RCCG Victory House Albuquerque, New Mexico

07/06/2019

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL
DATE: TUESDAY 2nd JULY 2019
THEME: AT GOD’S OWN TIME.

MEMORY VERSE:
To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under The Heaven:” Ecclesiastes 3:1

BIBLE READING: John 11:1-21
1.Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.
2. (It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.)
3. Therefore his sisters sent unto Him, saying, Lord, behold, he Whom Thou lovest is sick.
4. When Jesus heard that, He said, This sickness is not unto death, but for The Glory of God, that The Son of God might be glorified thereby.
5. Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.
6. When he had heard therefore that he was sick, He abode two days still in the same place where He was.
7. Then after that saith he to His Disciples, Let us go into Judaea again.
8. His Disciples say unto Him, Master, the Jews of late sought to stone thee; and goest thou thither again?
9. Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth The Light of this world.
10. But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.
11. These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.
12. Then said His Disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well.
13. Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep.
14. Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.
15, And I Am Glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent ye may believe; nevertheless let us go unto him.
16, Then said Thomas, which is called Didymus, unto his fellow Disciples, Let us also go, that we may die with him.
17. Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already.
18. Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off:
19. And many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.
20. Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him: but Mary sat still in the house.
21. Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if Thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.

MESSAGE:
A. To enjoy your walk with God and avoid feelings of frustration, you need to recognize that God has His Own Timetable for everything that occurs in the life of every individual.
1. For example, when it is not time for a man to be rich, all his efforts towards prosperity will be in vain, no matter how hard he tries;
2. But when God’s Time comes, regardless of any contrary circumstances, he will become astonishingly rich with ease.
3. In fact, God’s Timetable includes the time of birth and death of everyone.
4. When a person is not due to die on God’s Timetable, nothing can kill him or her.
5. However, when the time comes for someone to die, no medical practitioner or prayer warrior can prevent it.
6. Hezekiah’s case may sound exceptional, but then, it boils down to the fact that God changed the programme for him (Isaiah 38).
7. As children of the Most High, we need to grow in our knowledge of how God works.
8. Ecclesiastes 3:1 says: “To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:”

B. Since there is a time for everything and purpose, wisdom demands that we seek God’s Face to know His will and timing, so that we don’t run ourselves to death pursuing shadows.
1. Martha in today’s Bible Reading reflects the attitude that several believers have towards God’s Timing of things.
2. She accused Jesus of being too slow to respond to their SOS call when her brother was sick, possibly suggesting that Jesus was not concerned about his condition.
3. That was very characteristics of Martha; she always wanted things done quickly and “on time”. No wonder Jesus once told her in Luke 10:41b: “Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things:”
4. Unlike Martha, people of faith must be wary of the “microwave” style of living, it did not help situations in times past and cannot help today.
5. Abraham cut corners to have a son in Ismael, and the whole world is still paying dearly for it.Genesis 16).
6. If only he had waited for God’s Own Timing! In spite of what he did, God was still faithful to His promise of giving him a son through Sarah; his hasty act was therefore unnecessary.
7. King Saul also offered a sacrifice which he was not supposed to because he could not wait for God’s Appointed Time, and this marked the beginning of the end for him (1 Samuel 13:7-14).
8. In order not to fall into the same error, we must receive David’s counsel in Psalm 37:7a, which says: “Rest in The LORD, and wait patiently for him:”

C. May The Lord grant you The Grace to wait for His perfect timing.
1. Are you unmarried? Please wait for God to send you your mate at His Own Time, and do not make your own choice in haste.
2. God Bless you as you wait for Him In Jesus' Name. 🙏Amen!

PRAYER POINT:
Father, Please grant me The Grace not only to know Your Timing but to also wait for it In Jesus' Name. 🙏Amen!

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Deuteronomy 9-10
Ezekiel 9:1-10:2

AUTHOR: PASTOR E. A. ADEBOYE

07/03/2019

1 John 3:1 (KJV) Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.

06/14/2019

03/15/2019

"And all nations will hate you because you are my followers.[f] But everyone who endures to the end will be saved." Matt 10:22

Friends the world is getting more evil by the day. I encourage you to never compromise your faith as many unfortunately have done; but instead hold tightly to it and continue to serve God in spirit and in truth.

Stay on the path of holiness and I assure you that in the end, your reward shall be great.

Shalom!

02/25/2019

May the mercy and favor of God locate you and yours this week.

Shalom!

02/22/2019

OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL


THEME: ARISE!


MEMORISE:

Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: John 11:25

READ: Ezekiel 37:1-10

1The hand of the LORD was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the LORD, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones,

2 And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many in the open valley; and, lo, they were very dry.

3 And he said unto me, Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord GOD, thou knowest.

4 Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the LORD.

5 Thus saith the Lord GOD unto these bones; Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live:

6 And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

7 So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone.

8 And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them above: but there was no breath in them.

9 Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.

10 So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.

MESSAGE

Death signals the termination of any form of life. It is also often applied to non-living things like an organization, a concept or an idea. Whenever death successfully cast its power over anything, it usually leads to cessation, extinction, doom, destruction, total collapse, and hopelessness. Death is so powerful that it is declared to be the last enemy that will be destroyed (1 Corinthians 15:26). Thank God that Jesus has destroyed the one that had power the power of death, and He now holds the key of death, so that it can no longer torment those who belong to Him (Hebrews 2:14, Revelation 1:18).

In the natural world, people declare something to be impossible if it runs contrary to science or contradicts their settled convictions and misconceptions. For this reason, to the natural man, death is irreversible, and the restoration of life is an unthinkable impossibility that is contrary to reason. Against this background, you can understand the reason why God asked the prophet Ezekiel the rhetorical question, “Son of man, can these bones live?” (Ezekiel 37:3). The prophet’s response to this question indicates that he recognized that only the all-knowing and all powerful Author of life and Creator of all things can restore any dead substance back to life. He alone has power to reverse the irreversible. I pray that the One who raised Lazarus from the dead will restore anything that is dead concerning you back to life today in Jesus’ Name.

More than anything else, the characteristics of death make it the worst enemy of man. Do you know that death stings and the sting of death is sin (1 Corinthians 15:56)? Before death can overpower life, it first introduces its sting into that life. The sting of death is extremely painful, wicked and ruthless. Death destroys, leads to irreparable loss, and cannot be appeased. However, thank God that the whole assignment for which Jesus Christ came to this world is centered on the restoration of life. John 10:10, explains it this way:

“The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.”

Jesus came to set the captive free by replacing death with abundant life. Anyone who has suffered death, destruction or loss of any kind can come to Him for total restoration. He did it for Lazarus, the widow of Nain and for several others, and He can still do it for you today (John 11:38-44, Luke 77:12-14, Mark 5:38-41). Are you suffering death in any area of your life? The Resurrection and the Life says to you today: Arise!

PRAYER POINT:

Father, destroy the power of death in my life and give me abundant life in Jesus’ Name.

AUTHOR: PASTOR E. A. ADEBOYE