Open Heaven 16 March 2021: [Tuesday] Daily Devotional By Pastor E.A Adeboye – Examine Your Actions
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OPEN HEAVEN 16 MARCH 2021 TOPIC: Examine Your Actions
MEMORISE: Those things, which ye
have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of
peace shall be with you. – Philippians 4:9
READ: 1 Corinthians 9:24-27
(KJV)
24Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one
receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain.
25And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in
all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an
incorruptible.
26 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as
one that beateth the air:
27 But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Exodus 35-37
Open
Heaven 16 March 2021 MESSAGE:
When a person becomes born again, the things they enjoy doing
would change significantly. From the moment I became born again, I have loved
winning souls for Christ. I want to tell everybody that Jesus has saved my
soul, I’m on my way to heaven and my name is now written in glory.
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YOUR FRIENDS
I still remember the Monday after I gave my life to Jesus,
Christ. As soon as I got to work, everybody knew something had happened because
I was bubbling with excitement. At that time, I was working towards my Ph.D. My
supervisor looked at me and said “Enoch, what happened to you? Did you attend a
party during the weekend?” I said, ” No Sir, but I’ve got an invitation to
another party”. He asked ”Which one is that?” and I replied “A heavenly party.
Jesus Christ is going to marry, and I am the bride”. That was the very first
Monday after I gave my life to Jesus.
Open Heaven 16 March 2021– Examine Your Actions
A few years ago, I was invited to receive an honorary degree at
the University of Ibadan in Nigeria, and I was told I had five minutes to
appreciate them for the degree. I thanked them for giving me the award then
told them that there is another award in heaven, and it would be disastrous not
to qualify for it. I also told them that the qualification for the award is to
become born again. Before my five minutes were up, I had made an altar call.
Nothing gives me more joy than to see those who were going to hell coming to
surrender their lives to Jesus Christ. Do you enjoy winning souls?
Jesus commanded us to take the gospel to the nations of the
earth and to disciple them.
I feel a bit uncomfortable when, during services, Christians
still have to be cajoled to give a good offering. Genuinely born-again
Christians don’t have to be cajoled to give to God, they enjoy it! Examine
yourself: do you enjoy giving to God? In 1 Samuel 24 David said he would never give
something to God that cost him nothing. Many Christians are not even willing to
give to God at all not to talk of giving what costs them something.
Examine yourself: do you enjoy giving to God? Do you honour God
with your tithe? Do you honour Him with your first fruit? In 1 Samuel 2:30, God
said He will honour only those who honour Him.
Open Heaven 16 March 2021 KEY POINT:
From
today, make soul winning a habit that you cannot do without.
Open
Heaven 16 March 2021 HYMN 22: Stand Up, 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 shall He lead,
Till every 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, and watching unto prayer,
Where calls the voice of duty, 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.
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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