Open Heaven 28 December 2021: [Tuesday] Devotional By Pastor E.A. Adeboye – The Holy Spirit III
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Open
Heaven 28 December 2021 TOPIC: The Holy
Spirit III
MEMORISE:- Let your light so shine before men, that
they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. Matthew 5:16
READ: Matthew 5:13-16 (KJV)
13. Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt
have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for
nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.
14. Ye are the light of the world. A city that is
set on an hill cannot be hid.
15. Neither do men light a candle, and put it under
a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the
house.
16. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: 3 John 1:1-15
Open Heaven 28 December 2021 MESSAGE:
There is something about fire: whatever comes around it feels
its heat. It changes things around itself. Even the atmosphere around it is
different. Fire does not conform to its environment; it changes it.
Read: Open Heavens 27 December 2021 – Holy Spirit II
When
you get into a new environment, can people notice the Holy Spirit in you? When
they come around you, do they notice the difference between you and everybody
else? Many Christians these days try to quench their fire so as to blend in
with the environment.
I
will never do that! If you are not on fire for God and you come around me, you
will have to catch the fire. Fire is fearless; it does not run from things,
things run from it. You should not be adjusting for sinners; sinners should be
adjusting for you.
Everybody
knows irrespective of the nature of the occasion, as long as you give me the
microphone and I know that there are some sinners in that hall, I will talk
about holiness and I will make an altar call.
If
you are not willing to live holy, you will find it difficult to stay around me
because I will not stop talking about holiness.
When
you get to a new environment, do you preach the gospel to them or try to hide
your fire? Peter was going to hide his fire in John 18:15-27 because
of fear. He was so timid at the crucifixion of Christ that he denied Jesus
three times.
Open Heaven 28 December 2021 – OPEN HEAVEN FOR TODAY
After
Jesus died, Peter decided to go back into fishing (John 21:3), but on the day
of Pentecost, the moment the fire of the Holy Spirit fell on him, his fear disappeared
and He witnessed in public.
If
you are too scared to open your mouth and preach the gospel now, what you need
is the fire of the Holy Spirit. 2 Timothy 1:7 says: “For
God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound
mind.”
Fear
is a spirit and if it is not a spirit from God, then it is from the devil. The
Holy Spirit will drive that spirit of fear out of your life, in Jesus name. When
fire is in a place, certain things cannot come near that environment.
There
was a mad man in llesha many years ago who chased a lady everywhere she went.
She eventually ran into my mother’s compound and the mad man stopped.
He
couldn’t go in because the demons in him could not go near the fire. When you
step into a place, demons should not be able to operate there anymore because
of the fire you carry.
Are
demons still disturbing you? You need to cry to God for fire. When the fire
comes, all the demons will flee.
Open Heaven 28 December 2021 PRAYER POINT:
Father, please let me carry Your fire, in Jesus
name.
Open Heaven 28 December 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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