Open Heaven 2 December 2021: [Thursday] Devotional By Pastor E.A. Adeboye – The Cure for Shame
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Heaven 2 December 2021 TOPIC: The Cure for Shame
MEMORISE: Then shall I not
be ashamed, when I have respect unto all thy commandments. Psalms 119:6
READ: Psalms 119:1-8 (KJV)
1. Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk
in the law of the LORD.
2. Blessed are they that keep his testimonies, and
that seek him with the whole heart.
3. They also do no iniquity: they walk in his ways.
4. Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts
diligently.
5. O that my ways were directed to keep thy
statutes!
6. Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect
unto all thy commandments.
7. I will praise thee with uprightness of heart,
when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.
8. I will keep thy statutes: O forsake me not utterly.
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Open Heaven 2 December 2021 MESSAGE:
Genesis 3:10 says that after the devil had deceived Adam and
Eve, they suffered from shame. They were ashamed because the glory of the Lord
had departed from them.
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Thus,
we see that it was disobedience that brought about shame upon the first couple.
God had earlier warned them against eating the forbidden fruit, but they
eventually did.
Disobedience
to Gods word brings untold shame and agony. To avoid or remove shame, we must
return to the word of God and live according to its dictates, as we see in
today’s memory verse.
Our
Scripture reading says those who walk in the law of the Lord are blessed
because they are undefiled. It goes further to establish the blessedness of the
keepers of the testimonies of the Lord and those who seek Him with their whole
heart.
Open Heaven 2 December 2021 – OPEN HEAVEN FOR TODAY
Why
are they blessed? They are blessed because those iniquities that bring about
shame are kept away from them through their obedience. It is sad that today
when Pastors teach on obedience, some people shun it because according to them,
we are in the grace dispensation and not that of the law.
These
people forget that we cannot be in sin and expect grace to abound (Romans
6:1-2).
Psalm
119:9, 11 also says: “Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? By taking
heed thereto according to thy word… Thy word have I hid in mine heart, that I
might not sin against thee.”
Proverbs
3:35 says the wise shall inherit glory but shame shall be the promotion of
fools. The word fools here refers to people who act as though there is no God
(Psalms 53:1).
When
a fellow behaves as if his or her wickedness shall not be brought to book, the
person is indirectly saying that there is no God anywhere to judge him.
When
a person travels far away from a familiar environment just to commit sin, he or
she is acting like there is no God because otherwise, such a fellow would know
that God is everywhere.
Shame
is the portion of such people. You will not be put to shame, in Jesus name. If
this prayer would be answered, you must repent and live in complete obedience
to the word of God.
Open Heaven 2 December 2021 PRAYER POINT:
Father, help me to obey all Your commandments.
Lord, keep me away from shame, in the mighty name of Jesus.
Open Heaven 2 December 2021 HYMN: IN CHRIST ALONE MY HOPE IS FOUND
1. In Christ
alone my hope is found
He is my
light, my strength, my song
This
Cornerstone, this solid ground
Firm through
the fiercest drought and storm
What heights
of love, what depths of peace
When fears
are stilled, when strivings cease
My Comforter,
my All in All
Here in the
love of Christ I stand.
2. In Christ
alone, who took on flesh
Fullness of
God in helpless babe
This gift of
love and righteousness
Scorned by
the ones He came to save
‘Til on that
cross as Jesus died
The wrath of
God was satisfied
For every sin
on Him was laid
Here in the
death of Christ I live.
Bought with
the precious blood of Christ.
3. There in
the ground His body lay
Light of the
world by darkness slain
Then bursting
forth in glorious Day
Up from the
grave He rose again
And as He
stands in victory
Sin’s curse
has lost its grip on me
For I am His
and He is mine
Bought with
the precious blood of Christ
4. No guilt
in life, no fear in death
This is the
power of Christ in me
From life’s
first cry to final breath
Jesus
commands my destiny
No power of
hell, no scheme of man
Can ever
pluck me from His hand
Till He
returns or calls me home
Here, in the
power of Christ, I stand.
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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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