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MASTER YOUR DESIRES Saturday 28 July


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

Comments

  1. AnonymousJuly 28, 2012 at 2:40 AM

    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.

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  2. AnonymousJuly 28, 2012 at 7:34 AM

    God 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.

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  3. AnonymousJuly 28, 2012 at 7:41 AM

    Father,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)

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  4. AnonymousJuly 28, 2012 at 8:36 AM

    Heavenly 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.

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  5. AnonymousJuly 28, 2012 at 10:40 AM

    Father 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.

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  6. UnknownJuly 28, 2012 at 11:20 AM

    Thank 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

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  7. AnonymousJuly 28, 2012 at 5:53 PM

    May 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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