06-02-2019, 10:17 AM
OPEN HEAVENS DAILY DEVOTIONAL
DATE: SUNDAY 2ND JUNE 2019
THEME: LOVE AND COMPASSION.
MEMORISE:
Let every one of us please his neighbour for
his good to edification. Romans 15:2
READ: Romans 15:1-6
1 We then that are strong ought to bear the
infirmities of the weak, and not to please
ourselves.
2 Let every one of us please his neighbour
for his good to edification.
3 For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as
it is written, The reproaches of them that
reproached thee fell on me.
4 For whatsoever things were written
aforetime were written for our learning,
that we through patience and comfort of
the scriptures might have hope.
5 Now the God of patience and consolation
grant you to be likeminded one toward
another according to Christ Jesus:
6 That ye may with one mind and one
mouth glorify God, even the Father of our
Lord Jesus Christ.
MESSAGE
Love and compassion are the measure of
true Christianity. Our Lord Jesus Christ
emphasized this by identifying the
commandments to love God as the first and
general law, after which He declared the
directive to love fellow human beings as the
second most important law (Matthew
22:35-40). When we carefully consider love
in line with Genesis 1:28, it instantly
translates to a moral obligation. We all
therefore have n obligation under God to
one another, whether as leaders, pastors,
married couples, parents, siblings,
neighbors or simply as human beings.
Scripture further stresses a stronger and
higher responsibility for Christians and the
Church as a result of our special privileged
relationship with God. Many Christians do
not have a clear understanding of the
responsibilities that God has placed on us in
relation to our fellow human beings. Some
are still asking, “Am I my brother’s keeper?”
If you must know, the answer is yes. God
expects you, as Christ’s ambassador in this
world, to be your brother’s and sister’s
keeper. We have a responsibility to our
brethren in the Lord and to the world at
large, to be the salt of the earth and beacons
of light in this world of darkness. We need
to live a life that is true to what the Lord said
about us in Matthew 5:13-14, which says:
“Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt
have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be
salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing,
but to be cast out, and to be trodden under
foot of men. Ye are the light of the world. A
city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.”
Every Christian has the responsibility to
represent Jesus Christ in the world, living as
channels of divine mercy and kindness, both
within the Church and out in the world.
Philippians 2:4-5 says:
“Look not every man on his own things, but
every man also on the things of others.Let
this mind be in you, which was also in Christ
Jesus:”
We must not close our ears to the cries of
those who are poor in worldly goods or
those poor in spirit (Luke 4:18, Proverbs
21:13). Many are desperately in need of
sustenance, some are enduring diverse
sicknesses and various forms of poverty,
while some other are in bondage to sin and
are being manipulated by the devil. We must
reach out to them all with the gospel of love.
Let us endeavor to correct, strengthen, and
encourage each other in love along the way,
making sure not to destroy anyone who falls
into error as a result of one weakness or the
other. Our light must shine so much that the
reflection would brighten the paths of
others in darkness and thereby bring glory
to God.
PRAYER POINT:
Father, strengthen me to manifest as a
problem solver to my generation, in Jesus’
Name.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Leviticus 19-20
Jeremiah 48:21-39
AUTHOR: PASTOR E. A. ADEBOYE
HYMN 5: LET OTHERS SEE JESUS IN YOU.
1.While passing thro' this world of sin,
and others your life shall view,
Be clean and pure without, within;
Let others see Jesus in you.
Refrain:
Let others see Jesus in you,
Let others see Jesus in you.
Keep telling the story, be faithful and true;
Let others see Jesus in you.
2. Your life's a book before their eyes,
They're reading it thro' and thro'
Say, does it point them to the skis,
Do others see Jesus in you?
Refrain
3. Then live for Christ both day and night,
Be faithful, be brave and true,
and lead the lost to life and Christ.
Let others see Jesus in you.
DATE: SUNDAY 2ND JUNE 2019
THEME: LOVE AND COMPASSION.
MEMORISE:
Let every one of us please his neighbour for
his good to edification. Romans 15:2
READ: Romans 15:1-6
1 We then that are strong ought to bear the
infirmities of the weak, and not to please
ourselves.
2 Let every one of us please his neighbour
for his good to edification.
3 For even Christ pleased not himself; but, as
it is written, The reproaches of them that
reproached thee fell on me.
4 For whatsoever things were written
aforetime were written for our learning,
that we through patience and comfort of
the scriptures might have hope.
5 Now the God of patience and consolation
grant you to be likeminded one toward
another according to Christ Jesus:
6 That ye may with one mind and one
mouth glorify God, even the Father of our
Lord Jesus Christ.
MESSAGE
Love and compassion are the measure of
true Christianity. Our Lord Jesus Christ
emphasized this by identifying the
commandments to love God as the first and
general law, after which He declared the
directive to love fellow human beings as the
second most important law (Matthew
22:35-40). When we carefully consider love
in line with Genesis 1:28, it instantly
translates to a moral obligation. We all
therefore have n obligation under God to
one another, whether as leaders, pastors,
married couples, parents, siblings,
neighbors or simply as human beings.
Scripture further stresses a stronger and
higher responsibility for Christians and the
Church as a result of our special privileged
relationship with God. Many Christians do
not have a clear understanding of the
responsibilities that God has placed on us in
relation to our fellow human beings. Some
are still asking, “Am I my brother’s keeper?”
If you must know, the answer is yes. God
expects you, as Christ’s ambassador in this
world, to be your brother’s and sister’s
keeper. We have a responsibility to our
brethren in the Lord and to the world at
large, to be the salt of the earth and beacons
of light in this world of darkness. We need
to live a life that is true to what the Lord said
about us in Matthew 5:13-14, which says:
“Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt
have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be
salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing,
but to be cast out, and to be trodden under
foot of men. Ye are the light of the world. A
city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.”
Every Christian has the responsibility to
represent Jesus Christ in the world, living as
channels of divine mercy and kindness, both
within the Church and out in the world.
Philippians 2:4-5 says:
“Look not every man on his own things, but
every man also on the things of others.Let
this mind be in you, which was also in Christ
Jesus:”
We must not close our ears to the cries of
those who are poor in worldly goods or
those poor in spirit (Luke 4:18, Proverbs
21:13). Many are desperately in need of
sustenance, some are enduring diverse
sicknesses and various forms of poverty,
while some other are in bondage to sin and
are being manipulated by the devil. We must
reach out to them all with the gospel of love.
Let us endeavor to correct, strengthen, and
encourage each other in love along the way,
making sure not to destroy anyone who falls
into error as a result of one weakness or the
other. Our light must shine so much that the
reflection would brighten the paths of
others in darkness and thereby bring glory
to God.
PRAYER POINT:
Father, strengthen me to manifest as a
problem solver to my generation, in Jesus’
Name.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: Leviticus 19-20
Jeremiah 48:21-39
AUTHOR: PASTOR E. A. ADEBOYE
HYMN 5: LET OTHERS SEE JESUS IN YOU.
1.While passing thro' this world of sin,
and others your life shall view,
Be clean and pure without, within;
Let others see Jesus in you.
Refrain:
Let others see Jesus in you,
Let others see Jesus in you.
Keep telling the story, be faithful and true;
Let others see Jesus in you.
2. Your life's a book before their eyes,
They're reading it thro' and thro'
Say, does it point them to the skis,
Do others see Jesus in you?
Refrain
3. Then live for Christ both day and night,
Be faithful, be brave and true,
and lead the lost to life and Christ.
Let others see Jesus in you.