people of the joy and contentment in God's benevolence. For example; if a man goes about chasing a woman who is not his wife, he is deluded and enticed to think that the strange woman possesses something that his wife does not have. It is the lie of the devil when you think that a second marriage will give you the joy that you did not have in the first. Read this confession of the first polygamist in history: "And Lamech took unto him two wives: the name of the one was Adah, and the name of the other Zillah… And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt." Genesis 4:19, 23 Through we may not have the full details of Lamech's lamentation in this passage, the fact remains that an increase in the number of his wives did not spare him from the agony that instigated this lament. Beloved, in what areas have you been deceived through the enticement of the devil? I pray that the enticement will loosen its grip over you from today in Jesus' name. Prayer Point Father, when sinners come around to entice me, may I not consent in Jesus' name. |
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