Open Heaven 16 January 2021: [Saturday] Daily Devotional By Pastor E.A Adeboye – MCY: Lust I
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Topic – MCY: Lust I (Open Heaven 16 January 2021)
Memorise: Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If
any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. – 1 John 2:15
Read: 1 John 2:15-17 (KJV)
15 Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world.
If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the
lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the
world.
17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
Bible In One Year: Genesis 31-33
Open Heaven 16 January 2021 Saturday MESSAGE:
The fifth element in our equation for Resistance in the
Mathematics of Christ in You” (MCY) series is ‘L’ and it stands for Lust. For
today however, we will only focus on the lust of the eyes. Our Bible reading
for today says the world and all that is in it will pass away. When you have a
strong desire for material things, Christ cannot dwell and operate mightily in
you. Many people will miss Heaven because of their love for this world. Some
people cut corners just because they also want to buy a new car like their
colleagues. Thank God for cars, but a car can be a moving coffin if gotten
through sinful means.
Open Heaven 16 January 2021 – MCY: Lust I
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Men-Pleasing
I had been preaching
to a friend since the 1980s. I got the opportunity to talk to him about Christ
again in 2014. As soon as I started, he said ” Hold on Pastor, you don’t need
to worry anymore. When you were talking to me some thirty years ago, I wasn’t listening
because of my ambitions, but now I have seen it all and I know it is vanity”.
He also added “Whenever I want to drink alcohol or do some things I enjoy, you
will say it is not allowed. Now, even if someone gives me a hundred million
dollars, it will have no value before me. I am ready to give my life to Christ
so my life can have real value. I didn’t have to preach anymore to win that
soul for Christ.
Open Heaven 16 January 2021: [Saturday] Daily Devotional By Pastor E.A Adeboye – MCY: Lust I
If you keep lusting after the material things of this world, you
will soon discover that they are not worth the stress. The only thing worth
having is the Joy of knowing that you are serving the Lord. The fact that you
are a Christian however, doesn’t mean that you cannot enjoy life. Rather, it
means you will enjoy life to the fullest, only that you have to prioritize
spiritual things. 3 John 2 says:
“Beloved, I wish above all
things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.”
God wants you to
prosper, but it must be even as your soul prospers. Any prosperity that will
cost you your soul will destroy you (Matthew 16:26). You must first seek the
kingdom of God and live a righteous life, then you will never lack any good
thing (Matthew 6:33). This has been my experience with Christ. I focus on
pleasing Him every day, and He supplies all my needs. I remove every resistance
to Him dwelling and operating in me, and He removes every hindrance to me
accessing all-round prosperity.
Open Heaven 16 January 2021 Saturday Key Point:
Focus on the
prosperity of your soul, leave the rest to Jesus to handle.
Open Heaven 16 January 2021 Saturday Hymn 7: Have You Been
To Jesus
1. Have you been to Jesus
for the cleansing pow’r?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Are you fully trusting in His grace this hour?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Refrain:
Are you washed in the blood,
In the soul-cleansing blood of the Lamb?
Are your garments spotless? Are they white as snow?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
2. Are you walking daily
by the Savior’s side?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Do you rest each moment in the Crucified?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
3. When the Bridegroom
cometh will your robes be white?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Will your soul be ready for the mansions bright,
And be washed in the blood of the Lamb?
4. Lay aside the garments
that are stained with sin,
And be washed in the blood of the Lamb;
There’s a fountain flowing for the soul unclean,
Oh, be washed in the blood of the Lamb!
Open Heavens Daily 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
in the world and also the President of Christ the Redeemer's Ministries.
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