OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL..

DATE:  SATURDAY 16TH DECEMBER 2017

THEME:  WHAT OF YOUR VOW.

MEMORISE:

Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.                                                                                                                        Ecclesiastes 5:5

READ: Ecclesiastes 5:1-6

5:1 Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools: for they consider not that they do evil.

5:2 Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.

5:3 For a dream cometh through the multitude of business; and a fool's voice is known by multitude of words.

5:4 When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.

5:5 Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.

5:6 Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; neither say thou before the angel, that it was an error: wherefore should God be angry at thy voice, and destroy the work of thine hands?

 

MESSAGE:

The institution of marriage is largely misunderstood and consequently abused by lot of people in today’s world. Marriage was designed by God for the good of the partners involved. He designed it as an institution where they can complement each other, enjoy life on earth, and reproduce their kind to replenish the earth. In contrast to what is sadly the norm in the world today, marriage is a covenant relationship that is of a permanent nature. The Lord Jesus Christ himself stated this in Matthew 19:6 when He said:

 

“Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.”

 

Contrary to God’s expectations, the marital vow that is supposed to be very sacred is fast becoming a recitation that violated at will. How many married people ever reflect on the vows they exchanged at the alter to see if the current state of their lives has not deviated from it? Marriage is very serious covenant relationship. God expects the partners involved in it to keep the pledge they made to each other in the presence of many witnesses. Are you married? How faithful have you been in keeping your marital vows?

 

As Children of God, we should not be surprised by the current sorry state of the institution of marriage in the world today. The Holy Spirit told us ahead of time that unfaithfulness to vows will form part of the unrighteousness of men in such times as this, when in Romans 1:31 He described the characteristics of people in the last days as follows:

           

“Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:”

 

In 2 Timothy 3:3-4, He also indicates to us that a sign by which we will know we are in the last days is when we see men increasingly becoming traitors and trucebreakers (i.e implacable). Are you breaking any of the promises you made in your marriage vows? Are you the type that cannot be appeased? Do you find it difficult to forgive your spouse whenever there is a form of misunderstanding in your relationship? If you have any of these traits, it shows that you are not walking in the love of God. Are you unmerciful to your spouse? How can you receive mercy from God when you cannot even show it to your spouse? At the later, you promised to take care of your spouse; are you doing so today? You promised to use all your worldly goods to make life easier for your spouse, but is that what you are doing today? You promised to leave everyone else and belong to your spouse forever; is that so? Are you secretly dating someone else? If you have fallen out of line, repent and keep your vows from today!
 

PRAYER POINT:

 

Every vow made shall be accounted for someday. Never break your vows!

 

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:

Revelation 14-16

Zachariah 3
                                                                                                          

AUTHOR: PASTOR E. A. ADEBOYE
 

HYMN 16: GOD GIVE US CHRISTIAN HOMES!

 

1.  God give us Christian homes!
Homes where the Bible is loved and taught,
Homes where the Master’s will is sought,
Homes crowned with beauty Your love has wrought;
God give us Christian homes;
God give us Christian homes!

2.  God give us Christian homes!
Homes where the father is true and strong,
Homes that are free from the blight of wrong,
Homes that are joyous with love and song;
God give us Christian homes;
God give us Christian homes!

3. God give us Christian homes!
Homes where the mother, in caring quest,
Strives to show others Your way is best,
Homes where the Lord is an honored guest;
God give us Christian homes;
God give us Christian homes!

4.  God give us Christian homes!
Homes where the children are led to know
Christ in His beauty who loves them so,
Homes where the altar fires burn and glow;
God give us Christian homes;
God give us Christian homes!

��� *LET US PRAY* ���

.. _*SATURDAY , December 16, 2017*_

*PRAYER POINTS* :- _WHAT OF YOUR VOW?._

1. *THANKSGIVINGS* .

2. *INTERCESSIONS/SUPPLICATIONS.*

3. *PRAYERS FROM OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL:*

----- Father, i thank you because *YOU ARE THE COVENANT KEEPING GOD*

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

*_---- Father, I Thank You for Your offer of easy yoke to mankind ......_*

*_---- Father, I Thank You for the today's devotional message....._*

*_---- Father, I thank you for keeping your promises and covenant from generation to generation......._*

*_------Father, from today, please grant unto me the grace to always keep to all my promises, in Jesus name......._*

*_---- Father, in any way I have broken any covenant, please have mercy on me and forgive me, in Jesus name;......_*

*_---- Father, in Your infinite mercy, please entrench your purity and Sanctity into all Christians homes all over the world, in Jesus name;......_*

*_---- Father, once again, please let the sanctity, covenant and vows of marriage gain a solid and strong ground all over the world, especially amongst Christians, in Jesus name......._*

4. *PERSONAL 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 PRECIOUS* Name I have Prayed.

Prayer Points on Today's Open Heavens: (Saturday, December 16th, 2017) - WHAT OF YOUR VOWS? 

1.Thank you, Father, for the salvation of my soul and for the grace to be counted among the living, today.

2.Father, have mercy upon me and forgive all my sins, and vows that I have broken and failed to keep, in Jesus' name.

3.Holy Spirit divine, please, bring to my memory and remembrance, all the vows that I have failed to keep, that I may restitute them, where possible, in Jesus' name.

4.Father, give me the grace to always remember my marital vows and to keep them; particularly, whenever, I am tempted to call it quit, in marriage, in Jesus' name.

5.Father, thank you, for reminding me, that marital vows are everlasting covenants; please, give me the grace to keep them till the end, in Jesus' name.

6.Father, empower me to restore and re- establish, any marital vow that I have broken; and, remove from me the negative consequences, arising from such broken covenant, in Jesus' name.

7.Father, let every arrow of quarrel, bitterness,
unforgiveness, unnecessary arguments, separation and divorce, fired into my marriage, go back to sender, in Jesus' name.

8.Father, restore your peace in my home and marriage, and let your counsel and Will prevail, in Jesus' name.

9.Father, let every activity and plan of Satan, to scatter my home and marriage, be frustrated and scattered, by the hosts of heaven, in Jesus' name.

10.Father, calm every marital storm, and restore your peace, in every troubled christian home and marriage, in Jesus' name.

11.Father, bless and reward, abundantly, all the covenant partners and financial supporters, of the work you have committed into the hands of your son, 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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