Open Heaven 20 August 2022 Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – LETTER TO THE LAODICEAN CHURCH I
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Open Heavens 2022
Date: 2022-08-20
Topic: LETTER TO THE LAODICEAN CHURCH I
Memory Verse: Luke 9:23 – And he said to them all; If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. Luke 9:23
Bible Reading: Revelation 3:14-18, Luke 9:23-24
Message: The Laodiceans were very rich people, but they were lukewarm. Jesus said He would spew them out of His mouth because they said that they were rich and thus had need of nothing. Jesus told these people that they were poor and to be rich, they needed to come and buy gold tried in the fire from Him. To be clothed, they needed to buy white raiment from Him too. This reminds us of what we learnt when we discussed the Letter to the Smyrnan Church earlier this month (10th and 11th of August).
Jesus didn’t say they should come and get from Him the gold tried in fire or the white raiment; He said they should come and buy it. In other words, they would have to give up something in order to get it. This is where the problem is with lukewarm Christians. They want convenient Christianity and that does not exist. They want to come to Church when they like and do only what is convenient for them in the word of God. If you are not giving something up to stand firm in the faith, you are a lukewarm Christian. If you discover that for some time now, the Lord has not taken anything from you that was difficult to give up – whether it is material or in your character, you are a lukewarm Christian. You don’t get the white raiment or the gold tried in fire without giving something up. You don’t become spiritually rich without giving up something in the physical.
If you don’t tell anyone about lesus, or you indulge in the lust of the eyes or pay people to do the work of God because you can no longer work for Him with your own hands as that will be beneath your social class, you are a lukewarm Christian. If you are finding it difficult to let go of a particular thing or pick up something new so as to gain spiritual riches, you had better change your ways now because the Lord says He will spew you out of HIS mouth.
God has spewed some people out of His mouth but they don’t know it. They think they are still in Christ, but they are long gone. I hope that today’s message can help shed some light on whether you have become lukewarm or not.
I really do pray that the Almighty God shows you the areas where you may need to reignite the fire, in Jesus’ name.
Hymn: Deeper, Deeper In The Love Of Jesus
Points: Father, any area where my fire has become lukewarm, please show me and help me to become hot for You again, In Jesus’ name.
Bible in one year: Isaiah 55, Isaiah 56, Isaiah 57, Isaiah 58, Isaiah 59
Title: Deeper, Deeper in the Love of Jesus.
Chorus: O deeper yet I pray,
And higher ev’ry day,
And wiser, blessed, Lord,
In Thy precious, holy word..
1. Deeper, deeper in the love of JesusDaily let me go;
Higher, higher in the school of wisdom,
More of grace to know.
2. Deeper, deeper! blessed Holy Spirit,Take me deeper still,
Till my life is wholly lost in Jesus
And His perfect will.
3. Deeper, deeper! tho' it cost hard trials,Deeper let me go!
Rooted in the holy love of Jesus,
Let me fruitful grow.
4. Deeper, higher ev'ry day in Jesus,Till all conflict past,
Finds me conqueror, and in His own image
Perfected at last.
Open Heavens 2022 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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