Open Heaven 10 October 2022: [Monday] Devotional By Pastor E.A. Adeboye – Great Victory, Great Sacrifice
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Heaven 10 October 2022 TOPIC: Great Victory, Great
Sacrifice
MEMORISE: But by the grace of God I
am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I
laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which
was with me. – 1 Corinthians 15:10
READ: 1 Corinthians 9:25-27 (KJV)
25 And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things.
Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
26 I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that
beateth the air:
27 But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Matthew 8-10
Open Heaven 10 October 2022 MESSAGE:
Many people want great victories, but they do not want to make commensurate
sacrifices. If you want to stay on the level of small victories, then you can
continue making only little sacrifices. In The Redeemed Christian Church of
God, we fast for at least forty days every year, sometimes we even fast for as
long as 100 days. When some other ministries see us fasting, they laugh at us,
but when the victories start pouring in, we will then be the ones laughing. The
higher the mountain top you want to reach the greater the effort you would need
to climb it.
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I am tired of playing small, I am tired of small victories, I want great
testimonies. I want victories that will wow the whole world for generations to
come. If you want bigger victories too, then you must be ready to make bigger
sacrifices. For every higher level you try to attain, there will be obstacles
waiting to stop you. You must be prepared to fight to gain victory over them.
The higher the level you are trying to get to the more prepared you must be for
battle.
When a boxer is preparing for a boxing match, he trains harder to fight
bigger opponents than he would when going to fight a smaller opponent. If you
are going to fight the world champion, your training must be more rigorous than
when you are going to fight a local one.
The level of greatness you want to achieve is what must determine the level
of preparation you put in and the kind of sacrifice you make. If you keep
living your life based on convenience-eating whenever you feel like, sleeping
all night, spending a lot of time on entertainment and only praying when you
are in Church or only working hard when you are instructed to, then you can
only have small victories. However, if you are an ever-ready soldier who takes
his body to the cutting edge of discipline, then there is no level of greatness
you reach for that you would not be able to achieve. From our memory verse
today, we see why Apostle Paul was the most prominent of all the Apostles.
If you want to be the most prominent person in your chosen field, be ready
to put in more effort than anybody else there.
Open Heavens 10 October 2022 Key Points:
The greater the height you want to reach, the greater
the sacrifice you have to make.
Open
Heaven 10 October 2022 HYMN 20: Onward, Christian Soldiers!
1 Onward, Christian soldiers,
marching as to war,
With the cross of Jesus
going on before!
Christ, the royal Master,
leads against the foe;
Forward into battle,
see his banner go!
Refrain:
Onward, Christian soldiers,
marching as to war,
With the cross of Jesus
going on before!
2 At the sign of triumph
Satan’s host doth flee;
On, then, Christian soldiers,
on to victory!
Hell’s foundations quiver
at the shout of praise;
Brothers, lift your voices,
loud your anthems raise!
3 Like a mighty army
moves the church of God;
Brothers, we are treading
where the saints have trod;
We are not divided;
all one body we,
One in hope and doctrine,
one in charity.
4 Onward, then, ye people,
join our happy throng,
Blend with ours your voices
in the triumph song;
Glory, laud, and honor,
unto Christ the King;
This thro’ countless ages
men and angels sing.
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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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