OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL

DATE: SATURDAY MAY 6TH 2017

THEME: SONS ARE SPIRIT-LED

Memorise:

For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God. Romans 8:14

Read: Romans 8:13-14

8:13 For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
8:14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, they are the sons of God.

Message:

“It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.”John6:36

To a natural man, the words of Jesus Christ and the message of the cross are all foolishness (1 Corinthians 2:14). A person who is not living in the Spirit cannot comprehend the message of Jesus Christ because it originates from the Holy Spirit. This is why it takes the Holy Spirit to enlighten the eyes of the natural man’s understanding and convict his heart, before he can accept Jesus Christ into his life. To live in the Spirit, you need the Holy Spirit to quicken you. It is His work to make you alive and to strengthen you spiritually. When you are down or tired, if you pray in the Spirit long enough, you will find the strength to undertake the assignment ahead of you. Every assignment that God has for you is first spiritual and then physical. This is why you cannot effectively perform a divine assignment using only physical means. Even when you have to undertake the physical aspects of a divine assignment, you need spiritual stamina or input to be effective.

Moreover, if you live in the Spirit, you should also be led by the Spirit. Who leads you reveals who owns you (Romans 6:16). To understand what it means to be led by the Spirit, read up the account of the operations of the Holy Spirit in the life of Philip in Acts 8:26-40. If you are saved and you barely receive divine guidance from the Holy Spirit, you are still a babe in the Kingdom; but if you are regularly led of the Holy Spirit – meaning you hear His voice and follow His instructions – then you have most likely attained the level of maturity in the faith where you can be called a son (Hebrews 5:11-14). God is looking for sons and not just babes! There are several Kingdom assignments that God wants to give out, but He is looking for sons to take them up. Sons hear His voice and obey promptly, but babes find it difficult even to recognize God’s voice. Sons are guided by the Holy Spirit into all truth, because they can accept it and run with it, but babes cannot stand certain truths (John 16:12-13). If there are some truth from God’s word that can make you to turn back from following the Lord, you are still a babe and not yet a son. The word of God contains depths of truth. While babes read through it without getting much, sons carefully go step by step through it to harness the volumes of truth contained in it. Are you a babe or son?

Prayer Point:

Father, give me ears that hear your Spirit, and give me a heart that follows His leading.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
Deuteronomy 4
Jeremiah 26:12-24

AUTHOR: PASTOR E. A. ADEBOYE

HYMN 15: THE COMFORTER HAS COME

1. Oh, spread the tidings ’round,
Wherever man is found,
Wherever human hearts
And human woes abound;
Let every Christian tongue
Proclaim the joyful sound:
The Comforter has come!

Refrain:
The Comforter has come,
The Comforter has come!
The Holy Ghost from Heav’n,
The Father’s promise giv’n;
Oh, spread the tidings ’round,
Wherever man is found—
The Comforter has come!

2. The long, long night is past,
The morning breaks at last,
And hushed the dreadful wail
And fury of the blast,
As o’er the golden hills
The day advances fast!
The Comforter has come!
[Refrain]


3. Lo, the great King of kings,
With healing in His wings,
To every captive soul
A full deliv’rance brings;
And through the vacant cells
The song of triumph rings;
The Comforter has come!
[Refrain]

4. O boundless love divine!
How shall this tongue of mine
To wond’ring mortals tell
The matchless grace divine—
That I, a child of hell,
Should in His image shine!
The Comforter has come!
[Refrain]

5. Sing till the echoes fly
Above the vaulted sky,
And all the saints above
To all below reply,
In strains of endless love,
The song that ne’er will die:
The Comforter has come!
[Refrain:]

