Open Heaven 23 January 2020 Thursday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – Salt of the Earth
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Topic: Salt of the Earth (Open Heaven 23 January 2020)
Memorise: “Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.” – Matthew 5:13
Read: Luke 14:34 (KJV)
34 Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned?
Bible in One Year: Genesis 32-34
Open Heaven 23 January 2020 Thursday MESSAGE:
The statement “You are the salt of the earth” means that without you, the earth cannot be sweet. Hence, the sweetness of this world depends on you.
One of the ways by which you can be like salt in your world is through the words of your mouth. Colossians 4:6 says:
“Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.”
Also Read: Open Heaven 22 January 2020 – Light of the World
Always speak soothing words to the downtrodden, never use harsh and abusive words and ensure your words are healing rather than killing those who hear them.
Another way to be the salt of the earth is to show kindness to others. Your little act of kindness is a great factor in making the world a sweet place for some other person(s) to live in. in Matthew 25:34-46, there is a list of people to whom you are expected to always show kindness. These include the hungry, the prisoners, the sick, those who have no clothes and so on.
If you don’t do these things, then you have lost your savour and Jesus said in Matthew 5:13 that salt that has lost its savour is good for nothing but should be cast out and trodden under the foot of men. You may say: But this world is a very wicked place, how can I use nice words and perform kind acts in such a place? Well, that is exactly the point. When you cook a cup of rice, you don’t add a cup of salt to it. The salt is always little compared to the rice. You should not expect the whole world to be salt too; it is your duty to influence others with your savour and bring out the sweetness in them. You cannot afford to become bitter just because others around you are.
Remain the salt of the earth. Don’t be weary in doing good. Your reward will surely come if you don’t give up (Galatians 6:9).
Open Heaven 23 January 2020 Thursday Prayer Point:
Lord, please have mercy on me for all the times that I lost my savour. I promise from now to remain as salt even in this wicked world.
Hymn 22: Oh Lord My God!
1 O Lord, my God, when I in awesome wonder
Consider all the worlds Thy Hands have made
I see the stars, I hear the rolling thunder
Thy power throughout the universe displayed
2 Then sings my soul, my Saviour God, to Thee
How great Thou art, how great Thou art
Then sings my soul, my Saviour God, to Thee
How great Thou art, how great Thou art
3 And when I think of God, His Son not sparing
Sent Him to die, I scarce can take it in
That on the Cross, my burden gladly bearing
He bled and died to take away my sin.
4 Then sings my soul, my Saviour God, to Thee
How great Thou art, how great Thou art
Then sings my soul, my Saviour God, to Thee
How great Thou art, how great Thou art.
5 When Christ shall come with shout of acclamation
And lead me home, what joy shall fill my heart
Then I shall bow with humble adoration
And then proclaim, my God, how great Thou art.
6 Then sings my soul, my Saviour God, to Thee
How great Thou art, how great Thou art
Then sings my soul, my Saviour God, to Thee
How great Thou art, how great Thou art
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: THURSDAY 23RD OF JANUARY, 2020
DAY 13: Fulfillment of Prophesies 3: RAPTURE, Text, 1 Thes 4;16
- Father; we thank you for the hope we have in You through the promise of your return to take us home. 1 Thes 4;13
- Father; we thank you for your faithfulness in reminding us from time to time of your imminent second coming
- Father; please help our Pastors to be sensitive in the spirit about end time signals and prepare their members in readiness to meet with the Lord at His coming. 1 Thes 4;18
- There are many (Scoffers) who think Jesus is not coming again 2 Pet 3:3 Father please give them a repentant heart in Jesus name.
- Father: Revive us, to be wise children in keeping our lamp burning for you all day long. Matt 25:4
- Father; some are wearied, their oil is going out, please revive their fainting heart to renew their oil in the Holy Ghost before it is too late. Matt 25:5, 8
- Father; remove the passion for worldliness and destroy the yoke of carnality in the life of all your children globally . 1 Joh 2:15
- Father: let your desire of not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance, inspire more aggressive evangelism for greater soul harvest in all our churches this year in Jesus name. 2 Pet 3:9
- Father; break the yoke of ignorance in many, about the timing of the end-time events and promises. 2 Pet 3:8
- Father; deliver your children from sleeping the sleep of death concerning the rapture. Psa 13:3
- Father; by your mercy and grace, deliver us all from the spirit of error, and spirit of poor finishing that will hinder us from reigning with You 1 Joh 4:6
- Judas and Peter were among the twelve, they both made mistakes but peter received mercy. Father; be merciful unto as many of us who hope on your mercy this year Luk 22:31-32
- The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, Father; instill your fear in our hearts. Psa 111:10
- Father Remember your promise to fulfill what you have said that you will meet RCCG standing in faith on your return