Open Heaven 16 August 2023 Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT II
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Open Heavens 2023
Date: 2023-08-16
Topic: FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT II
Memory Verse: Proverbs 4:18 – But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth the more and more unto the perfect day.
Bible Reading: Isaiah 58:8-14
Message: Another symptom of darkness is poverty. Bartimaeus was not just blind, he was also poor. The Bible recorded that he was a blind beggar. Any situation that involves begging to eat is called poverty. The Almighty God’s plan is not for you to be a beggar, but rather that you would prosper. For several years, the enemy kept the Church in darkness and pastors began to equate holiness with poverty. The devil knows that you can spread the gospel faster if you have money. I don’t know about you, but in the name of Jesus Christ, I am going to prosper because light stands for prosperity.
Darkness works to make you poor, but it is the duty of the Light to make you rich. 2 Corinthians 8:9 says clearly:
For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, that ye through his poverty might be rich.
He became poor that you, through His poverty, might become rich. If you are truly a child of God, carrying the Light of the Almighty within you, I have good news for you: all those who have been saying that you are going to die poor shall be disappointed. 3 John 2 says He wishes above all things that you would prosper and be in health, even as your soul prospers. If God wishes that you prosper as long as your soul is prospering, it doesn’t matter what the devil may be planning-you will be prosperous.
There was a very wealthy man who quarreled with his wife. She said to him, “I will see to it that you trek in this Lagos”. This man was so wealthy that he had more than 14 cars, so he just laughed the threat off. However, by the day this man came to our Church for the first time, he had only one car left and 50 kobo with him. He wanted to buy food with the money but knew that if he did, he would end up walking home like his wife had said, so he decided to just buy fuel. When he came to the Light, the tide turned in his favour. The day he gave his testimony, he was dedicating two new houses. God can take you from abject poverty to affluence if you give your life to Him and live holy.
Hymn: Amazing Grace
Points: Father, please let Your light send the darkness of poverty far away from me, in Jesus’ name.
Bible in one year: Jeremiah 40, Jeremiah 41, Jeremiah 42, Jeremiah 43
Title: Amazing Grace! How Sweet The.
Chorus: null.
1. Amazing grace! how sweet the sound!That saved a wretch like me;
I once was lost, but now am found;
Was blind, but now I see.
2. Twas grace that taught my heart to fearAnd grace my fears relieved;
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed!
3. Through many dangers, toils, and snares,I have already come;
‘Tis grace that brought me safe thus far,
And grace will lead me home.
4. Yes, when this heart and flesh shall fail,And mortal life shall cease,
I shall possess within the vail,
A life of joy and peace.
Also Read: Open Heaven 15 August 2023 – FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT I
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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