Open Heaven 28 May 2021: [Friday] Daily Devotional By Pastor E.A Adeboye – Honour them Now!
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OPEN HEAVEN 28 MAY 2021 TOPIC: Honour them Now!
MEMORISE: Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this
gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath
done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her. – Mark 14:9
READ: Psalm 127:3-5 (KJV)
3 And being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at
meat, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very
precious; and she brake the box, and poured it on his head.
4 And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and
said, Why was this waste of the ointment made?
5 For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and
have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her.
6 And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought
a good work on me.
7 For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye
may do them good: but me ye have not always.
8 She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint my
body to the burying.
9 Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached
throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall be spoken of for
a memorial of her.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: 2 Timothy 1- 4
Open Heaven 28 May 2021
MESSAGE:
Jesus was at Bethany when a woman poured a costly perfume on
His head. Some hypocrites saw it as a waste of resources because they felt the
ointment could have been sold for a great price and the returns given to the
poor. Jesus saw through their hypocrisy and said in Mark 14:6-7:
…Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good
work on me. For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may
do them good: but me ye have not always.
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See: OPEN HEAVEN
27 MAY 2021 –THEY BELONG TO GOD
It is
shocking that some people considered what this lady did for her Maker as waste.
To their surprise, Jesus said she would forever be remembered for that singular
act as she was doing it in honour of His eventual burial. There are many
lessons you can learn from this. One, we should prepare our aged parents for
their funerals long before they die. We can do this by taking good care of them
while they are alive. This is because whatever fortune we spend at their
funeral is mere exercise in futility. The dead do not appreciate golden
caskets, neither do they eat delicacies. Two, the law of harvest will come to
play. If we take care of our aged, all other things being equal, the younger
generation would take care of us too.
OPEN HEAVEN FOR TODAY 28 MAY 2021
Another lesson we can draw from this story is that whatever we
do for God is not only appreciated now, it’s kept in divine memory. We see this
in Acts 10:4. What this woman did during the Passion
Week over 2,000 years ago is still being talked about today in the 21st
century. Jesus said the good deed of this woman shall be spoken of wherever and
whenever the gospel would be preached and true to His word, it is happening. We
must also learn not to listen to what people say whenever we are moved by the
Holy Spirit to do something for God. We should be like Paul who taught us not
to confer with flesh and blood before preaching the gospel Galatians 1:16.
Don’t wait until your aged ones
have passed on before celebrating them; the dead cannot appreciate any
celebration. Take care of them while they are still alive, show your gratitude
regularly and shower them with love continually. When you do this, they will
bless you and you would be blessed indeed.
Open Heaven 28 May 2021 ACTION POINT:
What
is that thing God is asking you to do for Him? What is He asking you to do for
your aged ones? Go ahead and do them NOW.
Open
Heaven 28 May 2021 HYMN 14: JESUS, MY LORD, MY GOD, MY ALL
1.
Jesus, my Lord, my
God, my all,
Hear me, blest Saviour, when I call;
Hear me, and from Thy dwelling place
Pour down the riches of Thy grace;
REFRAIN:
Jesus, my Lord, I Thee adore;
O make me love Thee more and more.
1.
Jesus, too late I Thee
have sought;
How can I love Thee as I ought?
And how extol Thy matchless fame,
The glorious beauty of Thy name?
2.
Jesus, what didst Thou
find in me,
That Thou hast dealt so lovingly?
How great the joy that Thou hast brought
So far exceeding hope or thought!
3.
Jesus, of Thee shall
be my song,
To Thee my heart and soul belong;
All that I have or am is Thine,
And Thou, blest Saviour, Thou art mine.
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.
2 Comments
Pls the bile reading you wrote above is not correct. It is not Psalm 127: 5-7. The correct one is READ: Mark 14:3-9
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Pls the bible reading you wrote above is not correct. It is not Psalm 127: 5-7. The correct one is READ: Mark 14:3-9
ReplyDeleteThank you for your good work
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