WHOLENESS IS POSSIBLE – Thursday July 27th 2017
Memorise: And he said unto him, Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made thee whole. Luke 17:19
17:12 And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off:
17:13 And they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.
17:14 And
when he saw them, he said unto them, Go shew yourselves unto the
priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed.
17:15 And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God,
17:16 And fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks: and he was a Samaritan.
17:17 And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? but where are the nine?
17:18 There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger.
17:19 And he said unto him, Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made thee whole.
MESSAGE:
After reflecting on the goodness of God, David wrote in Psalm 103:1:
“Bless the LORD, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.”
The lame man in Acts 3:1-8
must have taken a cue from David in praising God. After his burden of
40 years was lifted, he praised God in a very dramatic way, just like
David did in times past. When David praised God, his entire body was
fully involved. He went to such great extents as removing his royal
robes and dancing before God like one of his subjects (2nd Samuel 6:14-16). He was used to leaping in praise and honour of the Most High. Have you ever leaped to give God praise?
After
God has lifted your burden, in addition to praising Him, you can give
Him generous thanks – not the kind of thanks that has to be squeezed
forcefully out of you. Thank Him from a heart overflowing with
gratitude. Some people are just too stingy! Not only do they find it
difficult to give God a good offering from what He has already provided
for them, they also find it difficult to give Him thanks. Open Heavens
27 July 2017: Thursday daily devotional by Pastor E. A. Adeboye-
Wholeness Is Possible. What
such people fail to realise is that stinginess has never helped the
stingy. What you hoard will go stale, become useless or be lost. Give
God thanks and do it with a heart full of gratitude.
Moreover,
if you give God quality thanks, you will definitely receive something
in return. In other words, when God does something for you and you thank
Him generously, He becomes so impressed that He gives you something
else in addition to what precipitated your thanksgiving. When all is
said and done, you end up with double blessings. Those who give shabby
thanks or do not give thanks at all cannot get a second blessing, and if
care is not taken, they may even lose their initial blessing to the
devil. If you look at the example of the 10 lepers who were healed by
the Lord Jesus Christ in today’s Bible reading, you will discover that
thanksgiving opens the door to a very special blessing: wholeness! This
is a type of blessing that no gate of hell can prevent. When God makes
you whole, everyone will know about it. Open Heavens 27 July 2017.
Wholeness is the height of restoration. It is a return to the original
state you were in before a burden was placed on you. As you thank God
from today, you shall receive the blessing of wholeness in Jesus’ Name.
Prayer Point
Father, as I thank and worship You today, please make me whole.
Open
Heavens Daily Devotional guide was written by Pastor E.A. Adeboye, the
General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, one of the
largest evangelical Church in the world and also the President of Christ
the Redeemer's Ministries.
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