Open Heaven 17 February 2022 Thursday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye
TOPIC: Diligent Obedience And Divine Promises
MEMORISE: But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves. – James 1:22
READ: Deuteronomy 28:1-7 (KJV)
1 And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the Lord thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:
2 And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God.
3 Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.
4 Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.
5 Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store.
6 Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out.
7 The Lord shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Numbers 18-20
MESSAGE:
A promise is the express assurance to fulfil a purpose; thus expectations are built on it. The promises of God reveal His purposes for us. However, the fulfillment of these promises will be dependent upon our diligent obedience to God.
Diligent obedience can be described as strict, prompt and consistent adherence to the commandments of God. It is God’s expectation from us all and it is vital to the fulfillment of His promises in our lives. No matter the number of times we say ‘Amen’ to prayers and claim the promises of God, without diligent obedience, very little progress will be recorded.
Indeed, God’s promises are irrevocable, and He is faithful to fulfill them all. We, however, must play our part by obeying Him wholly and promptly. In 1979 I went with my Father-in-the-Lord to Kenneth Hagin’s camp meeting in the United States of America in the company of four others. That was our first trip to the USA. The meeting ended on a Saturday, and we decided to worship with them the following Sunday. During the service, the preacher suddenly walked over to my Father-in-the-Lord and said, “Thus saith the Lord: ‘What I told you several years ago will soon be fulfilled”. The preacher then returned to the pulpit to continue his message. When we got to our hotel later that day, and I told him what the preacher said (I had to translate the sermon and prophecy from English to Yoruba so he could fully understand the message), he broke down in tears, saying that, at the beginning of the RCCG, the Lord had promised that the Church would spread throughout the world. As at the time of this camp meeting, the Church had only 39 parishes in addition to the Headquarters church, but today, we have thousands of parishes spread across 197 nations of the world. Thank God that my Father-in-the-Lord obeyed God’s call and instructions to the letter, in turn, God fulfilled His promises. This season, the Lord will fulfil all His promises in your life, in the mighty name of Jesus.
Diligent obedience guarantees the fulfillment of God’s promises in our lives. Beloved, make up your mind to diligently obey the Lord at all times and in all things.
PRAYER POINT:
Father, please help me to obey You wholly and promptly in all things, in Jesus name.
HYMN 28: When We Walk With The Lord
- When we walk with the Lord
in the light of his word,
what a glory he sheds on our way!
While we do his good will,
he abides with us still,
and with all who will trust and obey.
Refrain:
Trust and obey, for there’s no other way
to be happy in Jesus, but to trust and obey.
- Not a burden we bear,
not a sorrow we share,
but our toil he doth richly repay;
not a grief or a loss,
not a frown or a cross,
but is blest if we trust and obey. - But we never can prove
the delights of his love
until all on the altar we lay;
for the favor he shows,
for the joy he bestows,
are for them who will trust and obey. - Then in fellowship sweet
we will sit at his feet,
or we’ll walk by his side in the way;
what he says we will do,
where he sends we will go;
never fear, only trust and obey.
RCCG FASTING AND PRAYER GUIDE FOR YEAR 2022 (50 DAYS)
DAY 38– THURS, FEB 17TH, 2022
SPECIAL PRAYERS FOR CHILDREN (INCLUDING TEEN, YOUTH AND YOUNG ADULT)
BIBLE TEXT: MAT 19:14, PSA 127:3-5
Children are gifts from God; the devil is always looking for ways to destroy these good gifts. We need to pray in order to avert and destroy every evil planned from the kingdom of darkness against these treasures.
PRAYER GUIDE
Father, thank you for the blessing of procreation and the seed you have given to us. Psa 127:3
Father! thank you for your love, protection, provision for these treasures – our children, teenager, youths and young adult which you have given to us. Psa 127:3
Father! thank you for not allowing me to weep over any of our children.
Oh Lord arise! and have mercy, correct every error and forgive iniquities of my family that will trouble the destinies of my children in Jesus name. Lam 5:7
As the Lord liveth and as His Spirit liveth, I will never bury any of my children in Jesus name. Isa 28:18
Father, Moses was three (3) months old when he began to feed his parent, release upon my children powers to make it early in life in Jesus name. Exo 2:1-9, 2 Chr 26:3
Father, let every assignment of satanic destiny reapers over my children be frustrated and fail in Jesus name. Job 5:12
Father, in the mighty name of Jesus, send kingmakers, destiny helper to my children earlier in life in Jesus name. 2 Chro 26:1-3
Father, let the blood of Jesus speak against every power and altar of sickness working against my children in Jesus name.
Father, in the name of Jesus, no evil hand will touch my children this year in Jesus name. Gal 6:17
Father, in the name of Jesus, we secure the protection of all our young ones in RCCG with the blood of Jesus.
Oh Lord! We asked as a church, raise great evangelist, pastors, etc amongst our children in Jesus name.
Father, this year send away all forms of failure (examination, financial, academic, marital, career, ministerial, etc) from our children in RCCG in Jesus name.
Father, wherever evil will manifest this year, none of our children shall be there in Jesus name. Psa 90:1-5
Father, according to your word – Isa 8:18, I and the children you have given to me shall be for signs and wonders.
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