AS YOU LAY YOUR BED! – Thursday October 26th 2017
Memorise: The husbandman that laboureth must be first partaker of the fruits. 2nd Timothy 2:6
27:23 Be thou diligent to know the state of thy flocks, and look well to thy herds.
27:24 For riches are not for ever: and doth the crown endure to every generation?
27:25 The hay appeareth, and the tender grass sheweth itself, and herbs of the mountains are gathered.
27:26 The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field.
27:27 And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.
MESSAGE:
Insincerity
is a terrible character flaw that has led to the undoing of different
generations of mankind. Take for instance Cain.
He had no reason
whatsoever not to have known that it was the nature and attitude of his
sacrifice that made the Righteous God reject his offering. Furthermore,
there was no justifiable reason whatsoever for him to have gone ahead to
murder his brother, after he had been told that his wicked intentions
were known to the Omniscient God. However, because he was not sincere to
himself, he did what he did and he forever lived with its consequences.
Open Heaven 26 October 2017: Thursday daily devotional by Pastor E. A.
Adeboye –As you lay your bed! One
dimension of the insincerity of men is manifested when people speak or
work against paying a labourer his due wages. If you are one of such
people, please know that this character is not a part of God’s nature
and His word is against it. In 1st Timothy 5:18, God said:
“….Thou shalt not mazzel the ox that treadeth out the corn. And, The labourer is worthy of his reward.”
Some
people envy hardworking colleagues who are being promoted. As it is
generally assumed, promotion comes with its responsibilities as well as
its attendant goodies and benefits. More often than not, people refuse
to see the added responsibilities of a hardworking leader; they only see
his or her derivable benefits. This attitude is not godly.
“The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.”
The
fourth lesson I want you to note is that riches are not forever.
However, they can endure on one condition: if you continue to be
diligent at your business. The fifth lesson is that God must be factored
into whatever you do. Remember that except the Lord builds the house,
they labour in vain that build it (Psalm 127:1).
This consideration has to do with being faithful in paying your tithes,
offerings, vows and the first fruits of your increase (Malachi 3:10, Psalm 50:14, Proverbs 3:9).
Beloved, the most needful of all these is that you give your life to
Christ and accept the redemption which He used His life to procure for
all mankind. It shall be well with you.
Prayer point:
Father,
through the knowledge of Your word and Your Holy Spirit, help me to be
sincere with Your principles which govern being blessed in this world
and the world to come.
Open
Heavens Daily Devotional Lessons 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.
iOpenHeavens is the electronic version of the Hard Copy.
iOpenHeavens is the electronic version of the Hard Copy.
Hymn 10
THERE SHALL BE SHOWER OF BLESSING
1. There shall be showers of blessing:
This is the promise of love;
There shall be seasons refreshing,
Sent from the Savior above.
This is the promise of love;
There shall be seasons refreshing,
Sent from the Savior above.
[Chorus]
Showers of blessing,
Showers of blessing we need:
Mercy drops round us are falling,
But for the showers we plead.
2. There shall be showers of blessing--
Precious reviving again;
Over the hills and the valleys,
Sound of abundance of rain.
Precious reviving again;
Over the hills and the valleys,
Sound of abundance of rain.
[Chorus]
3. There shall be showers of blessing:
Send them upon us, O Lord;
Grant to us now a refreshing;
Come, and now honor Thy Word.
Send them upon us, O Lord;
Grant to us now a refreshing;
Come, and now honor Thy Word.
[Chorus]
4. There shall be showers of blessing:
Oh, that today they might fall,
Now as to God we're confessing,
Now as on Jesus we call!
[Chorus]
Oh, that today they might fall,
Now as to God we're confessing,
Now as on Jesus we call!
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