Open Heavens Devotional by Pastor E.A. Adeboye
Memorise: All things are lawful unto me, but all things are
not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under
the power of any. 1 Corinthians 6:12
Read: 1 Corinthians 6:11-13
If God has blessed you with wealth and riches, be extremely
cautious so that your prosperity does not become your undoing. Solomon was so
blessed that because he could afford most things that came his way, he went on
an acquisition spree. He bought everything money could buy and acquired all
that his eyes liked. He found himself in a pit of self-indulgence. In
Ecclesiastes 2:10, he said:
And whatsoever mine
eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my
heart rejoiced in all my labour: and this was my portion of all my labour.
He had lost control! His money was now pushing him in every
direction. Has God blessed you? Praise God! But never let it get to the point
where you are no longer led by the Spirit but by the spirit of mammon. You
should remain in control of what you have and not the other way. To this end
Paul says:
All things are lawful
unto me, but all things are not expedient: all things are lawful for me, but I
will not be brought under the power of any. 1 Corinthians 6:12
You don’t have to buy something just because you can afford
it. There are many things you can buy off the shelf but you don’t because you
do not need them. Abundance can kill and power without control corrupts. To
distinguish themselves according to their class, rich men eat certain processed
foods which at the end of the day give them special illness which the poor do
not have. Many people like power but they fail to realize that it is a
two-edged sword. Keep your power under lock and key! Deliberately refrain from
over indulging yourself. If a water bed will take away your prayer life, don’t
buy it or you have bought it, give it out. If television programmes will
continue to tempt you, avoid the box. If a particular type of car or house will
make you to become proud, do something about it. Never allow what was meant to
serve you become your lord.
PRAYER POINTS:
Father, help me to put my desires under the control of your
Spirit in me. Thank you for the past conventions of the Redeemed Christian
Church of God. I pray that this year’s Convention will witness God’s special
visitation, power and harvest of souls as never experienced.
Bible in one year: 1 Kings 11-13
Lord help me to walk according to your words. Let me and my generation serve thee uprightly. Let me reign with you. In thee i put my trust, seperate me from things that will not bring glory to you Lord. Thank you Jesus, the lover of my soul.
ReplyDeleteGod has a way of bringing back his children when they stray 4rm him, he helps us remember where we are, who we are and where we are coming from. His unconditional love 4 us is great.
ReplyDeleteFather,thank you for your word.father I committ myself unto you,let your desire cover my desire,your willness cover my will and yiur course cover my cover,imbibe your spirit in me for direction so that the blessing you have granted unto me in one way or the other becomes my lord.everything that will not glorified your name in my life,take it away from me.let your name be glorified in my life for all the avenue you have grant me your blessing,grant unto me divine wisdom to know what is rigth and at the rigth time IJN.(Amen)
ReplyDeleteHeavenly Father, thank you for your love 4 me. Give me the grace to be humble and use your blessings upon my life to serve you and also be a blessing to my generation IJN, Amen.
ReplyDeleteFather give me the grace, knowledge, wisdom, understandin to control any substance within my reach. Don't allow me to be carried away with wealth, instead give me the power to control the wealth. I want to be rich and rapturable.
ReplyDeleteThank you God for inspire me with word today, father help me don't allow the wealth and prosperity you give me to destroy my desire to reign with you at the end IJSN amen
ReplyDeleteMay the Good lord continue to strengthen u daddy Adeboye in your course of calling may he bless this convention and may he continue to keep me grounded in his word that I may be able to fufil his calling for my life in all humility by grace Amen.
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