OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL

DATE: TUESDAY 26TH DECEMBER 2017

THEME:  MARRIAGE: HELPERS.


MEMORISE:
The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. Proverbs 31:11


READ: Proverbs 18:22-24

18:22 Whosoever findeth a wife findeth a good thing and obtaineth the favour of the Lord.

18:23 The poor useth entreaties, but the rich answereth roughly.

18:24 A man that hath friends must show himself friendly, and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.
 

MESSAGE:

On the 23rd of this month, the Lord took us to the beginning of His creation to learn that companionship is one major reason why He established the institution of marriage (Genesis 2:18). God does not want adults to be alone. After marriage, some people refuse to stay in the company of their spouse, giving excuse such as not being “compatible” with their spouse. If you knew you were not compatible with your spouse, why did you venture into marriage with him or her in the first place? Sometimes, the untold underlying reason behind this incompatibility is the gap in educational qualifications, social status or financial power of the couple. In such case, God expects that the one in the advantage position in the relationship would assist the other to climb up until the gap is bridged. Your wife is your number-one companion. Some men are always in the company of other women. This is a violation of God’s law on companionship.


Moreover, another reason why God established marriage is to raise a permanent helper for the man and vice versa. The term “help meet” used in Genesis 2:18 refers to adequate and appropriate help. In other words, if you obtain your wife or husband from God, you can be assured that God has given you an appropriate destiny helper. Do you know that the fortunes of some people improve tremendously after marriage? Adam could say he had a helpmate because Eve was the bone of his bone, and the flesh of his flesh (Genesis 2:21-23). If you marry the right woman God has for you, favour will suddenly reside in your home (Proverbs 18:22). She will prevent waste of resources in your home and load you with good throughout your lifetime (Proverbs 31:11). This also applies to a woman who marries the right husband. For this reason, it is very important to go to God for your spouse, like Adam received Eve from God. If you get a spouse from God as His child, it enhances your prospects of making Heaven (1 Kings 21:25). However, if you get your spouse from friends, relations, computerized match-making services, date clubs, or by your own self will, you may be getting a destroyer instead of a helper. When you have the right man as a husband, he will be a crown over you and help you become what God has in store for you. Help is reciprocal. The reason why some people were plunged into ‘hell” from the day their marriage started is because they refused to go to the Creator for Him to help them take that crucial decision that has the potential of determining lives and destinies.


ACTION POINT:
To make the right decision on who to marry, go to the Creator of all men for help, and He will surely lead you to the right person for you. He knows all people and the contents of their hearts. 


BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: 
Proverbs 28-31
Zachariah 13:7-14:9
                                                                                       

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* ���

.. _*Tuesday, December 26, 2017*_

*PRAYER POINTS*:- _MARRIAGE: HELPERS._

1. *THANKSGIVINGS* .

2. *INTERCESSIONS/SUPPLICATIONS.*

3. *PRAYERS FROM OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL:*

----- Father, i thank you because *YOU ARE THE WONDERFUL CREATOR*

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

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

*_---- Father, I thank You for the establishment the institution of marriage........_*

*_---- Father, I thank you for my own marriage and other Christian Marriages all over the world,..._*

*_---- Father, please grant unto me the grace to fulfill my role as designed by you in my marriage, in Jesus Name......_*

*_----Father, please help our young ones in the church to choose rightly when the time has come for them to marry, in Jesus name......._*

*_------Father, please let there be demonstration of true love and helper-ship in every marriages of Your Children, in Jesus name......._*

*_---- Father, please let each of Your children live up to expectations in their respective marriages, in Jesus name;......_*

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 WONDERFUL* Name I have Prayed.

Prayer Points on Today's Open Heavens: (Tuesday, December 26th, 2017) - MARRIAGE HELPERS 

1.Thank you, Father, for the salvation of my soul, and for all the marital battles, that you have fought and won, on my behalf.

2.Thank you, Father, for the marriage institution, which you have established to make life comfortable for man and to enable him fulfil his destiny.

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

4.Father, whatever, is wrong in my marital foundation, please, go deep down and correct it, in Jesus' name.

5.Father, perfect everything concerning my marriage and let it achieve the purpose for which you have established marriage, in Jesus' name.

6.Father, break every yoke of delay in marriage, in the life of our children and choose for them, their marital partners, in Jesus' name.

7.Father, please, make me the best helper and companion to my spouse, in Jesus' name.

8.Father, remove from my marriage, individual differences, and make us compatible, in all ways, in Jesus' name.

9.Father, let your love and peace reign supreme, in my home, and give me the grace to always prefer, the company of my spouse, in Jesus' name.

10.Father, command your blessings and favours, upon my marriage and home, in Jesus' name.

11.Father, perfect everything concerning Pastor E.A. Adeboye, the author of the open heavens daily devotional and general overseer of RCCG, his home, marriage, and ministry, 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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