OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL

DATE: SUNDAY 22ND OCTOBER 2017

THEME: FULFIL YOUR CALLING  


Memorise:
But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.                                                                                     2 Timothy 4:5

Read: Romans 12:6-18

12:6 Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;

12:7 Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching;

12:8 Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.

12:9 Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

12:10 Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;

12:11 Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

12:12 Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer;

12:13 Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.

12:14 Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not.

12:15 Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.

12:16 Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.

12:17 Recompense to no man evil for evil. Provide things honest in the sight of all men.

12:18 If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.


Message:

Yesterday, we discussed knowing and staying within your calling. One of the reasons why it is important for you to know and stay within your calling is to fulfill the purpose of your calling. Fulfilling your calling is therefore premised on you knowing and staying with your calling. We are instructed by the Lord to ensure the profitable use of the gifts given to us by the Holy Spirit - though not without caution that it should be done in faith. The bedrock of the use of the gifts the Holy Spirit gives and the offices our Lord Jesus Christ calls us into is love. This is why Paul, in 1 Corinthians 12:31, as a prologue to his exposition on love, said:

“But covet earnestly the best gifts: and yet shew I unto you a more excellent way.”

Without love, you cannot adequately fulfill your calling. Through the story of Jonah who was commissioned as a prophet to warn a perishing nation, we learn that without love, there is no way anyone can fulfill his or her calling. The office of the prophet is a desirable office among the fivefold offices in the Church (Ephesians 4:11). This was the office Jonah was called into. However, a lack of love for perishing souls almost made him to lose that office and his life (Jonah 1:1-15). Beloved, into what office have you been called? Are you fulfilling your calling? If not, do you know the cause? May be it is because your heart is lacking in love. 1 Corinthians 13:2 says:

“And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.”

It is amazing to read that Jonah was angry because God decided to forgive the people of Nineveh after he had been forced to warn them to repent. Jonah 3:10-4:1 says,

“And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not. But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry.”


You cannot fulfill your calling if you don’t have love to operate it. Your gifts would just be monumental but without value. It takes love to be a successful administrator to say the least. It takes love to successfully do the work of an evangelist or teacher. Without love, you may own all the goods in the world and people dying of starvation will mean nothing to you. A pastor without love would just be milking the sheep to fatten himself up for perdition. Love is the excellent way of fulfilling your calling. Release your heart to love, and stay away from hate.


Prayer Point:

Father, please fill my heart with compassion and love, so that I may fulfill my calling in Jesus’ Name.


BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:

1 Thessalonians 1-5
Daniel 11:7-19          
                                                       
                                                         
AUTHOR: PASTOR E. A. ADEBOYE


HYMN 14: TAKE MT LIFE

1. Take my life and let it be
Consecrated, Lord, to Thee.
Take my moments and my days,
Let them flow in endless praise.

2. Take my hands and let them move
At the impulse of Thy love.
Take my feet and let them be
Swift and beautiful for Thee.

3. Take my voice and let me sing,
Always, only for my King.
Take my lips and let them be
Filled with messages from Thee.

4. Take my silver and my gold,
Not a mite would I withhold.
Take my intellect and use
Every pow’r as Thou shalt choose.

5.  Take my will and make it Thine,
It shall be no longer mine.
Take my heart, it is Thine own,
It shall be Thy royal throne.

6. Take my love, my Lord, I pour
At Thy feet its treasure store.
Take myself and I will be
Ever, only, all for Thee.

��� *LET US PRAY* ���

_*SUNDAY, October 22, 2017*_

*PRAYER POINTS _FULFIL YOUR CALLING_

1. *THANKSGIVINGS* .

2. *INTERCESSIONS/SUPPLICATIONS.*

3. *PRAYERS FROM OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL:*

----- Father, i thank you because *YOU ARE THE ALL IN ALL.*

*_---- 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 grant unto me the grace to fulfil my calling effectively, in Jesus' Name......_*

----- *_Father, please equip me specially to function excellently in my area of calling, in Jesus' Name......_*

*_-----Father, please fill my heart with compassion and love, so that I may fulfill my calling in Jesus’ Name....._*

----- *_Father, from today, please manifest Yourself mightily in my area of calling, in Jesus' Name......_*

----- *_Father, through my ministry and area of calling, please let many receive Your Salvation , 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 MIGHTY* Name I have Prayed.

Prayer Points on Today's Open Heavens: (Sunday, October 22, 2017) - FULFIL YOUR CALLING

1.Thank you, Father, for first loving me, unconditionally, in that you gave your only begotten son, Jesus, as a ransom for my sin.

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

3.Father, please fill my heart with compassion and love, so that I may fulfil my calling in Jesus' Name.

4.Father, give me the grace never to repay evil with evil; and help me to live peaceably with all men, in Jesus' name.

5.Father, give me a heart of true and genuine love, for the flocks, that you have committed, into my care, in Jesus' name.

6.Father, empower me to watch in all things; to do the work of an evangelist; and to make a full proof of my ministry; in Jesus' name.

7.Father, let every spirit of hatred and resentment, in my life, towards the people I have been called to liberate and set free, be destroyed, by your fire, in Jesus' name.

8.Father, let nothing be too big or so dear, to me, to sacrifice or give up, in order to win souls, into your kingdom, in Jesus' name.

9.Father, help me to show kindly affection and brotherly love, to all brethren and let us exhibit mutual preference for one another, in the things of the kingdom, in Jesus' name.

10.Father, empower me to always rejoice in hope; be patient in tribulations and be instant, in prayers, in Jesus' name.

11.Father, let my life and lifestyle, attract people into your kingdom and not turn them away, 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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