Open Heaven 29 JUNE 2023 Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – Topic: ENTERING GOD’S PRESENCE II
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Open Heavens 2023
Date: 2023-06-29
Topic: ENTERING GOD’S PRESENCE II
Memory Verse: Psalm 50:23 – Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me, and to him who ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.
Bible Reading: Psalm 118:19-21
Message
: Yesterday we identified righteousness as a precondition to access God’s presence. Once a person has clean hands and a pure heart, he Or she would be able to access God’s presence with thanksgiving and praises as stated in Psalm 100:4:
Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.
If you try to get into His presence with complaints or even requests, the gate will not be opened to you. Only those who approach Him with thanksgiving are attended to. However, your thanksgiving will get you into His gates, but your praises will get you into His courts. Being in His courts is definitely a step higher than just getting into the gates. The keepers of the gates always check for how well you can praise God before they admit you in. If they see that you are not one who is willing to praise God, they will lock you out. David seemed to be talking to the keepers of the gate when he said in Psalm 118:19, “Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the LORD:”
It is as though God had instructed them thus: “If anyone comes here with complaints or requests without thanksgiving or praise, don’t open this gate for the fellow”. That is why when Jesus was teaching us to pray in Luke 11:1-4, He said we are to start with, “Our Father who hath in heaven, hallowed be thy name”. If you start your prayers that way, you are guaranteed access to the presence of God, where you can then present your requests.
But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. John 4:23
Since the Father seeks true worshippers, it means that whenever you worship Him, you draw down His presence to wherever you are. Psalm 22:3 says that He inhabits the praises of His children. You won’t have just to struggle to get into His presence again, if you would fill your heart with thanksgiving and praise.
Points: Spend at least one hour just praising God today.
Bible in one year: Psalms 141, Psalms 142, Psalms 143, Psalms 144, Psalms 145, Psalms 146, Psalms 147, Psalms 148, Psalms 149, Psalms 150
Title: Praise Him! Praise Him! Jesus, Our Blessed Redeemer!.
1. Praise Him! Praise Him! Jesus,our blessed Redeemer!
Sing, O earth –
His wonderful love proclaim!
Hail Him! Hail Him!
highest archangels in glory,
Strength and honor
give to His holy name!
Like a shepherd,
Jesus will guard His children
In His arms He
carries them all day long:
O ye saints that
dwellon the mountain of Zion.
Praise Him! Praise Him!
ever in joyful song
2. Praise Him! Praise Him! Jesus, our blessed Redeemer,
For our sins He
suffer’d and bled and died; He, our Rock, our
Hope of eternal salvation,
Hail Him! Hail Him!
Jesus, the Crucified; Loving Savior,
meekly enduring sorrow,
Crowned with thorns that
cruelly pierced His brow; Once for us rejected,
despised, and forsaken,
Prince of Glory,
ever triumphant now.
3. Praise Him! Praise Him! Jesus, our blessed Redeemer,
Heav’nly portals
loud with hosannahs ring!
Jesus, Savior,
reigneth for ever and ever; Crown Him! Crown Him!
Prophet and Priest and King!
Death is vanquished!
Tell it with joy, ye faithful,
Where is now thy victory,
boasting grave?
Jesus lives! No longer
thy portals are cheerless; Jesus lives, the mighty
and strong to save.
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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