BECOMING A WONDER – Friday June 23rd 2017
Memorise: Thou art the God that doest wonders: thou hast declared thy strength among the people. Psalm 77:14
Read: Psalm 77:11-15 (KJV)
77:11 I will remember the works of the Lord: surely I will remember thy wonders of old.
77:12 I will meditate also of all thy work, and talk of thy doings.
77:13 Thy way, O God, is in the sanctuary: who is so great a God as our God?
77:14 Thou art the God that doest wonders: thou hast declared thy strength among the people.
77:15 Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.
Bible in one year: Judges 17-18, Jeremiah 51:45-58, Hymn: Sing hymn 5
MESSAGE:
God
is a wonder and He does great wonders. I pray that He will perform
wonders in your own life, so that you can testify that you have
experienced His wonder-working power, in Jesus’ Name. Beyond this
however, do you know that God can turn you into a wonder? For
instance, look at the mad man of Gadara. He was so mad that all hope was
lost concerning his recovery; but when Jesus touched his life, he was
seen not only in his right senses, but also decently dressed and even
evangelising the goodness of the Lord. [Friday June 23, 2017]. Many
people who saw him were amazed and had their doubts as to whether he was
the same person who once terrorised the community (Mark 5:20).
He became a wonder! Lazarus, who had been dead for four days, also
became a wonder and a tourist attraction after he was raised from the
dead. John 12:9 says this about him:
“Much
people of the Jews therefore knew that he was there: and they came not
for Jesus’ sake only, but they might see Lazarus also, whom he had
raised from the dead.”
Several
years ago, during a particular Holy Ghost Service we held at the
National Stadium, Surulere (Lagos), there was a man with a huge growth
attached to his neck sitting beside a particular woman. The growth was
so huge that it overshadowed his face. While the programme was on, the
woman sitting beside him kept peeping at the protruding growth. Open
Heavens 23 June 2017: Friday daily devotional by Pastor E. A. Adeboye-
Becoming a wonder. During the sermon, the word of God came that
there was someone in attendance with a huge growth around the neck and
that it had gone. On hearing this, the woman sitting next to this man
immediately turned to look at him and it was as if the growth suddenly
grew wings, flew away and disappeared. This woman was so amazed at this
wonder that after the programme was over, she had already trekked from
the stadium to Palmgrove, a distance of about 5km, before she remembered
that she had left her car parked in the parking lot inside the stadium.
When God turns you into a wonder, even sceptics will find it difficult
to doubt your testimony because it will be so profound. Also, your life
will become a perpetual signpost for God’s Name to be glorified. Are you
in dire need of a miracle? Beyond that need, ask God to make you a
living wonder for the glory of His Name. This season, as the Lord turns
you into a wonder, the same mouths that have mocked you and challenged
your God will become the instruments for spreading your testimony and
for reverencing your God! Worship the Almighty God who alone can make
you a wonder.
Prayer Point
Father, today, make me a positive wonder to my generation, so that they can come to know You.
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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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