Open Heaven 2 April  2023 Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – WHOSE SIDE ARE YOU ON? 

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Open Heavens 2023
Date: 2023-04-02
Topic: WHOSE SIDE ARE YOU ON?

Memory Verse: Ephesians 6:18 – Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all saints;
Bible Reading: Ephesians 6:10-18

Message: Human beings are faced with all kinds of Wars from their conception all through to the day they leave this earth. Genesis 38:27 says that when a woman is in labour, she is travailing. After she puts to bed, the child begins to confront all kinds of enemies — known and unknown. In Matthew 10:36, Jesus Christ Himself said a man’s foes will be they of his own household. If the Lord showed you all the relatives and family friends who wanted you to die in infancy, it would surprise you, but thank God you survived.

When we talk about household enemies, it could be your father or even your mother. If you don’t believe that parents can be their children’s enemies, read Genesis 27, where you will see how a mother plotted against her own son and denied him of his blessings. I have always wondered about when God told Abraham to sacrifice Isaac to Him and Isaac asked where the Iamb for the sacrifice was. Instead of his father telling him the truth, he said instead, “God will provide”. Isaac must have looked around, shocked as his father was tying him up, thinking, “So I am the ram?”

What about in-laws? Read 1 Samuel 18:29 and you will see a man — King Saul, being described as the enemy of his son-in-law — David. That is not to talk about witches and wizards, principalities and powers et cetera (Ephesians 6:12). In this warfare:there are two different hosts fighting for the souls of men. You can either decide to take sides with the heavenly host or the demonic hosts – you cannot be neutral. What determines the side you pick are your actions and inactions. If you pick the side of God, then you will stay away from sin and cling to Jesus Christ daily (Luke 9:23); you will pray, study your Bible, witness and do all that He requires of you daily. Those who pick the devil’s side live according to the dictates of their flesh and commit sin. For those who stay away from sin, they will end up victorious and make it to heaven at the end (Revelation 3:5), while those who commit sin will end up in the lake of fire with the devil and his demons (Matthew 25:41). The choice is in your actions.

Hymn: I Am Thine O Lord
Points: Check your life and be sincere with yourself: are you on the side of Jesus Christ or on that of the devil?
Bible in one year: 2 Samuel 4, 2 Samuel 5, 2 Samuel 6, 2 Samuel 7

Title: I Am Thine O Lord.
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.

  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

  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. Oh, 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 cannot know

Till I cross the narrow sea
There are heights of joy that I may not reach
Till I rest in peace with Thee.

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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