Open Heaven 3 October 2023 Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – BENEFITS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS I
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Open Heavens 2023
Date: 2023-10-03
Topic: BENEFITS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS I
Memory Verse: Psalm 37:25 – I have been young, and now am old; yet have I not seen the righteous forsaken, nor his seed begging bread.
Bible Reading: Deuteronomy 28:1-14
Message: Isaiah 3:10 says it shall be well with the righteous because there are certain guaranteed blessings that righteous people enjoy. One of them is in Psalm 34:17: “The righteous cry, and the LORD heareth, and delivereth them out of all their troubles”.
When you are living a life of holiness, anytime you cry to God, He would answer you speedily. This is as opposed to Isaiah 59:1-2, which says that it’s people’s sins that prevent God from hearing them. David said clearly in Psalm 66:18: “If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me”. If you really want God to start hearing your prayers, then you must begin to live holy henceforth.
The blessings attached to living holy are numerous, as seen in today’s Bible text and memory verse. The children of righteous people are God’s responsibility; He takes care of their needs Himself. King David shared his observation about this in today’s memory verse.
The children of the righteous don’t have to depend on anybody to survive – God Himself makes sure that they don’t lack anything. This means that the best legacy and inheritance you can leave for your children is a holy lifestyle. This is so because God will ensure that they never lack. A classic illustration is in 1 Kings 11:11-12. David was a man after God’s heart, and God preserved his son – Solomon because of this.
It is better, however, to teach your children to live holy themselves even when you have gone to be with the Lord, so that their own children too will enjoy the preservation of the Lord.
Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. Hebrews 1:9
Pursue righteousness and hate iniquity, so that you would see the manifestation of God’s glory upon your life and all that concerns you.
Hymn: Take My Life And Let It Be
Points: Make holiness your lifestyle.
Bible in one year: Matthew 5, Matthew 6
Title: Take My Life and Let It be.
Chorus: null.
1. Take my life and let it beConsecrated Lord to Thee
Take my moment and my days
Let them flow ceaseless praise.
2. Take my hands and let them moveAt the impulse of Thy love
Take my feet and let them be
Swift and beautiful for thee
3. Take my voice and let me singAlways only for my king;
Take my lips and let them be
Filled with messages from Thee.
4. Take my sliver and my goldNot a mite would I withhold
Take my intellect, and use
Every power as thou shalt choose.
5. Take my will and make it Thine,It shall no longer mine:
Take my heart, it is Thine own;
It shall be Thy royal throne,
6. Take my love, my Lord, I pour At Thy feet its treasure store;
Take myself, and I will be
Ever, only, all for thee
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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