OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL...

DATE: TUESDAY NOVERMBER 28TH 2017

THEME: KNOWLEDGE AND PRAYER          

Memorise:

But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.           1 Peter 4:7

 

 

Read:  Luke 21:34-36

 

21:34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.

21:35 For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.

21:36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

 

Message:

 

In Philippians 3:10, Paul expressed his burning desire to know Jesus. It is good to have your gaze focused on Jesus and equally important to know Him. Why? It is because what you know determines your position in life. Knowledge is power. Proverbs 4:7 says,

 

“Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.”

 

Wisdom is the correct application of knowledge for personal or corporate benefit. This implies that knowledge is the foundation of wisdom. If you want to be wise but you run away from knowledge, wisdom will elude you. How open you are tom learning new things demonstrates your readiness to be wise. Men of wisdom like Paul and Daniel were given to reading books. Daniel chapter 9 is a manifestation of how knowledge acquired from the study of books can be applied positively in actions that have serious spiritual implications. Daniel 9:2 says,

 

“In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.”

 

Today, not many people take time to read decent books on various subjects that can add to their knowledge base. For believers, this should not be so. If there are people who should be knowledgeable, it should be believers. We should be conversant with our environment, and we should stay very current.

 

In Matthew 26:41, Jesus established a link between watching and praying. What are you required to do while watching? You are required to gather information, and to know what is happening around you. God wants you to be informed. Why? Knowledge about your situation will help you pray more effectively with understanding. If you want to succeed as a prayer champion, knowledge is crucial. When you watch, seek knowledge or gather information, it will compel you to pray more often. Find out, those Christians who are prayerless are often those without knowledge. They know too little, and so they do not see the need to pray. If people come to tell you lots of things or if they confide in you, it is because God wants you to stand in the place of intercession for them, rather than becoming a tale-bearer. Are you seeking knowledge? Is what you know making you to pray more?

Key Point:

 

Daniel was provoked into indefinite prayer and fasting exercise by what he understood from what he studied (Daniel 9:1-3). Is your knowledge compelling you to pray?
 

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:

  

Psalm 69-72

Micah 5:7-6:8

                                                                                                             

AUTHOR: PASTOR E. A. ADEBOYE

HYMN 1:   MY FAITH LOOKS UP TO THEE

1. My faith looks up to Thee,
Thou Lamb of Calvary,
Savior divine!
Now hear me while I pray,
Take all my guilt away,
Oh, let me from this day
Be wholly Thine!

2. May Thy rich grace impart
Strength to my fainting heart,
My zeal inspire!
As Thou hast died for me,
Oh, may my love to Thee
Pure, warm, and changeless be,
A living fire!

3. While life’s dark maze I tread,
And griefs around me spread,
Be Thou my guide;
Bid darkness turn to day,
Wipe sorrow’s tears away,
Nor let me ever stray
From Thee aside.

4. When ends life’s transient dream,
When death’s cold, sullen stream
Shall o’er me roll;
Blest Savior, then in love,
Fear and distrust remove;
Oh, bear me safe above,
A ransomed soul!

��� *LET US PRAY* ���

.. _*TUESDAY, November 28, 2017*_

*PRAYER POINTS* :- _KNOWLEDGE AND PRAYER ._

1. *THANKSGIVINGS* .

2. *INTERCESSIONS/SUPPLICATIONS.*

3. *PRAYERS FROM OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL:*

----- Father, i thank you because *YOU ARE INVINCIBLE THE ONLY WISE GOD .*

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

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

*_---- Father, I thank you for the continual revelation of Your word....._*

*_---- Father, please grant unto me the grace to make use of my knowledge of Your word to be prayerful, in Jesus name....._*

*_---- Father, please make me wise in the place of prayer, in Jesus name....._*

*_---- Father, I don't want to be a tale-bearer, please make me effective and efficient in praying, in Jesus name....._*

*_------Father, please let me always have the understanding of the knowledge I acquire, in Jesus name....._*

*_---- Father, please help me so that what I know will compel me to pray, 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 UNEQUALLED* Name I have Prayed.

Prayer Points on Today's Open Heavens: (Tuesday, November 28th, 2017) - KNOWLEDGE AND PRAYER

1.Thank you, Father, for the revelation of your Will and purpose to us, through your word.

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

3.Father, empower me to live soberly; to watch and to pray; that I may not be a victim of these perilous times, in Jesus' name.

4.Father, help me to study, to show myself approved, unto you, a workman, that needed not be ashamed, but, rightly dividing the word of truth, in Jesus' name.

5.Father, fill me with the knowledge of your Will; with all wisdom and spiritual understanding, in Jesus' name.

6.Father, let your word have free course and be glorified in me, in Jesus' name.

7.Father, reveal more of your Will and knowledge unto me, that I may pray according to them, instead of praying amiss, in Jesus' name.

8.Father, let me be well rooted and grounded in your word, that my lifestyle may conform with your expectations, even, after, securing victory in prayers, in Jesus' name.

9.Father, make available unto me, knowledge and revelations, about, my life's challenges and situations, that I may pray more effectively, with understanding, in Jesus' name.

10.Father, make me not only the hearer of your word, but also, the doer; and empower me to pray, without ceasing, in Jesus' name.

11.Father, uphold, Pastor E.A. Adeboye, the author of the open heavens daily devotional and general overseer of RCCG, by your right hand of righteousness, till the end; he will not fall, he will not fail, 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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