Open Heaven 16 February 2020 Sunday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – No Longer A Mistake
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Topic: No Longer A Mistake (Open Heaven 16 February 2020)
Memorise: “Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure, having this seal, The Lord knoweth them that are his. And, Let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity.” – 2 Timothy 2:19
Read: 2 Peter 2:20-22 (KJV)
20 For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning.
21 For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
22 But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.
Bible in One Year: Leviticus 11-13
Open Heaven 16 February 2020 Sunday MESSAGE:
Indeed, I was puzzled when I first saw David described as a man after God’s heart. This was someone who had committed grave sins that made God angry. How could he then be a man after God’s heart? When I studied about David, I realized that he never repeated the same offence. Every time he offended God, he would become very sorrowful, genuinely repent and completely stay off that offense forever.
Also Read: Open Heaven 15 February 2020 – Questioning God?
Once, he counted the Israelites when he shouldn’t have and God was angry with him. David repented and never did so again. Another time, he stayed back from war when kings were to be at the warfront. In his idleness, he slept with another man’s wife and to cover his tracks, killed him. The moment God confronted him, with his sin, he became repentant and never missed any war again until he was old and weak. David was a man after God’s heart because he never repeated the same mistake. Today, unlike David, many Christians have made a habit of repeating mistakes. They commit a sin, ask for forgiveness, and days later, return to it. When the Pastor ask why they keep backsliding, they claim they cannot help it. God is not mocked. No one can be tempted beyond their capacity to resist (1 Corinthians 10:13).
If you truly resolve in your heart not to commit sin against, you would not. You don’t want to commit fornication anymore, yet you keep staying alone in an enclosed place with the opposite sex. You don’t want to steal the money kept in your care by the organization again, yet you count it alone without a witness. Don’t fool yourself, if you came across a rabid dog and managed escape, wouldn’t you take an alternative route next time.
“Abstain from all appearance of evil.” – 1 Thessalonians 5:22
Once you can recognize anything that could lead to evil, the Lord says flee! Don’t join the multitude to commit sin. If it happened once, repent and forsake it. Don’t let it happen again.
Open Heaven 16 February 2020 Sunday Action Point:
Make a list of those things that often make you sin and begin to avoid them from today.
Open Heaven 16 February 2020 Sunday Hymn 12: I Am Thine O Lord
1 I am Thine, O Lord, I have heard Thy voice,
And it told Thy love to me;
But I long to rise in the arms of faith,
And be closer drawn to Thee.
Chorus:
Draw me nearer, nearer, blessed Lord,
To the cross where Thou hast died;
Draw me nearer, nearer, nearer, blessed Lord,
To Thy precious, bleeding side.
2. Consecrate me now to Thy service, Lord,
By the pow’r of grace divine;
Let my soul look up with a steadfast hope,
And my will be lost in Thine.
3. O the pure delight of a single hour
That before Thy throne I spend,
When I kneel in prayer, and with Thee, my God,
I commune as friend with friend!
4. There are depths of love that I yet may know
Ere Thee face to face I see;
There are heights of joy that I yet may reach
Ere I rest in peace with Thee.
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. The Open Heavens devotional application is available across all mobile platforms and operating systems: iOS, Android, Blackberry, Nokia, Windows Mobile and PC.
RCCG FIFTY (5O) DAYS FASTING & PRAYER GUIDE FOR SUNDAY 16TH OF FEBRUARY, 2020
DAY 37: PRAYER FOR GOD PROTECTION IN NATIONS, Text: 1Ki 13:1-5, Deut. 7:5. Before there can be safety in our nations, evil altars where devils and their agents meet must be destroyed!
- Bless the Lord O my soul and all that is within me. Bless His Holy name. Psa 103: 1
- Thank God for a new day and for the salvation of your soul
- Father we forbid any satanic backlash or retaliation against me and my family. Isa 54:17
- Bind and rebuke the princes and powers in charge of this (mention the name of the nation/city you are currently located).
- Command the fire of God on all the idols, traditions, sacrifices and rituals on the land(mention your country and the city your currently located) 2Ki 1:12
- Pray and break all the agreements made between the people of the nation/city (mention your country and the city your currently located) and satan. Isa 28:18
- Oh Lord we dedicate and claim the nation/city for God (mention your country and the city your currently located). Deut. 15:19
- Father, we destroy and decree total removal of arsons, strikes, juvenile delinquencies, lawlessness, nakedness, pornography, immoralities, homosexuality and drug addiction from the nation/city (mention your country and the city your currently located).Lev. 26:30
- Let us prophesy against all the satanic altars in high places in the nation/city to be consumed by the fire of God and their ashesblown away by the East wind. 1 Ki 13:5
- Most Holy God, let the sword and the hand of the Lord be against the priests and priestesses ministering at all these satanic altars and high places and let their places be found no more. Lev. 26:33
- By the power in the name of Jesus we silence every evil directive from all satanic altars and high places of the nation/city. Hab. 2:20
- Father, let all curses brought about by ritual, sacrifices and satanic tokens be revoked. Est 8:5
- Declare that henceforth, Jesus Christ is Lord over this nation/city. Psa 24:9