Prayer Points on Today's Open HeavensSaturday, May 6th, 2017) - SONS ARE SPIRIT-LED
1.Thank you, Father, for your guidance and leading through your Holy Spirit.
2.Father, in anyway, l have fallen short of your glory, have mercy and forgive me.
3.Father, let every work of the flesh in my life, be destroyed, by your fire, in Jesus' name.
4.Father, fill me afresh to the brim with your Holy Spirit, that l may have spiritual stamina to undertake my spiritual assignments, in Jesus' name.
5.Father, give me ears that hear Your Spirit, and give me a heart that follows His leading, in Jesus' name.
6.Father, let the Holy Spirit take dominion over my life and let all the activities of the flesh be subdued, in Jesus' name.
7.Father, give me the grace to walk in the spirit, that l may not fulfill the lust of the flesh.
8.Father, quicken every aspect of my life and let your word bring life to every dead situation, in my life, in Jesus' name.
9.Father, enlighten the eyes of understanding of men, and let them receive the conviction of the Holy Spirit, and yield their lives to Christ, in Jesus' name.
10.Father, renew my strength and refill me with fresh auction, virtue and power, by your Mighty Spirit, in Jesus' name.
11.Father, make me a son and not a babe; and help me to hear your voice and promptly obey you, in Jesus' name.
12.Your Personal petitions.
( Phil 4:6)
13.In Jesus' name I pray.
(Jn 14:13-14; 15:16)
14.Thank you Father for answered prayers.
(1 Thessalonians 5:18).
#GodBlessOurNation

femoint007:
Prayer Points on Today's Open HeavensSaturday, May 6th, 2017) - SONS ARE SPIRIT-LED
1.Thank you, Father, for your guidance and leading through your Holy Spirit.
2.Father, in any kk, l have fallen short of your glory, have mercy and forgive me.
3.Father, let every work of the flesh in my life, be destroyed, by your fire, in Jesus' name.
4.Father, fill me afresh to the brim with your Holy Spirit, that l may have spiritual stamina to undertake my spiritual assignments, in Jesus' name.
5.Father, give me ears that hear Your Spirit, and give me a heart that follows His leading, in Jesus' name.
6.Father, let the Holy Spirit take dominion over my life and let all the activities of the flesh be subdued, in Jesus' name.
7.Father, give me the grace to walk in the spirit, that l may not fulfill the lust of the flesh.
8.Father, quicken every aspect of my life and let your word bring life to every dead situation, in my life, in Jesus' name.
9.Father, enlighten the eyes of understanding of men, and let them receive the conviction of the Holy Spirit, and yield their lives to Christ, in Jesus' name.
10.Father, renew my strength and refill me with fresh auction, virtue and power, by your Mighty Spirit, in Jesus' name.
11.Father, make me a son and not a babe; and help me to hear your voice and promptly obey you, in Jesus' name.
12.Your Personal petitions.
( Phil 4:6)
13.In Jesus' name I pray.
(Jn 14:13-14; 15:16)
14.Thank you Father for answered prayers.
(1 Thessalonians 5:18).
#GodBlessOurNation

Please i want ask, is there correlation between living in the spirit and the Christian religion ? and also, correlation between living in the flesh and other religions outside christianity? Example,lslam,judaism,african traditional religions etc??

paxonel:

Please i want ask, is there correlation between living in the spirit and the Christian religion ? and also, correlation between living in the flesh and other religions outside christianity? Example,lslam,judaism,african traditional religions etc??

in the spirit realm there is Holy spirit (God's Spirit) and the Evil spirit. The flesh prefers to walk in accordance with the Evil Spirit. A Christian must walk in Holy Spirit. The other religions if they do not follow Holy Spirit would definitely gratify the flesh.

dallyemmy:


in the spirit realm there is Holy spirit (God's Spirit) and the Evil spirit. The flesh prefers to walk in accordance with the Evil Spirit. A Christian must walk in Holy Spirit. The other religions if they do not follow Holy Spirit would definitely gratify the flesh.

Im a muslim,i want to follow holy spirit, how do i do that?

paxonel:

Im a muslim,i want to follow holy spirit, how do i do that?

Luke 11:9-13New International Version (NIV)

9 “So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 10 For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

11 “Which of you fathers, if your son asks for[a] a fish, will give him a snake instead? 12 Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? 13 If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”

paxonel:

Im a muslim,i want to follow holy spirit, how do i do that?

Luke 11:9-13New International Version (NIV)

9 “So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 10 For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

11 “Which of you fathers, if your son asks for[a] a fish, will give him a snake instead? 12 Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?

13 If you then, though you are evil, know how to give gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”

dallyemmy:


Luke 11:9-13New International Version (NIV)

9 “So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 10 For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

11 “Which of you fathers, if your son asks for[a] a fish, will give him a snake instead? 12 Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion? 13 If you then, though you are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”

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