Open Heaven 21 August 2022: [Sunday] Devotional By Pastor E.A. Adeboye – Letter to the Laodicean Church II
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21 August 2022 TOPIC: Letter to the Laodicean Church II
Memorise: My son, despise not the
chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction: Proverbs 3:11
Bible Reading: Revelation 3:19-22 (KJV)
19. As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and
repent.
20. Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and
open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
21. To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even
as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
22. He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the
churches.
Bible Reading: Proverbs 3:11-12 (KJV)
11. My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:
12. For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
BIBLE IN YEAR: Isaiah 60:1-22, Isaiah
61:1-11, Isaiah 62:1-12, Isaiah 63:1-19, Isaiah 64:1-12 , Isaiah 65:1-25
Open Heaven 21 August 2022 Message
“As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and
repent.” Revelation 3:19 Jesus told the Laodiceans that He was rebuking and
chastening them because He loved them.
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August 2022 – Letter to the Laodicean Church I
If you love your son, you will chasten him when he is going the wrong way.
It is only a father who hates his child that will watch him or her go the wrong
way and keep quiet. “He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth
him chasteneth him betimes.” Proverbs 13:24.
In 2020 when I came out to say that the Lord was using the Coronavirus to
draw the world’s attention back to Himself, many people said I was implying that
God does not love the world anymore and He was punishing them.
How dare I say that the Lord does not love the world when He Himself said
in John 3:16 that He loves the world. It is because He loves the world that He
chastens us when we are going wrong. He can see the end from the beginning, He
can see the destruction the world is calling to itself by ignoring Him, so He
will chasten us.
When God loves you, expect some strokes of the cane whenever you step out
of line because He chastens those He loves. However, when God decides to leave
a person, it is very dangerous.
When God has corrected a fellow several times but he or she refuses to
change, He will leave such a person alone as he or she is headed for
destruction (Romans 1:28 Proverbs 29:1).
Have you been ignoring Gods rebuke over something you are doing wrong?
Soon, you will stop hearing the rebuke, as in the case of Ephraim, when God
said he should be left alone (Hosea 4:17) When God rebukes a person, he or she
should immediately run back to Him in repentance because if He decides to keep
quiet, that person is finished. A word is enough for the wise.
Open Heaven 21 August
2022 KEY POINT:
Change your ways immediately God rebukes and chastens you so that He will
not leave you to perish.
Open Heaven 21 August 2022 HYMN:
ALL TO JESUS I SURRENDER
1. All to Jesus I surrender,
All to Him I freely give;
I will ever love and trust Him,
In His presence daily live.
CHORUS:
I surrender all,
I surrender all;
All to Thee, my blessed Saviour,
I surrender all.
2. All to Jesus I surrender,
Humbly at His feet I bow;
Worldly pleasures all forsaken,
Take me, Jesus, take me now.
3. All to Jesus I surrender,
Lord, I give myself to Thee;
Fill me with Thy love and power,
Let Thy blessing fall on me.
4. All to Jesus I surrender,
Now I feel the sacred flame;
O the joy of full salvation!
Glory, glory to His name!
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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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