Open Heavens Daily Devotional Messages, By Pastor E.A Adeboye.

Open Heavens 1 June 2017: Thursday daily devotional by Pastor E. A. Adeboye-Be refilled
Open Heavens 31 May 2017: Wednesday daily devotional by Pastor E. A. Adeboye – whose will?
Open Heavens Reflections 30 May 2017 - The Ultimate Destination

Open Heavens 1 June 2017: Thursday daily devotional by Pastor E. A. Adeboye-Be refilled

Posted: 30 May 2017 02:15 PM PDT

Open Heavens 1 June 2017: Thursday daily devotional by Pastor E. A. Adeboye-Be refilled

BE REFILLED – Thursday June 1^st 2017

Memorise: And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess, but be filled with the Spirit. Ephesians 5:18

Read: Ephesians 5:17-19 (King James Version)

¹⁷Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.

¹⁸And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;

¹⁹Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;

Bible in one year: Acts 22-23, Jeremiah 39:11-40:6, Hymn: Sing hymn 15

MESSAGE:

The moment you give your life to Christ, a long drawn out battle for your souls begins. While your spirit would want to begin to exercise control over your soul as it rightfully should, your body would resist it and ask you to go in the opposite direction. To be victorious in this protracted battle, you need to understand your new nature and the life of the Spirit, so that you can easily flow in it. From time to time, people ask me how I was able to grow in the Spirit, but they are never satisfied with the answer I give them. Let me share some of what helped me with you. The moment you become born again, your spirit man is brought back to life. The fish is born in water and so cannot survive outside its natural habitat – water. John 3:6 says,

"That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit."

Therefore, now that your spirit man is born again, you are expected to gravitate towards the things of the spirit if you want to grow. Your new birth is a spirit experience, and only the things of the Spirit will help you grow.

One way to grow in the Spirit is to repeatedly experience being filled with the Holy Spirit. On the day of Pentecost, after the Holy Spirit descended, the disciples gained their first experience of being filled with the Holy Spirit. Acts 2:4 says,

"And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance."

Later on, when they gathered to table a pressing challenge before the Lord, they prayed earnestly, and they experienced the in-filling of the Holy Spirit again. Acts 4:31 says

"And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled together; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness."

Furthermore, to successfully live the life of the spirit, it is not enough to be baptized in the Holy Spirit. You must pursue a growing, personal relationship with Him and crave for more opportunities to be filled by Him. No wonder Ephesians 5:18 commands us to be filled with the Spirit. Like the disciples, if you want to be filled over and over again, be separate from the things of the flesh, have fellowship with God where you can worship Him in spirit and in truth, attend Church services together with like-minded believers, feast on His word and pray in tongues regularly.

Action Point

Consistently try to increase the amount of time you spend praying in tongues. Pray in tongues and sing in tongues. This will help your spirit grow.

Open Heavens Daily Devotional guide was written by Pastor E.A. Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, one of the largest evangelical church in the world and also the President of Christ the Redeemer's Ministries.
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Open Heavens 31 May 2017: Wednesday daily devotional by Pastor E. A. Adeboye – whose will?

Posted: 30 May 2017 12:47 PM PDT

WHOSE WILL? – Wednesday May 31^st 2017

Memorise: Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Matthew 6:10

Read: Matthew 6:9-13 (King James Version)

⁹After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

¹⁰Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

¹¹Give us this day our daily bread.

¹²And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

¹³And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen.

Bible in one year: Acts 20-21, Jeremiah 38:24-39:10, Hymn: Sing hymn 14

MESSAGE:

"And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing for your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God."

Romans 12:2

God is a God of purpose and He is highly organised. He plans fat ahead of His deeds. For instance, Ephesians 1:4 says that long before God laid the foundations of the earth, He had already chosen us to live a holy and blameless life before Him. God knows exactly what He wants and where He is going. God could not have created the world and everything in it without a definite plan and purpose for His creation (Isaiah 45:18). He has a will which is clearly revealed by His word. May God cause you to know His plan for your life and give you the grace to follow it in Jesus' Name.

From the teaching of Jesus commonly known as "the Lord's prayer", one thing is very clear: only the will of God is done in Heaven where He dwells. No one can violate His will or commandment over there and continue to stay there. Open heavens may 31 2017: Bread or crumbs? He cannot live with rebels; hence, Lucifer and the angels who rebelled against God were thrown out of Heaven (Isaiah 14:12-15). Everyone and everything existing in Heaven conforms to God's will and plan, and they all make Him happy. How about on earth? Since the fall of man, Satan and his demons have done a lot to cause men to take after their rebellious path. For this reason, Jesus Christ came so that we can once again unite with those in Heaven in doing God's will and pursing His pleasure. Matthew 6:10 says,

"Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven."

Why were you saved? God saved you so that you can join His family in Heaven in doing His will. David had this understanding, and so he said in Psalm 143:10:

"Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: thy spirit is good; lead me into the land of uprightness.

You are here on earth to do His will and not to please yourself (Romans 12:2). For this reason, Colossians 1:16 says we were created by Him and for Him. You were created for His purpose. At the end of time, only those who followed God's will diligently on earth will be translated to continue doing so in Heaven. Whose will are you following? Are you daily doing God's will or yours?

Prayer Point

Father, teach and grant me grace to do Your will with all my heart.

Open Heavens Reflections 30 May 2017 - The Ultimate Destination

Posted: 29 May 2017 09:17 PM PDT