Open Heaven 4 November 2022 Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – DO YOU LOVE GOD?
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Open Heavens 2022
Date: 2022-11-04
Topic: DO YOU LOVE GOD?
Memory Verse: 1 John 4:8 – He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. 1 John 4:8
Bible Reading: 1 John 4:7-21
Message: Whether you love God or not is not known by your claims but rather, your attitude to His word. John 15:14 says:
Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.
Do you obey the commands of the Lord? If you do, then you love God. However, if you don’t, then you don’t love Him. In John 14:15, He said:
If ye love me, keep my commandments.
In John 15:12, Jesus told us one of those commandments you must keep if you say you love God.
This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. John 15:12
Now, that is a hard commandment to keep because some people are just so hard to love. This is why, at our Ministers’ Conference in Nigeria, I always tell the attendees to say to the fellow sitting next to them, “I love you compulsorily”. On one occasion, one person was sitting next to someone who just offended him, so he said, “I love you compulsorily, you stupid fellow”. The people around you may be hard to love, but you must love them. You have no choice if you really want to love God.
When He says love one another as I have loved you, you see how difficult that is when you read 1 John 3:16:
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Hereby perceive we the love of God, because he laid down his life for us: and we ought to lay down our lives for the brethren.
You, therefore, see that your excuses for not preaching the gospel to others who are heading for hell are flimsy. If you love them just as Jesus loves you, you would be willing to lose anything so that they will not go to hell. It is because some missionaries laid down their lives to preach the gospel that you are on your way to heaven today. Why is it so hard for you to do the same for someone else?
Hymn: Wonderful Story Of Love
Points: If you truly love God, you will be ready to sacrifice anything to ensure you preach the gospel to the unsaved and bring them to Christ.
Bible in one year: Luke 19-20
Title: Wonderful Story of Love.
Chorus: Wonderful! Wonderful!
Wonderful!
Wonderful story of love!.
1. Wonderful story of love; Tell it to me again;
Wonderful story of love;
Wake the immortal strain!
Angels with rapture announce it,
Shepherds with wonder receive it;
Sinner, 0 won’t you believe It.
Wonderful story of love.
2. Wonderful story of love,Though you are far away;
Wonderful story of love;
Still He doth call today;
Calling from Calvary’s mountain,
Down from the crystal bright fountain,
E’en from the dawn of creation,
Wonderful story of love.
3. Wonderful story of love:Jesus provides a rest;
Wonderful story of love;
For all the pure and blest,
Rest in those mansions above us,
With those who’ve gone on before us
Singing the rapturous chorus,
Wonderful story of love.
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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