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PERPETUAL SERVANT Thursday 23 August


Open Heavens Devotional by Pastor E.A. Adeboye

Memorise: Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, 1 Corinthians 6:9

Read: Exodus 21:2-6

It is love that can make a man to wait for 14 years just to get married to the lady of his choice like Jacob did for Rachel (Genesis 29:18-28). A lady once told me that nobody was asking for her hand in marriage. We prayed and few months later, she had six suitors on line. Then she came to me to ask how she will know the one that is her husband. I asked her to tell them that they should wait for 14 years, by that time she would be through with her Ph.D. programme and would have worked for some years. Not one of them stayed after hearing that. If there is love, there is strength to wait. Love can be costly. It can cost a man his freedom. From Exodus 21:2-6 we understand that any servant that is Hebrew is expected to serve for six years and on the seventh, he should be freed. If however he marries and because of love he refuses to go, he would receive a mark so that anybody who sees him will know that he is a slave forever. Occasionally, I hear some people give God conditions before complying with certain divine requests or instructions. This shows that they do not love God, or that they have forgotten they were supposed to be His servants forever.

True love gives you super human strength. When somebody is truly in love, he could survive any adversity for the sake of that love (Romans 8:35-37). Being more than conquerors is a height in love which many do not yet know. If you are truly in love with God, you will gladly die for Him like Stephen (Acts 7:54-60). Today, because many church leaders are afraid of their lives, they cannot go to certain countries or certain parts within their native land to preach Christ. Death is no big deal but the big deal is what you go through before you die. In the days of communism, it was the torture that a Christian went through that gave him pleasure; today, the reverse is the case. A Christian was arrested and thrown into prison. He began to witness Christ to the inmates so they took him and gave him the beating of his life until he was bleeding all over. By the time he was returned, he asked those he was preaching to, “Where did I stop before the interruption?”  Loving God can be expensive. How cheap or otherwise is your love for God? 

ACTION POINT:
Take this confession: Lord Jesus. I confess and acknowledge you as my Lord. I am your servant. You own all I have. And I will worship you with all that you give me until you take me to glory.
 
Bible in One year: Joel 1-3

Comments

  1. Bro. SolomonAugust 23, 2012 at 12:08 AM

    Lord!
    Please help me to genuinely love You sameway You first loved me and still love me. Amen!

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  2. BUY GREAT PRODUCTS FOR BEST PRICES IN NIGERIAAugust 23, 2012 at 6:35 AM

    lord Jesus, pls help my heart. Help me to love You, and help me to show that I love You to the whole wide world in Jesus name.. Father, pls let me stop failing from now onward in Jesus name.

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  3. AnonymousAugust 23, 2012 at 7:18 AM

    God let me be renewed in every aspect of your kingdom.

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  4. AnonymousAugust 23, 2012 at 8:03 AM

    I love my Redeemer, because He 1st love me, the rest of my life shall be for your praise,

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  5. AnonymousAugust 23, 2012 at 8:14 AM

    (Hank you Father for your word...the grace,strength and ill to love you to extent of dieing for you Father grant it to me IJN...take away everything that is quenching the passion to love you the more Father IJN.(Amen)

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  6. Ifeyinwa OnughaAugust 23, 2012 at 9:26 AM

    Dear Lord, cause me to love you sincerely from the depth of my heart. Make this love practical far beyond mere utterance and feeling. Make me extend it to the ones who need it the most. Cause me to yearn for your word at all times, and for what you represent. This I ask in prayer believing you have answered me Father in Jesus name I pray. Amen.

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  7. Bimbo Olumide-OyewumiAugust 23, 2012 at 10:10 AM

    Without u my CREATOR, I AM NO ONE

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  8. AnonymousAugust 23, 2012 at 11:42 AM

    Lord Jesus, help me to love you for the rest of my life. I want to know you more lord, I want to preach of your faithfulness and salvation to the whole world. Help me Lord to walk in your divine plan for my life.....amen
    Thank you Jehovah.

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  9. Ime Udo-ObongAugust 23, 2012 at 2:36 PM

    Lord Jesus, if it is YOUR divine WILL that I die for the GOSPEL in this season, grant me WISDOM & let me not miss my blessing. But if it is NOT your divine will KILL any evil Pharoah, Herod, Haman or Jezebel and her "children", Ataliah who wants to go after my DESTINY and SEED Royal with any Jehu of you choice... This I DECREE in Jesus Name.....

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