Open Heaven 28 November 2021: [Sunday] Devotional By Pastor E.A. Adeboye – Who is Your Real Enemy?
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Open
Heaven 28 November 2021 TOPIC: Who is
Your Real Enemy?
MEMORISE: What shall we
then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? Romans 8:31
READ: Psalms 35:1-7 (KJV)
1. Plead my cause, O LORD, with them that strive
with me: fight against them that fight against me.
2. Take hold of shield and buckler, and stand up
for mine help.
3. Draw out also the spear, and stop the way
against them that persecute me: say unto my soul, I am thy salvation.
4. Let them be confounded and put to shame that
seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that
devise my hurt.
5. Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let
the angel of the LORD chase them.
6. Let their way be dark and slippery: and let the
angel of the LORD persecute them.
7. For without cause have they hid for me their net in a pit, which without cause they have digged for my soul.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Amos 5:1-27, Amos 6:1-14,
Amos 7:1-17,
Amos 8:1-14, Amos 9:1-15
Open Heaven 28 November 2021 MESSAGE:
Does your enemy have any legitimate claim against you? Are
you sure your adversary does not have a genuine reason to attack you? These are
questions you must answer before inviting God – the Great Ally, to come to your
aid in the battle of life.
Also Read: Open Heaven 27
November 2021 – Righteousness Bring Blessings
Requesting
divine intervention against your enemies will be counterproductive if you are
the real enemy of yourself. How can one be an enemy of himself or herself? The
answer is in today’s memory verse.
You
can be against yourself when you break divine laws, and this has its
consequences. An example is in Malachi 3:8-9 “Will a man
rob God? Yet ye have robbed me. But ye say, Wherein have we robbed thee? In
tithes and offerings. Ye are cursed with a curse: for ye have robbed me, even
this whole nation.”
Anyone
who refuses to pay their tithes is robbing God. What are you doing that is
taking you away from your Maker the One who is supposed to be your unfailing
Ally? You must answer this question before inviting God to be your Ally so you
wouldn’t be inviting Someone you have taken as an enemy – that would be the
greatest irony of all.
Open Heaven 28 November 2021 – OPEN HEAVEN FOR TODAY
Many
times, I have told my children that there is only one person who can be against
us when God wants to be for us and that is our very selves! The nobleman said
to the unprofitable servant
in Luke
19:22: “..Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked
servant…”
We
can also create enmity with the Greatest Ally when we abuse Gods temple either
by sexual immorality or indecent dressing. 1 Corinthians 3:17 says
God would destroy anyone who destroys His temple.
Your
dressing can destroy another person and when that happens, you create enmity
between yourself and God. Thus, there is no way God can come to your rescue in
the time of adversity.
This
is why you must ensure that your friendship with God is not in doubt at any
time. This is possible when you accept Jesus as your Lord and forsake all
sinful habits.
If
you are already born again, continue to live Holy. When you do, God will fight
for you and humiliate your enemies in ways you could never have imagined.
Beloved,
I beseech you: do not be an enemy to yourself and ensure you are always on the
side of God.
Open Heaven 28 November 2021 KEY POINT:
Examine yourself and make sure the Greatest Ally is
not only your God but your Friend also.
Open Heaven 28 November 2021 HYMN: ROCK OF AGES CLEFT FOR ME
1. Rock of
Ages, cleft for me,
Let me hide
myself in Thee!
Let the water
and the blood,
From Thy
riven side which flowed,
Be of sin the
double cure;
Cleanse me
from its guilt and power.
2. Not the
labours of my hands,
Can fulfill
Thy law’s demands;
Could my zeal
no respite know,
Could my
tears for ever flow,
All for sin
could not atone,
Thou must
save and Thou alone.
3. Nothing in
my hand I bring,
Simply to Thy
cross I cling
Naked, come
to Thee for dress,
Helpless,
look to Thee for grace,
Foul, I to
the fountain fly
Wash me,
Saviour, or I die.
4. While I
draw this fleeting breath,
When my
eyelids close in death,
When I soar
to worlds unknown,
See Thee on
Thy judgement throne,
Rock of Ages,
cleft for me,
Let me hide
myself in Thee.
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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 kleinanzeigen in the world
and also the President of Christ the Redeemer's Ministries.
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