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DESPERATION IS ALLOWED Thursday 13 September


Open Heavens Devotional by Pastor E.A. Adeboye

Memorise: And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. Luke 11:9

Read: Luke 11:5-10

When Elisha cried to God in 2 Kings 2:14, River Jordan parted for him as soon as he smote the waters. You must realize his cry was out of distress. He was desperate. The Psalmist says in Psalms 120:1:

In my distress I cried unto the LORD, and he heard me.

God attends to distress calls and He answers the desperate. Elisha’s outburst was out of desperation and he had every reason to be desperate. Since he left his home, he never went back. Even if he returned home, he could never return to his farming profession because he had earlier killed all his oxen and destroyed his farming tools. He had burnt the bridges and there was no looking back. Besides, he was at the bank of River Jordan where he had no ship or boat. There was no bridge across the river and he did not know how to swim. Boy! He couldn’t have become more desperate!

When a man is desperate, he easily gets God’s attention. Check out erstwhile blind Bartimaeus or the paralytic who was lowered through the roof to meet Jesus. In both cases, the Lord had to suspend what He was doing in order to attend to them. How desperate are you? Several millions and even billions of people pray to God daily. One criteria the angels use in selecting who gets attended to now, who can wait a little and who would have to wait much longer is the level of their desperation. Many fail to receive attention today because their prayers are too sophisticated and couched in Queen’s English, satisfying all laws of Grammar. At the end, their focus is more on grafting the prayer than on God. A desperate man does not care whether his grammar is correct or not as long as he is conversing with God. A woman in labour does not remember whether she has a Ph.D. or she is a bank manager. All she cares about is to be delivered of her baby safe and sound. How desperate are you in getting your desired answer? Jesus Christ is the way, the truth and the life (John 14:6). If you can call on Him and show Him you are making a distress call, He will make away for you. This season, the Lord will create a way for you to go through. You are coming out of that fix! Call on Him now, call out in desperation and He will answer you.

KEY POINT:
According to Matthew 11:12, there are certain spiritual blessings that may never be obtained except through spiritual violence. How desperate are you?
 
Bible in one year: Psalms 43-45

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  1. UnknownSeptember 13, 2012 at 7:39 AM

    Father, answer my prayers I'm desperate 4 d next level. Take me 2 d mountain top I'm tired of d valley. I want 2 be agent of change.Give me all dat it takes 2 follow u 2 d end IJN, amen. Father, help ur son 2 d very end in d mighty name of Jesus, amen.

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  2. bunmi joshSeptember 13, 2012 at 7:40 AM

    I pray God Τ̅☺ grant M̶̲̅ε̲̣̣̣̥ †ђξ W̶̲̥̅̊ȋ̝̊̅ι̥ι̥ aπϑ vigor Τ̅☺ serve him Τ̅☺ †ђξ end ijn.

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 13, 2012 at 8:53 AM

    Lord take me 2 dt higher place dat am desperate&hoping at 2 attain.i wl not ASK amused again IJN.Help m lord.

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