OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL

DATE: SUNDAY NOVEMBER 12TH 2017

THEME: DOES OUR WORSHIP BENEFIT GOD?


Memorise:

I will call upon the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from my enemies. Psalm 18:3


Read: Revelation 5:11-13

5:11 And I beheld, and I heard the voice of many angels round about the throne and the beasts and the elders: and the number of them was ten thousand times ten thousand, and thousands of thousands;

5:12 Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain to receive power, and riches, and wisdom, and strength, and honour, and glory, and blessing.

5:13 And every creature which is in heaven, and on the earth, and under the earth, and such as are in the sea, and all that are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.


Message:

Giving is a common and crucial activity that every serious minded believer in Christ should regularly engage in. The wise believer would hear this and flow with it, but those who think they are “smart” will hear and ignore it to their own undoing. Luke 6:38 says that you should give and it shall be given to you. Have you ever asked yourself who benefits when you give to God? Can you make God richer by giving to the Owner of the universe? Can you add to the Owner of silver and gold by giving to Him? Everything you have, you received from Him (1 Corinthians 4:7). You are the one who gains from giving to God. When you refuse to give, who loses? The Holy Spirit answers that question in Proverbs 11:24:

“There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.”

If you fail to give, you are the one who loses. Your giving determines how far you go in life. Overflowing abundance is a product of sacrificial giving. If you have been sowing sacrificially to God and His Kingdom but you have not yet reached the level of swimming in abundance, you should be celebrated. Why? It is because you are not likely to die until God pays you back in full. The One who said we should owe no man cannot afford to owe you.


Moreover, when you praise God, who gains? Can your praise add to Him in reality? In Psalm 18:1-3, David said several things about who God was to him. He said God is worthy to be praised, because he realized that when he praised God, he got delivered from his enemies. In other words, refusing to praise God would have resulted in him becoming a casualty in the hands of his enemies. So who loses if you refuse to praise God? Today’s Bible reading talks about God’s mass choir in Heaven. It says the size is something like 100 trillion. If God has such a great choir of angels and saved souls worshiping Him, what difference will adding or subtracting your voice from it make? Do you think that God will miss your voice? Therefore, who gains from worshiping and praising God? It is you! Every time God demands that we give something to Him, it is for our own good and not His. Only the fellow who wants to deceive himself or herself will think otherwise.


Action Point:
Serve and worship God because your life, joy and peace depend on it.


BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
Job 25-29
Amos 2:4-3:2   


AUTHOR: PASTOR E. A. ADEBOYE


HYMN 3:   HOW GREAT THOU ART

1. O Lord my God, when I in awesome wonder,
Consider all the worlds Thy hands have made;
I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder,
Thy power throughout the universe displayed.

Chorus:
Then sings my soul, my Saviour God, to Thee,
How great Thou art! How great Thou art!
Then sings my soul, My Saviour God, to Thee,
How great Thou art! How great Thou art!


2. When through the woods, and forest glades I wander,
And hear the birds sing sweetly in the trees.
When I look down, from lofty mountain grandeur
And hear the brook, and feel the gentle breeze.

[Chorus]

3. And when I think, that God, His Son not sparing;
Sent Him to die, I scarce can take it in;
That on the cross, my burden gladly bearing,
He bled and died to take away my sin.

[Chorus]

4. When Christ shall come, with shout of acclamation,
And take me home, what joy shall fill my heart.
Then shall I bow, in humble adoration,
And then proclaim, "My God, how great Thou art!"

[Chorus]

��� *LET US PRAY* ���

_*SUNDAY , November 12, 2017*_'

*PRAYER POINTS: -* _DOES OUR WORSHIP BENEFIT GOD._

1. *THANKSGIVINGS* .

2. *INTERCESSIONS/SUPPLICATIONS.*

3. *PRAYERS FROM OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL:*

----- Father, i thank You because *YOU'RE A GREAT AND MIGHTY GOD*

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

*_---- Father, I thank You for the grace Your Salvation over my life....._*

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

----- *_Father, please grant unto me the grace to value You more than anything else in this world, in Jesus' Name......_*

*_-----Father, my joy and peace depend on you, from today, please make my joy to be full and my peace to be all round, in Jesus’ Name....._*

*_-----Father, please fight all my battles for me, in Jesus’ Name....._*

----- *_Father, please make me relevant in the scheme of things in Your kingdom, in Jesus' Name......_*

----- *_Father, please help me to never take You for granted, 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 AWESOME* Name I have Prayed.

Prayer Points on Today's Open Heavens: (Sunday, November 12th, 2017) - DOES OUR WORSHIP BENEFIT GOD?

1.I worship You my Father, because, you are, the king of kings and the Lord of lords.

2.Father, I bow before your throne of grace and mercy, because, You are the Ancient of Days; the Alpha and the Omega; the beginning and the end.

3.Father, if I have a thousand tongues, they are not enough to praise you.

4. Father, blessing, honour, glory and power, be unto you, who sits upon the throne and unto the Lamb, forever and ever.

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

6.Father, whatever, has made praising you to become a burden in my life, please, uproot it by your fire, in Jesus name.

7.Father, wear upon me, the garment of your praise and worship, always, in Jesus name.

8.Father, as I call upon you, in praises, please, let me be saved and delivered, from the hands of my enemies, in Jesus name.

9.Father, empower me to give you quality praises, worship and the best of all that you have blessed and endowed me with, in Jesus name.

10.Father, arise and scatter, every satanic gang up and conspiracy, against the life, family and ministry, of the author of the Open Heavens devotional, Pastor E.A. Adeboye, in Jesus name.

11.Father, please, give me a heart of sacrificial giving, to your kingdom projects, programmes and activities, 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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