Open Heaven 9 December 2021: [Thursday] Devotional By Pastor E.A. Adeboye – Maintain Your Identity in God
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Heaven 9 December 2021 TOPIC: Maintain Your Identity in God
MEMORISE How shall we sing the LORD’s song in a strange
land? – Psalms 137:4
READ: Psalm 137:1-9 (KJV)
1 By the rivers of Babylon, there we
sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.
2 We hanged our harps upon the
willows in the midst thereof.
3 For there they that carried us
away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth,
saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
4 How shall we sing the Lord's song in a strange land?
5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let
my right hand forget her cunning.
6 If I do not remember thee, let my
tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief
joy.
7 Remember, O Lord, the children of Edom in the day of
Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation thereof.
8 O daughter of Babylon, who art to
be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
9 Happy shall he be, that taketh and dasheth thy little ones against the stones.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Ezekiel 19:1-14, Ezekiel 20:1-49,
Ezekiel 21:1-32, Ezekiel 22:1-31, Ezekiel 23:1-49, Ezekiel 24:1-27
Open Heaven 9 December 2021 MESSAGE:
You cannot win the battle of life, especially
spiritual ones, if you do not know who you are in the Lord. One great thing
about the children of Israel is that to date, they are still identified as
God’s own people.
Read: Open Heaven 8 December
2021 – Blessings of Unity
Many people who have
fallen into sin have written themselves off, even when God is waiting to
receive them with excitement, like the father of the prodigal son in Luke
15:11-24. Beloved, as long as you are born again, you
must always be conscious of your position in the Lord. 1
John 3:1 says:
“Behold, what manner of
love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of
God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.”
When the children of
Israel were taken into captivity at Babylon, their captors wanted to mock them
by asking them to sing of the goodness of their God, even as they were in
distress. The children of Israel knew the motive of the Babylonians and thus,
declined to sing. This humbled their captors in a way, because the children of
Israel did not cheapen their songs of praise before the Babylonians, who could
have corrupted the songs.
Open Heaven 9 December 2021 – OPEN HEAVEN FOR TODAY
Sadly, many gospel songs
have now been corrupted by secular artistes, and many believers are responsible
for this prevalent culture. This is why some unbelievers can navely argue that
there is indeed no gospel music. They cannot be farther from the truth. There
is music that contains the true gospel of Jesus Christ, and this should be what
God’s children listen to. Rather than sing songs of praises in Babylon, the
Israelites sang of God’s vengeance (Psalms 137:8-9).
If it appears that the
enemy is gaining the upper hand in your life, you must know that it is not over
until God says it is over. Perhaps you are being afflicted by the enemy because
of sin in your life; turn to Jesus today, He is our advocate with the Father
and has paid for our sins (1 John 2:1-2).
Never lose faith in God’s
mercy; do not take Him for granted by remaining in sin and thinking grace would
abound. May you never suffer losses again, in the mighty name of Jesus.
Open Heaven 9 December 2021 PRAYER POINT:
Father, please help me not to lose my confidence in You. Help me Lord,
not to take Your grace for granted, in the mighty name
of Jesus
Open Heaven 9 December 2021 HYMN: Stand Up For Jesus
1. Stand up, stand up for Jesus
ye soldiers of the cross;
lift high his royal banner,
it must not suffer loss:
from vict’ry unto vict’ry
his army he shall lead,
’til ev’ry foe is vanquished,
and Christ is Lord indeed.
2.
Stand up, stand up for Jesus,
the trumpet call obey;
forth to the mighty conflict
in this his glorious day:
ye that are men now serve him
against unnumbered foes;
let courage rise with danger,
and strength to strength oppose.
3.
Stand up, stand up for Jesus,
stand in his strength alone;
the arm of flesh will fail you,
ye dare not trust your own:
put on the gospel armor,
each piece put on with pray’r;
where duty calls, or danger,
be never wanting there.
4.
Stand up, stand up for Jesus,
the strife will not be long;
this day the noise of battle,
the next the victor’s song:
to him that overcometh
a crown of life shall be;
he with the King of glory
shall reign eternally.
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Devotional Lessons was written by Pastor E.A. Adeboye,
the General Overseer
of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, one of the
largest evangelical Churches kleinanzeigen in the world
and also the President of Christ the Redeemer's Ministries.
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