OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL

DATE: THURSDAY MAY 18TH 2017

THEME: DEFENDING HIS NAME

Memorise:

Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known. Psalm 106:8

Read: Psalm 106:7-9

106:7 Our fathers understood not thy wonders in Egypt; they remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; but provoked him at the sea, even at the Red sea.

106:8 Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known.

106:9 He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.

MESSAGE:

The Bible declares that our God is a very present help in time of trouble (Psalm 46:1). This means that He is ever-present or always ready to help in the time of trouble. There are several reasons why God makes His help available to a person. Understanding these reasons and applying them to your life will go a long way in helping you experience God as an ever-present help. One of these reasons is to fulfil His promises. God is very committed to His promises; hence, Psalm 89:34 says,

“My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.”
If He has purposed to help you, he will not change His mind midway. Numbers 23:19 says,

“God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?”

God’s word has integrity. He regards His word above His name (Psalm 138:2). Every promise He has made to you shall be fulfilled speedily! God cannot violate his word, so you can be sure that He will keep His promise to help you.

Another reason why God reaches out to help a man is for the sake of His Name. if you genuinely belong to God, he will help you because you bear His Name and are called by His Name in this world (Acts 15:17). No wonder Psalm 106:8 says,

“Nevertheless he saved them for his name's sake, that he might make his mighty power to be known.”

That means His intervention goes beyond your asking. He will intervene to defend His Name and show His power. At certain bus stops in life, some people will challenge you by asking “Where is your God?” Some may even say “If your God is truly alive, He should have delivered you by now.” If you are in such situation, take heart and be unmovable. In Daniel 3:14-29, King Nebuchadnezzar initially asked the three Hebrew children “who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands?” however, by the time God was through with him, he publicly confessed that there was no God like their God. Is your child in a situation that appears hopeless? Is your business or career going through some impossible storm? God will step into your situation and calm the storms! The Lord is speaking peace to every impossible situation you are up against right now. He will surely bring you out of the storm, not just because of you, but because of His Name that you bear. In that situation you are going through, the Lord will defend His Name, and He will not put you to shame. He will demonstrate His power just to give you the last laugh in Jesus’ Name.

Prayer Point:

Father, in this present situation I find myself, arise and defend your matchless Name.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
Deuteronomy 29-30
Jeremiah 32:16-2 5

AUTHOR: PASTOR E. A. ADEBOYE

HYMN 12: HOW SWEET THE NAME OF JESUS

1 How sweet the Name of Jesus sounds
In a believer's ear!
It soothes his sorrows, heals his wounds,
And drives away his fear.


2 It makes the wounded spirit whole,
And calms the troubled breast;
'Tis manna to the hungry soul,
And to the weary rest.


3 Jesus, my Shepherd, Husband, Friend,
My Prophet, Priest, and King;
My Lord, my Life, my Way, my End,
Accept the praise I bring.


4 Weak is the effort of my heart,
And cold my warmest thought;
But when I see Thee as Thou art
I'll praise Thee as I ought.

5 Till then I would Thy love proclaim
With every fleeting breath;
And may the music of Thy Name
Refresh my soul in death!

God bless you Sir

Prayer Points on Today's Open Heavens: (Thursday, May 18th, 2017.) - DEFENDING HIS NAME
1.I worship and adore you my Father; and, l lift up your name above every other name.
2.Thank you, Father, for your commitment, to upholding your promises and covenants, over my life, for your name's sake.
3.Thank you, Father, for Your Mighty name, and for all, that, Your name has accomplished for me, in life.
4.Father, in anyway, l have fallen short of your glory, please, have mercy and forgive me.
5.Father, let your name, and your name alone, be glorified, in my life, in Jesus' name.
6.Father, in this present situation I find myself, arise and defend your matchless Name.
7.Father, show forth your Mighty power, in my life and situations, that all flesh may know, that you are my Saviour and Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
8.Father, come and turn every hopeless situation in my life around, today, to the glory of your holy name.
9.Father, silence every raging storm in my life, home, marriage, career, ministry, business, etc, today, in Jesus' name.
10.Father, let every stubborn pursuer of my life and destiny, perish, in the red sea, of his own making, if he refuses, to leave me alone, in Jesus' name.
11.Father, where the enemies say there is no way for me, create a way, that your name may be glorified, 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).
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