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Sunday, June 14, 2015
Topic: Our Position in Christ [Sunday June 14, 2015]
Open Heavens 14 June 2015: Sunday daily devotion by Pastor E. A. Adeboye – Our Position in Christ
Topic: Our Position in Christ [Sunday June 14, 2015]
Memorise: And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus. -Ephesians 2:6
Read: Ephesians 2:1-6 (KJV)
1 And you hath he quickened, who were dead in trespasses and sins;
2 Wherein in time past ye walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience:
3 Among whom also we all had our conversation in times past in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and were by nature the children of wrath, even as others.
4 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
5 Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)
6 And hath raised us up together, and made us sit together in heavenly places in Christ Jesus:
Bible in One Year: 2 Kings 1-2; Luke 7:36-8:3
MESSAGE:
The Bible reveals that Christians who are genuine children of God are joint-heirs with Jesus Christ through divine adoption (Romans 8:16-17). This is an amazing truth. It implies that we have access to the same resources of heaven which backed up the work of Jesus while He was here on earth. Why then is it that lots of Christians are not operating at the level which he operated while He was here on earth? The problem lies in the fact that although they bear the Name of Jesus, such people are not ready to pay the price that being a child of God demands of them. Jesus summarised the price we need to pay to operate as children of God inMatthew 11:29a:
“Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me;”
His yoke has to do with His passion to please His Father. John 4:34 thus says:
“Jesus saith unto them, my meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.”
Our Lord Jesus Christ, while on earth, was passionate about doing His Father’s will. This is the reason why the Father always heard Him when He prayed. He proudly declared this fact at the tomb of Lazarus in John 11:42:
“And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me.”
To establish His claim, He commanded the dead Lazarus, who was already decaying, to come out alive, and Lazarus became a living soul again (John 11:43-44)
The proof of our adoption as children of God is manifested in freedom from the sins which we hitherto lived under before our glorious encounter with Jesus Christ. This is the crux of the message in our Bible reading. As children of God, we must therefore live a life void of sin to the glory of God (1 John 3:9-10). We should also recognise that while we are on earth, we occupy the same position Jesus Christ did while He was on earth; therefore, we can do all that He did and enjoy every privilege He enjoyed (1 John 4:17). Our position in Christ therefore, is to share with Him the same miracle-working experience He had, and give Him the glory. However, we must be children of God indeed. If you have not given your life to Christ, you have no position to share with Jesus Christ. Today is the day of salvation for you.
Prayer Point: Father, grant me grace not to lose my position in Christ to the flesh, sin or this present age.
Saturday, May 30, 2015
Open Heavens 30 May 2015: Saturday daily devotion by Pastor E. A. Adeboye – A Conscience Void of Offence
Topic: A Conscience Void of Offence [Saturday May 30, 2015]
Memorise: And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men. - Acts 24:16
Friday, May 22, 2015
Open Heavens 22 May 2015: Friday daily devotion by Pastor E. A. Adeboye – The Power of Sight II
Topic: The Power of Sight II [Friday May 22, 2015]
Memorise: By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter; -Hebrews 11:24
Read: Genesis 13:14-18 (KJV)
14 And the LORD said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward:
Monday, May 18, 2015
Open Heavens 18 May 2015: Monday daily devotion by Pastor E. A. Adeboye – The Turning Point II
Topic: The Turning Point II [Monday May 18, 2015]
Monday, May 11, 2015
Thursday, May 7, 2015
Open Heavens 7 May 2015: Thursday daily devotion by Pastor E. A. Adeboye – What’s In a Name? Topic: What’s In a Name? [Thursday May 7, 2015]
Topic: What’s In a Name? [Thursday May 7, 2015]
Memorise: And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among nations, beginning at Jerusalem. -Luke 24:47
Read: Luke 1:30-35 (KJV)
30 And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God.
Thursday, April 30, 2015
OPEN HEAVENS 30 APRIL 2015: THURSDAY DAILY DEVOTION BY PASTOR E. A. ADEBOYE TOPIC: WATCH THAT BACKSLIDING MEMORISE: The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself. -Proverbs 14:14 READ: John 6:66-69 66 From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him. 67 Then said Jesus unto the twelve,Will ye also go away? 68 Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life. 69 And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God. Bible in one Year: Judges 20-21, Matthew 28 MESSAGE: Backsliding does not happen suddenly. It’s a process that occurs over a period of time, during which a person becomes lax in his thought life and begins to entertain from the path of light to the ways of evil from which one was once saved. There are many prodigal sons and daughters today who have forsaken their first love in the pursuit of materialism. Many workers in the vineyard of God, who started well, have allowed their spiritual fire to grow cold, thereby departing from the faith. Hebrews 10:38 says, “Now the just shall live by faith: but if any man draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.” A backslider loses interest in the Lord, in the Bible, in prayer, fellowship and witnessing, and eventually turns to the world. It is like a dog returning to its vomit. You will not backslide in Jesus’ Name. The flesh will always find expression when people fail to focus on spiritual things. The flesh expression when people fail to focus on spiritual things. The flesh clouds the minds of God’s children with such things as idle past-times, sports and television, and fills their heart with junk at the expense of spiritual growth. Before you know it, backsliding would have commenced. Someone who has always been very zealous for God will then begin to miss church meetings when there are crucial match fixes. A sister who has been very productive in evangelism will then begin to come late to meetings because of addition to certain television soaps. As Christians who are Heaven bound, we have to be very careful. Let us keep ourselves away from danger zones as much as we can. You have to be very vigilant and sober so that the devil doesn’t drag you to Hell with little things you think do not matter (1 Peter 5:8). Those detrimental “little things” you fail to terminate may end up terminating your destiny (Song of Solomon 2:15) Remember that even David, a man after God’s heart, fell for Bathsheba. Samson, the Lord’s anointed from the womb, lost his two eyes and was reduced to a prisoner grinding corn inside the enemy’s prison. One of my sons came to me complaining of a problem. He confessed that as every weekend drew to a close; he would get excited, looking forward to the next Monday morning because he would see his secretary again. I told him to disengage her from the job. A proverb in my native tongue says “Stay away from a snake whose head is still intact.” Whatever you can’t control will truncate your destiny. Whatever is capable of destroying your testimony must be avoided. Sometimes you need to apply wisdom and not strength (Ecclesiastes 9:18). Action Point: Take wise, decisive action on any relationship that has the potential of destroying your testimony.
30 APRIL 2015: THURSDAY DAILY DEVOTION BY PASTOR E. A. ADEBOYE
TOPIC: WATCH THAT BACKSLIDING
MEMORISE: The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself. -Proverbs 14:14
READ: John 6:66-69
66 From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him.
Wednesday, April 29, 2015
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