Open Heaven 4 December 2022 Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – GOD HAS A PURPOSE FOR YOUR LIFE
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Open Heavens 2022
Date: 2022-12-04
Topic: GOD HAS A PURPOSE FOR YOUR LIFE
Memory Verse: Isaiah 64:8 – But now, O Lord, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand. Isaiah 64:8
Bible Reading: Jeremiah 18:1-6
Message: In our Bible reading for today, a potter was trying to make a vessel, but it became marred in his hand, so he decided to make another. I preached a sermon over 30 years ago titled “Seeing the Invisible” I gave an illustration in the sermon using a log of wood. When you see a log of wood, you may not observe anything special, but a sculptor could look at it and visualise a lion. He would then take his hammer and chisel, chipping off a little here, a little there. Eventually, the head of the lion would appear. In the course of the sculptor’s work, the wood could split open suddenly, in which case he could then say to it “Well, I wanted to make a lion out of you, but it looks like I would only be able to make a cat because you have cracked open in a way I did not intend”. He would then get to work making the cat but, he discover another flaw in the wood, he may then say, “Okay, I will make a rat out of you”. If he discovers even more flaws in the wood, he may then be compelled to use it as firewood.
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Song of Solomon 2:15 says: Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.
The little flaws you ignore in yourself can destroy God’s purpose for your life. If you fail to deal with these faults decisively, they will end up hindering God’s plan for your life. You May have been told that you talk too much, yet are not doing anything about it. God may have warned you that you eat too much, yet you keep eating irresponsibly. Maybe someone has even told you that you get angry too easily but you claim that people from your tribe usually like that. These things, little as they may seem, will make it hard for God to fulfill His purpose in your life.
The Potter is very good at His craft, but the clay has to allow Potter’s purpose to be fulfilled. Check yourself: between last year and now, have you grown? Have you drop your bad habits? Have you picked up new habits that will help you fulfil God’s purpose for your life? A new that year is about to start; get rid of those little foxes that have been spoiling your vie. Dont be an obstacle to your progress and fulfilment of God’s plans in your life
Hymn: O God Our Help In Ages Past
Points: What are those weakness that you know you mustt get rid of? Begin to take action to get ride of them.
Bible in one year: 1 Corinnthains 8, 1 Corinnthains 9, 1 Corinnthains 10, 1 Corinnthains 11
Title: O God, Our Help In Ages Past.
Chorus: null.
1. O God, our help in ages pastOur hope for years to come
Our shelter from the stormy blast
And our eternal home.
2. Under the shadow of Thy throneThy saints have dwelt secure
Sufficient is Thine arm alone
And our defence is sure.
3. Before the hills in order stoodOr earth received her frame
From everlasting Thou art God
To endless years the same.
4. A thousand ages in Thy sightAre like an evening gone
Short as he watch that ends the night
Before the rising sun.
5. Time, like an ever-rolling streamBears all its sons away
They fly forgotten, as a dream
Dies at the opening day.
6. O God, our help in ages pastOur hope in years to come
Be thou our guard while trouble last
And our Eternal home.
Open Heavens 2022 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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