Open Heaven 28 January 2020 Tuesday Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – Crush That Crush I
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Topic: Crush That Crush I (Open Heaven 28 January 2020)
Memorise: “But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites;” – 1 Kings 11:1
Read: 1 Kings 11:1-11 (KJV)
1 But king Solomon loved many strange women, together with the daughter of Pharaoh, women of the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, Zidonians, and Hittites;
2 Of the nations concerning which the LORD said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall not go in to them, neither shall they come in unto you: for surely they will turn away your heart after their gods: Solomon clave unto these in love.
3 And he had seven hundred wives, princesses, and three hundred concubines: and his wives turned away his heart.
4 For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father.
5 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
6 And Solomon did evil in the sight of the LORD, and went not fully after the LORD, as did David his father.
7 Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon.
8 And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.
9 And the LORD was angry with Solomon, because his heart was turned from the LORD God of Israel, which had appeared unto him twice,
10 And had commanded him concerning this thing, that he should not go after other gods: but he kept not that which the LORD commanded.
11 Wherefore the LORD said unto Solomon, Forasmuch as this is done of thee, and thou hast not kept my covenant and my statutes, which I have commanded thee, I will surely rend the kingdom from thee, and will give it to thy servant.
Bible in One Year: Genesis 46-47
Open Heaven 28 January 2020 Tuesday MESSAGE:
We studied this topic in the Teenager’s Open Heavens last year and thought to discuss it with you this year because it is relevant to many adults. A crush is a brief but intense infatuation for someone.
To the unmarried, I want to tell you that a crush is likely to crush you if you base your decision concerning whom to marry solely on your emotions. It is often said that love is blind and this is very true. Samson had a crush on Delilah (Judges 16:4-18). Oh, I wish he had crushed the crush so that he could see Delilah’s true character before he fell into her trap. This is someone who sold him into captivity and ultimately his untimely death. If there is someone that you admire, before you jump into a relationship with the fellow, pray first. Study the fellow’s behavior. After you hear from God yourself and get confirmations (2 Corinthians 13:1), then you can involve your Pastor and commence courtship.
Also Read: Open Heaven 27 January 2020 – The Word or The World?
If you are not yet ready for marriage, then a crush is an agenda of the devil to distract you from your goals and to crush your destiny. You had better crush that crush before it crushes you. 1 Corinthians 6:19 says:
“What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you…?”
The devil knows that any sexual sin is a sin against your body- the temple of God and once it is committed, that body ceases to be God’s temple, so he can now touch and destroy it. Amnon- David’s heir apparent had a crush on his half-sister Tamar and instead of crushing it, he let it grow. He discussed it with the wrong person who gave him ungodly counsel that he acted on (2 Samuel 13). He paid with his life and caused a deep rift in his family… all because of a crush. You have a lot to lose if you let that crush grow and your entire life to gain if you crush it now.
Open Heaven 28 January 2020 Tuesday Key Point:
Be wise and make the right decision; crush that crush now!
Hymn 8: Have You Been To Jesus
1 Have you been to Jesus for the cleansing pow’r?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Are you fully trusting in His grace this hour?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Chorus:
Are you washed in the blood,
In the soul-cleansing blood of the Lamb?
Are your garments spotless? Are they white as snow?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
2 Are you walking daily by the Savior’s side?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Do you rest each moment in the Crucified?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
3 When the Bridegroom cometh will your robes be white?
Are you washed in the blood of the Lamb?
Will your soul be ready for the mansions bright,
And be washed in the blood of the Lamb?
4 Lay aside the garments that are stained with sin,
And be washed in the blood of the Lamb;
There’s a fountain flowing for the soul unclean,
Oh, be washed in the blood of the Lamb!
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: TUESDAY 28TH OF JANUARY, 2020
DAY 18: DRUG ABUSE AND ADDICTION-TEXT: 1Cor 6:12, Matt. 15:13, 2Tim. 1:7. Drug is a medicine or substance which has a physiological effect when ingested or introduced into the body. Drug addiction and abuse is a lethal weapon of the devil against the lives of mankind most especially the youths.
- Bless the Lord O my soul and all that is within me. Bless His Holy name. Psa 103: 1
- Father in the name of Jesus, thank you for making your children free from every form of addiction.
- Father in the name of Jesus, thank you for all your provisions that is for our good.
- Father in the name of Jesus, thank you for your good plan, for all your creation. Jer. 29:11
- Father in the name of Jesus, guide this generation on the good use of drugs, and to avoid dangerous and destructive drugs.
- Father in the name of Jesus, deliver the world from drug addiction. 2Tim 4:18
- Father in the name of Jesus, restore the original plan for man to be in health, and to prosper. 3Jn. 2.
- Father in the name of Jesus, stop the spread of destructive habits, organized by the enemy against this generation, all over the world.
- Father, in the name of Jesus, pull out our children from the trap of the enemies through drug addiction and abuse
- Father, frustrate and disappoint the power sponsoring bad habit, or negative addiction against my life and destiny, in Jesus name.
- Every spirit of limitation and destruction against my breakthrough, through drug addiction fail in the name of Jesus. Job 5:12
- Every power of demotion targeted against my destiny through addiction you will not prosper in the name of Jesus. Psa 140:4
- I command the thunder of God in the mighty name of Jesus to break to pieces all the satanic strongholds forcing men and women into drug addiction. Psa 11:6
- Every evil habit programmed or transferred into my my Nation be dismantled in Jesus name. Eze 16:44
- Father in the name of Jesus, break the bondage of drug addiction from the life of our children.
- Father heal all that are suffering from drug addiction in all our nations. Psa 107:20
- Oh Lord disappoint the devices of the crafty and let their hands not perform their enterprise in our Nations and destiny. Job5:12
- Father as many who have lost self control because of drug addiction, restore unto them sound mind in Jesus name. 2Tim 1:7