Open Heaven 26 October 2021: [Tuesday] Devotional By Pastor E.A. Adeboye – Godly Sorrows Leads to Salvation
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Open Heaven 26 October 2021
TOPIC: Godly
Sorrows Leads to Salvation
MEMORISE: For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be
repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death. 2 Corinthians 7:10
READ: Luke 22:60-62 (KJV)
60 And
Peter said, Man, I know not what thou sayest. And immediately, while he yet
spake, the cock crew.
61 And
the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the
Lord, how he had said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me
thrice.
62 And Peter went out, and wept bitterly.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: 2 Chronicles 11:1-23, 2 Chronicles 12:1-16, 2 Chronicles 13:1-22, 2 Chronicles
14:1-15, 2 Chronicles 15:1-19
Open Heaven 25 October 2021 MESSAGE:
When Peter realized that he
had failed to fulfil his promise never
to deny Jesus Christ, the Bible says …he went out, and wept bitterly Matthew 26:75.
This is what the Bible calls
godly sorrow. Godly sorrow has its blessing, according to today’s memory verse.
In the gospel of Matthew 5:4 we read: “Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.”
Also
Read: Open Heaven 25 October 2021 – Denying Christ
When
an individual is confronted with the reality of the sinful life he or she is
living and the certainty of hell, the fellow would mourn in repentance, if his or her heart is right with God.
The
best way to mourn for ones sins is to confess and forsake them. Proverbs
28:13-14 says: “He that covereth his sins shall not
prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy. Happy is the
man that feareth alway: but he that hardeneth his heart shall fall into
mischief.”
The
story of the Pharisee and the publican (Luke 18:10-14) further illustrates godly sorrow, which
brings about repentance. The Pharisee went to the temple only to begin to
praise himself for all his good deeds. The Publican however, smote his chest
and mourned for his sins.
Open Heaven 26 October 2021 – OPEN HEAVEN FOR TODAY
The truth of the matter is that the Almighty God considers what we count as our righteousness as nothing but filthy rags, as we read in Isaiah 64:6 “But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousness’s are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.”
As
Christians, we should not pile up unconfessed sins and so rob ourselves of the
needed revival.
Beloved, let us examine ourselves and see where we are falling short of God’s grace of living holy. Let us repent and come back to our first love if at all we have lost our way. Revelation 2:4-5 says:“Nevertheless I have somewhat against thee, because thou hast left thy first love. Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works…”
I pray that the Lord will
revive you today, in Jesus name. Amen.
Open Heaven 26 October 2021 PRAYER POINT:
Father,
I need a revival of holiness; please revive me now, in the mighty name of Jesus.
Open Heaven 26
October 2021 HYMN: Count Your Blessings
1.
When upon life’s billows you are tempest
tossed,
When you are discouraged, thinking all is lost,
Count your many blessings, name them one by one,
And it will surprise you what the Lord hath done.
CHORUS
Count your blessings,
name them one by one;
Count your blessings,
see what God hath done;
Count your blessings,
name them one by one;
Count your many blessings,
see what God hath done.
1.
Are you ever burdened with a load of care?
Does the cross seem heavy you are called to bear?
Count your many blessings, ev’ry doubt will fly,
And you will be singing as the days go by.
2.
When you look at others with their lands and
gold,
Think that Christ has promised you His wealth untold;
Count your many blessings, money cannot buy
Your reward in heaven, nor your home on high.
3.
So, amid the conflict, whether great or small,
Do not be discouraged, God is over all;
Count your many blessings, angels will attend,
Help and comfort give you to your journey’s end.
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