Open Heaven 5 December 2021: [Sunday] Devotional By Pastor E.A. Adeboye – Divine Restoration
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Heaven 5 December 2021 TOPIC: Divine Restoration
MEMORISE: When the LORD
turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream. Psalms 126:1
READ: Ezra 9:5-9 (KJV)
5. And at the evening sacrifice I arose up from my
heaviness; and having rent my garment and my mantle, I fell upon my knees, and
spread out my hands unto the LORD my God,
6. And said, O my God, I am ashamed and blush to
lift up my face to thee, my God: for our iniquities are increased over our
head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens.
7. Since the days of our fathers have we been in a
great trespass unto this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and
our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the
sword, to captivity, and to a spoil, and to confusion of face, as it is this
day.
8. And now for a little space grace hath been
shewed from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a
nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little
reviving in our bondage.
9. For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolation thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Zachariah 8:1-23, Zachariah 9:1-17,
Zachariah 10:1-12, Zachariah 11:1-17, Zachariah 12:1-14, Zachariah 13:1-9,
Zachariah 14:1-21
Open Heaven 5 December 2021 MESSAGE:
Restoration presupposes that something is missing or a loss
has occurred, usually that of something good – whether spiritual or physical.
There are some people in the Church today who have backslidden and need divine
restoration.
Read: Open Heaven 4 December
2021 – Show Your Faith In God
The
danger in backsliding is that the fellow, more often than not, may be reluctant
to leave his sinful ways (Proverbs 14:14) and might have been
given over to a reprobate mind (Romans 1:28).
If
you have backslidden, I pray that you would retrace your steps today, in Jesus
name. When a fellow loses his salvation, so many unpleasant things happen.
As
in the case of Ezra and his people in today’s Bible reading, there was a
corruption of virtues. What then should a spiritually backslidden fellow or
nation do to be restored?
Like
Ezra prayed penitently on behalf of his nation in our Bible reading today, a
backslider too must be penitent and humble before God.
Psalm
51:17 says: “a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not
despise.”
Open Heaven 5 December 2021 – OPEN HEAVEN FOR TODAY
Paul
also said in 2 Corinthians 7:10: “For godly sorrow worketh
repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world
worketh death.”
In
other words, when you are so sorrowful about your sins that you confess and
forsake them, you experience restoration (Proverbs 28:13).
When
you repent, you are making a complete U-turn from your trespasses. Ezra warned
the people in captivity never to return to the sins that brought them into that
state in the first place.
He
instructed them to stop the pollution of inter-faith marriage too (Ezra
9:12). This is a very important lesson to us as end time believers.
We
must not conform to this world (Romans 12:1-2), but rather we must come
out of the sinful environment, be steadfast, and separated unto God (2
Corinthians 6:14-18).
When
we obey Gods word, our restoration shall be complete and permanent. Have you
suffered spiritual, physical, material, or any other kind of loss? You can
experience divine restoration if only you would repent today and return to the
Lord. I pray that the Almighty God will restore unto you everything you have
lost, in Jesus name.
Open Heaven 5 December 2021 PRAYER POINT:
Father, please restore to me all that I have lost,
in the mighty name of Jesus.
Open Heaven 5 December 2021 HYMN: I NEED THEE EVERY HOUR
1. I need
Thee every hour,
Most gracious
Lord;
No tender
voice like Thine
Can peace
afford.
REFRAIN:
I need Thee,
Oh, I need Thee;
Every hour I
need Thee!
Oh, bless me
now, my Saviour,
I come to
Thee.
2. I need
Thee every hour,
Stay Thou
near by;
Temptations
lose their power
When Thou art
nigh.
3. I need
Thee every hour,
In joy or
pain;
Come quickly,
and abide
Or life is
vain.
4. I need
Thee every hour,
Teach me Thy
will;
And Thy rich
promises
In me fulfill.
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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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