Open Heaven 10 January 2022: [Monday] Devotional By Pastor E.A. Adeboye – The Price of Commitment
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Heaven 10 January 2022 TOPIC: The Price of Commitment
Memorise: And he said to them all, if
any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily,
and follow me. Luke 9:23
READ: Matthew 22:35-40 (KJV)
35 Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting
him, and saying,
36 Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy
heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
38 This is the first and great commandment.
39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as
thyself.
40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Genesis 30-31
Open Heaven 10 January 2022 MESSAGE:
A brother was discussing
with me about how he had decided to be very committed to Kingdom work. I knew
he was probably trying to impress me, so I set a little test to see how serious
he was in his commitment to Kingdom business.
Read: Open Heavens 9 January 2022 – Ebenezer: An
Expression of Gratitude
I told him the church would need his car for an outreach the next Monday.
He protested immediately, saying that he would also need it to transport
himself to work.
I then told him that he had no idea what total commitment to God and His
Kingdom’s business was. It was then I pointed out to him that we had already
made provision for all the vehicles we would need for the outreach.
I told him further that I had just wanted to test the genuineness of his
claim of commitment to God.
In our Bible reading today, our Lord Jesus Christ based our commitment as
His disciples on a great pillar called love – love for our Father in heaven and
love for our neighbours.
Our commitment to love goes a long way to fulfil the eternal and universal
law. Love is however, so costly that even our Father in heaven paid a great
price to demonstrate it to the whole world for the purpose of our salvation.
Open Heaven 10 January 2022 – OPEN HEAVEN FOR TODAY
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that
whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. (John 3:16). In the same vein, when we
are committed to loving our neighbours, many things will happen positively in
our world.
Firstly, keeping the commandments of God would be very easy. Our love for
God will make us refrain from annoying Him through sin. David wrote: “I have
refrained my feet from every evil way, that I might keep thy word” (Psalm 119:101).
Holiness is the price we all must pay to be a part of the Kingdom of God.
Furthermore, our commitment to holiness may be very costly as we must be ready
to pay the price of persecution according to (2 Timothy 3:12).
To be a disciple and a friend of Jesus for that matter demands a price,
according to our memory verse today. The good news however, is that a
hundredfold reward is guaranteed, according to Mark 10:30.
Beloved, are you committed to soul-winning, giving to Kingdom projects and
godliness? I congratulate you if you are because you will not miss your reward,
in the name of Jesus.
Open Heaven 10 January 2022 PRAYER POINT:
Father,
please help me to increase my commitment to godliness and Kingdom projects, in
Jesus’ name.
Open Heaven 10 January 2022 HYMN: ALL HAIL THE POW’R
1. All hail the power of Jesus Name!
Let angels prostrate fall;
Bring forth the royal diadem,
and crown Him Lord of all.
Bring forth the royal diadem,
and crown Him Lord of all.
2. Let highborn seraphs tune the lyre,
and as they tune it, fall
Before His face Who tunes their choir,
and crown Him Lord of all
Before His face Who tunes their choir,
and crown Him Lord of all.
3. Crown Him, ye morning stars of light,
Who fixed this floating ball;
Now hail the strength of Israels might,
and crown Him Lord of all.
Now hail the strength of Israels might,
and crown Him Lord of all.
4. Crown Him, ye martyrs of your God,
who from His altar call;
Extol the Stem of Jesses Rod,
and crown Him Lord of all.
Extol the Stem of Jesses Rod,
and crown Him Lord of all.
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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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