Open Heaven 26 October 2022: [Wednesday] Devotional By Pastor E.A. Adeboye – Spiritual Conversations
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Heaven 26 October 2022 TOPIC: Spiritual Conversations
MEMORISE: Ye adulterers and
adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God?
whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God. James 4:4
READ: 2 CORINTHIANS 6:14-18 (KJV)
14. Be ye not unequally yoked together
with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with
unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
15. And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that
believeth with an infidel?
16. And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the
temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in
them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
17. Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord,
and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you.
18. And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
Open Heaven 26 October 2022 MESSAGE:
It is important to have friends who are also Children of God – people with
whom you can discuss the Bible and things of God. You will spend two hours
discussing the Bible with such persons and it would seem as if you have only
been together for five minutes.
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They are friends with whom you discuss what God is currently teaching you
in the Scriptures, they do likewise and then you just keep going deeper into
Scriptural teachings about different issues. This is what the Bible refers to
as iron sharpening iron and friends sharpening each others countenance (Proverbs 27:17).
You need your spiritual countenance sharpened regularly and these
conversations go a long way in doing that. In these kinds of conversations, you
are not being preached to, so it is a two-way thing. As you and your friend or
friends study the Bible together, you begin to see more clearly some hitherto
blurry areas of the Scriptures or even understand better some of the things
happening in your life.
In the process of doing this, your spiritual countenance and outlook are
sharpened. These conversations have a way of impacting you differently from the
way a message being preached from the altar would.
This is one of the great benefits of the House Fellowship system which we
operate in The Redeemed Christian Church of God. There is no Pastor in the
House Fellowship, just a leader to coordinate things; everyone is just to
discuss the word of God from their own perspective.
If you don’t have such people with whom you discuss Scriptures, you need to
either change your friends or make new ones. If you are now so busy that you
don’t have much time to spend with friends, at least have such conversations
with your spouse.
Even now, my wife and I still have such conversations. I remember not so
long ago when we were discussing the great power that must have been in the
meal Elijah ate in 1 Kings 19:5-8 which
gave him strength for 40 straight days. It is always very interesting when you
can find someone who is more knowledgeable in Scriptures than you; you are
likely to leave such a meeting really charged up.
Open Heavens 26 October 2022 Key Point:
What do you discuss with your friends when you are together? Is it
spiritual things or you just carnal issues?
Open Heaven 26 October 2022
HYMN: DEEPER, DEEPER IN THE LOVE OF JESUS
1. Deeper, deeper in the love of Jesus
Daily let me go;
Higher, higher in the school of wisdom,
More of grace to know.
CHORUS
O deeper yet I pray,
And higher evry day,
And wiser, blessed, Lord,
In Thy precious, holy Word.
2. Deeper, deeper! blessed Holy Spirit,
Take me deeper still,
Till my life is wholly lost in Jesus,
And His perfect will.
3. Deeper, deeper! tho it cost hard trials,
Deeper let me go!
Rooted in the holy love of Jesus,
Let me fruitful grow.
4. Deeper, higher, evry day in Jesus,
Till all conflict past,
Finds me conquror, and in His own image
Perfected at last.
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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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