Prayer Points on Today's Open Heavens: (Friday, December 29th, 2017) - EXCELLENT SERVICE OR EYE-SERVICE?
1.Thank you, Father, for the salvation of my soul and the grace to be counted among the living, today.
2.Thank you, Father, for the multitude of your counsels, that you dish out to me, daily, through, the Open Heavens, daily, devotional.
3.Father, in anyway, l have fallen short of your glory, please, have mercy and forgive me, in Jesus' name.
4.Father, make me not only the hearer of your word, but also the doer, in Jesus' name.
5.Father, let every spirit of hypocrisy and eye - service, in my life and in the body of Christ, be consumed by your fire, in Jesus' name.
6.Father, release upon my life, the spirit of complete obedience, commitment and dedication to your service, in Jesus' name.
7.Father, in all my services to you, give me the grace to please you alone and not men, and help me to work with little or no supervision, in Jesus' name.
8.Father, empower me to do your work consciously, from the heart, and according to your Will and laid down rules, in Jesus' name.
9.Father, let all my labours in your vineyard meet up with heavenly standard, and be rewarded, in Jesus' name.
10.Father, deliver your Church from eye-service and inspire us to serve you truly, in Jesus' name.
11.Father, uproot, every plant, you have not planted, in the ministry of Pastor E.A. Adeboye, the author of the open heavens daily devotional, and in RCCG, where you have made him, general overseer, 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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OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL
DATE: FRIDAY 29TH DECEMBER 2017
THEME: EXCELLENT SERVICE OR EYE-SERVICE?
MEMORISE:
Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart; Ephesians 6:6
READ: Ephesians 6:5-8
6:5 Servants, be obedient to them that are your masters according to the flesh, with fear and trembling, in singleness of your heart, as unto Christ;
6:6 Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;
6:7 With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men:
6:8 Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free.
MESSAGE:
“For do I now persuade men, or God? or do I seek to please men? for if I yet pleased men, I should not be the servant of Christ.” Galatians 1:10
God’s expectation concerning your service towards His Kingdom and your service in your workplace is that in both cases, you serve with the mindset of one serving God and not man. He expects you to render excellent service and to serve without hypocrisy. One mark of hypocritical service is the desire to please men rather than God. A hypocritical worker is more concerned about entering and remaining in the good books of his or her superiors but really does not care whether God is pleased or not. You will commonly find eye-service in such people. Eye-service is service rendered only when the employer is watching. Eye-service is unacceptable to God, especially in His vineyard, and for this reason, the Holy Spirit warns us against it in Ephesian 6:6 saying,
“Not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but as the servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart;”
In the sight of God, a fellow given to eye-service is a hypocrite. When such people do some work for God, it is not from their heart. They are not bothered about the work being done in line with God’s will. All they are concerned about is being seen to be ‘doing something’ by their superiors. They love to be praised by their pastor or superior as being dutiful, diligent and supportive, but is that the record that God has of them?
If you love the praise of men more than the commendation of God, you do not yet know what it is to serve the Lord. The truth is, work or service rendered with eye-service will definitely miss heaven’s mark, and runs the risk of losing heaven’s rewards! How faithful are you to God and His work? Also, how faithful are you to your employer and the objectives of your job? Eye-service is characterized by deception, lies and pretense. If you work in this way, your service is unto the leader whose favour you seek and not unto Christ. You cannot serve Jesus Christ and still have the target to please men. Colossians 3:22 says your service should be backed by the fear of God. If you truly love and fear God, you will serve Him and do whatever He asks you to do, whether your superiors are there or not. If you still see traces of eye-service in your life, repent and turn a new leaf today.
PRAYER POINT:
Father, deliver your Church from eye-service and inspire us to serve you truly.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
Ecclesiastes 8-10
Malachi 2:1-16
AUTHOR: PASTOR E. A. ADEBOYE
HYMN 14: TAKE MY 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.