Open Heaven 18 February 2020 Tuesday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – Hospitality: A Duty For All Christians

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Topic – Hospitality: A Duty For All Christians (Open Heaven 18 February 2020)

Memorise: “Use hospitality one to another without grudging.” – 1 Peter 4:9

Read: 1 Peter 4:9-10 (KJV)

9 Use hospitality one to another without grudging.

10 As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.

Bible in One Year: Leviticus 16-18

Open Heaven 18 February 2020 Tuesday MESSAGE:

The central message of Christianity is love, so much so that when Jesus was asked what the greatest commandment was, He answered:

“37…thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 38 This is the first and great commandment. 39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.. ” – Matthew 22:37-40”

Also Read: Open Heaven 17 February 2020 – The Power Of Your Words

Hospitality is the duty of every Christian and in fact, should be our way of life. See every encounter you have with people as an opportunity to show forth the love of God. Help people. You should never be rude or unaccommodating to anyone, God expects you to be hospitable to anyone you come across. In Genesis 18:17, God who says He wouldn’t do anything without first telling His friend Abraham did not send angels to him directly. He only asked them to take the route through Abraham’s house at the time he would be outside. He expected that Abraham would call the angels in and host them. Being a true child of God, he did not disappoint his Father. Imagine, he hosted angels! (Genesis 18:1-16)

Many Christians have missed their blessings because they were not as hospitable as they should have been. That sweaty fellow you did not offer a bottle of water could have been the key to your prayers being answered. Many of us are hospitable to our guests, which is good, but we can actually do better. Have you considered the widow on your street, the beggar on your way home and other disadvantaged people around you?

I must add that hospitality is not limited to giving out material things. It could also be shown through warmth and friendliness to people – a word of encouragement or just a smile. From today, decide to be a true Christian and be hospitable to everyone you come across. God will bless you for it.

Open Heaven 18 February 2020 Tuesday Key Point:

God wants you to be hospitable; don’t disappoint Him.

Open Heaven 18 February 2020 Tuesday Hymn 20: Nearer, My God To Thee

1 Nearer, my God, to Thee, nearer to Thee!
E’en though it be a cross that raiseth me,
Still all my song shall be, nearer, my God, to Thee.
Nearer, my God, to Thee, nearer to Thee!

2 Though like the wanderer, the sun gone down,
Darkness be over me, my rest a stone;
Yet in my dreams I’d be nearer, my God, to Thee.

3 There let the way appear, steps unto Heav’n;
All that Thou sendest me, in mercy giv’n;
Angels to beckon me nearer, my God, to Thee.

4 Then, with my waking thoughts bright with Thy praise,
Out of my stony griefs Bethel I’ll raise;
So by my woes to be nearer, my God, to Thee.

5 Or, if on joyful wing cleaving the sky,
Sun, moon, and stars forgot, upward I’ll fly,
Still all my song shall be, nearer, my God, to Thee.

6 There in my Father’s home, safe and at rest,
There in my Savior’s love, perfectly blest;
Age after age to be nearer, my God, to 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 TUESDAY 18TH OF FEBRUARY, 2020

DAY 39: DEPRESSION AND SUICIDE. Depression is a state of being downcast or in deep sorrow. Sometimes it leads to suicide. Believers have the grace of His word that cheers us up whenever depression is about to set in. That is why we must not stop meditating on His word and continue to stand against these spirits in our prayers.

1. Thank God for a new day and for the salvation of your soul
2. Father, thank you for your promises to terminate every spirit of depression in Jesus name. Isa. 41:10
3. Father, thank you for making me righteous and hearing my cry and saving me from every trouble in Jesus name Psa. 34:17.
4. Father, please deliver us from the spirit of depression in Jesus name Psa. 42:11
5. Father help us to maintain the right spirit you have given us in Jesus name. 2Tim 1:7
6. Father, let every spirit of retardation that causes depression in my family be destroyed in Jesus name Gen 42:38, 44:29
7. Father, because You are the way go before me and be with me, do not fail nor forsake me in Jesus name. John 14:6, Isa 45:1-3
8. Father, terminate fear and depression in my life and family in Jesus name. Deut. 31:8
9. Father, because of your word in John 16:33 to me, I therefore exercise dominion over every spirit of failure, defeat and depression, and suicide in Jesus Name.
10. The Lord is with me like a mighty terrible one, so I reject depression and suicide in Jesus Name Jer. 20:11.
11. The Bible says in Mark 11:24 that whatsoever I desire when I pray, I should believe that I receive them, and I shall have them; Therefore, I pray now that in Name of Jesus I am free from every captivity or attack of negative speech from my mouth or thoughts from my heart against myself.
12. Father, you are my shield and the lifter up of my head, therefore I decree: depression shall not have dominion over me in Jesus namePsa. 3:3.
13. Father, I thank you for giving me the spirit of praise and joy in replacement of the spirit of depression and suicide in Jesus Name.