Open Heaven 10 August 2023 Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – PRAYING IN THE SPIRIT
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Open Heavens 2023
Date: 2023-08-10
Topic: PRAYING IN THE SPIRIT
Memory Verse: Jude 1:20 – But ye beloved, building up yourself in your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost.
Bible Reading: Ephesians 6:18-20
Message: When I was a younger Christian, 1 Thessalonians 5:17 which says, “Pray without ceasing” used to baffle me until the Lord explained it to me.
I used to wonder how it was possible to pray without ceasing. What would I be saying? The Lord then let me know that the only way I could pray without ceasing was to do so in the Spirit. This implies that God expects every believer to pray in the Spirit all day.
Believe me honestly, you don’t know all you truly need. Even if you argue that you know all that you need at this moment, do you know what will happen in the next two hours? If you don’t know what will happen, then how will you pray about it? That is why you have the Holy Spirit to pray those prayers through you. You ask for what you want with your words; the Holy Spirit will help you ask for what you ought to have when you pray in tongues. Without the Holy Spirit, you cannot pray correctly. Romans 8:26 affirms this:
Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.
Ephesians 5:18 says further:
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit.
Alcoholics will tell you that they are always craving more and more alcohol. That is how you should become addicted to praying in the Spirit. The more you pray in the Spirit, the more filled you would be. You would realise that it is difficult to stop praying sometimes. As you pray, you get more and more engulfed in the Spirit and before you know it, everything you do would be influenced by Him. Galatians 5:17 says that the flesh and the Spirit are always at war. The more you pray in the Spirit, the more energized your spirit man would be to win that war against the flesh, so it becomes easy to put it under (1 Corinthians 9:27). You would begin to long for things of the Spirit rather than those of the flesh.
Hymn: I Need Thee Every Hour
Points: Pray in the Spirit always.
Bible in one year: Jeremiah 22, Jeremiah 23, Jeremiah 24
Title: I Need Thee Every Hour.
Chorus: I need Thee, Oh, I need Thee;
Ev’ry hour I need Thee!
Oh, bless me now my Saviour;
I come to thee!.
1. I need Thee every hourMost gracious Lord;
No tender voice like Thine
Can peace afford.
2. I need thee every hour,Stay thou near by;
Temptations lose their power
When thou art nigh.
3. I need thee every hourIn joy or pain;
Come quickly and abide
Or life is vain.
4. I need Thee every hour Teach me Thy will;
And Thy rich promises
In me fulfill.
5. I need Thee every hour, Most Holy one;
Oh, make me Thine indeed,
Thou blessed Son!
Open Heavens 2023 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. The Open Heavens devotional application is available across all mobile platforms and operating systems: iOS, Android, Blackberry, Nokia, Windows Mobile and PC.
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