RCCG Open Heavens Devotion Tuesday 26 February 2013 MOVE YOUR SPOUSE ALONG by Pastor E. A. Adeboye


MEMORISE: We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.
Romans 15
Read: Job 2:8-10
KEY POINT: In ministry, if you relegate your wife to the background, all in the name of being head, you are shooting yourself in the foot.

It is not everyone who starts a race that reaches the finishing line, no matter how skilful they may be. 1 Corinthians 9:24 says, "Know ye not that they which run in a race run all but one receiveth the prize? So run, that ye may obtain” The race we are called to run is a peculiar one, hence Ecclesiastes 9:11 says the race will not necessarily be won by the fastest, nor the battle won by the one adjudged the strongest. Why is it that one way or another some people will fall by the way side? It is because that is Satan's special assignment.

There are certain ways the devil could get a Heaven- bound believer to derail from his trip. It could be through one's spouse or partner. In Genesis 16:1-3, Abraham got into big trouble when he took the counsel of his wife. Today, the problem we are having in the world between the Muslims and the Christians is as a result of that advice. Before accepting an advice from your partner, cross check it with the Word of God. This is why ministers of the Gospel must encourage their wives to grow spiritually as they move up the ecclesiastical ladder; otherwise, they can become a drag on them. When a pastor is going up but fails to carry his wife along, the day he crashes, he will find himself at the level his wife is. As righteous and God-fearing as Job was, he could not carry his wife along. The aftermath was that when he was going through his trial, instead of encouragement, his wife discouraged him, advised him to curse God so that when God kills him, she will be free to marry someone else. That was the level Job left her. Thank God he did not heed the evil advice of his wife. Beloved, this simply shows that your true level is that of your wife. Take time to work on her prayerfully, patiently with everything you can use to motivate her to climb up the spiritual ladder. If you can do this, if you crash, she will help you up.

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For some weird reason, I misread the title of this thread as "Pass Your Spouse Around".

O.K

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Ejiné: For some weird reason, I misread the title of this thread as "Pass Your Spouse Around".

Oya, clean your mind.

I misunderstood d title, I tought G.O meant keep ur "date","fiance","love"... In touch with you. I mean let him/her know what you are up to while on the way to the 'Alter'.

Why is this on the front page

Welldone sir!!!

Sexism in the church. Why does it have to be the man who is spiritually strong and the wife weak? Why can't it be the other way round?

Wives, please carry your husbands along

pDude: Why is this on the front page

It seems u av not bn visiting d Fp of recent;u wud cover ur head in shame @ d utterly meaningless topics dat av bn littering d fp of recent

Omo Alata: Sexism in the church. Why does it have to be the man who is spiritually strong and the wife weak? Why can't it be the other way round?

Wives, please carry your husbands along

Wife could be stronger. But I don't think you would want to marry a husband you're stronger than.
Sexism in the church? The 12 apostles/disciples Jesus chose how many of them were women?
Jesus had women in his ministry but what roles did they play in comparism with the male.

History has shown us time and time again how women influenced their husbands negatively and it led to disaster.
Adam, Ahab, Sarah, almost Job. Should we even talk about Samson? The only woman who was wiser than her husband was the wife of Nabal.
So there's a lot of point in what the pastor is saying.

pDude: Why is this on the front page

ask google. And today aint even sunday yet.

God bless the poster of this thread. I've been looking for online links to the e-Open heavens. I've really missed it. GBU once again. Shalom!

vislabraye:

Wife could be stronger. But I don't think you would want to marry a husband you're stronger than.
Sexism in the church? The 12 apostles/disciples Jesus chose how many of them were women?
Jesus had women in his ministry but what roles did they play in comparism with the male.

History has shown us time and time again how women influenced their husbands negatively and it led to disaster.
Adam, Ahab, Sarah, almost Job. Should we even talk about Samson? The only woman who was wiser than her husband was the wife of Nabal.
So there's a lot of point in what the pastor is saying.

Since you know that women influence their husbands negatively, I do hope you never get married to a woman because that will make you a bloody hypocrite as far as I am concerned.

Typical rantings of a chauvinist!

Buthupogon: God bless the poster of this thread. I've been looking for online links to the e-Open heavens. I've really missed it. GBU once again. Shalom!

....tank God o

dasparrow:

Since you know that women influence their husbands negatively, I do hope you never get married to a woman because that will make you a bloody hypocrite as far as I am concerned.

Typical rantings of a chauvinist!

Wil u sharrap dia! Wen u dnt undaztnd wot sum1 sayz why dnt u jez kip ur mouth shut. Read d post again n re-comment...smh

,i love that sir