OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL

DATE: MONDAY 2ND OCTOBER 2017

THEME: THE MOST NEEDFUL THING

 
Memorise:
Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding. Proverbs 4:7


Read: Proverbs 4:5-9

4:5 Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.

4:6 Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.

4:7 Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.

4:8 Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her.

4:9 She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee.


Message:

King Solomon is considered to be the wisest king that ever lived. How did he become so wise? When God gave Him a blank cheque to ask for anything, in 1 Kings 3:9, he said:

“Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people?”

He chose to ask for something that the average person of his time would consider inconsequential: wisdom. Solomon feared that he might misrule God’s people and thereby incur God’s wrath, and so he asked God for wisdom. Indeed, in Proverbs 9:10, he later wrote:

“The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.”

It is unfortunate to discover that even among some children of God today, the fear of the Lord is greatly absent. This accounts for the level of character erosion that is being witnessed in the Church, so much so that even pastors are being caught in various acts of sin, such as sexual immorality. Joseph was repeatedly tempted and pressured to commit sexual immorality, but he vehemently refused to indulge in it, despite the fact that it was offered to him on a platter of gold. The Bible in Genesis 39:8-9 gives this account of Joseph’s steadfastness:  

“But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand; There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God?”

If you ask me what kept Joseph away from this sexual immorality, I will tell you that it was wisdom, brought about by the fear of the Lord. How I wish all of God’s children would embrace the fear of God, so that they can begin to live in wisdom. It is wisdom to run away from sin, because the wages of sin is death (Romans 6:23). A foolish fellow would say, “Death will come one day all the same”. Such a fellow fails to consider untimely death like the one that took Absalom away (2 Samuel 18:10-17), the agony of death that comes as a result of sin, and the eternal death in the Lake of Fire. Revelation 21:8 speaks of the Lake of Fire in these words:

“But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.”

For this reason, our Bible reading strongly recommends that we get wisdom. The question is, where can we get wisdom? It is from the word of God (2 timothy 3:15). Beloved, seek godly wisdom and don’t be lawless in the name of grace, because grace does not indulge in lawlessness.


Prayer Point:
Father, put Your fear in me, help me love Your word and give me wisdom.
 

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
Romans 7-8
Daniel 2:17-30                                                                                                           
AUTHOR: PASTOR E. A. ADEBOYE
 

HYMN 9: ON THE HILL FAR AWAY

1. On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross,
The emblem of suff’ring and shame;
And I love that old cross where the Dearest and Best
For a world of lost sinners was slain.

Refrain:
So I’ll cherish the old rugged cross,
Till my trophies at last I lay down;
I will cling to the old rugged cross,
And exchange it someday for a crown.

2. Oh, that old rugged cross, so despised by the world,
Has a wondrous attraction for me;
For the dear Lamb of God left His glory above
To bear it to dark Calvary.

Refrain:

3. In that old rugged cross, stained with blood so divine,
A wondrous beauty I see,
For ’twas on that old cross Jesus suffered and died,
To pardon and sanctify me.

Refrain:

4. To the old rugged cross I will ever be true;
Its shame and reproach gladly bear;
Then He’ll call me someday to my home far away,
Where His glory forever I’ll share.

Refrain:

��� *LET US PRAY* ���

.. _*MONDAY, October 02, 2017*_

*PRAYER POINTS* :- _THE MOST NEEDFUL THING._

1. *THANKSGIVINGS* .

2. *INTERCESSIONS/SUPPLICATIONS.*

3. *PRAYERS FROM OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL:*

----- Father, i thank you because *YOU ARE THE GIVER OF WISDOM AND UNDERSTANDING.*

*_---- Father, I thank you for saving me and for the salvation of my soul....._*

*_---- Father, I thank you for the grace to be alive, today;......_*

----- *_Father, please put Your fear in my heart , in Jesus’ Name......_*

----- *_Father, from today, please help me to love and obey Your word more than ever before, in Jesus’ Name......_*

----- *_Father, please grant unto me the deeper understanding of Your word, in Jesus' Name......_*

*_Father, please give me wisdom in every moment and situation, in Jesus' Name......_*

----- *_Father, from today please grant unto me the grace to remain steadfast in You, in Jesus' Name......_*

4. *PERSONAL PRAYERS REQUESTS:*
-- (John 16:23 - 24,
-- LUKE 18:1,
-- MATT 7:7 - 8 )......

---- FATHER, I thank you for the answers, for in *JESUS WONDERFUL* Name I have Prayed.

Prayer Points on Today's Open Heavens: (Monday, October 2nd, 2017) - THE MOST NEEDFUL THING

1.I worship you, my Father, for your infinite and divine wisdom.

2.Thank you, Father, for saving my soul from the agony of hell fire, through your word, which is your power unto salvation.

3.Father, in anyway, l have fallen short of your glory, please, have mercy and forgive me, in Jesus' name.

4.Father, put Your fear in me, help me to love your word and give me wisdom, in Jesus' name.

5.Father, let your fear in me, prevent me from falling into errors and indulging in iniquities, in Jesus' name.

6.Father, give me the grace to incline my ears unto your word, and to meditate in them, day and night, in Jesus' name.

7.Father, let your word, which is your wisdom, be a lamp unto my feet and light unto my path, in Jesus' name.

8.Father, wear upon me the garment of your righteousness, and let integrity and uprightness, preserve me, in Jesus' name.

9.Father, when temptation to sin or compromise my faith comes my way, give me the wisdom to reject it, in Jesus' name.

10.Father, give me the power and the grace, to walk in your ways, and to do your perfect Will, in all things, in Jesus' name.

11.Father, raise me up on the last day and count me worthy to see you in glory, in Jesus' name.

12.Your Personal petitions.
( Philippians 4:6)
13.In Jesus' name I pray.
(John 14:13-14; 15:16)
14.Thank you Father for answered prayers.
(1 Thessalonians 5:18).
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