Open Heaven 8 December  2022 Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye – GIVING IS PERSONAL 

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Open Heavens 2022
Date: 2022-12-08
Topic: GIVING IS PERSONAL

Memory Verse: Proverbs 11:25 – The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself Proverbs 11:25
Bible Reading: 2 Samuel 24:18-24

Message: Many a time, when families go to worship God, the father distributes offerings to everyone so that they can have something to give. It is okay when you give to the little children who don’t have any money so that they can cultivate the habit of giving, but when the older ones and your spouse who have their own money are also collecting their offerings from you, you need to teach them better. In our Bible reading today, David refused to accept the offer of Araunah because what you give to God that is at no cost to you is accounted to the one who bore the cost, not you.

Giving is a personal mater. If your children collect pocket money, teach them to set aside some of it to give to God. If your spouse makes some money, encourage him or her to give to God from it. It is where the money is be made coming from that the blessing will go to. Ecclesiastes 1:7 says All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from where the rivers come, thither they return again

Galatians 6:7 says “Be not deceived, God is not mocked; whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he aslo reap you cannot reap what I sowed; it is what you sowed that you would reap
would reap. Luke 6:38 says “Give and it shall be given unto you,

whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap”. You unto you, good measure, pressed down… shall men give unto your bosom”. It is he or she who gives that will receive.

Who do you think took home the twelve extra baskets from the story of the feeding of five thousand men by Jesus Christ in John 6:5-13? Since there were twelve baskets, each disciple could carry a basket to the house of the boy who gave his lunch. It is the fellow who sowed that will reap the harvest.

Giving is a personal matter particularly because of the day of trouble. Psalm 41:1-3 says if you are a giver, when you are sick, God will visit you. He will even make your bed at the time of sickness. In Psalm 20:1-3, the Bible makes it clear that God does not forget your offerings, particularly in the time of crisis. There are special blessings that are meant for givers and cannot be enjoyed by misers. It is he that waters that will be watered. When things are dry, the one who watered will in turn be watered in such period.

Hymn: To God Be The Glory Great Things He Hath Done
Points: Teach your family to give to God out of their own resources.
Bible in one year: 2 Corinthains 8, 2 Corinthains 9, 2 Corinthains 10, 2 Corinthains 11, 2 Corinthains 12

Title: To God Be the Glory.
Chorus: Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, let the earth hear his voice!
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, let the people rejoice!
O come to the Father, through Jesus the Son,
and give him the glory, great things he hath done..

  1. To God be the glory, great things he hath done:

so loved he the world that he gave us his son,
who yielded his life an atonement for sin,
and opened the lifegate that all may go in.

  2. Oh, perfect redemption, the purchase of blood,

to ev’ry believer the promise of God.
The vilest offender who truly believes,
that moment from Jesus a pardon receives. [Refrain]

  3. Great things he hath taught us, great things he hath done,

and great our rejoicing through Jesus the Son,
but purer, and higher, and greater will be
our wonder, our transport, when Jesus we see. [Refrain]

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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