Open Heaven 20 June 2021: [Sunday] Daily Devotional By Pastor E.A Adeboye – The Father’s Blessing
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HEAVEN 20 June 2021 TOPIC: The Father’s Blessing
MEMORISE: The blessings of thy father have prevailed
above the blessings of my progenitors unto the utmost bound of the everlasting
hills: they shall be on the head of Joseph, and on the crown of the head of him
that was separate from his brethren.” – (Genesis 49:26)
READ: Genesis 27:22-29 (KJV)
22 And Jacob went near unto
Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but
the hands are the hands of Esau.
23 And he discerned him
not, because his hands were hairy, as his brother Esau's hands: so he blessed
him.
24 And he said, Art thou my
very son Esau? And he said, I am.
25 And he said, Bring it
near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison, that my soul may bless thee.
And he brought it near to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine and he
drank.
26 And his father Isaac
said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son.
27 And he came near, and
kissed him: and he smelled the smell of his raiment, and blessed him, and said,
See, the smell of my son is as the smell of a field which the Lord hath blessed:
28 Therefore God give thee
of the dew of heaven, and the fatness of the earth, and plenty of corn and
wine:
29 Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.
BIBLE
IN ONE YEAR: 1 Samuel 28-31
Open
Heaven 20 June 2021 MESSAGE:
God is the Ultimate Father. In
fact, He prefers the title of Father to God. No wonder when Jesus was teaching
His disciples to pray in Matthew 6:9, He said they should start with “Our Father”.
As a Father, God likes to bless His children. The first thing He did when He
created the man and woman was to bless them (Genesis 1:27-28). He has
also transferred some of that power to fathers on earth. This means that when
your earthly father blesses you, it is as though God Himself is blessing you;
it is irreversible. We see this in Genesis 27:33:
And Isaac trembled very exceedingly, and said, Who? Where is he that hath taken
venison, and brought it me, and I have eaten of all before thou camest, and
have blessed him? yea, and he shall be blessed.
Your father’s blessing will propel you to tremendous greatness.
In Genesis 27:38-40, Esau
only got a remnant of the blessing from Isaac, yet in Genesis 32:6, we see
that he had four hundred bodyguards. The first time a President attended one of
our programmes at the Redemption Camp in Nigeria, he came along with two
hundred and fifty bodyguards. Esau went to meet Jacob with four hundred
bodyguards. That is what only a remnant of the blessing can do. In Genesis 27:29, we see
that it can also make nations run helter-skelter to help you.
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Nothing good comes cheap however; the father’s blessing is
costly too, especially when it is from the heart. When Isaac wanted to bless
Esau, he asked for something he loved. When you make your father happy, he will
bless you from his heart. I had just arrived at the airport in Heathrow and I
was carrying two big bags. There were two of my children-in-the-Lord there. One
of them just greeted me while the other one ran to take my bags. I told the
latter “God bless you”. The other one then said “Daddy, you did not say “God
bless you’ to me”. I asked, “What did you do to warrant me blessing you?” When
you make your father happy, he will bless you from his heart.
Now, what can you gift your father – whether biological or
spiritual, that would provoke him to bless you from his heart such that heaven
would back it up? Present it to him in such a way that he would be happy with
you; then ask him to bless you.
Open Heaven 20 June 2021 PRAYER POINT:
Father,
guide me to do something that will provoke my fathers (biological and/or
spiritual) to bless me.
Open Heaven 20 June 2021 HYMN 6: GREAT IS THY FAITHFULNESS, O GOD MY FATHER
1. Great is Thy
faithfulness, O God my Father;
There is no shadow of turning with Thee;
Thou changest not, Thy compassions, they fail not;
As Thou has been Thou forever wilt be.
REFRAIN:
Great is Thy faithfulness!
Great is Thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see.
All I have needed Thy hand hath provided
Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord unto me!
1. Summer and winter, and
spring time and harvest,
Sun, moon and stars in their courses above,
Join with all nature in manifold witness
To Thy great faithfulness, mercy and love.
2. Pardon for sin and a
peace that endureth
Thine own dear presence to cheer and to guide!
Blessings all mine, with ten thousand beside!
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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