Open Heaven 9 November 2021 Daily Devotional By Pastor E. A. Adeboye –Topic: WE OWE GOD GRATITUDE
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Date: 2021-11-09
Topic: WE OWE GOD GRATITUDE
Memory Verse: 1 Chronicles 16:34 – O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever.
Bible Reading: Luke 17:11-19
Message: There is one thing that irritates God which many don’t pay attention to and that is ingratitude. In my village – Ifewara, in the South-Western part of Nigeria, our people would say “Don’t follow-up on your benevolent act” so that it would not appear as if you are seeking gratitude or worship. God however, demands both from us and rightly so too, because we all owe everything we have to His benevolence. As a matter of fact, God follows up on His benevolent acts and that is why He told the children of Israel to bring one-tenth of His blessings upon their lives ( Deuteronomy 14:22) and the first fruits from their farmlands and livelihood, to Him.
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye be come into the land which I give unto you, and shall reap the harvest thereof, then ye shall bring a sheaf of the firstfruits of your harvest unto the priest And he shall wave the sheaf before the Lord, to be accepted for you… Leviticus 23:10-11
Also Read: Open Heaven 8 November 2021 – Topic: THE BLAMELESS VESSEL
The Psalmist’s knowledge of the dangers of ingratitude led him to say in Psalm 103:1-2:
Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name. Bless the Lord O my soul, and forget not all his benefits.
In our Bible reading today, the Lord Jesus asked “…Were there not ten cleansed? But where are the nine?” (Luke 17:17). The Lord then perfected the healing of the grateful man, making him whole.
It is most unfortunate that many children of God are already so used to miraculous acts of God as to take them for granted. They are no longer moved by these acts, invariably leading to an ungrateful attitude. Newcomers to the Church who know what they have suffered at the hands of the devil and his cohorts give thanks to God for their miracles, whereas some pastors don’t testify of how God healed them of a headache because they don’t see it as a ‘big deal’. Such people have forgotten that the headache they consider as ordinary has claimed the lives millions of other people.
My prayer is that you will never be ungrateful again, in Jesus’ name.
Hymn: Praise Him, Praise Him, Jesus Our Blessed Redeemer
Points: Father, please forgive me for all actions or inactions that have amounted to being ungrateful to You. Please Lord, help me to be grateful to You at all times, in Jesus’ name.
Bible in one year: Isaiah 23, Isaiah 24, Isaiah 25, Isaiah 26, Isaiah 27, Isaiah 28
Title: Praise Him! Praise Him! Jesus, Our Blessed Redeemer!.
Chorus: null.
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 2021 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.