Open Heaven 28 December 2023 Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – TALK IS CHEAP
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Open Heavens 2023
Date: 2023-12-28
Topic: TALK IS CHEAP
Memory Verse: Acts 1:1 – The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach,
Bible Reading: Matthew 23:1-7
Message: Talk is cheap. I have seen countless people talk about things that are good, but when it comes to practicing them, they are nowhere to be found. There are many Pastors who preach ‘powerful’ sermons on the altar, but at home, they don’t practice what they preach. Talk is cheap, that is why only cheap people stay on the level of talk.
If I tell someone that over-speeding when driving is unsafe and then I do the same, does the fact that I talk about it exempt me from its consequences? If you talk about prayer so well and you don’t pray, all the problems that follow prayerlessness will keep following you. This is why we see many people who are sound in Scriptures, yet the word of God does not seem to be yielding anything in their lives. Many a time, it is because they only know the Scriptures, they don’t live by it.
The former treatise have I made, O Theophilus, of all that Jesus began both to do and teach. Acts 1:1
The above passage shows how Jesus lived. He first ‘did’ before He ‘taught’. If you have not yet done that thing, you have no business teaching it. If it is really valuable as you claim it is, then you should do it first. We who teach the gospel must note what James 3:1 says that teachers will receive the strictest judgement. This is because if you teach it, God expects you to have already been doing it. When you teach what you don’t do, that is hypocrisy. There are many people who are derailed when they see a teacher of the word not practicing what he or she preaches. May people not go to hell because you showed them the wrong example, in Jesus’ name. Matthew 18:6 says:
But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.
If you really believe what you teach, practice it. If you cannot practice it, stop teaching it.
Hymn: Ancient Words
Points: Merely talking about something does not accrue its benefits to you. Practicing it is what does.
Bible in one year: Revelation 12, Revelation 13, Revelation 14
Title: Ancient Words.
Chorus: Ancient words ever true
Changing me, and changing you.
We have come with open hearts
Oh let the ancient words impart..
1. Holy words long preservedfor our walk in this world,
They resound with God’s own heart
Oh, let the Ancient words impart.
2. Words of Life, words of HopeGive us strength, help us cope
In this world, where e’er we roam
Ancient words will guide us Home.
3. Holy words of our FaithHanded down to this age.
Came to us through sacrifice
Oh heed the faithful words of Christ.
4. Holy words long preservedFor our walk in this world.
They resound with God’s own heart
Oh let the ancient words impart.
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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