OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL

DATE: SUNDAY 31ST DECEMBER 2017

THEME: YOUR LOCATION MATTERS


MEMORISE:
“He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.” Proverbs 10:5


READ: Genesis 3:7-10

3:7 And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves aprons.

3:8 And they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden.

3:9 And the Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?

3:10 And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.


MESSAGE:

Although God is much very willing to help you, before you can receive help from Him, you have to first settle the issue of your spiritual location. In today’s Bible reading, when God came visiting Adam and Eve in the garden of Eden, and He did not find them where he expected them to be, He made a passionate call to them saying: “Adam, where are you?” If God will help you, He needs to know where you are. Do you want God’s help today? If yes, where are you standing presently? Are you where you were at the beginning of the year? Are you stagnant, unproductive, unprofitable, and not making progress? In the parable of the talents, the fellow who received one talent proved to be unproductive (Matthew 25:24-30). That is however not God’s expectation of you. Some people are unproductive because they do the right thing at the wrong time. Proverbs 10:5 says,

“He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.”

There is a time for everything. There is a time to work and a time to rest. Rest follows work and not the other way round. Today, quite a number of people unfortunately go on vacations even though they have not worked. Rest is earned. If you rest without deserving it, you will be showing to the whole world how unwise you really are. When many children of affluent people, who never worked one day to earn an income, are bequeathed with great wealth, the next thing they think of doing is how to go on a spending spree of the funds they never worked for.


Beloved, where is your present location? If you are located in laziness, disobedience, self-will or unforgiveness, receiving help from God may be a mirage. If you are sleeping when you should be actively engaged for the Master, you are a shame to the Body of Christ. The harvest of this world is already ripe and gradually becoming overripe. This is harvest time. How many souls did you personally win to Christ this year? Is there any significant improvement to your life compared to last year or have you lost further grounds to laziness, procrastination and idleness? Can you say you are experiencing progress? Movement can be sideways, forward or backward. May you never go backward in Jesus’ Name! Consider your location and take appropriate steps so that you can receive God’s help this season.


ACTION POINT:
Before asking God for anything make sure you are not located in disobedience or unbelief.


BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
Songs of Solomon 4-8
Malachi 3:16-4:6


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* ���

.. _*Sunday, December 31, 2017*_

*PRAYER POINTS*:- _YOUR LOCATION MATTERS._

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 message in today's OPEN HEAVENS Devotional....._*

*_---- Father, this season, please divinely locate me, in Jesus Name......_*

*_----Father, please wipe away every form of disobedience or unbelief from my life, in Jesus name......._*

*_------Father, this season, I refuse to be unproductive, in Jesus name......._*

*_---- Father, as I enter the new year, please let me begin to experience significant improvement in my daily walk with You, in Jesus name;......_*

*_---- Father, please make me to be fruitful in every area of my life, in Jesus name;......_*

*_---- Father, please help me not to disappoint You in my daily living, in Jesus name;......_*

*_---- Father, I Thank You for the Author (Pastor E.A. ADEBOYE) of the messages in the OPEN HEAVENS Devotional ....._*

*_---- Father, please continue to strengthen him the more and endow him with more wisdom and knowledge to draw many closer to You....._*

4. *PERSONAL PRAYERS AND OTHER 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, December 31, 2017) - YOUR LOCATION MATTERS

1.Thank you, Father, for your call upon my life and for planting me firmly, in your vineyard.

2.Thank you, Father, for the grace to see the last day of this year 2017.

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 laziness, procrastination, disobedience, unbelief and self - will, in my life, be consumed, by your fire, in Jesus' name.

5.Father, let no force or power be able to dislodge or uproot me, from where you have located and planted me in your vineyard, in Jesus' name.

6.Father, let your glory never depart from me, and let me always be at the right place, at the right time, in Jesus' name.

7.Father, give me the grace to be fully occupied with the things of the kingdom, till you come, in Jesus' name.

8.Holy Spirit of God, empower me to work the work of my Father, in the day time, because, the night cometh, when no man shall work, in Jesus' name.

9.Father, let me be profitable, fruitful and triumph, in the works of my hands, in Jesus' name.

10.Father, I decree, that, I shall flourish in your vineyard like the palm tree and grow in your courts, like the ceder in Lebanon, in Jesus' name.

11.Father, prosper, bless and reward, all the covenant partners of Pastor E.A. Adeboye, the author of the open heavens daily devotional and general overseer of RCCG, 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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