OPEN HEAVEN DAILY DEVOTIONAL...

DATE : SUNDAY 26 MARCH 2017

THEME : LADEN WITH CAREER BURDENS?

Memorise

For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder. Psalms 107:16

Read : Luke 5:1-11

1 AND it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret,

2 And saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were washing their nets.

3 And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon's, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And he sat down, and taught the people out of the ship.

4 Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.

5 And Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net.

6 And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of fishes: and their net brake.

7 And they beckoned unto their partners, which were in the other ship, that they should come and help them. And they came, and filled both the ships, so that they began to sink.

8 When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord.

9 For he was astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught of the fishes which they had taken:

10 And so was also James, and John, the sons of Zebedee, which were partners with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men.

11 And when they had brought their ships to land, they forsook all, and followed him.


Message

One of the method devised by the devil to impede our forward march on the straight and narrow is to steal our joy and happiness. To achieve this,our enemy may make use of career burdens. The presence of career burdens might be the reason why you see someone person who were not as intelligent as you were during your school days, even those who graduated several years after you did, now far ahead of you career-wise. A fellow under this yoke may want to hide when he or she come face to face with an erstwhile junior, who is now better placed. Many years ago, while still lecturing at University of Lagos, a professor applied for an advertised job and was invited for interview, when he got to the boardroom where the interview panel was sitting, he soon discovered that the chairman of the panel was one of his students who had recently graduated. He therefore said to the panel,I am sorry, it seems I came to the wrong room? You are not in the wrong sir replied the ex-student. But he insisted and left.

You need to periodically take stock of your career to ensure you are where you ought to be. If you are deeply unhappy at your job because you are not positioned at the level where you ought to be, the devil might be playing firstly tricks on you. Are you in a situation where some people you interviewed for employment are now superiors in the same office? Have you been denied your promotions for several years inspite of your hard work, and as a result, not only are your mates now your superiors, even your juniors has become your superiors? If you are experience any of these, you might be operating under a career burden from the pit of hell. The aim of this burden is to make you frustrated and disillusioned.

Similarly, when your efforts are not receiving commensurate rewards like Peter in our Bible reading today, You might be carrying a career burden. Peter toiled all night long but caught nothing. I can relate with his experience because I love fish. When I want to relax sometimes, I go fishing with my hook. From experience, within five minutes of casting the hook, a fish is taken; but occasionally, I spend hours without catching a single fish. Not too long, after spending some considerable time, I eventually caught a fish, but while pulling it out, it jumped back into the river, and there was nothing I could do about. You might have failed in your career or business, not because you wanted to fail or because you were lazy: The presence of a career burden might be the cause. In the Name of Jesus, in any way you have been a victim of this wickedness of Satan, you are delivered today! That burden is destroyed and taken away from you! All you have lost over the years is restored to you this season!

Prayer Point:

I command that every career burden in my life and family be lifted now in Jesus'Name!

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR : Exodus 29-30 and Jeremiah 2:20-32


HYMN 4: THROUGH THE LOVE OF GOD OUR SAVIOUR

1 Through the love of God our Saviour,
all will be well.
Free and changeless is his favour,
all, all is well.
Precious is the blood that healed us,
perfect is the grace that sealed us,
strong the hand stretched forth to shield us,
all must be well.

2 Though we pass through tribulation,
all will be well.
Ours is such a full salvation,
all, all is well.
Happy, still in God confiding,
fruitful, if in Christ abiding,
holy, through the Spirit’s guiding,
all must be well.

3 We expect a bright tomorrow,
all will be well.
Faith can sing through days of sorrow,
'All, all is well.'
On our Father’s love relying,
Jesus every need supplying,
in our living, in our dying,
all must be well.

Prayer Points on Today's Open Heavens, ( Sunday, March 26th, 2017) - LADEN WITH CAREER BURDENS?

1.Thank you Father, for your awesome powers to deliver and break yokes.

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

3.Father, let every attempt of Satan to impede my progress and steal my joy and happiness, be frustrated, in Jesus' name.

4.Father, let every power holding me stagnant all these years, to the same spot, be paralysed, in Jesus' name.

5.Father, grant me accelerated progress and promotion, that will enable me catch up and overtake all my mates, that have gone ahead of me.

6.Father, let every yoke of stagnancy and lack of promotion in my career, be terminated, today, in Jesus' name.

7.Father, let every gate of brass and bars of iron, erected against my progress in life, be pulled down, in Jesus' name.

8.Father, let an end come to every unprofitable hard work, in my life and career, in Jesus' name.

9.Father, l surrender the boat of my life to you, use me to reach out to sinners, to the glory of your holy name.

10.Father, let every career burden in my life, be removed, today, in Jesus' name.

11.Father, let the book of remembrance be opened for me and let all my labours, in my career and in your vineyard, be rewarded, in Jesus' name.

12.Your Personal Petitions.
(Philippians 4:6)
13.In Jesus' name I pray.
(John 15:16)
14.Thank you Father for answered prayers.
(1 Thessalonians 5:18).
#GodBlessOurNation

Testimony!!!

Praise God for me. God has lifted every career burden off my life in Jesus name. He has removed every yoke of stagnancy in my career in Jesus name. And he has given me accelerated progress and promotion today, 25/03/2017 in Jesus name. He has opened a book of remembrance for me and my wife too, in Jesus mighty name (Amen). Praise God!!!!! Halleluyah.

@op and dupsal, thanks. God bless you. I believe God has answered your prayers too. It is well.

Amen

Racade:
Testimony!!!

Praise God for me. God has lifted every career burden off my life in Jesus name. He has removed every yoke of stagnancy in my career in Jesus name. And he has given me accelerated progress and promotion today, 25/03/2017 in Jesus name. He has opened a book of remembrance for me and my wife too, in Jesus mighty name (Amen). Praise God!!!!! Halleluyah.

@op and dupsal, thanks. God bless you. I believe God has answered your prayers too. It is well.