Open Heaven 30 April 2021: [Friday] Daily Devotional By Pastor E.A Adeboye – The Harvest will Surely Come
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OPEN
HEAVEN 30 APRIL 2021 TOPIC: The Harvest Will Surely
Come
MEMORISE: Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming
of the Lord. Behold, the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the
earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter
rain. – James 5:7
READ: Genesis 8:20-22 (KJV)
20. And Noah builded an altar unto the LORD; and took of every
clean beast, and of every clean fowl, and offered burnt offerings on the altar.
21. And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in
his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the
imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite
any more everything living, as I have done.
22. While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
BIBLE
IN ONE YEAR: Joshua 14-16
Open
Heaven 29 April 2021 MESSAGE:
The time between sowing and harvesting could be
short or long depending on the type of seed and some environmental factors.
Farmers know this; thus, they are never in a hurry. However, some believers
today are of the opinion that they can sow in the morning and reap that same
morning. They must remember that the duration of the harvest is dependent on
what you want to reap. Some crops can be harvested within three to six months,
and others may require more time.
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HEAVEN 29 APRIL 2021 – THE CURE FOR DEFEAT
There are set procedures for harvesting. The seed must first die
before it sprouts, then within a specified period, it grows until it bears
fruit. It is only at the stage of maturity that farmers begin to harvest.
As children of God, you must learn to wait. Romans 12:12 says
your attitude while waiting must be such that you are always:
Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;
Sadly, some ‘believers’ are too
much in a hurry to take their harvest. They engage in anti-Christian practices,
and end up burning their spiritual fingers in the fire of lust and greed (1 Timothy 6:10).
The harvest can be in any form: promotion, compensation,
recognition of hard work among others. When you are putting in your best in an organization,
you must wait for the management to appreciate your devotion to work, and not
begin to agitate for it. In fact, what you think is ‘best service’ may just be
you being zealous or ambitious.
Open Heaven 30 April 2021 – The Harvest will Surely Come
It may shock you if your employer says your best is not good
enough for recognition. This is why you must remain humble and continue to work
faithfully. I recall a farmer who hurriedly harvested his yam many years ago;
he ended up depriving himself of a bumper harvest as his impatience disrupted
the growth potential of the tubers. Unripe yam tubers are never as delicious as
those harvested at maturity.
I pray that as you sow on good ground, your harvest will come
bountifully. The Almighty will give you the patience to wait for it, in the
mighty name of Jesus.
Open Heaven 30 April 2021 PRAYER POINT:
Father,
please help me to patiently wait for my day of glorification, in the mighty
name of Jesus.
Open Heaven 30 April 2021 HYMN 25: There Shall Be Showers
of Blessings
1. There shall be showers of blessing:
This is the promise of love;
There shall be seasons refreshing,
Sent from the Saviour above.
REFRAIN:
Showers of blessing,
Showers of blessing we need;
Mercy drops ’round us are falling,
But for the showers we plead.
2. There shall be showers of blessing:
Precious reviving again;
Over the hills and the valleys,
Sound of abundance of rain.
3. There shall be showers of blessing;
Send them upon us, Oh Lord!
Grant to us now a refreshing;
Come and now honour Thy Word.
4. There shall be showers of blessing;
Oh, that today they might fall,
Now, as to God, we’re confessing,
Now as on Jesus we call!
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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