OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL!
DATE: SATURDAY NOVEMBER 4TH 2017!
THEME: DON’T FAINT!
Memorise:
Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as
we have received mercy, we faint not;”
2 Corinthians 4:1
Read: 2 Corinthians 4:15-16
4:15. For all things are for your sakes, that
the abundant grace might through the
thanksgiving of many redound to The Glory
of God.
4:16 For which cause we faint not; but
though our outward man perish, yet the
inward man is renewed day by day.
Message:
A. As children of God, one lesson we derive
from Luke 6:38 is that giving precedes
receiving.
1. Those who expect to receive when they
have not sown are waiting for an empty
harvest.
2. Some people may contend with this truth
by citing John 4:38, which says, “I sent you
to reap that whereon ye bestowed no
labour: other men laboured, and ye are
entered into their labours.”
3. Yes, it is possible to reap where you did
not sow, but you will always reap what you
sow.
4. If you check the scriptures, you will find
out that the privilege of reaping where you
did not sow is reserved for the hardworking
fellow and not for the lazy.
5. If you consider the parable of the talent in
Matthew 25:14-30, you will discover that the
servant who had 10 talents was given the
extra talent that was taken away from the
lazy servant.
6. The Lord justified this action with these
words in Matthew 25:29: “For unto every
one that hath shall be given, and he shall
have abundance: but from him that hath not
shall be taken away even that which he
hath.”
7. If you work hard and excel in whatever
assignment The Lord has given you, if you
make sacrifices in doing God’s Bidding
beyond every other person, or if you out-
give everyone else, you will not only enter
into abundance, but you may also qualify to
receive the harvest of the lazy.
B. Moreover, we see that the lazy servant lost
his harvest.
1. May you not lose your harvest to someone
else. Amen!
2. It is interesting to note that some people
lose their harvest not only to laziness but
also as a result of lack of patience.
3. A story was told of the pastor of a local
assembly, who fasted, prayed and
evangelized his community but could not
get a harvest.
4. It appeared as if the ground was iron.
5. Unknown to him, God was working out
something that would bring a lot of people
to that community.
6. Sadly, before God could finish what He
was doing, this pastor got discouraged and
quit ministry.
7. Just about the same time, another pastor
started a ministry in the same community.
8. The people that God caused to relocate to
this community as reward for the toiling of
the pastor that quit now became a harvest
for the new pastor.
9. This new pastor must have concluded
that ministry was so easy, without knowing
what really happened.
10. In light of this, never give up on your
assignment!
11. No matter how tough things may be,
remain with God and you will reap your
harvest.
Key Point:
If you remove people out of their rightful
harvest, get set to be thrown out of your
own harvest, unless you fully restitute.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
1 John 2-4
Hosea 12
AUTHOR: PASTOR E. A. ADEBOYE
HYMN: ALL CREATURES OF OUR GOD AND
KING!
1. All creatures of our God and King,
lift up your voice and with us sing
Alleluia! Alleluia!
Thou burning sun with golden beam,
thou silver moon with softer gleam,
O praise Him, O praise Him!
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
2. Thou rushing wind that art so strong,
ye clouds that sail in heav'n along,
O praise Him! Alleluia!
Thou rising morn, in praise rejoice,
ye lights of ev'ning find a voice!
O praise Him, O praise Him!
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
3. And all ye men of tender heart,
forgiving others, take your part,
O sing ye! Alleluia!
Ye who long pain and sorrow bear,
praise God and on Him cast your care!
O praise Him, O praise Him!
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!
4. Let all things their Creator bless
and worship Him in humbleness,
O praise Him! Alleluia!
Praise, praise the Father, praise the Son,
and praise the Spirit, Three in One:
O praise Him, O praise Him!
Alleluia! Alleluia! Alleluia!


Prayer Points on Today's Open Heavens:
(Saturday, November 4, 2017) - DON’T FAINT!
1.Thank you, Father, for your mercies that
endureth forever, over my life.
2.Thank you, Father, for the divine
assignment, you have committed into my
hands.
3.Father, in anyway, l have fallen short of
your glory, please, have mercy and forgive
me, in Jesus' name.
4.Father, let every spirit of procrastination
and laziness, be destroyed in my life, in
Jesus' name.
5.Father, release upon my life the spirit of
diligence and profitable hard work, in Jesus'
name.
6.Father, give me the grace, never to faint in
the day of adversity, in Jesus' name.
7.Father, help me to do your work in the day
time, because, the night cometh, when no
man shall work.
8.Father, empower me to complete my
assignments and to finish my course, in
Jesus' name.
9.Father, let no power be able to take away
or deny me my many years of harvests and
rewards, in your vineyard, in Jesus' name.
10.Father, let me never faint or give up at
the edge of my breakthrough, in Jesus'
name.
11Father, empower me to finish well and
strong, 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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