Open Heaven 18 November 2021 Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye –Topic: BEWARE OF STRANGE WOMEN!
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Open Heavens 2021
Date: 2021-11-18
Topic: BEWARE OF STRANGE WOMEN!
Memory Verse: Proverbs 5:3 – For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil
Bible Reading: Proverbs 5:1-13
Message: The creation of the woman is one of the best things to happen to man. God described the woman as a ‘help meet’ for man in Genesis 2:18. When women are abused however, they become strange and can turn into a problem for any man who crosses their paths.
As a man, a strange woman is that lady who is not approved by God to see your nakedness in any ramification – physical or emotional. No woman, apart from your wife, should know your secrets. This is equally applicable to a woman. When someone other than your husband knows everything about you, the fellow may use the information against you someday. Many marriages have been destroyed as a result of careless conversations with strange people. As a Christian husband, you must learn to discuss your issues with your God-ordained wife and not strange women, if you want to get the best of God’s provision in your wife. Proverbs 5:15,17-18 says:
Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running wakes out of thine own well…Let them be only thine own, and not strangers’ with thee. Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
Strange women are deceitful in everything, even in their looks. That explains why a lot of them have to hide their real faces under heavy makeup as if they are dissatisfied with how God has created them. A man’s legitimate wife would not need heavy makeup before she looks attractive to him. You begin to wonder who strange women are trying to impress – their husbands who are already familiar with their bodies or men who do not have access to their private life.
Proverbs 5:7-9 says:
Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth. Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house: Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel.
Also Read: Open Heaven 17 November 2021 –Topic: DON’T AID AND ABET SIN
Whether you are a man or woman, married or single, you must watch out for ungodly relationships or those with the potential to turn into such, with members of the opposite sex. May the Lord help you as you do so.
Hymn: I Need Thee Ev’ry Hour
Points: Establish godly boundaries for all dealings with members of the opposite sex. The only intimacy God approved of is with your spouse.
Bible in one year: Micah 1, Micah 2, Micah 3, Micah 4, Micah 5, Micah 6, Micah 7
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 2021 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.
