OPEN HEAVENS By Pastor E.A Adeboye, Monday, 3rd December, 2012

SIN AND HEALTH?

MEMORISE:
Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much. (James 5:16)

READ:
James 5:13-16

God gives power to the faint according to Isaiah 40:31. This shows that, He is ready not only to share His health and fame but also His power. Many times, as a result of fasting, my whole body will be weak. But the moment I stand behind the altar and take up the microphone, strength comes. All He wants you to do is to stay connected to Him as your Source. What do you do to be healthy? Psalms 107:17-19 says afflictions come on fools because of their iniquities. God wants you in perfect health so if you fall sick, it cannot be God. Sometimes, sickness is as a result of sin. According to 1 Peter 2:24; in such instances, God would first forgive your sins before healing you. This simply shows one is more important to God than the other. If you are sick, all that matters to you is regaining your health but God sees beyond your physical need; He sees the need of your soul; hence if you are not yet saved, He would prefer you got saved before healing you. Furthermore, after you are born again, since He has already come inside of you, it becomes easier to chase out sickness from the inside than when the devil is still in charge of the government of your life.

A classic case study on this is recorded in Mark 2:1-12 where a man sick of the palsy was brought to Him. Because He could see that the man was in need of salvation, He first forgave his sins before healing him. It is only unfortunate that sometimes instead of looking inwards when we are sick, we look for somebody or some demon to hold responsible. If only we can admit our mistakes like eating the wrong food, not taking enough rest, entertaining worries, not doing exercises or harbouring hurts, un-forgiveness and bitterness, etc., we will be able to know how to stop most sicknesses. If you admit your faults and confess them to Him, He will not only forgive you, He will also heal you (James 5:16), What are you doing that is currently keeping you sick? Stop it. If it is your diet, change it. If it is secret sin, confess and forsake it.

PRAYER POINTS
Using 3 John 2, pray that God will heal and prosper your spirit, soul and body. Pray also that every effort you make will be prospered

OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL BY PASTOR E.A. ADEBOYE

Tuesday 27th November, 2012

EXPENSIVE EXCHANGE

Memorise:

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour, 1 Peter 5:8

Bible in one year
Ezekiel 46-48

Read:
Luke 4:1-6

From Luke 6:38 we understand that it is when you give that something will be given back to you. This is a divine principle that works for anyone. The devil knows this and has applied this same principle and obtained results from it. For instance, when he took the position and authority of being god of this world from Adam, what did he do? Did he say: Relinquish your position and authority over the earth to me so that I can now be in charge of your domain? No! All he did was to offer him the forbidden fruit. As soon as Adam received and ate the fruit, he sinned against God. The devil jumped up and started to quote that since he is now a sinner, he could no longer retain what he got in holiness. And since he had already given to him, he has a right to receive his harvest. What could Heaven do about this? The devil had smartly played his card and so he quietly collected from Adam the authority God had bestowed upon him. From that moment, the devil began to use Adam’s authority to torment, trouble, terrorise, humiliate and destroy both Adam and the whole of the human race.
And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.
Luke 4:6
From the time of scoring this victory over Adam, the devil has been dangling Adam’s power before men and taking over their souls. The only way that power could be regained was either forcefully by God, which will make the devil to accuse God of arbitrariness or by engaging the Devil on a level playing field and defeating him. This was why Jesus had to come as a man to rescue mankind. When He came, the devil dangled the same power before Him and the Lord said, “I have come to recover what you stole from Adam”, but Satan said, ”I did not steal it. Adam willingly relinquished it to me”. When did he do that? It was during the exchange – when he accepted the forbidden fruit. If you don’t want to lose anything, never accept anything from Satan. Anything you receive from him gives him the authority to take precious things from you in return. Any exchange programme with the devil will always leave the human side the worse for it. Have you been receiving from the devil? He will have his pound of flesh. Be wise.

KEY POINT:
If the devil gives you one naira, he will attempt to collect one million naira in return.

OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL BY PASTOR E.A. ADEBOYE

Tuesday 27th November, 2012

EXPENSIVE EXCHANGE

Memorise:

Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour, 1 Peter 5:8

Bible in one year
Ezekiel 46-48

Read:
Luke 4:1-6

From Luke 6:38 we understand that it is when you give that something will be given back to you. This is a divine principle that works for anyone. The devil knows this and has applied this same principle and obtained results from it. For instance, when he took the position and authority of being god of this world from Adam, what did he do? Did he say: Relinquish your position and authority over the earth to me so that I can now be in charge of your domain? No! All he did was to offer him the forbidden fruit. As soon as Adam received and ate the fruit, he sinned against God. The devil jumped up and started to quote that since he is now a sinner, he could no longer retain what he got in holiness. And since he had already given to him, he has a right to receive his harvest. What could Heaven do about this? The devil had smartly played his card and so he quietly collected from Adam the authority God had bestowed upon him. From that moment, the devil began to use Adam’s authority to torment, trouble, terrorise, humiliate and destroy both Adam and the whole of the human race.
And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it.
Luke 4:6
From the time of scoring this victory over Adam, the devil has been dangling Adam’s power before men and taking over their souls. The only way that power could be regained was either forcefully by God, which will make the devil to accuse God of arbitrariness or by engaging the Devil on a level playing field and defeating him. This was why Jesus had to come as a man to rescue mankind. When He came, the devil dangled the same power before Him and the Lord said, “I have come to recover what you stole from Adam”, but Satan said, ”I did not steal it. Adam willingly relinquished it to me”. When did he do that? It was during the exchange – when he accepted the forbidden fruit. If you don’t want to lose anything, never accept anything from Satan. Anything you receive from him gives him the authority to take precious things from you in return. Any exchange programme with the devil will always leave the human side the worse for it. Have you been receiving from the devil? He will have his pound of flesh. Be wise.

KEY POINT:
If the devil gives you one naira, he will attempt to collect one million naira in return.

OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL BY PASTOR E.A. ADEBOYE

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2012
OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL BY PASTOR E.A. ADEBOYE

MEMORISE: Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.
Luke 7:47

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
Ezekiel 43-45

READ:
Luke 7:36-50

The wealthy woman of 2 Kings 4:8-17 got her desired change through giving. If you can correctly use the powerful tool of giving, there is hardly any door it cannot open to you. The question is: Are you ready to give what can deliver your desired change? Not only was the woman changed from barrenness to fruitfulness, her family name that was to become extinct was preserved by the birth of a baby boy!

Another person that effectively used giving was Cornelius. In Acts 10:1-48, he was told that his prayers and alms giving have been remembered by God and as a result, salvation through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ was granted him and his household.

A sinful woman once came to Jesus and wept much at His feet, washing them with her tears and wiping them with her hair. This was what nobody had done to Him before. Usually, it was their custom to provide water to wash the feet of your visitor but she felt water was just too cheap so she used her tears and instead of a towel to wipe, it was her hair which God gave her for glory. Then she kissed His feet severally instead of His hands and brought her alabaster box of ointment and began to anoint His feet instead of His head. By the time the Lord compared his host Simeon the Pharisee with the sinner, it was evident that what His host did not give to Him, she offered willingly to Him and this paved way for her. She got forgiveness of all her many sins. Also from this story we learn that to stand out and receive something great from the Lord, you must not just give what all others are giving but give in a different manner.

Be creative in your giving. Give what no one else will ordinarily give. If you can prayerfully think of it, the Holy Ghost can give it to you. Through her special giving, she got what many could not buy. She entered Simeon’s house a chief sinner but left a saint. Initiate your change today!

KEY POINT!
Giving to God in an unusual manner uncovers God’s extraordinary benevolence.

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