Open Heaven 13 August 2021: [Friday] Daily Devotional By Pastor E.A Adeboye – Spiritually Bankrupt?
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HEAVEN 13 AUGUST 2021 TOPIC: Spiritually Bankrupt?
MEMORISE:
So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward
God. Luke 12:21
READ: Romans 8:1-8 (KJV)
1. There is therefore now no
condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh,
but after the Spirit.
2. For the law of the Spirit of life
in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.
3. For what the law could not do, in
that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of
sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh;
4. That the righteousness of the law
might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
5. For they that are after the flesh
do mind the things of the flesh; but they that are after the Spirit the things
of the Spirit.
6. For to be carnally minded is
death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace.
7. Because the carnal mind is enmity
against God; for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be.
8. So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Psalms 96-98
Open Heaven 13 August 2021 MESSAGE:
People believe that the poor are automatically candidates of
heaven, hence they are blessed. This is a misconception of what Jesus meant in
His Sermon on the Mount, according to today’s Bible reading. No matter how poor
or rich a person may be, if he or she is not reconciled with God through Jesus
Christ, such a person cannot make heaven. The Bible says:
Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be
in health, even as thy soul prospereth. – 3rd John 1:2
The truth is that whether a person is rich or poor, he or she
will make it to Heaven only if the admission condition is met. What is this condition?
Jesus Christ said to Nicodemus in John 3:3:
…Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the
kingdom of God.
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HEAVEN 12 AUGUST 2021 – DIVINE HEALING
Spiritual bankruptcy could mean that a person is not born again,
that the fellow lacks what it takes to please God, that is, faith in the Son of
God Hebrews 11:6. Spiritual
bankruptcy could also mean that the fellow lacks the fruit of the Spirit and
would therefore fulfill the lusts of the flesh Galatians 5:16-23. When a person is spiritually bankrupt, the fellow
will be ruled by sin rather than the Spirit of God. The Bible further says:
Open Heaven 13 August 2021 – OPEN HEAVEN FOR TODAY
Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not
deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate,
nor abusers of themselves with mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor
drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. – 1 Corinthians 6:9-10
The woes of being spiritually bankrupt, however, are many. A
spiritually bankrupt fellow will not be able to receive answers to his or her
prayers, according to Isaiah 59:1-3.
The fellow will become easy prey to the devil according to 1 Peter 5:8. Such a fellow will not have spiritual insight into the
future and thus, walk into avoidable dangers. The solution to spiritual
bankruptcy is new life in Jesus Christ.
Beloved, give your life totally to Jesus today, if you are still
a sinner. If need be, rededicate your life to God for spiritual guidance and
breakthrough. He will receive you.
Open Heaven 13 August 2021 PRAYER POINT:
Father,
please help me to be live in abundance – spiritually, physically, materially
and materially in the name of Jesus.
Open Heaven 13 August 2021 Hymns – JESUS,
MY LORD, MY GOD, MY ALL
1. Jesus, my Lord, my
God, my all,
hear me, blest Savior, when I call;
hear me, and from thy dwelling place
pour down the riches of thy grace.
CHORUS
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 Savior, 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.
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